SF News Woman Stabbed In Fight at Fifth and Mission Streets It's been a spate of knife crimes in San Francisco the past couple of weeks, and now we have a report of a woman who was stabbed in SoMa on Thursday afternoon.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: San Mateo County Assistant Sheriff Resigns The assistant sheriff in San Mateo County, Matthew Fox, has now resigned amid the drama surrounding Sheriff Christina Corpus; bail was denied for a San Jose city councilmember accused of molestation; and cold temps are on the way Saturday.
SF Politics CNN Throws San Francisco Under the Bus In Nation's Rightward Shift, Casts Lurie as Law-and-Order Conservative Democrats' post-mortems after this election were already exhausting last Wednesday, and they've only continued for the last nine days. And on networks like CNN, they have had to hammer home the reasons why Dems lost so terribly, in terms of losing control of the House and Senate.
SF News Second Southwest Flight In a Week Makes Emergency Landing In Bay Area It's Southwest Airlines' turn at being the one with all the publicized problems this week, with two of its jets flying out of the Bay Area needing to make emergency landings due to mechanical issues.
SF Politics Can Daniel Lurie Save Macy's? With the big tree-lighting ceremony in Union Square this week, the pall hanging over the celebration is the impending planned closure of Macy's, with this potentially being the last Great Tree lighting in the square, at least by Macy's.
SF News On Witness Stand, Nima Momeni Says a 'Bad Joke' Caused Lee to Suddenly Try to Stab Him Defendant Nima Momeni took the stand in his own defense Wednesday, in a move that could prove damaging to the defense, depending on how his cross-examination plays out.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFPD Chief Denies Retirement Rumors SFPD Chief Bill Scott says rumors of his retirement are "not coming from me."; the San Mateo County Sheriff spoke defiantly at a county board of supervisors meeting about not stepping down; and the UC system has a major budget shortfall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Philadelphia The District 11 supervisor race in SF remains a matter of 200 votes; an Oakland murder suspect was tracked down in Philadelphia; and conservative attorney Ted Olson, who argued against Prop 8, has died.
SF News Oakland Sees First Homicide In Eight Weeks Despite the reputation that Oakland, and especially East Oakland, has for violent crime, the stats this year have trended downward. But there was one homicide Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, the first in almost two months.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Bankman-Fried Story Getting Turned Into a Movie, Adapted By Lena Dunham We learn this week that Apple and A24 are moving forward with a film adaptation of writer Michael Lewis's book about Sam Bankman-Fried, and Lena Dunham has been tapped to write the script.
Arts & Entertainment Contemporary Jewish Museum In Downtown SF to Lay Off Much of Its Staff, Close for One Year or More San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum announced Wednesday that it is shutting down next month for "at least one year," saying that it is facing a severe budget shortfall and declining revenue.
SF News Nima Momeni Takes the Stand In His Own Defense In Bob Lee Murder Trial Accused killer Nima Momeni took the stand Wednesday morning to tell his version of events in the April 2023 killing of Bob Lee, claiming he turned the knife on Lee in self-defense.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Arrested for Attack on Female Safeway Employee A female employee at the Ocean Beach Safeway was brutally attacked on Sunday; whooping cough is on the rise in the Bay Area; and Intel has brought back free coffee and tea for workers to "boost morale."
SF News Man Found Fatally Stabbed Near Embarcadero BART Station A man was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning on Market Street, and was found outside one of the entrances to the Embarcadero BART station, and a subsequent search for a suspect caused significant train delays.
SF News San Francisco Wins Preliminary Injunction to Block Oakland Airport From Using Its New 'San Francisco Bay' Name A federal judge has sided with the City of San Francisco, saying that San Francisco International Airport's trademark is likely being infringed upon by Oakland Airport's new name, which was chosen by the Port of Oakland's board this spring.
SF News Former Alameda County Officer Gets 50 Years to Life For Double-Murder In Dublin A ex-deputy in the Alameda County Sheriff's Department was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison for the 2022 murders of a Dublin couple inside their home.
SF News Friend of Nima Momeni's Sister Contradicts Her Testimony About Sexual Assault Under cross-examination Tuesday, the friend who was with Nima Momeni's sister on the day before Bob Lee's murder told prosecutors that Khazar Momeni has a tendency to exaggerate.
Business & Tech UC Berkeley Chemists Announce Potentially Massive Discovery: A Powder That Captures Carbon From Air Chemists at UC Berkeley have just published details of a yearslong project to create a material that will effectively, sustainably remove carbon dioxide from the air, in what is potentially a major, Nobel-worthy breakthrough.
SF News BART Knife Slashing Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder The suspect in last week's scary knife attack aboard a BART train in San Francisco is being arraigned today on attempted murder and other charges.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 23andMe Lays Off 40% of Workforce Alameda County is getting set to open its first CARE court next month; 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce; and a light storm is on the way tomorrow.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Connie Chan Keeps Board of Supervisors Seat Supervisor Connie Chan will hold on to her District 1 supervisor seat; I-80 was closed near Donner Lake today due to a snow squall; and the Walgreens at 24th and Potrero looks like it got smashed into overnight.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Argentinian-Italian Spot Morella Debuts In the Marina The former Dorian space is coming alive again, and after a significant remodel, it reopened over the weekend as Morella, and Italian restaurant with Argentinian influences.
SF News Santa Cruz Boy, Now a 25-Year-Old Man, Who Killed 8-Year-Old Neighbor Maddy Middleton, Begins Trial to Determine His Fate Adrian Gonzalez, who has been jailed for nine years now for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a girl who lived in the same Santa Cruz apartment complex as him, heads to trial this week to determine if he should remain incarcerated.
Business & Tech Zoox to Begin Testing Their Funny Looking Robotaxis In SoMa Amazon-owned robotaxi concern Zoox, which is the only autonomous vehicle company to date that has put purpose-built taxis on the road that don't have steering wheels or driver's seats, is rolling out more test vehicles on the streets of SF.
SF News One Person Fatally Shot In or Around Historic Roadside Bar In Sonoma County A person was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Ernie's Tin Bar, a small, 101-year-old bar at a crossroads in rural Sonoma County, just outside Petaluma, famous for its prohibition of using cellphones inside.
