SF News Post-Fourth Headlines: Illegal Fireworks Spark 50 Fires In East Bay Six people were injured in a shooting in Hayward Tuesday night; there were at least a half dozen mass shootings around the country over the long weekend; and firefighters in Contra Costa County responded to 50 fires caused by fireworks.
Arts & Entertainment Sutro Tower Will Have Red, White and Blue Lasers Shooting Through It This Week In honor of the Fourth of July, and commemorating the 50th birthday of San Francisco's Sutro Tower, there will be lasers shooting up through the radio tower for five nights this week.
SF News July Fourth Headlines: Man Stabbed During Soccer Match at Levi's Stadium A man was stabbed during the CONCACAF Gold Cup match at Levi's Stadium Sunday; there were two mass shootings around the country on Monday; and at least three women have been robbed near Alamo Square in similar fashion to recent robberies in Noe Valley.
Business & Tech Musk's Move to Limit Tweet Views Looks to Be Another User- and Advertiser-Alienating Blunder Over the holiday weekend, Twitter users started getting messages about having "exceeded" their "rate limit" for viewing tweets, and it turns out this was non-CEO-CEO Elon Musk's latest effort to crack down on data scraping, which in turn pissed off a legion of loyal users.
SF News One Suspect Killed, Two Arrested After Struggle With CHP Officer Near San Leandro An incident that began with a police chase involving an allegedly stolen car on I-580 in the East Bay ended early Monday morning with one suspect fatally shot, either by a CHP officer or an Alameda County Sheriff's deputy.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Yep, It'll Be Another Foggy Fourth The forecast is for fog and marine layer to obscure lots of fireworks displays again; there's a major backup in processing passport applications at the State Department; and the former Harvey's in the Castro will become a new nightclub.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin-Starred Marlena Just Lost Its Two Chefs, Who Are Moving On to a New Project Bernal Heights fine-dining gem Marlena has lost the husband-and-wife chef team who took the three-year-old restaurant to Michelin-star status in its first year in business, despite opening at the height of a pandemic.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Quince Team Opens Salon and Private Event Space In Former Cookhouse In North Beach As Michelin three-star Quince prepares to reopen this summer and celebrate its 20th birthday, owners Lindsay and Michael Tusk have announced the opening of their new private event space and test kitchen upstairs from Vesuvio in North Beach.
SF Politics Saying the High Court 'Misinterpreted the Constitution,' Biden Pledges to Use Other Means to Provide Student Debt Relief California leaders were among those on Friday decrying the Supreme Court's ruling that does away with the Biden administration's intent to forgive portions of borrowers' student loan debts across the nation. But now, Biden says they will use the Higher Education Act to do something similar.
SF News One Arrest Made, Group of Deplorable Teens Still Being Sought In 11 Violent Robberies In Noe Valley and NoPa San Francisco police say a group of juveniles has been implicated in nearly a dozen robberies, often targeting women on the street, in Noe Valley and NoPa.
SF News UC Berkeley Field Biologist Found Murdered In Mexico An ecologist and field biologist who was in graduate school at UC Berkeley was found dead last week in the Mexican state of Sonora, killed in his car in what sounds like a cartel-style hit while he was out collecting plants.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Supreme Court Nixes Biden's Student Debt Relief, Sides With Anti-Gay Web Designer The Supreme Court's conservative majority issued two more crappy decisions that pleased Republicans; United's fiasco continues causing cancellations and stranded passengers at SFO; and Apple just bought an office building on the cheap in Cupertino.
Arts & Entertainment New Indoor Pickleball Courts Set to Open at the Palace of Fine Arts In Two Weeks Some new pickleball courts have been fashioned out of a space at the Palace of Fine Arts that appears to be the former Exploratorium museum, and they'll be available for reservations soon to quench the city's high demand among pickleball enthusiasts.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Locanda Chef Anthony Strong Launches Dinner Service at Pasta Supply Co. In the Richmond With a concise menu of fresh pastas, salads, and a few other items, Pasta Supply Co. is now doing dinner service, with a somewhat unique service model that is neither traditional sit-down nor fast-casual.
SF Politics Retired Chronicle Columnist Says Feinstein Is a Democratic Hero For Sticking Around There's been talk since Feinstein's health-related absence from the Senate that even if she were to retire, Republicans would likely block Democrats' ability to replace her on the Judiciary Committee. And retired Chronicle columnist Andrew Ross agrees, and says she should be hailed as a hero.
SF News Affirmative Action Decision at Supreme Court Will Likely Mean Less Diversity at California's Private Universities After the conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled today that race-conscious admissions policies are unconstitutional, the repercussions in higher education are likely to be felt most acutely at the most in-demand and prestigious universities.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Women Targeted For Robberies In Noe Valley Women walking with cellphones and kids are reportedly being targeted for robberies in Noe Valley; a former Google exec is running for Feinstein's Senate seat; and the Supreme Court has, predictably, struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ Isn't Having Google's Excuses About Pride Party Snub SF drag star Peaches Christ is calling out Google for appearing to kowtow to conservatives and tone down their presence at an employee Pride event this year and pretend that the employees had gone rogue.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF DA Not Filing Charges In Shooting By Powell BART There was a small house fire this afternoon in the Lower Haight; SF DA Brooke Jenkins says there is not enough evidence for a murder charge in the shooting near Powell BART; and the Oakland Police Commission remains a bit of a mess.
Arts & Entertainment Madonna Tour On Hold As Singer Recovers From Serious Health Scare Madonna's much-hyped Celebration Tour, which was set to kick off in two weeks in Vancouver, is on indefinite pause after she reportedly suffered a serious bacterial infection and was found unresponsive in her New York City home over the weekend.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dalida, a New Eastern Mediterranean Restaurant From Noosh Chefs, Debuts Friday In the Presidio Coming this weekend to the Presidio is a brand new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant from the talented opening chefs behind Noosh and the Mission District pop-up Istanbul Modern, and it's called Dalida.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Downtown Business Goes Down: Farewell, HRD Coffee Shop A longtime SFist favorite and a stalwart on Third Street that's been there since the 1950s, HRD Coffee Shop, is closing up shop, and the owner says it's because he didn't get enough help from his landlord or the city.
SF News Potrero Hill Shooting Victim Drives Self to Hospital, Crashes Into Cops On the Way A male victim was shot Tuesday afternoon in the vicinity of the Potrero Terrace housing project, and as he drove himself to the hospital, he had an unfortunate encounter with police.
SF News Two Arrested In SF Crime Spree That Included Armed Robberies, Shooting Two male suspects are in SFPD custody on suspicion of a raft of charges including armed robbery, assault, attempted murder, and car theft, following a crime spree that spanned 10 days in May.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SFMTA Gets $30M Grant From Feds for EV Stuff Those "safe and sane" fireworks are out there for purchase again; the former CELLspace site will become the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center next year; and the SFMTA just got a $30M federal grant for electric buses and charging stations.
