SF News BART Has Hired a Hawk to Manage the Pigeon Population In El Cerrito A hawk who has been given the name Pac-Man is patrolling the area around the El Cerrito del Norte Station, thanks to a contract with a falconer in what's sort of a last-ditch effort — after many failed attempts — to control the pigeon population there.
SF News Could SF Have Another Toilet Torcher? Porta-Potty Fire on McCoppin Threatens Buildings Way back in 2009, a string of porta-potty arsons led SFist to nickname the perpetrator the Toilet Torcher. And any time a new incident of porta-potty torching arises, we still have to wonder, are they back?
SF News SF Man Fatally Shot In Lower Haight There was a homicide Thursday night in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood, and a 20-year-old man is dead.
Arts & Entertainment Marin County Woman Liberates Baby Fox From Peanut Butter Jar Stuck On Head It's both a lesson in wildlife trapping and rescue and a lesson in how not to recycle your peanut butter jars!
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Missing SF Man Found Dead In Desolation Wilderness 32-year-old Jia Huang of San Francisco was found dead of an apparent drowning in Lake Aloha, a vigil was held in Oakland for the bystander killed in a crash early Sunday, and Gary Payton II may be headed to the Trailblazers.
SF News Central Valley Portion of High-Speed Rail Gets Funded In New State Budget The political wrangling has finally ended, and the last $4.2 billion in the state's high-speed rail bond funding is being spent on the rail system in the newly approved state budget.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trouble Coffee, Which Helped Launch the Artisan Toast Craze, Has Closed After 15 Years In the Outer Sunset A beloved and eccentric business out in the Avenues has called it quits after 15 years, and we should all take a moment to mourn it.
SF News Suspect In Austin Murder of SF-Based Cyclist Captured In Costa Rica After Going On the Run for 43 Days Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman who had been sought for over a month in the May homicide of San Francisco-based competitive cyclist Moriah Wilson, was arrested Wednesday in Central America by the U.S. Marshals Service.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Runs to Fire-Charred Woods to Make Video Response to Supreme Court's EPA Decision In just a week's time, the conservative-led Supreme Court — more the Alito Court than the Roberts Court at this point — has made itself Enemy Number One of the Democratic Party, and of women, LGBTQ people, climate activists, and liberals generally.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland School District Moves Ahead With Closures The Rices Fire in Nevada County is being held at 900 acres, the body of a missing Oakland teenager has been found in waters of Alameda, and the Oakland school board voted for a third time to move ahead with closing or consolidating around 10 schools.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 77-Year-Old San Jose Woman Charged With Killing Husband A 77-year-old San Jose woman is accused of setting her house on fire to kill her husband, SF-born Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer retires tomorrow, and Steph Curry has been named the host of the ESPYs.
SF News Source: Two Rookie Oakland Cops Engaged Sideshow Car In Chase That Ended In a Pedestrian Death New allegations are emerging from an Oakland Police Department source regarding a Sunday morning crash in East Oakland that may have been spawned by an unsanctioned high-speed chase by rookie officers — who then allegedly fled the scene without calling for medical help.
SF News Starbucks Near Oakland Airport an Apparent Hot Spot for Smash-and-Grab Thieves Right Now Don't stop for coffee on your way to or from Oakland Airport with a car full of luggage, because opportunistic thieves may just smash in and grab it all.
SF News Fish Are Falling From the Sky In SF, and Clumsy Pelicans Are Likely to Blame A seasonal boom in the anchovy population on the San Francisco coast and in the Bay is causing some heavy traffic among feasting seabirds, and this is apparently leading to fish seeming to fall out of the sky in the city and elsewhere.
SF News Here's Hoping That Illegal Fireworks Don't Light the State On Fire This Weekend Cal Fire has put out its annual warning, but in this particularly drought-parched year, conditions are ripe for wildfires caused by illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend.
SF News BART Police Arrest Two Suspects In Weekend Shooting BART police have arrested two suspects, a San Francisco man and an Oakland woman, in connection with a Saturday shooting that took place onboard a train.
SF News San Francisco Man Arrested After Alleged Crime Spree That Ended With Murder of Truck Driver In Central Valley A 21-year-old San Francisco man is in custody after a truck driver was found fatally stabbed over the weekend at a remote gas station along I-5, and the suspect has been tied to multiple crimes including one Friday night in Oakland.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Wildfire Near Nevada City Grows to 769 Acres The Rices Fire has been burning since Tuesday in Nevada County and is now threatening over 500 buildings, SF street vendors of often stolen goods remain defiant in the face of a new crackdown, and Nancy Pelosi just received Holy Communion in Rome.
SF Politics Chesa Boudin Won't Say That He Won't Run Again For San Francisco DA In his first interview since being recalled in an election that was covered around the country, SF DA Chesa Boudin says he hasn't ruled anything out in terms of running for DA again.
SF Politics Unable to Rage on Twitter, Trump Unleashes 'Truth' Storm on Truth Social About Bombshell Jan. 6 Witness Trump is clearly upset by the implications — and actual truth? — behind testimony on Tuesday by a bombshell witness to the inside dealings on January 6th, because why else would he go full Twitter rant on his barely relevant alt-right app?
Arts & Entertainment The Castro Theatre's New Organ Is Still on Track For Installation By Next Year, Organist Not Going Anywhere Amid all the hubbub and grousing about the future of the beloved Castro Theatre, one question has lingered that was surely a critical one for many fans of the old movie house: What will happen with the organ and the theater's resident organist of 44 years, David Hegarty?
Business & Tech 40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments Days before its entitlements are set to expire, a very tall proposed residential tower at Van Ness and Market is headed before the Planning Commission this week, now as a significantly larger, all-rental property.
SF News Former Air Force Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Santa Cruz Deputy Weeks after taking a guilty plea in the killing of a federal security officer, former Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has pleaded guilty in a state murder case involving the murder of a Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy and the attempted murder of four other officers.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Abortion Rights Amendment Heads to November Ballot A 4.2M earthquake struck this morning in Lake County, one person died in a grass fire Monday in Sonoma County, and more than two-thirds of California lawmakers voted Monday to send a constitutional amendment to the November ballot enshrining abortion rights into state law.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Muni Shooting Won't Be Charged With Homicide Javon Green, the suspect in last week's fatal shooting on Muni, won't be charged with homicide according to his attorney; a 31-year-old woman was charged with setting a hill on fire in Albany; and BART fares go up on Friday.
