SF News Video: Nude Woman Fires Gun Multiple Times Near Bay Bridge Toll Plaza We have yet another story involving a Bay Area bridge, someone going through something, and a major traffic backup resulting from the situation.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oregon Fire to Cause Some Hazy Skies Around the Bay There's a push to name a cable car after Tony Bennett; smoke from a wildfire burning in Oregon is likely to cause some haze around the Bay; and Rudy Giuliani has admitted to defaming two election workers in 2020.
SF News SF's Pandemic Response Praised In New Study Showing Low Number of COVID Deaths The choice was basically more freedom or less death after COVID arrived three years ago. Places like Florida and Texas chose freedom, California chose less death. And San Francisco in particular spared a lot of lives.
SF News Carjackings, Robberies, Juvenile Crimes On Rise — Just Another Pandemic Hangover? Two recent, violent carjackings — one of which ended shortly thereafter in a spectacular crash in a normally quiet part of San Francisco's Castro District — are examples of what seems to be an uptick in these types of crimes, many of which appear to be committed by juveniles.
Business & Tech Musk Is Sacrificing Billions In Brand Value and Recognition By Killing Off Twitter Name, Analysts Say What do we even call a tweet now?
SF News Justification of Friday's Richmond Bridge Closure and Subsequent Carmageddon Being Questioned Many are wondering whether the California Highway Patrol overreacted to a situation involving one man on Friday, which they said necessitated the closure of all eastbound lanes of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge for 17 hours.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Man Rescued From McCovey Cove After Fall A man fell into the water near Oracle Park this morning and required rescue; workers at the Academy of Sciences have unionized; and A's fans want Giants fans to support the protest over the A's relocation to Vegas during this week's Bay Bridge series.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Davis Stabbing Suspect Begins Competency Hearing The 21-year-old former UC Davis student accused in those May stabbings has begun his competency hearing; a gun battle in downtown Oakland left several cars full of bullets; and one of the oldest newspapers in California just shut down.
SF News Flipped Car On 19th Likely Carjacked, Gun Reported at Scene, Suspects Still at Large A chaotic scene on Saturday evening in the Castro, which thankfully did not leave anyone killed or seriously wounded, appears to have been the work of armed, juvenile suspects who remain at large.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF Marathon Breaks Participant Record Elon Musk has swapped out all the birds and projected an "X" on Twitter HQ last night; the San Francisco Marathon had its most participants ever on Sunday; and neighbors are trying to block a homeless housing hotel project in Millbrae.
SF News Video: Car Flies Over Sanchez Street Stairs, Lands On Roof, Occupants Flee A car, possibly stolen, took a leap off the stairway at Sanchez and 19th streets on Saturday, landing on its roof — and miraculously it appears no one was seriously hurt.
SF News New Sandwich Shop Owner In Upper Haight Punched In Face, Wants Justice Three months into owning a sandwich shop in the Upper Haight, business owner Peterson Harter says he was sucker-punched in the face Wednesday afternoon when he confronted a suspect who was urinating outside his store.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Two Hospitalized In Bike-vs-Scooter Crash on Market Two people were badly injured in a scooter-on-bike crash on Market Street; the SFPD has made an arrest in Friday's food-delivery carjacking; and the winning $1B Powerball ticket was sold in California (but not here).
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two SF Restaurants Gain Michelin Stars, Two Lose Them In New Guide The 2023 update to the California Michelin Guide — coming just seven months after the 2022 guide release — brings new star ratings to three Bay Area restaurants, including two in San Francisco. And two SF restaurants were stripped of stars.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Dies On Bay Bridge A man seen climbing the Bay Bridge last night was found dead; three people were killed in two separate shootings in Oakland this morning; and Nancy Pelosi is raising money like she does not plan to retire.
SF News Dutch Tourist Dies Following Scooter Collision In Downtown San Francisco A 55-year-old Dutch man who was visiting San Francisco earlier this month has died from injuries he sustained after being struck by a scooter on Market Street.
SF News Talk of Redeveloping Golden Gate Fields Has Already Begun Following Monday's announcement that 80-year-old East Bay racetrack Golden Gate Fields plans to shut down racing for good this fall, the talk has already begun about could be done with the 140-acre property.
SF News Sonoma County Sheriff's Helicopter Rescues Teen With Rattlesnake Bite We haven't heard about too many rattlesnake incidents around the Bay so far this year. But there are plenty of the venomous snakes up in the North Bay, and a 13-year-old boy had an encounter with one over the weekend.
SF News Marauding RV Causes Extensive Damage on Altamont Pass as It Tries to Speed Past Traffic An RV driving recklessly Monday on I-580 on the Altamont Pass, in Livermore, caused damage to multiple vehicles as it tried to plow past and through some traffic.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 80-Year-Old Ice Cream Man Robbed In Oakland An 80-year-old man selling ice cream was the victim of an armed robbery in Oakland's Fruitvale; California is again facing a shortage of firefighters for fire season; and Donald Trump says he is officially a target of the Jan. 6th investigation.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Another Child Is Hit By Gunfire In East Bay Freeway Shooting An 8-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being hit by crossfire in a freeway shooting Friday; two Santa Clara Co. sheriff's deputies have died in the last week; and a new poll finds Rep. Katie Porter leading in the race for Feinstein's Senate seat.
Arts & Entertainment 'A Chorus Line' Delivers Some Classic Broadway Dance Delights at SF Playhouse 'A Chorus Line,' while dated in its treatment of a few of its characters, remains an easily enjoyable slice of classic Broadway song-and-dance, and it's currently getting a solid revival at SF Playhouse.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Dead & Company Draws Thousands to SF For Final Shows, Dazzles With Drone Display The final concerts by Grateful Dead spinoff band Dead & Company took place over the weekend at Oracle Park, and they came with some spectacular drone light shows hovering over the stadium, in a fitting farewell.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Interest Already Bubbling Up To Save Anchor Brewing Co. The announced death of Anchor Brewing Co. last week was met with some immediate optimism that the brand, and the historic brewery, could maybe see some new life under a new owner at some point. And some potential takers are lining up.
SF News Chronicle Columnist Heather Knight to Become SF Bureau Chief for New York Times Longtime Chronicle staffer Heather Knight, who has been the paper's most-noted weekly columnist on San Francisco's foibles, politics, and more for the last five years, has landed a job as San Francisco bureau chief for the New York Times.
