SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Couple Seeks to Create Dinner Party Vibe at New, Music-Centric Potrero Spot Side A A new restaurant serving bistro and comfort-food classics, done up with a Californian attention to freshness and seasonality, along with a side of live DJs takes over the former Universal Cafe space as of this week.
SF Politics Trump Administration Now Looking Into Building Immigrant Detention Camp In Solano County As part of its broader plan to use military facilities to house immigrants before systematically deporting them, the Trump administration is reportedly looking into creating a detention camp at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.
Business & Tech Meta Launches Standalone AI App, Hopes It Will Compete With ChatGPT If the Meta brand weren't so tarnished, one could see its standalone AI app doing fairly well. But will anyone actually care or use this thing?
Arts & Entertainment Designer Ken Fulk Has Not Sold His 'Magic Factory' In SoMa, Will Start Throwing Events There Again It looked like the end of an era for Ken Fulk's loft-like office and event space on Seventh Street in SoMa when he put it on the market three years ago. But it has not sold, and Fulk now says he's going to get back to throwing parties there.
SF News Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man Who Was Firing Gun In South San Francisco South San Francisco police shot and killed a man Monday evening in what's been described as a shootout.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Teachers Planning Strike This Week Oakland teachers are planning a one-day strike over labor conditions on May 1; a small earthquake rocked Sonoma this morning; and George Kittle is now the highest-paid tight end in the NFL.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cybertruck Gets Stuck In Lake Mud Near Truckee Two suspects from Vallejo have been arrested in connection with an April 13 murder in Vacaville; details have emerged about a South Lake Tahoe party where four died; and a foolish Cybertruck owner tried to take "Wade Mode" too far.
SF Politics Amid Layoffs and Leadership Change, SF Parks Alliance Appears Under Financial Strain A local nonprofit that has had its hands in many prominent projects around San Francisco, and that was linked to the Mohammed Nuru corruption scandal, appears to be under a significant financial burden after some of its funding disappeared.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jewish Deli-Inspired Restaurant (With Cocktails) Coming to the Marina The Causwells team is pivoting their second space, which opened last year as the low-ABV cocktail and snack bar Lilah, and opening a new Jewish deli-inspired concept with high-ABV drinks.
SF News SFPD Officer Violated Multiple Department Policies After Incident Involving His Son and Brother A San Francisco police officer was called out by the Department of Police Accountability for a June 2024 incident in which he reportedly failed to disclose that he saw his son assault a man, and he failed to activate his body-worn camera in time to document the incident.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Coming to SF to Give First Major Speech Since the Election Our maybe possibly next governor Kamala Harris will be in town giving a speech this week, and it will mark her first significant remarks since being defeated in the November election by Donald Trump.
Arts & Entertainment Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Final SF Concert, Takes the Applause For His 80th Birthday San Francisco Symphony Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas took his final series of bows Saturday at Davies Symphony Hall at an event intended to celebrate his life and career.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Petaluma Man Arrested for Threatening Salesperson A Petaluma man was arrested for allegedly chasing down a door-to-door salesperson with a gun; a large fire damaged a warehouse in downtown Oakland; and the DEA raided an underground nightclub in Colorado, apparently looking to find undocumented migrants.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Le Colonial to Become Something New The former Le Colonial space has a taker, a beloved local English muffin maker is moving into the Castro, and an SF brewery expands to Mission Bay, all in This Week in Food.
SF News San Mateo County Sheriff Could Face Criminal Prosecution After She Finally Leaves Office While the saga of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus plods on and she still refuses to leave office before they drag her out, we get a few more details about this most bizarre ordeal.
SF News International Students In Bay Area Get Sudden Reprieve as Trump Administration Reverses on Visa Cancellations A Trump administration lawyer announced a sudden reversal Friday in a federal court in Washington, DC, saying that around 1,500 international students around the country would not have their visas revoked after all.
SF News You May See Drizzle This Weekend, But Most of the Rain Will Miss the Bay Area A weak and disorganized winter storm is going to be moving down the California coast starting Friday night, and it looks like the Central Coast will get most of the scattered showers.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland 7-Eleven Robbed Second Night In a Row A 7-Eleven in Oakland was robbed for a second night in a row; Google is pressuring workers to come back to the office or lose their jobs; and Apple may be moving all iPhone production to India.
SF News Idiot From Modesto In a Company-Owned Cybertruck Gives Nazi Salute, Sparks Internet Rage A guy who had the misfortune of riding around in a Cybertruck in 2025 San Francisco and decided he was annoyed with people making unkind gestures at him gave a Nazi salute out the car's window, and it was caught on video.
Arts & Entertainment Immersive, Physical-Play-Based Arcade Opening at Stonestown In May As Stonestown Galleria continues to solidify its renewed place as a Gen Z entertainment and food destination, a new arcade is set to open there that emphasizes physical activity and live, high-tech, interactive gaming experiences.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Barack Obama Dined at Quince Last Night, Possibly With Marc Benioff Former President Barack Obama has now been in town twice in the last two months, and both times he has enjoyed the food of chef Michael Tusk and his team.
SF News Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Punishing Sanctuary Cities A lawsuit being led by San Francisco and Santa Clara counties sought an injunction against President Trump's executive order denying federal funds to all cities and counties that decline to cooperate with ICE, and on Thursday, a federal judge granted it.
Business & Tech Be Wary of Putting Stuff In the Trunk of a Waymo — Sometimes They Drive Off There have been a few stories about Waymos driving off with people's luggage still in the trunk, and now a San Francisco tennis instructor has filed a lawsuit over some lost tennis equipment.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Business School Move Could Mean Ouster of Museum The Wharton School of Business might be moving to The Cube on Montgomery; Alphabet has an important earnings call today; and the Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to uphold the ban on trans people in the military.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 87-Year-Old Woman Injured In Fillmore Hit-and-Run An 87-year-old woman was seriously hurt and a hit-and-run collision in the Fillmore; the parents of the 19-year-old girl killed in that Piedmont Cybertruck crash are suing; and YouTube turns 20 years old.
