SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Announces All-Out War on Liberal Groups BART says it will only do computer upgrades on weekends now; Trump, via JD Vance, declared all-out war on liberal groups today in frighteningly vague terms; and it's going to be even hotter around the Bay on Tuesday than it was on Monday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wolfsbane, the New Dogpatch Restaurant From the Lord Stanley Folks, Sets Opening Date The new restaurant from the couple behind Michelin-starred Lord Stanley (RIP), Carrie and Rupert Blease, and their friend, chef Tommy Halvorson, is coming into focus, and the reservation books are now open.
Arts & Entertainment Skaters Are Latest Group to Voice Opposition to Removal of Vaillancourt Fountain You may not know this, but the much reviled Vaillancourt Fountain at Embarcadero Plaza has become an iconic backdrop, and set piece, for skateboarding videos over decades.
Arts & Entertainment Shaboozey Honored With Diamond Record Plaque at Civic Center Concert Attended By Over 20,000 Saturday's free concert in Civic Center drew over 20,000 fans for a celebration of the 15th anniversary of SF-born record label Empire, headlined by Billboard hitmaker Shaboozey.
SF News Car Collides With Muni Train on 19th Avenue, Flips Over There was an accident Sunday in which a vehicle was struck by a Muni train near Merced Manor, or vice versa, and the car flipped over.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Arrest Made In Sunday Shooting In Tenderloin BART police aided in an arrest of a suspect wanted for a shooting Sunday in the Tenderloin; SF Interim Police Chief Paul Yep is not applying for the permanent job; and xAI just laid off 500 people who were working on the Grok chatbot.
Arts & Entertainment 'The Reservoir' at Berkeley Rep Plumbs the Depths of Addiction and Familial Love Berkeley Rep's 2025-26 season opened this week with playwright Jake Brasch's semi-autobiographical play 'The Reservoir,' which is an unconventional, mostly unsentimental examination of the parallels between severe alcoholism and dementia.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Beer and More Beer East Brother Beer Co. brings the Rec Room to the Metreon, Park Station debuts in Alameda, and Hon's Wun-Tun House expands to the Sunset, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Expect the Heat to Return to the Bay Area Monday and Tuesday San Francisco's first significant bout of "real summer" or "September summer" looks to be headed here on Monday, with the possibility of those unsettling offshore winds that leave the city feeling hot hot hot.
SF News Two Zizian Defendants Back In Solano County Court, One Seeking New Attorney There has been some movement in the cases of the multiple people tied to a small but violent, cult-like group that originated in the Bay Area several years ago. And two suspects were back in court this week in Solano County.
SF News BART to Pay $6.75M to Settle Lawsuit From Woman Shot By BART Police In Union City A woman who was pulled over by BART police last November and accused of doing donuts in a station parking lot, and who then tried to drive away from officers, ended up shot three times, and now she is getting a significant legal settlement.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 22-Year-Old Arrested In Kirk Shooting A 22-year-old Utah man with apparent anti-fascist views has been taken into custody for the murder of Charlie Kirk; a woman found dead in a Napa hotel appears to have taken her own life; and a new park opens on Treasure Island Saturday.
Arts & Entertainment 'Shucked' at the Curran Is a Pun-a-Minute, Corn-y Good Time 'Shucked,' a new Broadway musical that delighted audiences in New York in 2023, arrived in San Francisco this week on its first national tour, and it's a genuinely funny, light-hearted treat of a show in an old-timey vein.
SF News BART Board Does Some Grilling, Managers Give Some Explanation About Last Week's Systemwide Meltdown Today was a BART directors board meeting day, and it fell just six days afer the transit system experienced a systemwide meltdown just before the morning commute — for the second time in four months.
SF News [Update] Father Fatally Stabbed In Front of Child at Busy Intersection Near Balboa Terrace Elementary School A man was fatally stabbed in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon at the busy intersection of Junipero Serra Boulevard and Ocean Avenue in San Francisco.
SF Politics Does It Matter That Charlie Kirk Joked About the Attack on Paul Pelosi, Said 'Patriot' Should Bail Out Attacker? The many, many troubling things that right-wing activist Charlie Kirk said in the public spotlight during his brief career are being trotted out online in the immediate aftermath of his horrific assassination, including comments he made about the 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi.
SF News Attempted Robbery at Oakland Pawn Shop Leads to Shootout With Staff, Two Suspects Killed Six people were shot Wednesday evening, two of them fatally, in a shootout between the staff at an East Oakland pawn shop and five armed suspects attempting to rob the place, according to police.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Kaiser Makes COVID Vaccine Available to All The suspect remains at large in the Utah killing of Charlie Kirk, but a gun has been recovered; a stabbing in SF on Wednesday left a person with grave injuries; and Kaiser Permanente is making the COVID vaccine available to all who want it, in spite of FDA guidance.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two More Victims Found In India Basin Shooting The number of victims in Tuesday's India Basin shooting has risen to six; Kamala Harris turns on Biden and others in her new book; and a 'person of interest' is reportedly in custody in today's assassination of Charlie Kirk.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bosco, the Newest Restaurant From The Absinthe Group, Debuts In SoMa Making its debut in the former Bellota space in SoMa, Bosco will be serving wood-fired meats, vegetables, and housemade pastas starting Thursday.
SF News Right-Wing Firebrand Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot During Utah College Speaking Event Charlie Kirk, one of the rising stars in conservative circles who made an appearance just a few months ago at San Francisco State and appeared on Governor Gavin Newsom's podcast, was shot and killed Wednesday while on stage in Utah.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Atelier Crenn, Verjus, and Sun Moon Studio Get Fresh Love from NY Times; Joodooboo Gets Food & Wine Honor As part of the NY Times' food section's effort to become more national in scope, we have a full review of the Michelin three-starred Atelier Crenn, and fresh accolades for Verjus and Oakland's Sun Moon Studio. Also, the Food & Wine Best New Chefs list has dropped, and it includes an Oakland chef.
SF News With Salvation Army, San Francisco Opens Its First Sober Shelter Those living on the streets of San Francisco who are trying to stay clean and who don't want to stay in shelters around rampant drug use and chaos now have a new option in the city's shelter system.
SF News Alleged Serial Killer Arrested In LA Who Met Victims on Gay Dating App A 34-year-old Inglewood, California man has been charged with the murder of two men he met on an unnamed gay dating app, and the attempted murder of another, while he was on probabtion for a series of burglaries.
SF News Shooting In SF's India Basin Leaves Four Injured; Man Shooting Gun Subsequently Arrested on Potrero Ave A shooting Tuesday evening in an industrial section of San Francisco left four people with gunshot wounds, and a subsequent incident a short distance away involving a man with a gun led to an arrest.
