SF News Humpday Headlines: Three Wounded In Violent North Oakland Altercation Three men were wounded in a knife and gun fight in North Oakland Tuesday; a woman and a dog were found dead in a Santa Rosa home; and Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world's richest man.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 19-Year-Old Hayes Valley Sweets Shop Miette Is Moving to Pacific Heights, With Owner Citing Crime as a Factor Beloved Hayes Valley patisserie and candy shop Miette, which would seem to have an ideal location in one of San Francisco's most thriving shopping hubs, is leaving the neighborhood for the tonier climes of Pacific Heights.
Business & Tech OpenAI Rumored to Be Considering Move Out of California Due to Pushback Over Restructuring Executives at one of the leading names in the local AI boom, OpenAI, are reportedly "rattled" by ongoing pushback and regulatory setbacks in California regarding its move to restructure itself as a for-profit entity.
SF News Los Angeles Man Charged With Defrauding SF Parishioners Out of $400K at Church Where He Was a Pastor A man who was serving as a visiting pastor at a Sunset District church in recent years allegedly defrauded at least four parishioners out of tens of thousands of dollars, purporting to be a licensed attorney.
SF News Victim In One of Saturday's Shootings In Oakland Identified as 28-Year-Old Artist and SF Dispensary Worker The victim in one of several shootings that took place Saturday morning, in the aftermath of the First Fridays street festival in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood, has been identified as a 28-year-old who recently moved to Oakland from SF.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: It's Been Five Years Since 'Orange Sky Day' In SF The 53-year-old Stockton man implicated in Sunday's deadly Napa crash has been arrested for murder; two people were shot overnight in Oakland; and today marks five years since that infamous 'Orange Sky Day.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two-Headed Snake at Berkeley Pet Shop Dies The two-headed snake on display at a Berkeley pet store has died at age one; a Hindu temple in Dublin was burglarized; and Washington was abuzz about the release of Donald Trump's 2003 birthday drawing and note to Jeffrey Epstein.
SF News American Teacher Living In Thailand Arrested at SFO for Child Pornography, Later Tried to Escape Back to Thailand A 36-year-old American citizen who has been living in Thailand for 11 years and working as a schoolteacher, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport for allegedly possessing over 100 gigabytes of pornographic material featuring minors.
Business & Tech Site of Long-Dead Oceanwide Tower Project In Downtown SF Back In Play With New Development Team Remember that planned 61-story tower at First and Mission streets that a Chinese developer broke ground on in 2016, only to run into pre-pandemic financial trouble and then fully halt construction in mid-2020? Well it may not be a semi-filled hole in the ground much longer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Owner of Bon Delire and Sens Snags Boulette's Larder Space In Ferry Building A new Mediterranean restaurant from the owner of Sens, Bon Delire, and Barcha is headed for one of the larger, recently vacated spaces in the Ferry Building.
SF News Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By F-Line Streetcar on SF's Market Street A pedestrian was struck and injured in a collision with a streetcar on San Francisco's Market Street Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: First Fridays Organizers Push Back on Blame for Shootings Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events say the event should not be blamed for shootings that happen hours later; transit advocates are rallying in SF today; and the trial of one of Trump's attempted assassins begins today in Florida.
SF News At Least Six People Shot, Two Killed In Separate Shootings In Oakland Multiple people were wounded and two people were killed in at least three separate early morning shootings Saturday in Oakland that may have stemmed from the First Fridays street festival.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Ama Set an Opening Date Ama sets an opening date at the Transamerica complex, sushi takeout hit Aji Kiji expands downtown, and Sunset Squares calls it quits, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Takes Plea Deal In Case Involving Mushrooms, Dangerous Cockpit Freakout A former pilot for Alaska Airlines who was flying on a jumpseat home to the Bay Area from a trip to Washington, who nearly brought down the plane he was flying in due to a hallucination, is taking plea deals in both state and federal court.
SF News Winery That Figures Into Pickett Fire Investigation Says Worker Doused Fireplace Ashes With Water The Pickett Fire in Napa County, which is still smoldering and stands at 93% contained after burning over 6,800 acres, may have been sparked on August 21 by discarded ashes from curing a new outdoor fireplace. But that has not been confirmed.
SF News Update: BART Resumes Service After Entire System Goes Down Due to Computer Failure There was no BART service across the entire system Friday morning due to a computer system failure that occurred before the trains were set to begin running at 5 am Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Are We Really Using the Term 'Boom Loop' Now? The Chronicle is trying to make 'boom loop' happen; Supervisor Joel Engardio is madly knocking on doors in his district; and Waymo can now go to San Jose Airport, just not to San Jose itself.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Few More Details Arrive About RT Bistro, the New Casual Spot Next Door to Rich Table We finally have some more news about RT Bistro, which will be the second expansion effort by the Rich Table team, and their fourth restaurant overall when it opens this fall.
Business & Tech Tesla Opens Up Robotoaxi App to All In SF, But Can They Even Do That? Tesla is pushing ahead with its Robotaxi service in SF, despite what we thought were a lot more regulatory hurdles that, as far as we know, Tesla's autonomous taxis have not actually gone through.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ambitious and Fancy New Bakery-Cafe Parachute Debuts at Ferry Building A new bakery and cafe from the team behind Michelin-starred Sorrel, specializing in glistening viennoiserie and cheffed-up twists on classic French pastries, had its debut Thursday morning at the Ferry Building.
SF News Man Fatally Shot On Street In SF's Tenderloin A man who was shot early Wednesday in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has succumbed to his wounds, marking the city's latest homicide.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Illegal Gambling Den Shut Down In Alameda Alameda police say they shut down an illegal gambling den operating inside a home; residents of Chinese Camp describe surviving the TCU Lightning Complex; and Senate Republicans may actually be doing their job and calling out RFK Jr. on vaccines.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Men Charged In 2023 Bayview Shooting of Dirtbiker Two men have now been charged with murder in connection with an August 2023 drive-by shooting of a dirtbiker in SF; the Mexican national soccer team had their truck burglarized in Oakland; and a judge sides with Harvard in war with Trump.
SF News Burning Man Homicide Victim Identified as Russian National Who Helped Build Artwork We now have more information about the mysterious death that occurred on the playa over the weekend, during the burning of The Man, and the victim has finally been identified.
