SF News Day Around the Bay: Billionaire Michael Moritz Eyes Union Square Building Michael Moritz may be leasing the former Barney's building for his family foundation; a big rig overturned blocking southbound I-238 near Hayward; and Trump refuses to acknowledge that the AI image he posted depicts him as Jesus.
SF Politics Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress, But Says That Effort to Swiftly Expel Him Is 'Wrong' The implosion of the political career of Eric Swalwell, following 13 years in Congress, took only three days, and as of Monday afternoon he had announced his resignation from Congress.
SF News Man, Possibly Homeless, Struck and Killed By Pickup Truck at South Van Ness and Mission A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday in the busy area of South Van Ness and Mission Street, which led to a large police response and the disruption vehicle and transit traffic.
Arts & Entertainment New Hill Bomb Event Pops Up on Telegraph Hill, Lots of Cops Show Up The notorious skateboard hill-bomb event that used to happen on Dolores Street next to Dolores Park, and which last year became a smaller, city-sanctioned event on Twin Peaks, inspired a new version at another location this past weekend.
SF News Former Saks Store on Union Square Might Become a Nordstrom San Francisco's downtown mall may be dead, and Union Square may remain beleaguered and full of vacant storefronts, but that seems poised to change in the not-too-distant future.
SF News Sonoma County Real Estate Investor Ken Mattson to Take Guilty Plea In Federal Fraud Case Almost a year after he was arrested by federal agents and charged with fraud and money laundering, Sonoma County developer Ken Mattson appears to be taking a plea deal.
SF Politics Saikat Chakrabarti's Big Ad Push Puts Him Five Points Behind Wiener In New Poll While it's still Scott Wiener's race to lose, the relative newcomer to San Francisco politics, progressive candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, is apparently gaining traction.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: North Beach Caught Off Guard By Surprise Fireworks A private company's celebration fireworks rattled North Beach and Telegraph Hill for the second year in a row; former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has a new gig; and Kevin McCarthy says Swalwell was known in DC to prey on young staffers.
SF Politics [Update] Eric Swalwell Suspends Campaign For Governor, Continues to Deny Assault Allegations Congressman Eric Swalwell had been digging in all weekend casting the sexual assault allegations against him as a political conspiracy, but Sunday evening he announced he was suspending his gubernatorial campaign.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Everyone Loves a Bakery Rose Pizzeria's SF location is nearing its opening, the Caché team is expanding downtown, and Sol Bakery opens this weekend in Hayes Valley, all in This Week in Food.
SF Politics Former Staffer Says Rep. Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her Twice We have an April surprise in the race for governor of California, and one that could have some impact on what is already a crowded and messy fight between Democratic candidates ahead of the June 2 primary.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Says 'I'm Thinking About It' With Regard to 2028 Run We may indeed see Kamala Harris run for president for a third time, folks, as she continues to strongly hint this week that this is what she's planning to do in 2028.
SF News Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sam Altman's House, Suspect Arrested Outside OpenAI Headquarters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home was targeted by a suspect early Friday morning, and that suspect then proceeded to head to OpenAI's offices, where he allegedly was ranting about burning the place down.
SF News Seven Arrested, Including Three County Officials, In Connection With Deadly Esparto Fireworks Explosion A Yolo County sheriff's lieutenant and his wife, who owned the property where last summer's deadly fireworks explosion occurred in Esparto, have been arrested along with five others, and formal charges were set to be announced Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Democrats Holding 'Shadow Hearings' on Election Shenanigans Congressional Democrats held a 'shadow hearing' in SF Thursday on election integrity; a California sheriff's deputy was killed trying to serve an eviction notice; and Castro residents are upset about Philz's new policy against Pride flags.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo and Waze Are Mapping SF's Potholes BART had another significant meltdown today due to a problem near San Bruno; Waymo and Waze are launching a pothole-mapping project in SF; and First Lady Melania Trump might be trying to get ahead of a bombshell story about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein — and/or how she met Donald.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Gets Its First Gluten-Free, Celiac-Safe Italian Restaurant, Clementina There is no life without pasta for most Italians, and given that some Italians must also grapple with the scourge of celiac disease and gluten intolerance, people have found a way to make delicious pasta, and pizza, without the gluten.
SF News Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.
Arts & Entertainment Elon-Headed Robot Dog Spotted In San Francisco A robot dog with the head of Elon Musk that was part of an art installation at Miami Art Basel in December was seen prancing around San Francisco on Wednesday, as part of a promo for an upcoming art show.
SF News Let the Boycott Begin!: Philz Coffee Locations Barred From Hanging Pride Flags Homegrown coffee brand Philz has gone corporate, and its CEO may have miscalculated with a new policy change aimed at not alienating bigots or the religious right, or something.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland Vietnamese Restaurant Rammed By Vehicle Three Times Tay Ho restaurant in Oakland was rammed by a would-be smash-and-grab thief; demonstrators marched on Market Street against the Iran War; and around 100 youths were detained after breaking into a shuttered theater in San Jose.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SEIU Pulls Endorsement of Wiener Over Prop D SF filmmaker Kevin Epps was sentenced to six years for a 2016 shooting; the service workers' union has pulled its endorsement of Scott Wiener for Congress; and Philz Coffee employees are circulating a petition over a Pride flag issue.
SF News Incoming Rain Will Bring Possible 1.5 Inches to SF Between Thursday and Sunday Enjoy the sun today because rain is on its way again for the next several days across much of Northern California.
SF Politics SF Has a New Homelessness 'Czar,' and He Comes to the Job From Massachusetts San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the appointment of a new director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing on Wednesday, following the recent resignation announcement by current director Shireen McSpadden.
SF News Northern California Man Shot By ICE Was Not Gang Member, Lawyer Says, Was Acquitted of Murder Charge In El Salvador A Salvadoran man who his lawyer says is a family man and day laborer who's engaged to a US citizen was shot by ICE agents in Patterson, California Tuesday, south of Tracy. His lawyer says it was a case of poor investigative work by ICE.
