Arts & Entertainment Gender-Reversed 'Company' Recasts a Classic Sondheim Score Centered on Marriage The sexual politics of 2024 are a far cry from what they were in 1970, when Stephen Sondheim wrote 'Company,' arguably the first in a string of brilliant Broadway shows that together encompass the peak of his talents.
SF News Image Released of Person Who Might Be Linked to Racist Threats Against Alamo Square Dog-Walker The SFPD has released a surveillance image of a person of interest whom they are seeking for questioning in connection to the racist threats that were left at and mailed to the home of a dog-walker in Alamo Square.
SF Politics Solano Land Trust Tells Voters to Vote 'No' on California Forever Ballot Measure The influential environmental group Solano Land Trust has registered its formal opposition to the California Forever proposal for building a new city in Solano County on some dry farmland east of Fairfield.
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Faces Lawsuit From Real-Life Woman Who Allegedly Inspired 'Baby Reindeer' Stalker The Scottish woman who publicly outed herself as the inspiration for Martha, the stalker character in Netflix's hit series Baby Reindeer, is now suing Netflix for damages, defamation, and for causing "severe and extreme emotional distress."
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: NorCal Woman's Death Caused By Bear Mauling Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell's record on addressing homelessness is thin, though he's trying to use it as a campaign tentpole; that Trump fundraiser raised $12 million; and a 71-year-old woman was fatally mauled by a black bear in a small Sierra County town.
SF News Standoff Between SWAT Team and Possibly Armed Suspect Ongoing In SF's Mission District A standoff has been going on for much of Thursday forcing the closure of a block of 24th Street in San Francisco's Mission District, and it involves a possibly armed suspect.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Emergency Bill Looks to Allow Restaurants to Continue Charging Extra Fees The state law that was set to take effect next month outlawing all "junk fees" charged to consumers, which was set to upend the practice of adding service and healthcare charges to restaurant checks, might be moot where restaurants are concerned.
SF News San Francisco Judge Dismisses Attempted Murder, Assault Charges In Pelosi Attacker Case The trial of accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape is barely underway, and the judge in the state trial has just dismissed the three most serious charges against him, siding with public defenders who had argued for this.
SF News Housing Moves Forward at People's Park After State Supreme Court Rejects 'People as Pollution' Argument The California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of UC Berkeley and against a neighborhood group in a lawsuit that was testing the boundaries of the state's environmental review laws for new developments.
SF News Shooting In Dolores Park Kills 19-Year-Old Man A man was fatally shot in Dolores Park Wednesday night, in a rare event for the area but neighbors say they have been asking for more police presence around the park.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Two Marin Men Jailed In Italy For Cop Killing Back In Court The two young men convicted for the 2019 murder of a Roman police officer are having their appeal heard; Visa has moved into its new offices in Mission Rock; and SF Pride puts out a statement saying there is "no Israeli float" in the Pride parade.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wildfire Threatens Structures In St. Helena A wildfire broke out in St. Helena that is threatening structures; racist and sexist slurs were spray-painted on the front of SF City Hall; and protesters showed up at a Democratic fundraiser in Oakland where Kamala Harris was appearing.
SF News SFO Runway to Reopen Ahead of Schedule This Month, Ending Months of Flight Delays Runway 28L at SFO, which has been closed since mid-January while construction crews have been making design improvements to two taxiways that should hopefully mean higher safety standards for planes moving around the airport.
Arts & Entertainment Local Legend Gina LaDivina, Drag Show Hostess and Performer, Dies at 74 San Francisco's queer nightlife world and San Francisco at large lost an icon Tuesday night. Miss Gina LaDivina, a longtime performer at Aunt Charlie's, The Stud, and Oasis has passed. The cause reportedly was complications from cancer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Bauer Raved About the Pozole at Elena's, Chronicle Critic Was Not Impressed Associate Chronicle restaurant critic Cesar Hernandez has lodged one notable difference of opinion with former critic Michael Bauer, who continues to make restaurant recommendations on Instagram.
SF News Very Large Rabbit (or Hare) Rescued From Local Highway An alarmingly large wild hare (or rabbit?) was rescued by CHP officers Sunday night on Highway 17, likely from a terrible fate on that busy roadway.
SF Politics Inflatable Trump Chicken Comes Out of Storage to Protest Fundraiser In SF Yes, the three-story-tall inflatable Trump chicken has been dusted off and will be re-inflated Thursday in SF, wearing a black-and-white prison uniform, in an act of protest of Trump appearing in SF to collect some money from some Silicon Valley billionaires who have lost the thread of reality.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Protesters Take Over Office of Stanford President, 13 Arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters took over the office of Stanford President Richard Saller this morning; a prominent Yosemite rock climber has been sentenced to life for sexual assault; and a free grocery store has opened in the Bayview.
SF News Ex-Partner of Pelosi Attacker David DePape, Gypsy Taub, Was Also On His Hit List, Police Say We are now learning that noted local nudist activist Gypsy Taub was among the people that accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape had on a list of targets in what was apparently some sort of suicide-mission spree.
SF News Four-Bedroom Modern Mansion In Pacific Heights Hits Market for $38 Million It won't set a record if it sells for asking price, but a very large home at the edge of Pacific Heights, sitting right beside the Lyon Street Steps, is currently the most expensive home for sale in San Francisco.
SF News Hazardous Beach Conditions On Tap This Week In Bay Area, So Beware You may be tempted to get to the beach this week as the temperatures rise — today is going to be the warmest in San Francisco, while the rest of the Bay Area should be sweltering by tomorrow and Thursday as we cool off — but across the Bay Area coastline there may be hazardous conditions.
SF News Three Take Plea Deals In 2021 Kidnap and Murder Case In Alameda County Three men are getting relatively lenient sentences in a case involving a home-invasion robbery, and a victim who was bound, gagged, taunted, and strangled before being dumped by the side of a road.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Below Average Wildfire Risk Predicted For at Least a Couple Months Forecasters say June and July should see below average wildfire risk, but then things could change; a man was fatally shot in West Oakland Tuesday morning; and Elon Musk is getting sued by Tesla shareholders over a 2022 stock dump.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Fire Destroys Affordable Housing Development In Redwood City An eight-alarm fire burned through an under-construction affordable project in Redwood City today; the Marina Times lost a court fight with Sup. Dean Preston; and there is yet another vegetation fire in eastern Alameda County today.
SF News There Was a Saturday Sideshow On Van Ness Avenue, In the Middle of SF The encroachment of Oakland-style sideshows in San Francisco — particularly on warm-weather weekends — continues, and there was one on Saturday night that was surprisingly close to Pacific Heights.
