SF News 5.2M Nevada Earthquake Rumbles Through Tahoe Area, Felt Elsewhere In NorCal A sizable early morning earthquake centered near Silver Springs, Nevada was felt strongly in Reno and Lake Tahoe, as well as parts of Northern California.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Motorcycle Crash Causes Bay Bridge Backup An early morning crash in the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge caused a major traffic snarl; May Day protests are planned for today around the Bay; and Chonkers the sea lion continues drawing crowds at Pier 39.
Business & Tech In OpenAI Trial, Elon Musk Really Wants Jury to Know That AI Might Kill Us All He may just be trying to prove a point for the sake of his case, but Elon Musk has reportedly been harping on AI doomsday scenarios in his federal court testimony.
SF Politics Steyer Closing In On Hilton In Latest Governor's Race Poll, Becerra On the Rise As more undecided voters appear to be finding a candidate they like, and following some televised debates, a new poll finds billionaire Tom Steyer continuing to hold a lead among the Democrats, and only one point behind Republican Steve Hilton.
SF News Federal Judge Rejects Motion By Sheng Thao and Co-Defendants to Toss Evidence In Corruption Case The judge in the federal corruption trial involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants has denied a motion by the defendants to toss evidence that they say was obtained inappropriately by investigators.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Two Fatal Crashes On I-580 One person was killed in a 2:30 am crash on westbound I-580 in Oakland; another crash around 7 am on eastbound I-580 in Livermore left one dead; and Robert Fisher's Russian Hill mansion has hit the market for $17M.
SF News Day Around the Bay: One SoMa Spot Sees the Most Speed-Camera Tickets One spot in SoMa has the most speed-camera tickets so far; SF police are warning seniors that thieves are targeting jewelry wearers; and a flight out of SFO had a close call with a drone.
Arts & Entertainment Revised Plans For Embarcadero Plaza Renovation Unveiled, Including Grand Lawn and Dog Park After months of community input, SF Rec & Parks officials unveiled revised designs Tuesday for Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park, just as workers have begun disassembling the Vaillancourt Fountain.
SF Politics Well Known Provocateur Has Been Trolling House Candidate Saikat Chakrabarti With Painted Van Some pre-primary shenanigans are afoot, and the culprit appears to be someone linked to state Senator Scott Wiener and/or his campaign, though no one has yet taken responsibility.
SF News SFO to Start Allowing Non-Ticketed Guests Past Security, For Goodbyes and Greetings at Gates The image of a happy couple being reunited just after an air passenger steps off the jetway is something out of a 90s romcom. But it is going to start happening again, at long last, at San Francisco International Airport.
SF News Oakland to Try Using Street Barriers to Curb Sex Work In 'The Blade' The city of Oakland is going to take a page out of San Francisco's playbook to try to discourage sex-work activity on a notorious section of International Boulevard.
SF News Humpday Headlines: New Twin Peaks Promenade Breaks Ground There's a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new promenade on Twin Peaks; BART and Muni have seen recent jumps in ridership; and the Supreme Court has dealt a final blow to the Voting Rights Act.
Arts & Entertainment Extra-Large Sea Lion Who's Been Hanging Out By Pier 39 Makes National News The Stellar sea lion, nicknamed Chonkers, who has been hanging around the sea lion docks by Pier 39 for the last month, continues to capture both regional and national attention.
SF Politics Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Trump Administration's Practice of Detaining Immigrants Without a Hearing The Trump administration was dealt another blow in federal court Tuesday with regard to its practice of rounding up and detaining undocumented immigrants who have, in some cases, lived and worked in the US for years.
SF News Yes, We're Really Going to Be Calling It 'Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport' It seems as though San Francisco city officials have given in, and while the name is different from what was originally proposed, Oakland Airport is now legally able to put "San Francisco Bay" in its name.
SF News Thousands of Those Jelly-Like 'By-the-Wind Sailors' Just Washed Up on Baker and Ocean Beach 'Tis the season once more for Velella velella, also known as "by-the-wind sailors," which tend to wash up onshore en masse on NorCal beaches in the spring and sometimes summer.
SF News Oakland Police Fatally Shoot Man Who They Say Pointed Gun at Officers and Children Police in Oakland fatally shot a man Monday afternoon in the Webster neighborhood of East Oakland, after he was reportedly pointing a gun at random people and children.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Piano on JFK Drive Vandalized The piano in front of the Conservatory of Flowers has been destroyed by a vandal; the Academy of Sciences is laying off 53 people; and the Supreme Court declined to hear a case about parental rights and a child's social transition at school.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sunset Dunes Celebrates One Year of No Cars The Academy of Art has just sold St. Brigid Church on Van Ness; there was quite a scene outside the Oakland courthouse where the Musk v. Altman trial is happening; and the California man who allegedly tried to shoot Trump on Saturday was formally charged.
SF News Arrest Made In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Rape and Murder In Placer County There has been an arrest in the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner in Placer County, and the culprit according to the sheriff's office, is a known sex offender who had only been out of prison 10 months when Wanner was kidnapped and killed.
SF News UPS Plane at Oakland Airport Spills 250+ Gallons of Jet Fuel, Some of Which Ended Up In a Storm Drain A jet fuel spill at Oakland Airport Monday resulted in possibly hundreds of gallons of fuel flowing into a storm drain that leads out to San Francisco Bay, but officials say the spill was contained.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rose Pizzeria, Born In Berkeley, Opens Its San Francisco Location In the Richmond The much acclaimed Rose Pizzeria, a favorite of both the SF Chronicle and the New York Times as well as SFist, has just debuted its much anticipated second location in SF's Richmond District. Let the jockeying for reservations begin!
SF News SF House That Was Site of Triple Murder-Suicide Sells for $700K Over Asking Yes, there was a bidding war for the Westwood Highlands home that was the site of a tragic murder-suicide six months ago — ghosts be damned, this is real estate.
Business & Tech Jury Selection Begins In Trial Pitting Elon Musk Against OpenAI What had sounded two years ago like a spat between billionaires over a business they both co-founded has now reached an actual courtroom and jury trial, with jury selection beginning Monday in the civil suit that Elon Musk brought against OpenAI.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Backcountry Skier Dies Despite Large Rescue Effort 19th Avenue reopened several hours ahead of schedule Monday morning; around 6,000 households in the Marina lost power Sunday night; and a well known skier and Mammoth Mountain employee died while on a backcountry ski trip.
