SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SFPD Chief Calls On Carjacker-Kidnappers to Turn Themselves In A fire at an Oakland homeless encampment destroyed a nearby community center, actor Chris Pratt's Bay Area sheriff's deputy brother looks to be a far-right extremist, and a wrong-way driver caused a fatal crash on northbound 101 in Burlingame today.
SF News Brazen Highway Robbery Caught on Camera in SoMa A thief jumped out of a moving Honda on Friday to smash the rear window of a Prius just as it was getting on the I-80 onramp on Bryant Street, and made off with a backpack containing a drone and camera equipment.
SF News Oakland Woman Arrested for Fraudulently Claiming $4.5 Million In Pandemic Relief Funds An Oakland woman was arrested in Austin, Texas Friday morning and charged with bank fraud over an alleged con game in which she created shell companies with non-existent employees and fraudulently applied for Paycheck Protection funds.
SF News Recology Truck Catches Fire On 101 at Cesar Chavez, Creating Massive Backup A literal garbage fire stopped traffic in the Mission District Friday when a Recology garbage truck became engulfed in flames on the 101 overpass at Cesar Chavez Street.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Scott Wiener Introduces Bill Easing Liquor Laws Around Parklets, Shared Spaces (But Not To-Go Cocktails) A new bill introduced Friday aims to help all of that continue on a more permanent basis — but, sadly, it doesn't include the ongoing legalization of to-go and delivery cocktails, so we won't be turning into New Orleans just yet.
SF News 22-Year Department Vet LeRonne Armstrong Named New Oakland Police Chief After an almost year-long search process, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong as the next chief of the Oakland Police Department.
SF News Suspect In Fatal Eight-Car Crash Near Lake Merced Was On Probation, Possibly Intoxicated, Driving Stolen Car, Arrested For Similar Crimes In December A man who's been charged with multiple crimes in connection with an eight-car crash Thursday morning near Lake Merced in San Francisco was on probation for grand theft, recently arrested for DUI, and was allegedly driving a car that was reported stolen out of San Jose.
SF News Richmond Couple Arrested On Suspicion of Murdering Five-Week-Old Infant A Richmond couple was arrested Thursday night following the death of an infant they brought to a local emergency room who was not breathing, and who showed clear signs of abuse.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Super Bowl Watch Party Planned at East Bay Sports Bar Redwood City law enforcement is objecting to a sexual predator being placed there, a clinic in San Pablo has been giving out "extra" vaccine doses to people who hang out outside, and a large East Bay sports bar is doing a Super Bowl party in a tent.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Cases of COVID UK Variant at UC Berkeley A man killed in a Tuesday morning shooting in the Bayview has been ID'd, Oakland police are seeking a suspect in three assaults in the city's Chinatown, and Biden already has a higher approval rating than Trump ever had by about 15 points.
Arts & Entertainment Shotgun Players Announces 30th Anniversary Season, Including the Tony-Winning 'Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812' Berkeley's Shotgun Players is alive and well, and they're planning an ambitious 30th anniversary season that kicks off with four shows meant to bridge the transition between streaming-only and in-person theater.
SF News Eight-Car Crash Near Lake Merced Leaves One Dead, Five Injured A Thursday morning collision involving eight vehicles in the southwestern section of San Francisco has claimed the life of one pedestrian, a man in his 20s.
SF News Bay Area Remains In a Drought Following Storms, Likely Will Not Reach Seasonal Average for Rainfall Unless the region gets walloped by a parade of crazy rainstorms in the next month or two, Northern California isn't likely to make up for the deficit of precipitation that our dry November, December and early January left us with.
SF Politics New Election Data for SF Shows Pockets of Trump Voters In Chinatown, the Tenderloin, the Marina, and the Avenues Of course people all over the country like Donald Trump for a variety of misguided and ignorant reasons. But it's bizarre to know that in multiple corners of San Francisco, not only did Trump pick up new voters between 2016 and 2020, there were hundreds of SF residents who voted for him.
SF News Two People Injured Overnight In Excelsior District House Fire A two-alarm fire that started just before midnight Wednesday night tore through a duplex on Naples Street in San Francisco's Excelsior District, leaving two residents with minor injuries.
SF News Moscone Center Prepped For Friday Opening As City's Largest Mass Vaccination Hub Signage has been going up and the streets are being painted this week around the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco as it prepares to open as the city's largest mass-vaccination site.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Suspect Arrested in San Jose After Talking About 'Shooting Up' a Mall Napa is the latest county to run out of vaccine and cancel appointments, PG&E's public-safety power shutoffs could go on indefinitely, COVID test positivity rates around the Bay Area are steadily declining.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Day Around the Bay: The Cliff House Will Be Reopening As a Restaurant The National Park Service says that the Cliff House will reopen as a restaurant (though it may not be called the Cliff House), nine DPW workers in SF have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks, and Chamath Palihapitiya now says he's not intending to run for governor after all.
SF News Canada Designates the Proud Boys a Terrorist Organization, Making Buying Proud Boys Gear a Crime The Canadian government has just become the first to designate the Proud Boys — founded by Canadian writer and far-right commentator Gavin McInnes — a terrorist entity, which makes giving them money or buying Proud Boys paraphernalia a crime in Canada.
SF News Mystery Car Found Crashed In Ravine Off Highway 92 In San Mateo County, Footprints Leading Away From It A car was found Wednesday after apparently careening off of eastbound Highway 92 in San Mateo County and crashing at the bottom of a ravine, but no injured driver or passengers were anywhere to be seen — only some footprints leading away from the crash back up the hillside.
Business & Tech Yelp Reportedly Downsizing Its SF Headquarters; 14 Floors Of 140 New Montgomery Up For Grabs All 14 floors that Yelp occupies at the historic Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building at 140 New Montgomery have been made available for lease this year, in another of a cascade of moves that have shaken up the once hot SF office market.
SF News SF Opens First Drop-In Vaccination Site in Bayview, No Appointments Needed If you are over 65 and live in one of two zip codes in the Bayview, all you need to do is get in line for a vaccine at a new city-run vaccination clinic, starting this week.
SF News San Francisco Is Suing Its Own School District In Escalating War Over Reopening San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is filing a lawsuit Wednesday against the city's school district, arguing that the district is now out of compliance with a state law directing districts to adopt a plan for reopening for in-person classes.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Netflix Again Dominates Golden Globe Nominations One man was killed in a triple shooting in the Bayview Tuesday morning, South SF-based Vaxart announced that a Phase 1 trial of its oral COVID vaccine was not successful in producing the right antibodies, and many Californians abandoned the Republican party last month.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Traci Des Jardins' Two Presidio Restaurants Have Made Their Closures Permanent Kaiser had to cancel 5,000 vaccine appointments in Santa Clara County due to low vaccine supply, Twitter has kicked the official MyPillow account off the platform due to apparent threats against Jack Dorsey, and The Commissary and Arguello have both closed for good in the Presidio.
