SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Two Fatal Hit-and-Runs on the Peninsula A 50-year-old man was shot multiple times in Oakland; two women have been killed in the last three weeks in hit-and-run crashes on the Peninsula; and the death toll in the Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse has risen.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 45-Foot-Tall Nude Woman Rises at Foot of Market Street Violent crime is down in SF at a much more significant rate than elsewhere in the US; stocks rebounded because Trump predictably backed down on his tariff threat; and that giant nude woman sculpture is in the process of getting installed at Embarcadero Plaza.
Business & Tech OpenAI's Feud With Musk Escalates With New Court Filing OpenAI has asked a federal court to get estranged billionaire co-founder Elon Musk to stop publicly bad-mouthing the company — which, they say, is unlawful and is doing harm to the company.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Arquet Is the Name of the New Restaurant Coming to the Slanted Door Space, From the Sorrel Team The new, casual offshoot of Michelin-starred Sorrel that is getting ready to move into the prominent Ferry Building space that was formerly home to The Slanted Door now has a name and some further details.
Business & Tech Sonoma-Serving Budget Airline Avelo Shuts Down Flights, Becomes Trump Deportation Contractor A budget airline that made a hub of Santa Rosa's Charles M. Schulz Airport is closing that hub and turning its attention to providing charter flights for deported migrants out of Arizona, under contract with the federal government.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle Critics Admit Some Top 100 Snubs Were Because They Didn't Make It to Every Nice Restaurant As suspected, time and budget were factors that came into play in the revived Top 100 at the Chronicle, so it's less of a Top 100 restaurants ranking so much as a "Top 100 restaurants we've been to" list.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Rare Whale Euthanized After Beaching In Bay A rarely seen whale in these parts was euthanized after beaching itself in Emeryville; DOGE is coming for all of your personal information; and UC students are protesting the revocation of visas.
Arts & Entertainment The 'Full House' House Sells Again, This Time for $6M A few years after 'Full House' creator Jeff Franklin bought, renovated, and sold the Lower Pac Heights house originally used for exterior shots on the sitcom, the home has sold again, under its 2024 asking price.
SF Politics Supreme Court Thwarts SF Judge's Order to Reinstate Federal Agency Workers The court ruled Tuesday 7-2, on a narrow legal basis, to block an order from an SF-based federal judge to reinstate fired probationary workers at six federal agencies.
SF News Accused Murder Suspect and Zizian Cult Member Accuses Jailers of 'Detransitioning' Her In Court Outburst One of the suspected cult members who is set to stand trial for the attempted murder of Curtis Lind and the murder of fellow Zizian Emma Borhanian in 2022, Alexander "Somni" Leatham, had another outburst in a court appearance Tuesday.
Arts & Entertainment Diana Ross, Orville Peck, and Sleater-Kinney Are Coming to Stern Grove The Stern Grove Festival lineup is out, and the big news is that the great Diana Ross is coming for Big Picnic Weekend in August.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink French Laundry, Saison, Chez Panisse All Snubbed on Chronicle's New Top 100 Some controversial cuts were going to be inevitable when the Chronicle's two main food critics set about reviving the Top 100 restaurants list this year. But, call me crazy, just-OK taco shops do not belong in the top 20 when over a dozen Michelin-starred spots are getting snubbed completely.
SF News One Injured In Afternoon Shooting on SF's Fillmore Street A rare bit of violence occurred Monday afternoon on Fillmore Street, not far from the shuttered Fillmore District Safeway.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: BART Considers Selling Off East Bay Land The BART board is set to begin looking at selling off some 235 acres of unused land it owns in the East Bay; Meta is closing some offices in Fremont; and a Tesla charging station had all of its charging cables cut.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Assistant SFPD Chief Announces Retirement A 26-year-old San Francisco woman died Saturday from a skiing injury at Palisades Tahoe; Assistant SFPD Chief David Lazar is retiring; and SF non-profits say they are being hurt by Dream Keeper grant cuts.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 4AM Last Call Comes Back as Proposed Legislation, This Time With Matt Haney Behind It Assemblymember Matt Haney has taken up the cause of the extension of last call at California bars to 4 am, structuring some new legislation around so-called "Hospitality Zones."
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Pizza Shop Opens Next Week at Mission Rock The new outpost of Flour + Water Pizzeria, and the first of what are planned to be several satellite Flour + Water Pizza Shops in the city, is opening next Monday at the new Mission Rock development.
SF News Zara Gives Good News to Union Square With Flagship Store Planned Fast fashion retailer Zara is planning to relocate a block away from its existing location in Union Square and open a huge new flagship store at the corner of Post and Powell.
Arts & Entertainment Fillmore Jazz Festival Back On Thanks to Donation This year's Fillmore Jazz Festival, which had been canceled as of last week due to lack of funds, has been saved thanks to local billionaire Chris Larsen.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Three-Year-Old Killed In Petaluma Accident A three-year-old child was killed in an apparent DUI accident involving a Bobcat on private property in Petaluma; an SUV went over the seawall along Marina Green Drive; and former FCI Dublin guard 'Dirty Dick' won't be taking the stand in his own defense.
SF News Rents Rose Last Year In SF Faster Than Any Other US City San Francisco's notoriously high rents are on the rise again, and fast.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Outer Sunset Gets a Fancy New Brewpub A new brewpub and bar called Fifty Vara debuts in the Sunset, Draymond Green's new Civic Center restaurant Meski opens its doors, and Niku Steakhouse is temporarily closed by a fire, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment Eddie Izzard Shows Endurance and Wit In Solo 'Hamlet' Great comedians sometimes make for great actors, and Suzy Eddie Izzard joins those ranks with her solo performance of 'Hamlet,' now playing at ACT's Strand Theater.
Arts & Entertainment Downtown First Thursdays Announces Extension of Event Through End of Year Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) celebrated a full 12 months of monthly parties on Thursday night with Mayor Daniel Lurie and around 18,000 people in attendance.
SF Politics Newsom Wants to Negotiate Separately For California With Global Trading Partners, Asks for Tariff Exemptions Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday asked other countries to exempt California exports from retaliatory tariffs, in an effort to save the state's agricultural industry in particular amid Trump's asinine trade war.
