SF News SF City Attorney Files for Injunction to Immediately Stop Oakland Airport's Use of Its 'Confusing' New Name The City of San Francisco has now filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against the Port of Oakland over the name change of Oakland Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Cliff House Won't Reopen This Year Due to 'Unanticipated Repairs' Some unexpected infrastructure problems with the Cliff House building have caused a delay in its reopening, and the new operators are now aiming for 2025 to reintroduce their new concept for the place.
SF Politics Trump Panders to Libertarians, Says He'd Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Donald Trump is again making promises to constituents that he may or may not keep, believing it's politically expedient to tell some libertarian crypto bros that he would pardon Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if he became president again.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Bolinas Beach Closed Due to Human Waste A woman was killed Friday after falling out of a vehicle doing donuts in San Jose; Pleasanton police catch suspect with loaded ghost gun; and most of Bolinas Beach is closed due to an urgent public health concern.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Rolls Out Fleet of Mobile Security Cameras SF just rolled out some new mobile security cameras for "high-crime zones"; two planes crashed in mid-air in Tahoe; and the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair just celebrated its 45th edition on Sunday.
SF News 50 Years Ago Today, BART's Transbay Tube Opened For Business It's been 50 years since BART began shuttling passengers under the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco. And with a recent seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube complete, the agency is celebrating the big anniversary today.
SF News Protesters Gather at SF Hall of Justice as Golden Gate Bridge Gaza Protesters Appear In Court Some of the 26 individuals who are facing criminal charges stemming from a Tax Day protest in April that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours made court appearances on Monday, and were joined by activists protesting their prosecution.
SF News Dreamforce Kicks Off Tuesday With Celebrity Speakers, Largest Crowd Since 2019 Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference, which these days is all about AI, is set to bring in about 45,000 attendees when it kicks off Tuesday in SoMa, which is the biggest crowd it's had since the pandemic.
SF News One Person, Two Cats Rescued In Tenderloin Apartment Fire One person and two cats had to be rescued from a fire escape Sunday evening after an accidental kitchen fire spread inside a top floor apartment in SF's Little Saigon neighborhood.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Suspect In Second Attempted Assassination of Trump Was Known to Media Ryan Routh, the suspect arrested for possibly trying to assassinate Donald Trump, was a known, passionate supporter of Ukraine; Salesforce gives money to SF schools for AI education; and Jane's Addiction cancels reunion tour after onstage fight.
SF News Update: Powell Street BART Station Closed After Police Shooting A major police situation was happening in or near Powell Street Station Friday morning after an armed suspect apparently fired a gun, and then was shot by police.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Laser Show Lights Up Transamerica Pyramid Lasers light up the Transamerica Pyramid; Newsom signs bill making penalties harsher for smash-and-grab thieves; and Trump comes to California looking for campaign funds.
Arts & Entertainment Shakespeare In the Park Brings ‘The Tempest’ to the Embarcadero, and ‘As You Like It’ Opens at CalShakes This season of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival got extended to include two weekends of performances of ’The Tempest’ at Sue Bierman Park at the foot of Market Street, on the Embarcadero. And CalShakes comes back alive in Orinda this weekend with its production of ‘As You Like It’.
SF News SF Man and Juvenile Arrested for Auto Burglaries After Pursuit In Oakland A San Francisco man and a juvenile accomplice were arrested last week in connection with a possibly wide-ranging auto burglary "operation" that included at least two burglaries in Alamo Square and near the Palace of Fine Arts.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Delays on BART After Emergency at 16th & Mission An early morning medical emergency at 16th & Mission was causing major BART delays in both directions through SF; teachers in Half Moon Bay avert a strike; and the mayoral candidate debate again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Breed Backs Out of Debate With Challengers Mayor London Breed backed out of a Wednesday evening KPIX debate with her challengers; 65-year-old North Bay chain Mary's Pizza Shack has filed for bankruptcy; and next year's AIDS Lifecycle ride will be the last.
SF Politics Even In Liberal Berkeley, Aggressive Encampment Sweeps Set to Begin A ruling by the Supreme Court allowing cities to crack down on illegal camping without necessarily providing shelter to the unhoused has even brought Berkeley's city council around to approving more unfettered encampment sweeps.
SF News Defense Attorney For Teen Who (Allegedly) Shot Ricky Pearsall Says Video Proves This Was Not Attempted Murder The public defender representing the 17-year-old Tracy boy who's been charged with armed robbery and attempted murder in the August 31 shooting of Ricky Pearsall says that video evidence suggests the attempted murder charge should be dropped.
SF News Developer of Market and Van Ness Tower Strikes Deal to Restart Construction, Nix Affordable Units Australian developer Lendlease may not completely abandon its 47-story Hayes Point project after all, as SF city leaders are looking to cut a deal and let them out of an affordable housing requirement.
SF News SFPD Raids Underground Casino Operating Inside Tenderloin Market San Francisco police raided what appeared to be an illegal casino operation inside of one or more Tenderloin storefronts Tuesday evening, seizing 16 gambling machines.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Offers to Impregnate Taylor Swift In Ill-Advised, Tuesday Night Tweet Elon Musk doubles down on the creepiness of his already weird polygamist-baby-factory lifestyle by tweeting at Taylor Swift Tuesday night, following her endorsement of Kamala Harris.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Firefighters, City Leaders Remember 9/11 The San Francisco Fire Department held its annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony; an arson arrest was made in a big SoCal wildfire; and somehow Trump never managed to drag "liberal San Francisco" while debating Kamala Harris.
SF News Overturned Big Rig Blocks Westbound Caldecott Tunnel, Snarling Traffic An injury crash involving an overturned big rig that dumped a large amount of debris in the roadway closed all lanes of westbound Highway 24 in Oakland today, causing a major traffic situation.
SF News Yuba County Resident Charged In Stabbing and Vehicle Assault Spree That Ended In Castro District A Brownsville man has now been charged with multiple felonies, including eight counts of attempted murder, in connection with a September 1 spree of violence and mayhem that began with a hit-and-run collision in the Haight.
Business & Tech Ninth Circuit Sides With Musk In Case About California Social Media Content Moderation Law A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has taken Elon Musk's and Xitter's side in a case concerning a new California law that mandates broad disclosures for social media platforms about their content moderation practices.
