SF Politics Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Drops Out of Governor's Race, Will Run For Treasurer Deciding early that she doesn't want to do battle with Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter, Eleni Kounalakis dropped out of the 2026 race for California governor on Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Man Rescued From Bay Near Pier 1 1/2 SFFD rescue personnel pulled a man out of the Bay this morning; Outside Lands kicks off at noon; and an interactive map shows differing levels of shaking that are likely across SF in a major earthquake.
SF News NYT Gives Some Slightly Better PR to Berkeley Rationalist Group After Zizian Arrests The New York Times published a piece this week profiling the Berkeley-based Rationalist movement and its arguably cult-y, religious-y ways, and they never once mention the probably actual cult that spun out of their group.
SF News Broad Daylight Shooting Leaves One Injured In SF's Tenderloin San Francisco police are hunting for a suspect in a shooting Thursday afternoon in SF's Tenderloin district which left one person injured.
Business & Tech Free Streaming Platform Tubi Announces New SF Headquarters; OpenAI Takes More Space In Mission Bay While new leasing activity for office space is still fairly quiet around downtown San Francisco, a couple of prominent companies are making moves in further positive signs of an upswing.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Schlok's Bagels Opens Second Location In Financial District The second outpost of Shlok's Bagels & Lox softly opened Thursday morning in the Financial District, with a grand opening scheduled for Monday, August 11, and this time it's an actual shop you can walk into.
Business & Tech United Airlines Tech Glitch Causes Almost 300 Flight Delays In and Out of SFO United Airlines was recovering Thursday from a technology problem Wednesday afternoon that temporarily grounded all of its flights and caused widespread delays, as well as some flight cancellations.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Hiroshima Anniversary Commemorated In SF The 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing was marked in Golden Gate Park; West Nile Virus is back in the news in Solano County; and experts don't think that In-N-Out's move into Tennessee will hurt its brand.
SF News Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Grounds All Flights at SFO United Airlines grounded all its flights temporarily into and out of SFO; COVID is on a swift uptick still in California; and the Stanford Daily is suing the federal government on free speech grounds.
SF News Murder Charge Dropped In Case of Richmond Realtor Who Shot Romantic Rival Alameda County prosecutors have dropped the charges against Terryan McDowell, the Richmond-based realtor who fatally shot a romantic rival at the Oakland apartment of the woman they were both seeing.
Arts & Entertainment Some Advice For First-Time Outside Lands Festivalgoers It's that time of year again when Sunset and Richmond homeowners begin pulling out the orange cones to demarcate their driveways, and kids from across the Bay Area — along with recent transplants — begin preparations for their first experience of Outside Lands.
SF News 20-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Murder Outside San Jose Nightclub A 20-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a man outside a San Jose nightclub in mid-July, and a second woman has been arrested on suspicion of being an accessory.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Muni Adds Buses to Some Lines During Morning Rush Hour The SFMTA is beefing up some bus lines in the morning based on ridership data; a teenage boy was shot overnight in East Oakland; and the family of a man shot by Richmond police says that he had mental health struggles.
SF News Gifford Fire Grows to 82,600 Acres In Southern California, Threatening Over 800 Structures The massive Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now on track to be one of the largest wildfires in recent fire seasons in California, and is just 7% contained as of Tuesday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Amid Fallout Over Influencer Insult, Changes Afoot (and Possible Closure) at Beloved Hayes Valley Sushi Spot After a dustup with a microinfluencer a couple weeks ago over his new restaurant, chef and restaurateur Luke Sung may also be stepping away from or closing his popular, 17-year-old sushi restaurant Domo.
SF Politics Many Americans Dislike Trump and Newsom, But They Hate Elon Musk More, According to Gallup Poll It's fairly bad news for California Governor Gavin Newsom that he has quite a bit of ground to make up if he plans to run for president in a couple years, according to a new Gallup poll. But Americans really don't like Elon Musk anymore.
SF News Alleged Underground Club In Outer Sunset Busted For Possible Sex Crimes, Drugs San Francisco police executed a search warrant early Monday and engaged in a subsequent standoff with the occupants of a building on Noriega Street in the Outer Sunset that was apparently hosting illegal activities.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Cal Fire Water Tanker Crashes In Napa County Today's the day those speed cameras around SF begin issuing fines; a Cal Fire water tanker rolled over in Napa County Monday; and the Times got a disturbing look inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Parents of Missing Fremont Teen Seek Private Investigator The Fremont parents of a runaway 16-year-old are seeking help hiring a private investigator; a man was shot while backing out of a driveway in Oakland on Sunday; and a manhunt in Montana enters a fourth day.
SF News Another Pair of Bay Area Parents Arrested In Fentanyl Death of Toddler A Napa mother has been charged with murder and a father has been charged with child endangerment in connection with the August 2024 death of their three-year-old son.
SF News Pair of Oakland Women Arrested for Assault and Carjacking In Healdsburg Two female suspects from Oakland are in custody following an alleged assault, robbery, and carjacking on Sunday evening at a Healdsburg park in which they allegedly kidnapped a husband and forced him to drive them home after assaulting his wife.
Arts & Entertainment SF-Based Empire Records Wants to Add Rooftop Concert Venue to Its Downtown Building Local record label EMPIRE, which is getting ready to throw a 15th anniversary bash in Civic Center next month, just announced a proposed new rooftop concert venue atop One Montgomery Street.
Arts & Entertainment Following Cancellation of Sunset Night Market, a Half-Size Night Market Is Returning In September The cancellation of the popular Sunset Night Market was a disappointment to business owners and residents alike. But now a community group is organizing a new, smaller-scale version of the Irving Street event.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Grateful Dead Celebration Fills Up SF Hotels Many SF hotels were all full thanks to the Dead & Company shows; Gov. Gavin Newsom is hosting some Texas lawmakers who are trying to thwart redistricting back home; and a car fire in Castro Valley led to a serious vegetation fire.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Farewell to Boulette's Larder One of the Ferry Building's OG restaurant operations has given up the ghost, Trick Dog has won a prestigious prize, and a new Korean cafe is coming to Dogpatch, all in This Week in Food.
