SF News PG&E Finally Has Plans to Put Electrical Lines Underground In Fire-Prone Areas A week after a new wildfire appears to have been potentially sparked by a tree hitting PG&E transmission lines in Butte County, the company gave a press conference to announce a ten-year plan to bury 10,000 miles of power lines.
SF News Proposed Law Would Give SF Paramedics Ability to Impose Mental Health Holds A new city ordinance being proposed by SF Supervisor Ahsha Safaí would expand the number of personnel on the city's streets who could order mental health holds for individuals experiencing mental health crises.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Don't Be Surprised If More SF Bars Start Demanding Proof of Vaccination to Enter An organized group of bar owners in San Francisco is considering a mandate for proof of vaccination from all patrons, in order to quell fears about the Delta variant and protect staff and customers alike as new COVID cases rise.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Salesforce Acquisition of Slack a Done Deal Newsom is meeting with state and local leaders about retail theft, some Uber and Lyft drivers in SF are on strike today, and the Southern California couple whose gender reveal party sparked a wildfire last year has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Lands In San Jose Swimming Pool Smoke from West Coast wildfires is already blowing over New York, a car landed in a San Jose swimming pool, and neighborhood groups in Berkeley are suing to stop a deal struck between the city and UC Berkeley about the school's expansion plans.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Park Tavern Closes for Renovations as Co-Owner Anna Weinberg Buys Out Partner; Marlowe Reopening Soon Ten-year-old North Beach brasserie Park Tavern was quietly back open in recent weeks, but co-owner Anna Weinberg says the restaurant will be closing again next week for a planned renovation, and she is buying one of her two partners out.
SF News New 11-Story, 195-Room Hotel Set to Open In Union Square In October A new Dutch-owned hotel chain, citizenM, is opening a 195-room Union Square hotel this fall as part of a five-hotel opening push in the U.S. — and it's a rare example of a new-build hotel in the area, on a lot that's been otherwise vacant for two decades.
SF News Two Weeks After July 4th, Delta-Variant Surge Causes Spike In Bay Area Hospitalizations COVID hospitalizations in San Francisco have doubled in the past two weeks, and across the Bay Area, the hospital count rose 12% on Monday alone.
Arts & Entertainment Joan Jett Tickets at Stern Grove Go Up for Grabs at 2 p.m. This is just a public service announcement both to remind you that the Stern Grove Festival requires reservations this year and those reservations can only happen 12 days before each show, and that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are playing August 1.
SF Politics State Treasurer Fiona Ma Being Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination Former SF Supervisor and state Assemblymember Fiona Ma, who became California State Treasurer in January 2019, is facing a lawsuit from a former senior employee in the Treasurer's Office claiming sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
SF News Mother of East Bay Man Killed at Oroville Campsite Seeks Answers The mother of the young man who was fatally shot in his tent over the July 4th weekend at a campsite by Lake Oroville remains in shock and still has no information from investigators about why her son was killed.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Lawsuits Over Recall Ballot Roll In The Solano County health officer says he's not recommending masks in public because people are getting COVID from gatherings at home, the victims in Friday's plane crash in Napa have been ID'd, and the Oakland City Council is taking a critical vote today on the proposed A's stadium development.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Dow Slides On New COVID Fears Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties are all back in what would have been "Purple" tier status; GrubHub and DoorDash are suing SF over that 15% fee cap; and four more local counties including Napa have joined in the voluntary mask guidance for indoor spaces.
SF Politics West Portal Stalking Case In Which Charges Were Dropped Provides More Fodder For SF Criminal Justice Critics A case involving a mentally ill man and a 15-year-old girl who says he stalked, grabbed, and generally terrified her one afternoon last year in West Portal is giving the Chronicle's Heather Knight more reason to rally critics of SF's criminal justice system.
Business & Tech Uber Adds Grocery Delivery In SF, Including From Safeway and Andronico's Uber is pushing further into the world of delivery with a major expansion of grocery delivery services this week, including in San Francisco.
Business & Tech Biden Backs Down Slightly From Saying Facebook Is 'Killing People' With Vaccine Misinformation President Joe Biden attempted to de-escalate a war of words he started last week with Facebook, walking back a statement he made about the platform "killing people" due to its failure to curb misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
SF News First Weekend of Latest Mask Recommendation Leads to Confusion, Varied Response By Bay Area Businesses After a month of no masks in bars and restaurants — for patrons at least — the boomeranging guidance made for some awkward situations over the weekend.
SF News PG&E Equipment May Be to Blame For Sparking Dixie Fire Near Where Camp Fire Began The Dixie Fire now burning in Butte and Plumas counties has grown to over 30,000 acres since starting last week, and PG&E is now admitting that its equipment may once again be to blame for the initial sparks.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Early Morning Fire Damages Three West Oakland Homes The Bay Area dodged the dry lightning bullet and the Red Flag Warning has been lifted, a three-alarm fire broke out in an alleged squatter dwelling in West Oakland, and a U.S. women's team gymnast has tested positive for COVID.
Arts & Entertainment Another Beloved El Rio Party, Daytime Realness, Triumphantly Returns This Weekend Daytime Realness was still in the midst of its November-to-March hiatus when the pandemic hit last winter. So now, for the first time in 21 months, this popular queer party at El Rio is returning on Sunday with its first ever pre-sale tickets.
SF Politics New Group 'Shine on SF' Is Working to Clean Things, Install 'Golden Trees,' and Push for Civic Pride A new group that formed before the pandemic began but is just now getting its gears in motion is aiming to revive San Franciscans' pride in their city, after at least a decade in which the overall consensus has been that everything here is terrible.
SF News Coyote That Charged Toddlers In Golden Gate Park Was Euthanized An aggressive coyote that several mothers reported had gotten too close for comfort with their small children in the San Francisco Botanical Garden, has been euthanized.
SF News Bay Area Health Officers Urge Residents to Wear Masks Again in Indoor Public Spaces, Voluntarily A day after Los Angeles reinstituted its mask mandate, a coalition of Bay Area health officers including those representing San Francisco and Alameda counties issued a joint statement urging residents to wear their masks again voluntarily.
SF News Napa Man With 'White Privilege Card' and Accomplice Charged With Plotting to Blow Up Democratic Headquarters 45-year-old Ian Benjamin Rogers of Napa and 37-year-old Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo are in some hot water over their Trump-fueled rage following the 2020 election.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Standoff With Heavily Armed Man In Berkeley Ends Peacefully A three-hour standoff with an armed and apparently intoxicated man in his car ended peacefully in Berkeley, Aaron Peskin is trying to save laundromats, and more restaurants are adding "wellness fees" to checks.
