SF News Another Poll Finds A Lot of People Who Claim They'll Leave San Francisco In a Few Years Somewhere around 40 or 50 percent of people living here — people living here who respond to polls, that is — say they plan to leave in the next few years.
SF News Infamous Tech Entrepreneur Turned Fugitive Expat John McAfee Found Dead In Spanish Jail Cell John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software who has made headlines many times in the last decade for his legal troubles and presidential runs, was found dead in a jail cell in Spain late Wednesday, hours after a court approved his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges.
Business & Tech Antioch Wants to Become the Bay Area's Next Big Marijuana Hub The East Bay city of Antioch is aiming to be the "cannabis capital of Northern California" with the approval of two major cannabis cultivation and distribution facilities.
SF News Richmond Drive-by Shooting That Killed Three Possibly Linked to Earlier Shooting In Oakland A drive-by shooting in Richmond that killed three people and wounded five others at a house party on Sunday was similar to one that occurred in Oakland several weeks earlier, investigators say.
Arts & Entertainment Kitten Found Stranded On Freeway Overpass Ledge Near SFO Now Up For Adoption A kitten who was apparently tossed off a freeway overpass near SFO earlier this month and was stranded on a ledge high above the ground was rescued by the Peninsula Humane Society and is now up for adoption.
SF News Heatwave Set to Make Seattle Swelter, But the Bay Area Not So Much A heatwave descending this weekend will make for some hot hot weather in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Northern California, but San Francisco and much of the Bay Area will just have some pleasantly warm and sunny days.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Levi's Stadium Vaccination Site Closes The Newsom recall election is officially moving forward after petition signatures are affirmed, the SF Chamber of Commerce annual poll results come out today, and the Levi's Stadium mass-vaccination site is closing today after four months.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Will Require All City Employees to Get Vaccinated SF will make all city workers get vaccines once the FDA gives full approval to one, the Oakland City Council may be diverting $17M of the police budget, and Gavin Newsom may have overstated how many fire breaks have been cleared around the state — by a lot.
SF News Handbag Heist Crew Strikes Again In Palo Alto What is likely the same crew of brazen shoplifters who have recently struck twice at Stanford Shopping Center and once in San Francisco's Union Square has struck again, this time in downtown Palo Alto.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Instagram-Famous Pizza Operation Sunset Squares Opens SoMa Beer Hall, Slice Shop on Divisadero The team behind Namu Gaji and Namu Stonepot, who started making sourdough pizza and selling it through Instagram DMs under the name Sunset Squares during the pandemic, has just debuted a new pizza and beer hall in SoMa — and the former Namu Stonepot on Divis is becoming a slice shop.
SF News Mentally Ill Man Who Barricaded Himself Inside Glide Last Year Is Killed In Bayview Shooting A deeply mentally ill man who was implicated in a violent spree in the Tenderloin last spring that ended in a 15-hour standoff with police was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting in the Bayview neighborhood.
SF News Brazen Walgreens Thief Charged With Hitting Eight Stores In One Month A suspect who was arrested Saturday in connection with multiple Walgreens and CVS robberies — allegedly conducted in plain sight of staff and security guards — has been charged with 15 counts of robbery, grand theft, and burglary.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Team Behind Four Barrel and The Mill Set to Open New Bakery Called Loquat In 20th Century Cafe Space The owners of Four Barrel Coffee are expanding once more, and they're reportedly taking over the space being abandoned by 20th Century Cafe at Gough and Oak.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Permanently Caps Delivery App Fees For Restaurants at 15% The SF Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to permanently cap the per-order fees that delivery apps charge to restaurants at 15 percent — extending what had been a temporary cap put in place during the early months of the pandemic.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Delta-Variant Outbreaks In Marin County The Marin County health officer says "This is what herd immunity looks like" after two small COVID outbreaks failed to spread, there was a vigil for the Lake Merritt shooting last night, and Frontier Airlines is now trying to levy a "COVID Recovery" surcharge on all flights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pelosi to Set Up Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 Pelosi may be baiting Senate Republicans, a frightening flip-over crash on the Bay Bridge was caused by a distracted father, and a 20-year-old man is fighting for his life after a shooting in the Bayview on Monday.
SF Politics SF Extends Eviction Moratorium Through December as City and State Work to Cover Tenants' Back Rent Low-income tenants in San Francisco who were most impacted by economic shutdowns in the last year are getting another reprieve from the Board of Supervisors — and for those who owe back rent, it may be just a matter of weeks before their landlords get paid.
Arts & Entertainment Enormous Diego Rivera Fresco Moved From City College to SFMOMA, Goes On Display Next Week A 74-foot-wide, 10-panel fresco painted by Diego Rivera for the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, which has lived in a theater building at City College since the early 1960s, has just been *very* carefully relocated to SFMOMA ahead of a big Rivera retrospective.
SF News Body of Homeless Man Found In Golden Gate Park; Area Woman Says He Was Notorious 'Terror' A dead body was found in the area of Metson Lake in Golden Gate Park on Monday, and the dead man was reportedly well known to women who walk dogs in the area.
SF News Suspect Accused In Lemur Theft at SF Zoo Now Faces Federal Charges Under Endangered Species Act The 31-year-old man who is still facing trial in San Francisco for grand theft and second-degree burglary in the theft of a 22-year-old ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo last fall is now facing federal charges.
SF News Willow Fire In Monterey County Grows to 2,900 Acres, 0% Containment The Willow Fire, which was sparked five nights ago in a remote area of Monterey County east of Big Sur, between the burn scars of two recent large wildfires, continues to grow, but weather conditions slowed its growth on Monday.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SFPD Seeks Fisherman's Wharf Hit-and-Run Driver The SFPD is seeking a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and critically injured a woman near Fisherman's Wharf, an ongoing brush fire in Vallejo was likely sparked by fireworks, and concerns are growing about the Delta COVID variant infecting children and unvaccinated young adults.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Shake Shack Arrives In Downtown SF Next Week SF Mayor London Breed has vetoed that Free Muni pilot program as promised, the city is opening more branch libraries this week, and the state is getting set to pay for total rent forgiveness for all low-income renters who struggled during the pandemic.
Arts & Entertainment A.C.T. Releases 'Tales of the City' Musical on Streaming, for Pride Week In celebration of Pride and the 10th anniversary of the world premiere of Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City, the Musical,' ACT is releasing it on streaming.
SF News Warring San Francisco Gangs Blamed For Lake Merritt Juneteenth Shooting A shooting in Oakland on Saturday is being blamed on gang warfare, specifically an ongoing conflict with two gangs or groups from San Francisco.
