SF Politics Honey Mahogany Declares Candidacy for SF Democratic Party Chair Onetime Rupaul's Drag Race contestant Honey Mahogany, who more recently has been working in San Francisco City Hall as a legislative aide to Supervisor Matt Haney, announced this week that she's running to become the first Black trans person to run for SF Democratic Party Chair.
Arts & Entertainment The Oakland Museum's Beloved White Elephant Sale Goes Online Starting Saturday Morning The Oakland Museum needs your money more than ever, and while last year's White Elephant sale managed to happen before the pandemic set it in, this year's will, for the very first time, be fully online.
SF News San Francisco Bars to Reopen Indoors May 7, But Patrons Must Be Seated San Francisco is expected to enter the "Yellow" tier next week for the first time since October, and the city is planning to lift more public health restrictions on businesses — most notably on bars.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Three People Shot on Mid-Market Three people were shot at Market and Mason streets Thursday, the Department of Building Inspection will be fining embattled school board member Allison Collins and her husband, and it remains unclear if Outside Lands will require vaccinations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Some Customers to Reduce Water Usage 10% The two people arrested for killing rapper Lil Yase aren't being charged, Gov. Newsom announced $6 billion in tax breaks for small businesses, and firefighters were dealing with a brush fire in the East Bay today.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Single-Day Tickets Sold Out In Under Two Hours Earlier this week we got the day-to-day lineups for this year's Outside Lands, which is happening over Halloween weekend instead of in August. And today at 10 a.m. the single-day tickets went on sale — and they went fast.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Rep Debuts 'The Waves in Quarantine,' a Musical Film Adaptation of a Virginia Woolf Classic On Thursday night Berkeley Rep is premiering an original musical film piece based on Virginia Woolf's 'The Waves' shot in performers' own homes, featuring some serious Broadway talent.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Much-Delayed Jack London Square Food Hall Project Thwarted Again As Star Chefs Back Out The hotly anticipated Oakland Assembly food hall at Jack London Square was delayed by the pandemic but now it sounds like they will have to start the tenant hunt all over again.
Arts & Entertainment Kiri, San Francisco's Tiny Japanese Fire Truck, Is Not Owned By the SFFD, But It Can Fight a Fire If Need Be Have you had a chance to see Kiri, the most adorable, cartoonish little Japanese fire truck that lives most of the time in Bernal Heights? Well, you should know that this pandemic-year addition to the city is not an official San Francisco Fire Department vehicle. But it is a functioning fire truck.
SF News One Wildfire In 2020's LNU Complex Believed to Have Been Arson to Cover Up Murder One of last August's wildfires that merged with others to become the LNU Lightning Complex fires is now believed to have been the result of arson — and the culprit, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office, is a 29-year-old man who likely set the blaze to cover up an earlier murder.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Gilroy Garlic Festival Back on For This Summer Daly City officials released the names of the officers involved in the April 7 shooting of Roger Allen, a CHP pursuit that started in Tracy this morning ended in a fatal crash in Hayward, and a startup is selling pseudo time-shares in Napa and residents aren't happy about it.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tony Gemignani Is Opening a Bakery and Bagel Business A decomposing body was found in the East Bay's Lake Chabot Regional Park, the Exploratorium is downsizing its staff, and a truck driver shortage may lead to gas shortages this summer.
SF News Two Arrested In November Slaying of Bay Area Rapper Lil Yase Authorities in the East Bay have arrested two individuals, a man and a woman, in connection with the murder of Lil Yase — a.k.a. Mark Alexander, Jr. — who was fatally shot over Thanksgiving weekend last year under circumstances that baffled his friends.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Fnnch Mural Painted Over at LGBT Center; Honey Bears Targeted With Graffiti Because of Association With Gentrification San Francisco street artist fnnch has attracted a tsunami of online anger and criticism in recent months, and even more of that exploded when he was confronted by one of his critics in a now widely seen Instagram video.
SF Politics Supervisors Prepare for City Attorney Election to Coincide With Gavin Recall; Herrera Explains Why He's Leaving The palace intrigue continues over Monday's announcement that SF Mayor London Breed had tapped longtime City Attorney Dennis Herrera to head up the Public Utilities Commission.
SF News Man Who Died While Alameda Police Had Him In Prone Position Compared to George Floyd The April 19 death of Oakland resident Mario Arenales Gonzalez while in the custody of Alameda police has garnered national headlines because it occurred just one day before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd under similar circumstances.
SF News Mission District Shooting Leaves One Man In Critical Condition A Tuesday night shooting in the Mission District has left a 26-year-old man with grave injuries, and the circumstances surrounding it remain unknown.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Superbloom Draws Insta-Crowds Near Sacramento A report by Oakland's city auditor finds that they're unprepared to deal with the encampment crisis, a fire broke out in a downtown SF high-rise Tuesday night, and Sonoma has declared a drought emergency.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Schwarzenegger Wants Lots of People to Run In Recall The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds over the school's long-range development plans, a San Jose trans woman and popular performer was killed on Friday and her fans are in mourning, and far-right influencers are flocking to Twitch.
SF News California Has Had 1,380 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Since January As better news arrives about mask mandates and such, we get other news that California has recorded 1,379 cases of COVID among people who are considered fully vaccinated, underscoring the need for ongoing caution.
SF News SF Supervisors Call For Hearings Into Gas Line Dangers With Soft-Story Retrofit Projects Citywide Some building inspectors have reportedly been sounding alarm bells for years about an issue that is likely not familiar to most San Franciscans, but one that could become the central oversight blamed in a future disaster.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Daily Lineups Announced, Single-Day Tix On Sale Thursday This year's Halloween edition of Outside Lands (brrr!) is forging ahead with single-day ticket sales and assuming that the state and city of SF are going to allow big outdoor festivals by then (they still haven't committed to doing so), we have the daily lineups now.
SF News San Francisco Likely Has Just One More Week In 'Orange' Tier The state released its updated metrics for the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties look poised to move into "Yellow" status by next week, along with one other Bay Area county.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cut Back Drinking for a While After Being Vaccinated, Some Experts Say The medical advice about drinking alcohol after getting a vaccine shot has been mixed so far, with the general advice seeming to be "don't overdo it." But some experts have cautioned that heavy drinking may seriously inhibit your immune reponse in the weeks after your shots.
SF News CDC Updates Mask Rules for the Vaccinated; San Francisco Rules TBA On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance on wearing face masks outdoors, and on the rules for the fully vaccinated — essentially endorsing what many of us have already been doing after our second shots.
