SF News Orange Smoke Haze Could Be On Its Way to the Bay Area; Also, Inland Areas to Get More Extreme Heat This Week Another round of heat is coming Wednesday after a brief respite, though San Francisco won't feel too much of it. And wildfire smoke from far Northern California could end up hazing our skies as well.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink And Just Like That, the Flintstone House Sushi Pop-Up Is Shut Down By Hillsborough's Town Council SFist called it last week when the story came out about a high-end omakase pop-up at the quirky Flintstone House down in Hillsborough: Sounds like owner Florence Fang, or the team working on the pop-up, did not seek any permits for this.
SF News Two Men Die By Drowning In Russian River In Four-Day Span Beware the deceptively strong underwater currents in the Russian River, because two young men have drowned in recent days while just trying to enjoy themselves and cool off in the river's waters.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Mother Grieves Second Child Lost to Gun Violence There is new information about a May 3 incident that may be linked to the unfolding Oakland scandal that ensnared the mayor; an Oakland mother talks about losing a second child in three years to guns; and those 13 teenage hikers near Tahoe have reunited with their families.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Rescued From Boat Fire Near Redwood City Two people had to be rescued from a boat fire in the Bay this afternoon; the Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County is threatening Neverland Ranch; and a White House press briefing turned into a shouting match today about Biden's health.
SF News Toddler Dies After Fall Out of Mission District Apartment Window A 15-month-old boy who fell from a third-story window in the Mission District last week has died from his injuries.
SF News Two Conservative East Bay School Board Members Who Banned the Pride Flag Get Recalled A recall election last week decided the fates of two school board members in the Sunol Glen Unified School District who were elected during the pandemic, and they're out.
SF Politics Ninth Circuit Clears Way For San Francisco to Resume Encampment Sweeps Although the removal of homeless encampments had not completely stopped in San Francisco, a panel of federal appellate judges just ordered an injunction to be lifted that clears a legal hurdle to the city's efforts to clear illegal encampments.
SF News BART Murder Suspect Undergoes Psych Evaluation, Misses Court Date A man accused of shoving a woman into a BART train last week and causing her death was missing from a scheduled court appearance Monday morning due to hospitalization.
SF News Royal Fire Near Lake Tahoe, Possibly Caused By Escaped Campfire, Burns 170 Acres A wildfire burning in the forest near Royal Gorge, west of Sugar Bowl and southwest of Truckee, has grown to 169 acres after breaking out Sunday afternoon.
SF News Dolores Hill Bomb Happens Despite Police Blockade, Moving One Block Over to Church The skaters and their fans would not be deterred on Saturday, and instead of doing the traditional hill bomb on the Dolores Street hill between 19th and 21st, they just bombed down Church Street from 20th.
SF News Sunday Links: Schiff Says Biden Must 'Win Overwhelmingly' or Step Aside Rep. Adam Schiff became the first California Democrat to publicly cast doubt on Biden's run; the heatwave has basically broken in San Francisco; and some hikers needed rescue from a cliff in Daly City.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Woman Killed In Oakland's Uptown A 29-year-old SF woman was fatally shot in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood Friday night; the SFPD continues to say they will prevent the Dolores Hill Bomb from happening; and a Lake County man was arrested for sparking a fire with his weedwacker.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New French Bistro Arrives In Downtown SF Bruno Chemel's Le Parc Bistrobar debuts near Union Square, Joyride Pizza opens on the Embarcadero with cocktails, and West Portal has a new Italian wine bar from the former La Ciccia team.
SF News Independence Day Headlines: One Suspect Charged In Lake Merritt Shooting The heatwave has now been blamed for one death in the Bay Area; a 15-month-old child was critically injured falling out of a Mission District window; and one suspect has now been charged in the June 19 Lake Merritt shooting.
SF News Suspect In BART-Shove Killing Charged With Murder The 49-year-old homeless man suspected of pushing a 74-year-old woman into an oncoming BART train Monday night has been formally charged with murder.
SF News Eviction By Sheriff Near Castro Neighborhood Leads to Shots Fired, SWAT Situation A tense police standoff was unfolding Wednesday afternoon in Corona Heights, near Buena Vista Park, where an eviction was reportedly taking place by the SF Sheriff's Department and the tenant allegedly fired a gun.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flintstone House to Open to Public as Stoneage Omakase, a High End Sushi Pop-Up Well, I didn't see this one coming! The quirky so-called Flintstone House down on I-280 in Hillsborough is going to open to the public for the first time this month as a high-end omakase pop-up with a Michelin-credentialed chef.
SF Politics Newsom Heads to Washington For Governors' Meeting With Biden Amid widespread talk of Governor Gavin Newsom being a potential replacement candidate should President Biden decide not to run again in November, Newsom and a group of Democratic governors are headed to D.C. for a Wednesday evening sit-down with the President.
SF News Fast-Growing Thompson Fire Threatens Oroville, Prompts 28,000 Evacuations A wildfire that began Tuesday morning has grown to over 3,000 acres and is threatening the town of Oroville as it burns up to the edges of California's second-largest reservoir.
SF News Pre-Fourth Headlines: Heatwave May Last Over a Week This heatwave we're having could go on until the middle of next week if not longer; Oakland has been paying out loads of money in settlements over pothole-related injuries; and Brazilian and Colombian soccer fans came together Tuesday at Levi's Stadium.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi Joins Chorus of Democrats Expressing Cautious Concern About Biden's Candidacy For the past few days, a number of prominent Democrats in Congress have been saying out loud the things that Americans have been saying to each other and to pollsters very openly for two years: Biden's age might be a problem!
SF News Toll Fire In Napa Burns 50 Acres, Prompts Evacuations We now have a wildfire near Calistoga that broke out Tuesday morning, and it has grown to 50 acres and counting in the area of Old Lawley Toll Road.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry Posts Emotional Instagram Story After Klay Thompson Departure Announcement Klay Thompson's fellow Splash Brother, Steph Curry, laid his emotions bare Tuesday morning posting a series of photos commemorating his time together with Thompson on the Golden State Warriors.
SF News 74-Year-Old Woman Killed After Being Pushed Into Oncoming BART Train In SF, Homeless Male Suspect Arrested An elderly woman was allegedly pushed toward an oncoming train Monday night at Powell Street Station, hitting her head and landing on the platform.
