Arts & Entertainment Chris Stapleton to Do SF Show at Bill Graham on Super Bowl Weekend There will be a big concert in the middle of SF's Civic Center the night before Super Bowl Sunday in February, with headliner Chris Stapleton joined by at least one other artist, Grammy-winner Sierra Farrell, and other concerts TBA.
SF Politics SF City Attorney Vows Legal Action If Trump Sends In National Guard, Joins Amicus Brief at Supreme Court Mayor Daniel Lurie might be trying to avoid a verbal confrontation with President Trump, but City Attorney David Chiu came out swinging Tuesday about this National Guard business.
Business & Tech Academy of Art, Which Assembled Huge and Controversial SF Real Estate Portfolio, Now Selling a Portion of That Portfolio It's a sign of the times for Academy of Art University, the San Francisco-based art college that once attracted students from all over the country and now has many of its students taking classes remotely.
SF News Oakland Woman Describes Days of Torture, Rape, and Sexual Trafficking By East Palo Alto Man She Met Online An East Palo Alto man with multiple violent charges on his record, several of which involved assaults on women, allegedly met a woman on Facebook Dating in June and proceeded to kidnap, rape, brutalize, and sexually traffic her over a six-day span.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Vallejo Man's Bulldog Was Dognapped During Robbery A Vallejo man is offering a reward for the return of his stolen bulldog; a Daly City man was arrested in connection with a pair of assaults last week; and someone has been tucking transphobic messages inside books in a Noe Valley bookstore.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Says National Guard Can't Arrest Drug Dealers SF Mayor Daniel Lurie issues a new statement about Trump's National Guard threat; BART has not clarified what the 'equipment issue' was this morning; and police in Atlanta may have thwarted a mass shooting at the airport there.
SF News Aggressive Sea Otter Possibly Back At It Stealing Surfboards In Santa Cruz A surfer had a run-in with a sea otter last week in the same vicinity that the infamous Otter 841 was menacing surfers and kayakers two years ago, in what turned out to be a hormonal reaction to being pregnant.
SF News Trump-Appointed Judges on Ninth Circuit Side With Trump, Allowing National Guard Troops to Be Sent to Portland The nightmare of Donald Trump wielding the National Guard as his personal army in cities where he claims, without evidence, that this intervention is needed, is going to continue for now, after a decision filed Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
SF News First Atmospheric River of the Season Might Bring Rain By Friday This La Nina season is shaping up to be an early and wet one already, and after last week's rain, more is heading toward Northern California as soon as Friday.
SF News Motorcylist Dies In Collision on I-80 In Emeryville One person died in a collision on the eastbound side of I-80 in Emeryville Sunday afternoon, which led to lane closures and a significant traffic backup.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Widespread Outage Linked to Amazon Web Services A number of online platforms were impacted by an Amazon Web Services outage early Monday; two consolidated lawsuits are ramping up against social media platforms; and the new iPhone is outselling the last model.
SF News Equipment Problem In Transbay Tube Leads to Major BART Delays A problem that arose just as the Monday morning rush hour began is creating yet another headache for commuters who rely on BART.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Deep In Fall A Pearl 6101 chef branches out to Divisadero, a huge new dim sum restaurant opens in the East Bay, and MacKenzie Chung Fegan reviews Happy Crane, all in This Week In Food.
Business & Tech Regarding Benioff's Trumpy Turn: Salesforce Was Pitching a 'Talent Acquisition' Contract to ICE We need only follow the money to figure out what has turned the once-liberal-leaning Marc Benioff into a full-throated Trump supporter. And now we see that Salesforce was hoping to land a new contract helping ICE to expand its reach.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Smith's Castro Theatre Residency Sells Out Fast, Some Seats Still Available For New March Dates The previously announced residency by Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith, which will serve as the opening act for the renovated Castro Theatre in February and March, was already extended, and now spans over a month, with 20 show dates.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Reportedly Plans to Run In Primary for SF's Congressional Seat, Whether Pelosi Retires or Not As has long been known, state Senator Scott Wiener has political ambitions beyond the California legislature, and this week he's apparently making moves.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Santa Clara Mayor Responds to Trump's World Cup Threats Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor has responded to Trump's threats about moving the World Cup games; an Oakland neighborhood is menaced by a serial rock-thrower; and a petition seeks to replace Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime performer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This Thing: This Year's Diwali Menu at Besharam Chef Heena Patel has already spent years delighting San Francisco eaters with her interpretations of vegetarian Indian — specifically Gujarat — cuisine. And her celebratory menu at Besharam for Diwali, available this weekend only, is not to be missed.
Arts & Entertainment Romy Mars, Daughter of Sofia Coppola, Follows Up Hit Single By Asking UC Berkeley Why They'd Invite Her to Speak Romy Mars, who represents a segment of self-aware, self-deprecating Gen Z nepo babies that may not be very large, has just gone viral on TikTok calling out UC Berkeley for inviting her to speak on campus, given she is 18 years old and doesn't feel qualified to speak about much.
SF Politics Longtime SF Mayor Whisperer Ron Conway Puts Fellow Billionaire Marc Benioff on Blast The fallout continues from Marc Benioff's New York Times interview last week, in which the full-time Hawaii resident seemingly approved of Donald Trump's authoritarian use of the National Guard in liberal cities he doesn't like.
SF News Minor Earthquake Strikes Bay Area Shortly Before Annual Earthquake Drill It's Great ShakeOut Day in California, and just as preparations were being made for the annual earthquake drill, a 3.1M quake struck near Berkeley.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: BART Police Make Arrest In Shooting on Train SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto talks about Trump's threats to send the National Guard here; BART police have arrested a teen suspect in connection with a September shooting aboard a train in Oakland; and Rohnert Park police arrested a man for an alleged hate crime incident at a bowling alley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Triples Down on Sending Troops to SF, In White House Remarks Trump is yet again talking about sending troops to San Francisco; Trump is issuing blanket threats to Hamas; and Trump is really pissing off soybean farmers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink La Cocina's Very Popular SF Street Food Festival Returns After Five-Year Hiatus Those of us who lived in San Francisco in the last decade remember the ever-popular SF Street Food Festival — which thanks to widespread coverage on radio, web, TV, and in print was an immediate, very crowded success in its first year.
SF News As Trump Decries Crime In San Francisco, City Is Poised for Lowest Homicide Rate Since 1954 It's a city in chaos, folks! The streets are bedlam! Billionaires think the president should call in the National Guard to calm things down! But, actually, crime continues to be down, and SF is on track to have yet another historically low homicide count.
