SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Monarch Butterfly Population Down Again In CA An earthquake with a preliminary 4.9M struck off the Eureka coast this a.m.; a house fire in the East Bay left two people seriously injured; and California's monarch butterfly population appears to be down 30% over last year.
Arts & Entertainment 'Cult of Love' Is a Wry and Wrenching New Family Drama at Berkeley Rep The holidays are a fraught time for any family, and for the Dahls, the fictional family in Leslye Headland's new play 'Cult of Love' that just opened at Berkeley Rep, Christmas requires a lot of negotiations, and singing.
Arts & Entertainment How to See the Famous 'Firefall' at Yosemite This Month 'Tis the season once again for seeing the Instagram-famous "firefall" at Yosemite National Park, otherwise known as Horsetail Fall when the setting sun strikes it just right for a couple of weeks in February.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This Thing: Rolled Beef Pancake at Taste of Old Street A new Chinese street-food spot has opened in the Richmond, and they specialize in Chengdu-style barbecue skewers, noodle soups, and a particularly delicious rolled and beef-stuffed pancake.
Arts & Entertainment The B-52s Are Headlining Oakland's Mosswood Meltdown In July Big news on the local music festival circuit: The legendary B-52s are delaying retirement to headline Mosswood Meltdown — the punk music festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park that used to be called Burger Boogaloo.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Clogged Storm Drains and Heavy Downpours Lead to Minor Flooding In SF There was some minor flooding in multiple parts of the city Wednesday night, as well as downed trees; isolated showers remain possible through Thursday; and a gaping hole in a Chinatown sidewalk took the city a year to fix.
SF News [Updated] Officer-Involved Shooting on I-280 Snarls Traffic In SF There was a CHP-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon on I-280 in San Francisco, near the Mariposa Street on-ramp, and all southbound lanes of the freeway were subsequently closed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 30-Year-Old SF Bar Faces Possible Eviction Blackthorn, a 30-year-old bar in the Sunset, is facing a possible eviction; a judge has ruled that Californians don't need background checks to buy bullets; and Clorox is offering security escorts to employees exiting their Oakland headquarters.
SF News Group of Suspects Ransacks and Robs Walgreens Store In Castro The Walgreens at Castro and 18th streets was robbed Tuesday night by an organized group of smash-and-grabbers who came with garbage bags to fill.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SoMa Bar Plans Super Bowl Party Where Niners Faithful Won't Be Allowed — Only Chiefs Fans A SoMa sports bar is planning a Super Bowl party that won't be like any other in town, at least any other occurring in a public place or sports bar. The entire event, the owners say, is "reserved exclusively for Chiefs fans only."
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Documentary 'American Nightmare' Shines New Light on Vallejo Detective Who Botched Huskins Case A central figure in the disastrously bad investigation into the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins in Vallejo, Detective Mat Mustard, remains on the force, and a popular new Netflix documentary casts him as a villain.
Business & Tech Lindsey Graham Tells Social Media Companies 'You Have Blood on Your Hands' and More Drama From Today's Senate Hearing A much anticipated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing took place Wednesday that gave Senator Lindsey Graham and others a chance to grandstand on an issue that has rare bipartisan support, the problem of social media and kids.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Wind Advisory and Flood Watch In Effect There is a wind advisory in effect for today's storm through early Thursday; no charges are being filed against a homeless assault suspect arrested Sunday; and Dead & Company are doing a Las Vegas residency.
SF News SF Homeless Man Acquitted of Assaulting Ex-Commissioner Back In Jail For a Different Assault Garret Doty, the 25-year-old homeless man who was acquitted in December in a high-profile assault case involving a former SF fire commissioner, has landed in jail again for allegedly assaulting someone with a guitar.
SF News Another Home-Built Plane Crashes In the Bay Area, Killing Its Pilot A second home-built aircraft has crashed inside of two weeks in the Bay Area, killing the pilot aboard, and pointing to a disturbing apparent trend.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Brunch Spot Called Early to Rise Set to Open Next Month In Former Automat Space Another pop-up-turned-brick-and-mortar business is taking over the space that formerly housed Automat in the NoPa neighborhood, and it comes from a former chef at Spruce and Quince.
SF News Man Shot By Sheriff's Deputy at Palisades Tahoe Identified as Jamaican National A man who was fatally shot by a Placer County Sheriff's deputy last week at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort has been identified, and we're now learning more about the circumstances that led to the shooting.
SF News Bay Area Braces For Another Serious Rainstorm One local meteorologist is saying we are going to get "slammed" by the incoming storm on Wednesday morning, so don't let this balmy weather fool you. It is still very much winter.
SF News Man Who Beheaded Ex-Girlfriend In San Carlos Receives Maximum Sentence, Which Is 25 to Life A Hayward man who was convicted in November in the 2022 slaying of ex-girlfriend Karina Castro was sentenced Tuesday morning to 25 years to life in prison, the maximum allowable under California law.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Nine Arrested For Tenderloin Drug Dealing Nine people were arrested for selling drugs to undercover cops in the Tenderloin; five arrests have been made in connection with six bodies found in the Mojave Desert; and the MAGA universe is losing its mind over Taylor Swift conspiracy theories vis a vis Biden.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sotomayor Expresses Frustration With SCOTUS at Berkeley Event Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was in Berkeley today discussing her frustrations with the court; a Google engineer believed murdered by her husband in Santa Clara has been ID'd; and a person was stabbed near the State Capitol in Sacramento Monday morning.
SF News One Shot and Injured During Mission District Revelry Following 49ers Win Things stayed mostly peaceful in the Mission District Sunday night as thousands of people came out of bars and homes to revel in the 49ers' NFC Championship win, but there was one reported incident of gun violence, and a few small fires.
SF News Monterey Chef Indicted For $4 Million In COVID Relief Fraud Scheme A chef and caterer based in Monterey is in hot water with the feds over an alleged $4 million that he bilked from the government during the pandemic, which prosecutors say he used to buy real estate in Belize and fund a new business venture.
Bay Area Sports Eminem, Matt Bomer, Ted Lasso's Cristo Fernandez Among the Celebrities at Sunday's 49ers Game Eminem was there to cheer on his beloved Detroit Lions, and he reportedly flipped off some Niners fans. But most of the other celebs in attendance Sunday were part of the Faithful.
SF News Body Found on BART Tracks Near Balboa Park A body was found early Monday in the BART trackway near Balboa Park Station, and this caused some delays with the first trains running through the area Monday morning.