SF News

Day Around the Bay: East Bay High Schoolers Stage Anti-ICE Walkout

East Bay high school students protested ICE actions with a walkout this morning; San Ramon's Bishop Ranch will see some major housing development; and a judge in Minnesota has condemned ICE for violating court orders.

Business & Tech

Amid Declining Sales, Tesla to Convert Fremont Plant Into Robot Factory

Elon Musk made a big announcement about Tesla on Wednesday, saying in an earnings call that the company would be ending production of its Model S and Model X, and converting the Fremont factory to production of the Optimus robot.

SF News

Videos Show Capture of Mountain Lion Who Went Wandering Around Pacific Heights, and His Release to the Wild

That two-year-old male mountain lion who wandered up from the Peninsula and ended up scaring dozens of people around Pacific Heights on Monday has been released back to the wild, way down in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

SF News

San Francisco Teachers Could, Maybe, Go On Strike Next Week

If teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District go on strike next week, amid an impasse with the district over a new contract, it will be the first time in 47 years that this has happened — which, one could say, suggests a resolution to the impasse is still likely to come.

Arts & Entertainment

Vallejo Rapper LaRussell to Perform at Official NFL Tailgate on Super Bowl Sunday

Local rapper LaRussell, who petitioned the NFL to let him perform at this year's Bay Area Super Bowl, has gotten the invite to do so at the official NFL Tailgate Party outside Levi's Stadium.

SF News

Randa's Market, Home of the Late KitKat, In Search of New Bodega Cat, Again

The 16th Street convenience store that lost its resident feline last fall to a tragic accident involving a Waymo is now taking applications for a new bodega cat.

SF News

Elderly Driver In Horrific West Portal Crash That Killed Family of Four Heads to Court Seeking Lesser Charges

The now 79- or 80-year-old woman who is accused of mowing down a family of four with her car in West Portal two years ago will be in court Friday hoping to have her charges reduced to misdemeanors.

SF News

Humpday Headlines: Suspect Arrested In Potrero Homicide

A 38-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a Jan. 15 homicide in SF; a home in Napa County's Angwin burned to the ground this morning; and an SF high school has been seeing a tuberculosis outbreak.

Bay Area Sports

Stanford Settles Wrongful Death Suit Brought By Family of Soccer Star

Stanford University has reportedly reached a settlement to bring an end to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of soccer star Katie Meyer, who took her own life in March 2022.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Beer Mecca Toronado, Which Did Not Sell to Any New Owner, Hosts Its Own Beer Week Once Again

Toronado, the Lower Haight beer bar and mecca for beer geeks the world over, remains very much its cash-only self, in case you were wondering. And on Super Bowl weekend, they will be pouring Pliny the Younger.

SF News

Noted Art Fraudster Who Owned Sea Cliff Mansion Accused of Squatting on Property In Daly City, Erecting Fence

A character who had been linked to a Sea Cliff mansion with an illegal cliffside staircase, who was convicted over a decade ago in a bizarre fraud case involving $11 million in paintings, is back in the news.

SF News

[Update] SF Animal Control Locates Mountain Lion In Pac Heights, Takes It to Be Released Outside the City

A young mountain lion made a surprise appearance in San Francisco Monday, in the Pacific Heights neighborhood, and as of Tuesday morning it had been found by Animal Care & Control.

SF News

Tuesday Morning Topline: Family Seeks Answers About Girl's Death In Antioch

The family of a 17-year-old girl found dead in Antioch last week seeks answers; traffic congestion is getting worse in downtown SF; and Amazon is closing its Amazon Go retail stores.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Search Underway For Missing Elderly Woman In Mill Valley

A 27-year-old San Francisco man has been convicted in the 2022 shooting deaths of his father and stepmother; Pacifica residents are in an Airbnb limbo; and a search is underway for a missing 73-year-old woman in Mill Valley.

Business & Tech

Google Settles Class-Action Suit Over Voice Assistant Eavesdropping For $68M

Google/Alphabet has agreed to pay $68 million to customers who used its voice assistant and whose words were unwittingly recorded and shared with advertisers.

SF Politics

Three Months Ago, San Francisco Was Hours Away From Sharing the Fate of Minneapolis

Were it not for a last-minute reversal by President Trump, brokered in secret by a couple of billionaires and SF's mayor, San Francisco and Oakland could have easily descended into the same violent chaos, provoked by an ICE invasion, that we're seeing in Minneapolis.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Prominent Cafe Flore Space In Castro to Become Parasol, a California-Mediterranean Bistro

The prominent corner at Noe and Market streets that for decades was home to Cafe Flore has a new tenant moving in, with hopes to bring some life back to this terrific space.

SF News

Two Arrested, One Suspect Still at Large In Separate Tenderloin Shooting and Stabbing Incidents

A stabbing on Saturday night in San Francisco's Tenderloin left one person injured, and a subsequent shooting on Sunday evening injured a second person. The shooting suspect remains at large.

SF News

Monday Morning Headlines: Antioch Teen Was Killed By Hit-and-Run, Police Say

A 17-year-old girl found by the side of the road in Antioch was apparently killed by a hit-and-run; Kaiser nurses walked off the job in a large strike today; and Trump sends border czar Tom Homan into Minneapolis.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Top-Notch Bagels From Meadowood Chef Coming to Jackson Square

Loveski Deli, purveyors of the delicious and excellently textured bagels that have been the talk of Napa and Marin for several years, is expanding to San Francisco with a new location in Jackson Square.

SF News

Two-Car Collision on Mid-Market Leaves Car Flipped, Muni Service Disrupted

A Friday afternoon crash on Market Street at the intersection of Ninth and Larkin streets ended with a large SUV flipped on its side in the middle of the street, but reportedly injuries were minor.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Fresh Pastry Near Union Square

A new Nepalese and Indian restaurant is on the way to the Marina, Union Square gets a fancy new French patisserie, and there's a pop-up fish market on the docks at Fisherman's Wharf, all in This Week in Food.

Arts & Entertainment

New Book Explores the Bay Area's First Cult, Which Called Santa Rosa Home

The first creepy cult to take root in California, about 25 years after statehood, had its origins in upstate New York in the 19th Century, which was a hotbed of religious zealotry and cults.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Another Celebrity Chef Tailgate Event Is Happening on Super Bowl Sunday, This One In Santa Clara

In addition to the previously announced, Guy Fieri-hosted tailgate party at the Cow Palace on Super Bowl Sunday, the all-star Players Tailgate event will be happening closer to Levi's Stadium.

SF News

Suspect Dives Into Russian River Twice While Trying to Evade Sonoma Deputies, Gets Arrested

A wanted felon led Sonoma County sheriff's deputies on a one-hour chase Thursday in which a vehicle pursuit turned into a foot pursuit and then a water pursuit in the frigid Russian River.