SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Child Predator Sting Operation Ensnares San Jose Firefighter A child predator sting operation out of Sacramento arrested a San Jose fire captain; PG&E CEO Patti Poppe's compensation is being compared to others; and Tesla is being sued over California layoff notification laws, and last week's layoff announcement.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Attorney to Try to Toss Out Dolores Hill Bomb Civil Case SF is trying to get a class-action civil case thrown out that was brought by teens arrested for the Dolores Hill Bomb last year; the Joe Simitian/Evan Low recount is down to one vote again; and another United Airlines jet had to divert to SF, this time over smoke in the cabin.
SF News Rev. Cecil Williams, Evangelist of Equality and Dignity for All and Founder of GLIDE, Dies at Age 94 Reverend Cecil Williams, who until today had been a living testament to the modern era of San Francisco and its reputation for accepting all varieties of the human condition, has died at age 94.
SF Politics Supreme Court Sounds Inclined to Allow Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments, Enforce Camping Laws Somewhat predictably, the conservative-majority Supreme Court signaled during oral arguments Monday that it will rule in favor of the Oregon town whose law penalizing public camping was struck down by the Ninth Circuit.
Arts & Entertainment Chappell Roan, Tyla, STRFKR, and Le Sserafim All Being Teased In Outside Lands Lineup Teasers In a series of three teaser comix, Another Planet Entertainment has let it be known who a handful of the acts will be on this year's Outside Lands lineup. And one strong headliner guess is The Weeknd.
SF News Motorcyclist Injured Amid Dirt Bike and ATV Sideshow Near Lake Merritt A Sunday evening sideshow near Oakland's Lake Merritt ended with one motorcyclist needing medical attention.
SF News Churchgoer Stabbed Outside Saints Peter & Paul Church In North Beach On Sunday, following a reported altercation with a homeless individual who had entered the church, a parishioner was stabbed outside Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Kaiser Nurses Protest Use of AI In Healthcare Kaiser nurses say AI is being embraced too quickly at hospitals without being properly tested; a dead gray whale was seen in the Bay off Alameda; and ferry service between SF and Sausalito is suspended indefinitely.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Bars Popping Up, and Fried Chicken It's the first day for Minnie Bell's fried chicken in the Fillmore, Bar Agricole is popping up at Quince, and Saison co-owner and sommelier Mark Bright is opening a new SoMa wine bar.
SF News Peskin, Breed Both Say They Are Trying to Get Macy's to Stay In Union Square Supervisor and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin was on TV Thursday night discussing the city's efforts to cajole the Macy's organization to change its mind about closing the San Francisco store.
SF News Oakland Murder Case to Test Notion of Guilt By Provocation, After Home Invasion Suspect Is Killed One of two men who allegedly committed a home-invasion robbery is being tried in Alameda County for the murder of his accomplice, even though the person who pulled the trigger was the homeowner they were allegedly robbing.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Stud Reopening Will Revisit All Seven Decades of the Club's Existence, Hour By Hour San Francisco's oldest and arguably most beloved LGBTQ party space, The Stud, is set to make a grand reentrance on Saturday, with a new outfit and in new digs, celebrating every era that the place has lived through.
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo to Receive Panda Loan From China A giant panda, or a pair of pandas, will be coming to the San Francisco Zoo sometime in the future, as Mayor London Breed has succeeded in her mission to coax some Panda Diplomacy out of China.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BART Now Required to Fix Elevators Quickly After a settlement in a lawsuit from disability rights advocates, BART is now legally required to fix elevators and escalators quickly; an inmate from Alameda County escaped a prison camp; and Tesla is recalling all its Cybertrucks.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFMTA to Do 'Intensive' Sweep For Parking Violations In May The SFMTA is going to be doing an "intensive" crackdown on parking next month; an East Bay rapper has been charged with robbery and false imprisonment; and Redwood City is looking to permanently ban cars from a section of Broadway.
SF News BART Legacy Cars to Be Fully Retired After Celebration and Ceremonial Final Runs on Saturday BART's Fleet of the Future is ready to become the Fleet of the Present, and the legacy fleet of cars with their upholstered seats will be relegated to history after some final runs in the East Bay on Saturday.
SF News The Oakland Police Department Is Facing Yet Another Scandal A year and change after the Oakland Police Department saw its umpteenth chief ousted over an internal affairs scandal, yet another internal affairs scandal has come to light, just as newly hired Police Chief Floyd Mitchell is preparing for his first day on the job.
SF News San Francisco Has Filed Its Promised Lawsuit Against Oakland and Its Port Commission Over Airport Renaming As expected, the City of San Francisco has filed a trademark infringement suit against the Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners and the City of Oakland over a plan to rename Oakland Airport.
SF News Homicide Suspect From Sacramento Shot and Killed By Oakland Police Oakland police fatally shot a man Wednesday night outside a home in West Oakland while assisting Sacramento police, who were attempting to arrest the man in connection with a homicide.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Sting Operation Targets Drivers In West Portal SF city leaders gathered for the annual 1906 earthquake commemoration at Lotta's Fountain this morning; police conducted a sting in West Portal targeting non-yielding drivers; and 23andMe might be taken private.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Zookeeper Chased By Grizzly Bear In Near-Miss Incident Some SF Zoo staffers are complaining about problems with safety at the zoo; the suspect in the early April shooting death on Mission Street has pleaded not guilty; and buses were seen leaving FCI Dublin today, transferring prisoners out.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant Toast'N Egg Brings Trendy Korean Street Toasts to the Sunset In what the owner hopes is the first of many locations across the country, Toast'N Egg is about to debut at Irving Street and 20th Avenue, serving variations on the popular egg-filled Korean street toasts known as gilgeori.
Arts & Entertainment Pop Stars Troye Sivan and Charli XCX Announce Chase Center Date for Their 'Sweat' Tour Things are going to get pretty gay at Chase Center on October 20 when Australian ur-twink Troye Sivan and British hyperpop star Charli XCX bring their co-headlining tour to town.
Arts & Entertainment Upcoming ACT and Berkeley Rep Seasons Feature Four World Premieres, 'Uncle Vanya' Featuring a Downton Abbey Star The 2024-25 seasons have been announced at the Bay Area's two biggest regional theaters, and highlights include two new hip-hop musicals, a new adaptation of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute,' and a new production of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' featuring Hugh Bonneville.
SF News Four People, Including Two Housemates, Now Charged With Murder In Fentanyl-Overdose Death of San Jose Toddler Two alleged drug dealers have now been charged with murder in connection with the August 2023 death of 18-month-old Winter Rayo, whose parents were also charged with murder.