SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Jelly Creatures Stranded En Masse on North Bay Beach Bay Area freeway traffic seems to be an all-day thing now, like LA; the VTA is still repairing copper-wire theft damage on train tracks; and thousands of 'by-the-wind sailors' crashed ashore in Bolinas in Sunday morning's storm.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oh, No: Tartine Investor Involved In Elon Musk's LA Diner/Drive-In Project Well, it's been a minute since Tartine Bakery was making headlines for its unionization dispute. And now that everything associated with Elon Musk has the stink of Trumpian Republicans, a Tartine partner getting in bed with Musk is not a good look.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Fillmore Gets a New Patisserie The massive new Korean food complex Jagalchi just debuted in Daly City, a fancy new French patisserie is open in the Fillmore, and Kennedy's Indian Curry House and Irish Pub has finally closed for good near Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News SFMTA Board to Vote on Oak Street Bike Lane, Other Improvements Next Week A long-delayed project to add a protected bike lane and improve pedestrian safety along the south side of the Panhandle on SF's Oak Street looks to be moving forward, with a final vote at the SFMTA board meeting Tuesday.
SF News Matthew Muller, Kidnapper and Rapist In the 'American Nightmare' Story, Sentenced to Two More Life Terms Matthew Muller, the man convicted in the 2015 kidnapping and rape of a Vallejo woman that became a national story in part because of the cops' mishandling of it, was sentenced Friday to two more life terms for two home invasions that occurred in the South Bay years earlier.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 'Tesla Takedown' Events Planned Around Bay Protests at Tesla dealerships are happening across the country today; Gov. Newsom issued an executive order to expedite the undergrounding of power lines; five Kohl's stores are closing around the Bay.
Business & Tech Billionaire's Row Mansion Sells For $26.5 Million After Nine Months On Market Those in the luxury real estate business in San Francisco are excited that one of the highest-end properties on the market just traded hands for the first time, and for a relatively high price.
SF News Double-Homicide Being Investigated In Santa Cruz Mountains After Bodies Found In Pickup Truck The bodies of two men were found in the bed of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains Tuesday, near a park that is popular with hikers, and at least one of the bodies has been identified by a family member.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight Beer Bar Toronado Allegedly Being Sold to Crypto Guy Who Wants to Attach a Coin to the Brand There appears to be a buyer for Lower Haight beer mecca Toronado, though the deal may not have gone through yet and hasn't been confirmed by both parties.
Arts & Entertainment SOMA Nights Kicks Off Thursday With Dance Party, Promotions on Folsom Street Bars, restaurants, and retailers on Folsom Street between 7th and 10th streets are having a multi-block party Thursday night, with drink specials, vendors, and a DJ dance party on an alley.
SF News Wintry Rains Return, With Possible Soaking Coming Next Week Your little warm-weather respite was just that, and the Bay Area will be plunged back into the rainy-season grays for the next few days with a few spots of sun, and more rain on the way.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Hercules Town Hall Focuses on Police Treatment of Epileptic Man Residents of Hercules are angry about their police department's treatment of an epileptic man last year; one person was killed in a multi-car crash involving a big rig in the East Bay this morning; and Kristi Noem is in El Salvador touring a prison holding migrants.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Judge Ends VTA Worker Strike A judge in Santa Clara County called an end to the VTA workers' three-week strike; an elderly fisherman from Oakland was pulled from the waters at Rodeo Beach Tuesday; and imported cars and car parts are about to get significantly more expensive thanks to Trump's 25% tariff.
SF News Purported 'Zizian' Follower Enters Not Guilty Plea In Vallejo Murder Maximilian Snyder, one of seven members of a strange, cult-like group with Bay Area origins who are currently in police custody for a series of seemingly linked crimes, made another court appearance on Wednesday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Food Network Celeb Stephanie Izard's New Sunnyvale Restaurant Opens Monday Valley Goat, the much-anticipated Bay Area debut restaurant from multi-hyphenate chef and food-world celebrity Stephanie Izard, will open its doors in Sunnyvale on March 31.
SF News Oakland Man Accused of Trying to Sexually Traffic Woman Who Mistook His Car for Uber A man has been arrested and appeared in court Tuesday in Oakland to face a gun charge, but investigators say that he tried to force a woman he didn't know into prostitution earlier this month.
Arts & Entertainment 'Justice For Heklina' Protest March and Vigil Planned on Folsom Street Monday Following a march taking place in London to protest the apparent police bias that has held up the investigation into the 2023 death of SF drag legend Heklina, a similar march and vigil, with two "angry drag shows," will be happening here in SF.
SF News Humpday Headlines: A Tesla Drive-In Movie Theater? A judge could decide the fate of the VTA workers' strike; The Atlantic has published all of the Signal thread from those Trump officials; and Elon Musk is looking to open a Tesla charging station that doubles as a 24-hour diner and drive-in theater.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Mina Appears to Be Plotting a New Fine Dining Restaurant Where His Old One Used to Be In the Westin St. Francis There are few details and zero confirmations so far from the hotel or the MINA Group, but all signs point to an impending return of celebrity chef Michael Mina to the grand space off the lobby at the Westin St. Francis, after an ongoing renovation is complete.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Brucato, a New Restaurant and Distillery Tasting Room, Opening Next Month In the Mission A trendy new local maker of excellent amari — Italian-style, herbal digestif and aperitif liqueurs — Brucato Amaro, has set an opening date for their first tasting room, which is doubling as a full-service restaurant and cocktail bar.
SF News San Francisco Federal Buildings Spared, For Now, as GSA Pares Down Its List of Real Estate to Sell Two federally owned office buildings in San Francisco, one dating to the 1930s and the other a contemporary architectural landmark built less than 20 years ago, are not on the drastically pared-down list of "assets for disposition" now on the General Services Administration website.
SF News Oakland and Half Moon Bay Both Broke High-Temp Records Monday This mini-heatwave we're having, a welcome introduction to the official spring season — even though the Bay may still be in for some wintry turns before all is said and done — included some record-setting high temperatures on Monday.
Arts & Entertainment Doja Cat, Hozier, and Tyler, the Creator to Headline Outside Lands 2025 The lineup is out, as expected, this morning, and it includes several of the guessed-at acts that were teased in videos by the promoters over the weekend.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Santa Clara County Raises Trans Flag The trans flag has been raised in front of Santa Clara County's Government Center, where it will remain indefinitely; the innocent passenger killed in a high-speed-chase crash in Pittsburg has been identified; and a Trump-appointed judge on the Ninth Circuit made a questionable gun video.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Bad at Rooting Out Conflicts of Interest A new report confirms what everyone knows about SF City Hall and conflicts of interest; Willie Brown is auctioning off some of his wardrobe; and the Trump administration has made its first of likely many jaw-dropping military intelligence flubs.
