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.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Police Release Photo of Possible Delivery-Man Shooter Oakland police have released photos of two people of interest in a June 21 shooting that killed a flower delivery man; Cal/OSHA has cited the two farms where a mass shooting took place in January; and hate crimes were up 20% in California last year.
Arts & Entertainment 97-Year-Old San Francisco Art Institute Campus Hits the Market for Undisclosed Asking Price Could a different school step in and revive the historic San Francisco Art Institute campus on Chestnut Street? We shall now see, as the nearly century-old property has officially hit the market in a bankruptcy sale, for an unlisted sum.
SF News CHP Investigating Alleged Road Rage Shooting on I-280 In San Francisco A road-rage freeway shooting appears to have occurred Monday afternoon in San Francisco, though no one was injured, and the CHP is still investigating.
SF News SFPD Officer Involved In 'Large-Scale' Busts of Drug Dealers Faces Discipline, Multiple Cases Likely to Be Dropped An SFPD officer is facing internal disciplinary proceedings and has been put on desk duty after it was discovered that she may have had an inappropriate relationship with a confidential informant.
SF News Op-Ed Suggests St. Louis, Moreso Than SF, Is In a Serious 'Doom Loop' and No One Is Talking About It It is actually dangerous and deserted in parts of St. Louis, and a Republican legislature in Missouri has tried its best to counter any progressive policy the city tries to enact, leading to unproductive political fights, as a Times opinion piece suggests.
SF News Another Waymo Decided to Park In the Middle of an Intersection, Blocking Muni Bus You've heard a lot of these stories by now, but we have yet another situation in which a robocar disrupted civil society in San Francisco and caused actual humans to have trouble getting where they need to go.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Mayor London Breed Wore a Tutu and More Images From SF Pride 2023 SF Pride was certainly back in full force this year, with BART noting that ridership on Sunday was even up about 20% higher than in 2022. And here are some photos from the parade itself.
SF News Four Arrested In San Francisco For San Mateo LEGO Store Robbery Four East Bay residents — three adults and a juvenile — were taken into custody Friday following a heist of LEGOs worth $3,500. And the crew was easily caught because they were in a car they rented through a third-party app.
