SF Politics Newsom to Give 'Declaration of Election Independence' Speech to Upstage Trump on July 4th Governor Gavin Newsom, in his latest gambit to gain national attention ahead of a likely presidential run, will be airing a speech on Saturday, July 4th, in an attempt to both upstage and push back on President Trump and his attacks on elections.
SF News Semiquincentennial Eve Constitutional: Will the Golden Gate Fireworks Get Fogged Over? San Jose is relocating World Cup watch parties Sunday out of San Pedro Square; SF's Marina District is bracing for massive crowds tomorrow; but the fireworks may not even be visible because of that reliable July 4th fog.
Arts & Entertainment Singer Audra McDonald and Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet to Perform at Memorial Concert for Michael Tilson Thomas The San Francisco Symphony announced Wednesday that there will be a memorial concert in October to honor the late Michael Tilson Thomas, who served as music director of the orchestra for a quarter century.
SF News [Update] Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts on Lesser Charges In Golden Gate Bridge Protester Trial, Deadlocked on Others The jury in the trial of seven protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in April 2024 returned to deliberations Monday and on Thursday morning they reportedly told the judge they remain deadlocked on two counts.
SF News Sea Lion Pup Found Wandering Streets In Outer Sunset Returns to the Wild Better Nourished A malnourished sea lion pup who was found waddling up the street at 48th Avenue and Irving Street in April and subsequently named Irving was returned to the wild this week following veterinary care.
SF News Castro Hate Crime Suspect Claims Eggs Were Thrown at His Car Castro hate-crime suspect Hans Haken is due back in court today for a preliminary hearing, at which we expect to learn more about his defense in a May 16 vandalism and assault incident.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Drone Pilots Face Stiff Fines Around Golden Gate Fireworks It's been one year since the deadly fireworks explosion in Esparto; the Marin County Fair kicked off Wednesday; and drone pilots face $100K fines if caught operating near the Golden Gate Bridge during Saturday's fireworks.
SF News Day Around the Bay: US Men's Team Triumphs In Santa Clara The church fire on Monday in Pac Heights was likely caused by construction work; Alameda County warns of higher fines for illegal fireworks; and the US men's team triumphed over Bosnia-Herzegovina to advance to the Round of 16.
SF News Charges Filed In Pride Weekend Shooting and Stabbing Incidents, Trans March Vandalism San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced charges today against six individuals relating to several separate incidents that occurred over Pride Weekend in the city.
Bay Area Sports World Cup Watch Parties Canceled at Mission Bay's SPARK Social Following Shooting SPARK Social, the food-truck zone and gathering spot on Mission Bay Boulevard, has announced the cancellation of all upcoming World Cup watch parties following a shooting Tuesday night.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco-Based Actor and Activist Danny Glover Announces He Has Alzheimer's Disease Actor and activist Danny Glover went on the Today show Wednesday to reveal that he is living with Alzheimer's disease, and has been for four years now.
SF Politics Trans March Organizers Double Down, Say Scott Wiener Was Never In Danger Organizers of the Trans March are not apologizing for the treatment that state Senator and congressional candidate Scott Wiener received last Friday as he passed through the pre-march rally in Dolores Park.
SF News Humpday Headlines: World Cup Watch Party In San Jose Turns Chaotic, Two Stabbed The watch party at San Jose's San Pedro Square Tuesday night turned chaotic; an Amber Alert was issued for a missing three-month-old from the East Bay; and Trump took his first flight on the new Air Force One.
SF News Feds Plan Closure of National Archives Site In Bay Area, Alarming Historians and Genealogists A repository of a significant piece of California history in San Bruno is set to be shuttered by the federal government, and it causing alarm for historians and researchers who wonder where they will need to go to access the trove of genealogical and immigration records.
Arts & Entertainment Yes, That Was the Real 'Dancepool' at the SF Pride Parade Pride parade-goers on Sunday may have seen someone in a Deadpool costume dancing skillfully up Market Street, much like the famed Dancepool who appears in the opening of Deadpool & Wolverine. And that was, in fact, the real Dancepool.
SF Politics Groping Allegation Threatens to Damage Supervisor Candidacy of Manny Yekutiel A man has come forward with an allegation of sexual assault or battery against cafe owner and rising political figure Manny Yekutiel, which was reported to police but which did not result in any arrest or charges.
SF Politics Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Cites Wong Kim Ark Case A Supreme Court precedent from over 100 years ago, in a case brought by a Chinese American man born in San Francisco, was cited multiple times in today's ruling by the court upholding birthright citizenship as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Deliberations Resume In GG Bridge Protester Trial The Supreme Court upheld two state laws banning trans athletes in youth sports; jurors have resumed deliberations in the trial of seven protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024; and SF firefighters contained the three-alarm fire at a church in Pac Heights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Local Politicos Condemn Treatment of Scott Wiener at Trans March Dozens of Bay Area political figures, including Nancy Pelosi, signed a letter condemning the harassment of Scott Wiener on Friday; CA lawmakers have approved a $351.7B budget; and two major Supreme Court decisions are coming Tuesday.
SF News SF Archdiocese to Pay $400M Settlement, Announces Closure of Specialized St. Brigid Academy The San Francisco Roman Catholic Archdiocese was in the news twice Monday, as news landed that they will be paying a nearly $400 million settlement to sexual abuse survivors, and they announced the closure of SF's St. Brigid Academy.
SF News Two-Alarm Fire Breaks Out at Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Pac Heights A church fire in Pacific Heights Monday afternoon was sending smoke blowing through the neighborhood, and a shelter-in-place order was issued due to the excessive smoke.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: San Francisco Pride Weekend 2026, Full of Joy and Resistance San Francisco's Pride Weekend was full of parties, marches, celebrations, and a good bit of anger and pushback in the direction of the current administration in Washington, and the city glowed with life — as well as some rainbow lasers.
SF News Two Stabbed In Aftermath of Civic Center Pride Festivities, Two Suspects Arrested As has happened in some previous years, some violence broke out as crowds dispersed from the large SF Pride gathering at Civic Center, though, thankfully, no one was fatally wounded.
SF News Overnight Fire Damages The Mill on Divisadero, Bakery and Cafe Closed Indefinitely An early morning fire caused some serious damage to The Mill on Monday, leaving the bakery-cafe now indefinitely closed due to fire much like Italian restaurant Che Fico on the next block.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Vallejo Queer Bar Vandalized Twice Over Pride Week Solano County's only LGBTQ bar in Vallejo was vandalized two nights in a row last week; two people were shot, one fatally, in San Jose Sunday night; and the Supreme Court ruled that late-arriving mail-in ballots should still be counted based on state law.
