SF News Day Around the Bay: Charges Filed Against SF Medical Examiner Lab Tech BART's board voted to approve a three-year contract extension with BART police, a judge ruled against the SF City Attorney's request for an order to reopen schools, and the Immersive Van Gogh thing may not be for everyone, says KQED.
SF News Mid-Market Condo/Hotel Project Delayed; Hotel and Restaurant Won't Open Until 2022 The 408,000-square-foot development at 950-974 Market Street, which began construction in 2018 and was slated to be completed this year, is delayed — in part because of the pandemic and the state of tourism.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Californios Softly Reopens In SoMa; New Bar Coming to Former Californios Space The much anticipated, 2.0 version of Californios, newly relocated to the former Bar Agricole space at 355 11th Street, has quietly reopened and is taking reservations for outdoor seating.
SF News Open Season For Vaccine Eligibility Begins April 15 in CA, and Those Over 50 Can Start April 1 Governor Gavin Newsom made a surprise announcement Thursday, saying that the schedule for vaccine eligibility statewide is moving up faster than expected — with all residents over the age of 50 able to get vaccines starting next week, on April 1.
Business & Tech Facebook, Twitter, and Google Face Angry Lawmakers In First Congressional Hearing Since Biden's Inauguration The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were testifying before Congress on Thursday for the first time in the post-Trump era, and for possibly the last time before lawmakers begin debating sweeping changes to how they're allowed to do business.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Suspect Dies In Fremont Freeway Shootout The Oakland Coliseum vaccination site may live on past its mid-April expiration date, an Oakland basketball star has been identified as a victim in a Tuesday crash near Lodi, and Chrissy Teigen is quitting Twitter.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspected Meth Head Arrested For Assaults On Several Asian Victims In SF Santa Rosa police say that a hit-and-run that killed a homeless woman was intentional, a 36-year-old SF man was convicted in a 2019 sexual assault of an intoxicated woman, and SF's tourism economy lost $8 billion last year.
SF News Southwest Pilot Landing at San Jose Heard on Hot Mic Swearing About the Bay Area and Its 'Liberal F**ks' An unidentified pilot with a southern accent can be heard on an air traffic control radio recording delivering some choice words about the Bay Area, our politics, and our inability to drive fast.
SF News Incoming Lowell High School Class to Better Reflect San Francisco's Diversity With More Black and Latinx Students The San Francisco Unified School District has released some numbers on the incoming ninth grade class at Lowell High School, now that the school will no longer have merit-based admissions but will operate on a lottery system.
SF Politics Newsom Taps East Bay Assemblyman Rob Bonta To Be New Attorney General Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced his nomination of Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Alameda — a former deputy city attorney in San Francisco — to be the state's next attorney general.
Arts & Entertainment Urban Putt Plans Reopening Next Week The world is coming alive again, bit by bit, and now we have word that the Mission's indoor miniature golf spot Urban Putt is reopening for the first time since last March.
SF Politics VP Kamala Harris Being Put In Charge Of Thorny Migrant Situation President Biden announced Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris would be leading the administration's efforts to deal with the migration situation at the Mexican border — something which could end up being a politically awkward challenge for Harris.
Business & Tech YouTube Isn't Taking Down 'Citizen Journalist' Video of Boulder Shooting In Progress YouTube says it won't remove a video of the mass shooting in Boulder on Monday, despite the fact that it shows bodies on the ground, because it has documentary or journalistic value.
Arts & Entertainment SF Pride Won't Have a Parade In 2021, But There Will Be Some In-Person Events SF Pride announced Wednesday that there are plans for some in-person celebrations this June, however there will be no parade on Market Street and no Civic Center stages for the second year in a row.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Homeless Woman Killed In Santa Rosa Hit-and-Run Two shootings in Oakland left one man dead and another critical, a homeless woman in Santa Rosa was killed in a hit and run that may or may not have been intentional, and San Mateo County authorities are seeking a flasher who exposed himself to a Half Moon Bay teen.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni's K, L, and M Lines Won't Return Until 2022 The Muni Metro's K, L, and M lines now aren't likely to return to service before early 2022, ficus trees are coming down on 24th Street in the Mission, and SF's overdose crisis is still getting worse.
SF News A Federal Judge's Ruling May Mean Even More PG&E Power Shutoffs This Fire Season The judge overseeing PG&E's corporate criminal probation said Tuesday that he was considering imposing more strict guidance over how often the utility preemptively shuts off power in nine Northern California counties during high-wind events.
SF News Four Deplorable Teens Arrested Near Fisherman's Wharf Following 10 Car Burglaries A quartet of teenagers — two 18-year-olds and two 16-year-olds — were spotted by San Francisco police allegedly in the act of committing several auto burglaries on Sunday afternoon near Fisherman's Wharf, and they were arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes.
SF News Elderly Asian Woman Says She Will Donate Crowdfunding Windfall Back to the Community to Fight Racism After a GoFundMe that was set up last week to raise funds to cover medical expenses for a 75-year-old woman who was seen beaten and bruised in an attack on Market Street raised over $900,000, the woman says she'll be donating the money back to the Asian American community.
SF News San Francisco, Marin, and Santa Clara Counties Move to 'Orange' Tier Allowing Gyms, Restaurants, and Bars to More Fully Reopen As expected, three more Bay Area counties, including San Francisco, advanced to the "Orange" tier in California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy rating system on Tuesday as new COVID cases reach levels not seen since October.
Business & Tech Prince Harry Takes Job With SF-Based Mental Health Startup In addition to their Netflix and Spotify money, Harry and Meghan will have another income source in the form of a job that the self-exiled Duke of Sussex has just taken with the San Francisco-based startup BetterUp.
SF News [Update] Veterans Home In Yountville Locks Down on Report of Armed Woman; No Suspect Is Found Three years after a former patient at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville shot and killed three women, the complex is on lockdown following reports of an armed woman on the campus.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Announces Basic Income Pilot Treasure Island is getting a vaccination site, three Antioch men have been charged in a Feb. 23 laundromat assault on an Asian man in SF, and bars in three counties are getting ready to open outdoors this week without mandatory food.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Golden Gate and Orpheum Theaters Sold to UK Company State and city leaders gathered for a rally in Chinatown to condemn violence against the Asian community, SF's lawsuit against its school district moves forward, and the UK's Ambassador Theatre Group just bought the Golden Gate and Orpheum theaters.
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus Contest Will Be Online-Only Once More This Year It's nearly Easter, and once again the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be putting up a blasphemous display of thirst traps dressed up as Our Holy Savior for people to vote on.
