SF News Humpday Headlines: Woman on Scooter Killed In Tenderloin A 25-year-old woman on a scooter was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday, the SF school board approved far fewer layoffs than had been expected, and Elon Musk is hinting that he'll move Twitter out of the Bay Area because of "strong left bias."
SF News Quickly Boba Shop on Larkin Busted In DA's Office Sting, Was Allegedly Helping Front a Car Burglary Ring As Chesa Boudin's office scrambles to score some public wins ahead of the June recall election, news arrives of a big bust involving a boba tea shop that was being used to traffic good stolen in SF car burglaries, some of which ended up shipped to Hong Kong and Vietnam.
SF News Second Santa Rosa Toddler In Three Years Dies From Fentanyl, Parents Arrested The parents of a 15-month-old toddler in Santa Rosa who was found unresponsive on Monday next to some suspected fentanyl and drug paraphernalia have been arrested.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Will Let Trump Back on Twitter, Saying Permanent Bans 'Fundamentally Undermine Trust' In the Platform So even though Musk claims to want what's good for democratic society, he's happy to hand the megaphone back to the man who's bent on destroying it.
SF News Mike Tyson Won't Be Charged For On-Plane Assault at SFO San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says that no criminal charges are going to be filed against heavyweight champ Mike Tyson for that videotaped beating gave to a fellow passenger on a JetBlue flight out of SFO last month.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Marin Schoolkids Being Told They Should Mask Up Again Around 20 Marin County schools are having COVID outbreaks, Chesa Boudin did a prime-time interview with KRON4, and there was a Roe v. Wade town hall at Manny's on Monday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Steve Kerr Out With COVID, Ja Morant Out With Knee Injury for Warriors-Grizzlies Game 4 Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr is entering NBA COVID protocols after testing positive Monday, the Grizzlies' star play Ja Morant is out with a knee injury for Game 4, and Uber is having a moment of financial comeuppance.
SF News UCSF's Dr. Wachter on COVID Watch After Wife Tests Positive While Traveling One of our local pandemic-era soothsayers, UCSF Medical School's Dr. Bob Wachter, may soon be dealing with his own bout of COVID-19 for the first time, in a story now increasingly familiar among those who have been extra-cautious and COVID-free up until now.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Handroll Project, the Hotly Anticipated New Casual Sushi Spot From a Ju-Ni Chef, Opens In the Mission A new sushi restaurant devoted entirely to handrolls — sort of like the open-faced-sandwich version of a maki roll — has opened in the prominent former AL's Deli/Yuzuki space at 18th and Guerrero, and it's bound to be a big hit.
SF Politics Breed's Pick for D6 Supervisor Is Matt Dorsey, Longtime Politico, Advisor to City Attorney, PR Guy for the Cops Mayor London Breed is set today to swear in her appointment to the Board of Supervisors to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Matt Haney, and it's another Matt who has been roaming the halls of City Hall for a couple of decades.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Armed Standoff In Emeryville Ends With Suspect Asleep Oakland police are investigating a body found in the hills near Tilden Park, the second victim in the Marin Headlands small-plane crash has been ID'd, and an armed standoff at an Emeryville hotel ended Sunday morning with the suspect asleep in the lobby.
SF News Berkeley Sees Its Second Homicide of 2022, and It Was Staged to Look Like a Suicide A 20-year-old Berkeley man is in custody following the shooting death of his roommate on Tuesday, which police say happened in the course of an altercation in the home that was witnessed by the suspect's grandmother, who also lives there.
SF News San Francisco, Three Other Bay Area Counties Return to CDC's 'Yellow' Tier as Latest COVID Surge Hits You may know someone with COVID right now, or you may have it yourself, as San Francisco is a couple of weeks into a surge being driven by the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant of Omicron.
SF News Four People Injured After Car Goes Off Cliff Near Sutro Baths at 3 a.m. Friday Authorities have not said that alcohol or Cinco de Mayo partying had anything to do with it, but a car with four adults in it missed a bend in the road or something and went off a cliff near San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
SF News Cinco de Mayo Brings Sideshows to Oakland and Santa Rosa; One Man Shot In Santa Rosa Sideshow events erupted in the East and North Bay on Thursday night, as revelers came out to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in full force — and a massive sideshow in Santa Rosa ended with one man getting shot multiple times.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Four Arrested For March Killing In the Mission Four people have been arrested in connection with a March fatal stabbing in the Mission, the VTA has approved the first construction contract for Phase II of BART's San Jose extension, and fish are dying around Clear Lake due to the drought.
Arts & Entertainment Free Concert Celebrating Cinco de Mayo at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park If you're not trying to do Cinco de Drinko after work, maybe you'd like to celebrate more maturely in the spirit of Cinco de Mayo by taking in a free concert of Latin music at the bandshell in Golden Gate Park.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Campanile Falcon Chicks Starting to Hatch for Mom Annie and Stepdad Alden The last three offspring of Annie with her falcon mate of five years Grinnell look to have been successfully incubated, despite concerns they might not be following Grinnell's untimely death in late March.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shuggie's Trash Pie & Natural Wine Makes Colorful Debut in the Old Velvet Cantina Combining the trends of upcycling food waste and natural wine, along with pizza which never goes out of style, Shuggie's Trash Pie & Natural Wine has opened its doors in the Mission District.
SF News Major Westbound Backup on Bay Bridge Caused By Pedestrian; CHP Officer Makes Arrest With Help From Drivers A major traffic situation unfolded Wednesday evening on the upper, westbound deck of the Bay Bridge, caused by a man illegally walking eastbound from San Francisco in a traffic lane.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Alameda Officers Cleared Again in Mario Gonzalez Case A review of the Mario Gonzalez death case commissioned by the city of Alameda has (sort of) cleared officers of wrongdoing, a man having a mental health crisis caused an hours-long traffic nightmare in the East Bay, and that Meta store opens next week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Charles Phan's Hard Water Has Officially Closed on Pier 3 An Oakland city councilmember is pushing to turn part of the old army base into a 1,000-bed homeless shelter, a new summer forecast predicts more dry lighting (and fire), and Charles Phan's Pier 3 bar Hard Water has officially closed for good.
SF News Muni Ridership Hits 67% of Pre-Pandemic Levels on Weekends, 54% on Weekdays Much as BART has seen a return of riders a bit moreso on weekends than during commuting hours on weekdays, the SFMTA is reporting a similar pattern on Muni buses and trains — though one bus line is now at 133% of its pre-pandemic riders.
SF News 'Prolific' San Jose Thief Arrested After Police Find Cache of Millions of Dollars In Stolen Goods, Ghost Guns A 24-year-old alleged thief who police say was keeping storage lockers packed with millions of dollars worth of stolen property that he was selling online is now in the custody of San Jose police.
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Tackled By Armed Man During L.A. Show, Makes Trans Joke Afterward Chappelle was talking onstage Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl about how he needs extra security now that the LGBTQ community despises him. And then a guy rushed the stage in an apparent attempt to physically assault or harm him.
