SF News San Ramon Residents Still Bracing for 'Big One' After Day With 75 Earthquakes It hasn't been felt very much in San Francisco, but the earthquake swarm that has been rocking San Ramon for the past three months had its most active day on Monday, with a barrage of 75 small and mid-size earthquakes. And residents in the area are pretty on edge.
SF Politics Offensive Billboards Appear In SF Promoting ICE as 'Defensive Player of the Year' Some hastily put together, pro-ICE electronic billboard ads, paid for by a shady outfit with no known donors, have appeared in San Francisco ahead of the Super Bowl, and maybe in other cities as well.
SF News Fire on Pier 28 Causes Temporary Closure of Embarcadero A fire broke out in a pier building on Pier 28 Tuesday morning, the second here in just over a year, leading to a subsequent traffic snarl in the area of Embarcadero and Bryant streets.
SF Politics Katie Porter and Eric Swalwell Bow Out of First Gubernatorial Debate In SF Seven of the umpteen candidates running for California governor are confirmed to appear at a debate happening this evening in San Francisco's Bayview, and being broadcast live. But two of the more prominent ones will be absent.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mel's Drive-In Diner on Lombard Suffers Major Fire A fire broke out in the kitchen of Mel's Drive-In on San Francisco's Lombard Street early Tuesday, causing significant damage to the restaurant.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Dog on Tracks Disrupts Muni Metro Service Muni service was disrupted by a dog on the tracks at Civic Center Tuesday morning; X's offices in Paris were raided by authorities; and a Healdsburg bakery sparked backlash over a tipping complaint.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Big Rig Fire on I-80 In Emeryville Causes Huge Traffic Mess A big rig fire near the MacArthur Maze paralyzed westbound I-80; a Santa Clara man says he was beaten by a bicycle mob; and the Clintons have agreed to in-person depositions on the Epstein Files.
SF News Hastings Family Loses Fight to Keep Name on UC Law School After the University of California removed the name of its namesake benefactor from its San Francisco-based law school, the family of that namesake Serranus Hastings took the university to court.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Upscale Korean BBQ Spot Monami Coming to Upper Fillmore A new and decidedly fancy looking Korean barbecue spot, from the chef behind Michelin-starred SSAL, is heading to the former Noosh space on upper Fillmore in Fall 2026.
SF News Legal Drama Likely to Heat Up Over Fence Installed on Coastal Property in Daly City The ownership of a piece of coastal land in Daly City is rather complicated, as it turns out, and convicted local art scammer Luke Brugnara was not being entirely dishonest in his (at least partial) claim to the land.
SF News Dismembered Body Found In Oakland Oakland police are investigating a possible homicide after a gruesome discovery over the weekend.
SF News Dry Spell Expected to Persist Until Mid-February, or Longer It's turned into an unusually dry winter for Northern California, and that pattern, thanks to a ridge of high pressure, is going to continue for at least the first 10 days of February.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Human Chain Across Golden Gate Bridge Calls for Regime Change In Iran Thousands of protesters calling for regime change in Iran formed a human chain across the Golden Gate Bridge; a potential SF teachers' strike is still looming; and fans of Bob Weir were disappointed with his tribute at the Grammys.
SF News Another Series of San Ramon Earthquakes Rumbles Under East Bay Small earthquakes centered near San Ramon continued to rattle the East Bay as they have for months Monday morning. And the largest, a 4.2M, was felt in parts of San Francisco.
SF News Update: West Oakland BART Station Reopens After Train Collided With Person A major medical emergency stemming from a person possibly being struck by a BART train shut down West Oakland Station Friday afternoon, and service was being impacted throughout the system.
Business & Tech Anthropic Signs Lease For Entire 27-Story Downtown Tower Anthropic, the growing AI concern founded by two siblings and former OpenAI execs, had inked a deal for an entire office building at Howard and Fremont streets, marking one of the largest office deals in the city since 2019.
SF News Biennial Homeless Census Shifts to Morning Count In Hopes of Better Accuracy Outreach workers and volunteers fanned out across San Francisco Thursday morning conducting this year's biennial point-in-time count of the homeless.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Super Bowl to Bring Street Closures Galore Today is another nationwide day of protest against ICE; former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents over a protest; and various events will be causing street closures around SF for the Super Bowl next week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Bakery Selling Anti-ICE Cookies Following recent violent events in Minneapolis, a San Francisco bakery is selling cookies with anti-ICE messages on them, alongside Valentine's cookies with traditional Valentine's heart candy abbreviations on them.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's It's All Good Bakery Closes After 30 Years Beloved Oakland bakery It's All Good, which opened inside the former Black Panthers headquarters in North Oakland in 1996, has permanently closed.
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ to Host 30th Anniversary Screening of 'Showgirls' at Castro Theatre, With Star Gina Gershon SF drag legend and midnight movie impresario Peaches Christ is returning home to the Castro Theatre as part of its grand reopening months, putting on a 30th anniversary screening of the cult classic "Showgirls."
Business & Tech Waymo Started Taking Passengers to SFO Today Waymos are ferrying paying customers from SF to San Francisco International Airport for the first time on Thursday, but the robocars will not be able to take you directly to the terminals, at least not yet.
Arts & Entertainment Like Bottom of the Hill, Thee Parkside Is Also Now Going to Close "Well, looks like we’re gonna turn into a buncha condos," say the owners of Potrero Hill music venue Thee Parkside in an Instagram post featuring a video of graffiti being written saying "This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford."
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Huge Bucket of Meth Prompts Hazmat Response In Vallejo A five-gallon bucket of what turned out to be meth prompted a hazmat response in Vallejo; Allbirds is closing all of its brick-and-mortar stores; and Nicki Minaj was seen holding hands with Trump at an event in DC.
SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay High Schoolers Stage Anti-ICE Walkout East Bay high school students protested ICE actions with a walkout this morning; San Ramon's Bishop Ranch will see some major housing development; and a judge in Minnesota has condemned ICE for violating court orders.
