SF Politics Feinstein Makes It Official, She Will Retire After Next Year Though her ongoing effectiveness in the Senate has been questioned by colleagues over the last year, Dianne Feinstein has made it official that she doesn't intend to retire before her current term is up.
SF Politics Mayor Seeks Extra $27.6M to Cover SFPD Overtime Costs Amid Crackdown on Drug Dealing, Petty Crime A week after her State of the City address, SF Mayor London Breed is asking the Board of Supervisors to approve a new chunk of money in the budget for police overtime costs — and she stresses this is about improving street safety across the city.
SF News Weather Report: The Winter Chill Returns For Another Day If you thought it felt extra-frigid when you got up this morning, you'd be right. Gusty northwest winds are bringing some fresh arctic chill our way, but it will be short-lived.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: San Franciscans Mostly Over Valentine's Day There was a homicide in the Tenderloin early Tuesday; the person who won that $2 billion Powerball jackpot in LA County has come forward; and a survey of SF Bumble users found that a third say Valentine's Day is about "self love."
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Smashes Fisherman's Wharf Store In Burglary A car was used to smash into the Lids store at Fisherman's Wharf this morning for a burglary; Shake Shack is paying $20K to a former trans employee who was harassed by coworkers; and another sideshow shut down the Bay Bridge early Sunday.
SF Politics Supervisors Might Spike Plan for Temporary Tiny Homes for Homeless at 'Monster In the Mission' Site A plan to put up 70 temporary tiny homes/cabins in the former Walgreens parking lot behind the 16th and Mission BART plaza, ahead of a planned affordable development, may be getting killed after negative community feedback.
SF News Mission District Couple Describes Brutal Attack Near Dolores Park on Super Bowl Sunday A couple walking on 18th Street outside Mission High School on Sunday says they were set upon and assaulted by two female suspects, allegedly for no reason, or because they were blocking the path of the suspects' electric scooters.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Copra, a Southern Indian Food Destination From a Michelin-Star Chef, About to Make Its Debut on Lower Fillmore A much anticipated new Indian restaurant is getting ready to open in the splashy former Dosa space at the corner of Fillmore and Post streets, and it's just gotten a full makeover.
SF News Harrowing Story Emerges of SFO-Bound Flight Out of Maui That Nearly Plunged Into the Ocean A United flight out of Maui, bound for SFO, took a steep dive during inclement weather, right after takeoff, and came within about 700 feet of the Pacific, according to a newly discovered report.
SF News New Video From Next Door Shows Moment of Sunset Home Explosion Newly obtained surveillance video from one or two doors away from the 22nd Avenue home that exploded Thursday shows the moment of the blast and its immediate impact on nearby cars.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Sacramento Man Arrested In Brutal Hit-and-Run A 28-year-old Sacramento man is accused in a brutal hit and run that killed five people in an SUV he was driving; supplies are being sent from the Bay Area to Turkish quake victims; and US officials continue scrambling to identify objects that flew into US airspace.
SF News Suspect Arrested In Sunset Home Explosion Was Allegedly Making PCP and/or Hash Oil In the House Police arrested a 53-year-old San Francisco man Friday on suspicion of manslaughter, drug manufacturing, and child endangerment, in connection with the deadly explosion in the Sunset District on Thursday that destroyed two homes and damaged several others.
SF News Cause of Sunset District House Explosion May Be Related to Mysterious Barrels and Cylinders Found In Rubble It may be days or weeks before we get anything more definitive about the cause of yesterday's massive home explosion on 22nd Avenue, but with speculation running rampant in the last 24 hours, we at least now have a clue.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Daughter's Seven-Second TikTok Video Boosts Business For Parents' Struggling Santa Rosa Restaurant A young woman's brief plea to TikTok about her parents' empty Vietnamese restaurant in Santa Rosa was apparently immediately successful, and business is back up.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Downtown Four Seasons (the Former Loews Regency/Mandarin Oriental) to Open New Italian Restaurant, Orafo A new hotel restaurant is coming soon to the ground-floor space at the Four Seasons Embarcadero — the hotel formerly known as the Loews Regency which is not actually on the Embarcadero, but at 222 Sansome.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Valencia Street Irish Pub The Phoenix to Close Next Week, and a Six-Story Apartment Building Will Rise In Its Place The swan song of the 22-year-old Irish bar, The Phoenix, arrives on Super Bowl Sunday, and the owner has permits to demolish the single-story building and construct an 18-unit apartment building in its place.
SF News Body Recovered at Site of House Explosion and Fire In the Sunset; Six Homes and Five Cars Damaged In Blast There is still no explanation for a dramatic explosion that occurred at a single-family home on 22nd Avenue in the Sunset District Thursday morning, but rumors of a fatality were confirmed when a body was recovered Thursday night.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Baker Dies From Injuries After Robbery Oakland baker and activist Jen Angel has died from injuries sustained while trying to chase down thieves; UCSF is seeking help identifying a patient; and a Calistoga man is suing the Napa hotel whose water was found to have high levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease last summer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Beer Week Begins Friday With Kickoff Tasting Events In North Bay and East Bay; SF Kickoff on Saturday San Francisco Beer Week has very much become Northern California Beer Week over the years, with breweries from as far north as Mendocino and the Sierra joining in, and as far south as Carmel. And this year they're dividing up the kickoff events by subregion.
Business & Tech Mayor London Breed Announces Tax Breaks, Other Incentives Aimed at Reviving SF's Downtown In her State of the City address Thursday, SF Mayor London Breed announced a multipart plan aimed at revitalizing the city's beleaguered, seemingly half-empty downtown, and it involves some Twitter tax-break-style tax breaks.
SF News Organized Retail Theft Ring That Targeted California Apple Stores Busted, Eight Arrested An organized retail theft ring that netted around $1 million in stolen Apple products over the last six months has been busted following an investigation by the CHP's retail theft unit.
SF News [Update] Oakland Bakery Owner Dies After Attempted Robbery Gone Wrong Popular Oakland baker Jennifer Angel, the 48-year-old owner of Angel Cakes in the historic Gingerbread House, is in critical condition after a Monday incident in which she apparently tried to chase down thieves who stole something from her.
SF News 'Possible Gas Explosion' and Fire Destroys Sunset Home, Damages Others A fire quickly consumed and destroyed a home in San Francisco's Sunset District, and the fire reportedly began with or included an explosion that shattered windows in neighboring homes.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Conviction In Carmel Cold-Case Murder From 1981 The SoCal doctor accused of trying to kill his wife and kids by driving over a Pacifica cliff is due in court, a 67-year-old Seaside man has been convicted in a 1981 murder in Carmel, and the 2019 Texas Walmart shooter has pleaded guilty.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Report Calls Oakland Police Chief 'Not Credible' A new report from investigators into the latest Oakland police scandal calls Chief LeRonne Armstrong "not credible" in statements he made; the SFPD announced a $50K reward in a Sept. 2022 Fillmore shooting case; and UC Berkeley has "unnamed" another building that was named for a white supremacist.
