Business & Tech Twitter Is Slashing Its Office Footprint, Canceling Plans for Oakland Office Twitter announced plans Wednesday to downsize its office holdings in multiple cities, including at its San Francisco headquarters, and the company is canceling plans for a downtown Oakland office announced last year.
SF News Humpday Headlines: BART Board Considers Renewing Mask Mandate BART's board of directors will vote Thursday on whether to renew the mask mandate on trains, a reward has gone up to $20K for information about the fatal shooting of an Oakland rideshare driver, and the Oak Fire is now 32% contained.
SF News Hundreds of Richmond Residents Complained About an Incessant, Late-Night Bass Beat, Mayor Uses Reward to Find Culprits A lot of people living in Richmond and nearby towns posted to Nextdoor and Facebook late Saturday/early Sunday to complain about a never-ending, droning bass beat coming from somewhere, and keeping them up well past 2 a.m. Mayor Tom Butt got on the case, and apparently has figured it out.
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Doing Series of North Bay Gigs This Week, LGBTQ Activists May Protest Controversy-courting comedian Dave Chappelle is doing more shows in the Bay Area this week, and hosting three consecutive nights of events at the Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa, despite being persona non grata with much of the LGBTQ community at this point.
SF News Afternoon Shooting Kills One Person In SF's McLaren Park One person was found suffering from a gunshot wound in San Francisco's McLaren Park on Monday afternoon, and the victim later died from their injuries.
SF News Shootout In Potrero Hill Leaves Two Injured, Multiple Homes Riddled With Bullets An apparent shootout early Monday morning left four residential buildings on San Bruno Avenue riddled with bullet holes, and left two individuals with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Judge Halts Encampment Clearing In Santa Rosa A planned sweep of a longstanding encampment on Santa Rosa's Joe Rodota Trail was halted by a judge, Stanford researchers are looking for monkeypox in wastewater, and Richmond residents were upset by an incessant "bass beat" Saturday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Monkeypox Cases Hit 215 In San Francisco The number of confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox in SF hit 215 on Sunday up from just 16 four weeks ago, little kids aren't getting COVID vaccinations in large numbers, and an air quality advisory for the Bay Area has been extended through Wednesday due to Oak Fire smoke.
SF News Fired Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick to Get $1.5M Settlement After Court Win Oakland's former police chief won a wrongful termination case two months ago, and now the Oakland City Council has approved a $1.5 million settlement for her, which includes a year's pay.
Arts & Entertainment New Musical Inspired and Performed By Real Bay Area Teens to Premiere August 4 at ACT 'The Code' is an unusual piece of work that benefited from a long incubation due to the pandemic, and American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory is getting set to premiere the musical in two weeks.
SF News Convicted Boogaloo Shooter Steven Carrillo Receiving Medication for Mental Illness, and Other Details Emerge He's already been convicted and sentenced in the federal case and is awaiting sentencing in the killing of a Santa Cruz County deputy, but we're getting a bit more of the timeline filled in of Carrillo's violent 2020 spree, inspired by the Boogaloo movement.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF NAACP Now Calling for Ann Hsu's Resignation The SF branch of the NAACP voted 105-0 to call for the resignation of new school board member Ann Hsu, a triple shooting in Marin City on Sunday claimed one life, and a man is in serious condition after a 15-foot fall in SF's Japantown.
SF News SFPD Says Two Dozen People Have Had Expensive Watches Brazenly Stolen This Year So Maybe Don't Wear Them Out Thieves have been targeting the wearers of ten-thousand-dollar Rolexes and Patek Philippes, so if you own one of these high-end watches you might want to think twice before wearing them out in public spaces in SF.
SF News Pendulum Swings and National Press Decides San Francisco Is Cool Again Suddenly, some editors on high have decided San Francisco is OK again, and still very pretty, and maybe it has something to do with the Presidio Tunnel Tops opening?
SF News Wealthy East Bay Town of Piedmont Confused By Official Count of 42 Homeless There. Where'd They Go? Residents of Piedmont, the tiny enclave that's entirely surrounded by Oakland and largely populated by millionaires, don't understand where homeless census counters were looking when they found 42 homeless people there earlier this year.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: The San Francisco Marathon Brings Street Closures Sunday There's a long list of street closures for the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, the Shultz penthouses in Russian Hill just set a real estate record, and BART was having more major delays today.
SF Politics Maybe We Won't Be Getting a Dept. of Sanitation and Streets After All, With New Amendments Headed for Ballot Several members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who just two years ago were fully behind the creation of a separate Department of Sanitation and Streets that would not live under the aegis of the Department of Public Works, aren't so much now.
Bay Area Sports Soccer Fans Get Rare Local Chance to Watch Real Madrid Play Club América In SF Next Week Hardcore fans of international football are going to be clamoring to get to Oracle Park on Tuesday, as current UEFA Champions League title holder, Real Madrid, comes to town to play Club América.
SF News Oakland Police Seek Suspect Who Attempted to Kidnap Toddler From Bus Stop A bizarre attempted kidnapping unfolded at a bus stop in Oakland on Tuesday, and police are now seeking the public's help in locating the suspect, who also assaulted the child's mother.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fancy Flavored Popcorn Shop Debuts In Hayes Valley With Toppings Like Chorizo, Thai Curry, and Brisket A new snack stand called Fluff Nugget opens today at Proxy in Hayes Valley, taking over the space formerly occupied by Smitten Ice Cream, and serving all manner of tricked-out cones of flavored popcorn.
SF News Mentally Ill Suspect In SFO Stabbing to Be Arraigned Thursday The suspect in Tuesday morning's stabbing in a baggage claim area at SFO had his arraignment delayed from Wednesday due to an undisclosed sickness, but he was expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Port of Oakland Trucker Protest Continues A 109-unit condo building is sitting empty at the foot of Oak Street and buyers want to know why, a trucker protest at the Port of Oakland continues impacting supply chains, and President Joe Biden has COVID.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Police Release Video In Rideshare Driver Murder Oakland police released video in the killing of rideshare driver Kon "Patrick" Fung on Sunday, the suspect in last weekend's bowling alley shooting in Livermore has been arrested, and the new operators of the Castro Theatre are planning a town-hall meeting to discuss plans.
SF News Big Rig Driver Sought After Hit-and-Run Incident That Damaged I-80 Overpass In Berkeley A few big chunks of concrete were knocked off an I-80 overpass at Gilman Street in Berkeley Wednesday morning when a big-rig truck driver carrying an excavator plowed into it, and then took off.
SF Politics Supervisor Calls for New SF School Board Member to Step Down Over Racist Comments In an echo of a similar controversy last year, a newly appointed school board member, who is Asian, is being accused of racism toward Black and brown people, and an SF supervisor has called for her resignation.
