SF News Once Again, BART's Twitter Persona Gets Real, But This Time About Farts It's a been a minute since we had the pleasure of BART's Twitter account coming alive with some honest and/or sassy commentary. But whoever's in charge over there this summer, kudos.
SF Politics Kamala In the News: Kushner Denies Birther Comments, Angela Davis 'Isn't Excited,' and Kamala's Favorite Burrito Kamala Harris apparently has good taste in wine, and Jared Kushner would like us all to un-hear what President Trump said Thursday about some new birther theory being floated in conservative media about Harris.
SF News Trump and Bush Appointees On Ninth Circuit Rule That CA Ban On High-Capacity Magazines Is Unconstitutional In a victory for the gun lobby, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has invalidated California's law limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets, saying that the law violates the Second Amendment.
SF News Tahoe Residents Plan Weekend Protest Telling Tourists To Stay Home In what's likely to be a futile effort to discourage people from coming to Lake Tahoe from outside the area this summer, some residents of South Lake Tahoe are planning a demonstration Friday afternoon.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Food-Service Workers Picket Oracle Park Santa Clara County is launching an ambitious plan to house the homeless, the Times delves into how Biden came to pick Harris for VP, and Epic Games is now suing both Apple and Google over the Fortnite app store fight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alcatraz Reopens Monday COVID fears are brewing around potentially crowded beaches during this weekend's heatwave, Stanford publishes controversial new sex assault allegation rules, and Alcatraz reopens for outdoor tours only next week.
Arts & Entertainment SF Musician Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Three women have come forward with allegations that Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek either acted inappropriately, assaulted them, or engaged in non-consensual sex with them in the last six years.
Business & Tech Apple Kicked Fortnite Out of the App Store, and Now Fortnite Has an Ad Mocking Apple's Famous '1984' Ad Epic is boldly using Apple's own brand history against them, taking the iconic "1984"-themed Super Bowl ad that defined Apple three decades ago as the brand that supported individuality in the face of PC tyranny, and using it to argue that Apple is now the oppressor.
SF Politics Who Will Gavin Pick to Take Kamala's Senate Seat? The Palace Intrigue Begins If all goes well this November, Governor Gavin Newsom will get to appoint a new Democratic Senator to take Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's seat. And the pressure will be on to select a woman — and a woman of color.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Prairie Closes In the Mission; Across the Street, Lazy Bear Faces Big Changes As Well Both Prairie and Lazy Bear made quick pivots to selling groceries, booze, and pantry provisions during the pandemic. Prairie closes this week, and Lazy Bear owner David Barzelay is giving it until October, for now.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Water Mains Burst All Over The East Bay Two people died in boating accidents on Lake Tahoe on Monday, water mains burst around the East Bay last night leaving people without water, and Ritual Coffee is having a reckoning over race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Airbnb Sues Guest Over Unsanctioned Party Where Three Were Shot Five new liquor licenses are for sale for cheap in SF, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is pissed about Lake Merritt vendors and gatherings, and next year's Game Developers Conference is scheduled to happen in person at the Moscone Center in July.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Nightclub Called YOLO Is Slated to Replace the Legendary Slim's A nightclub called YOLO, from a pair of San Jose club owners, is applying for a permit from the SF Entertainment Commission to open in the former Slim's space — you know, whenever such things get to safely reopen.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oasis Reopens In SoMa For Dinner, Drinks, Drag Shows The first SoMa nightclub to emerge from pandemic lockdown looks to be Oasis, the LGBTQ club well known for its cabaret and drag shows — but it's only opening its rooftop.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Calls Out Trump's Talent For Running Things Into The Ground In First Public Appearance As VP Candidate Senator Kamala Harris appeared with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for a pair of speeches Wednesday afternoon in Delaware, introducing Harris as the VP on this year's ticket. And neither minced words in characterizing President Trump as an incompetent fool.
SF News Don't Go to the Dentist Just Yet, Warns the World Health Organization The World Health Organization has issued a new recommendation regarding dental offices, and it doesn't bode well for the dental profession this year.
SF News Arrest Made In Homicide At UCSF Parnassus A physical altercation between two men inside the Ambulatory Care Center at UCSF Tuesday morning ended with one man collapsing dead on the street outside the hospital. Now, UCSF Police say they have arrested a suspect.
Business & Tech As California Labor Case Heads For Appeal, Uber Says It May Halt Operations In State Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi gave an interview on MSNBC Wednesday morning saying that the company would likely have to shut down operations in California for at least several months if it is forced to make all its drivers employees.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Documented Cases of Restaurant Transmission of Coronavirus Could Further Delay Indoor Dining Data is beginning to emerge from contact tracing in states where indoor dining and drinking has resumed that proves that restaurants and bars can become vectors for spreading COVID-19, spelling bad news for the hospitality industry as a whole.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Supes Approve 1,100-Unit Development at Balboa Reservoir A driver has been arrested on manslaughter charges after the death of a pedestrian on SF's Cathedral Hill, a 3.9M quake hit northern Sonoma, and a 17-acre site in the Sunset is finally getting developed into housing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Homicides Investigated In Sunnydale and Sunset Everyone's talking about Kamala, UCSF police are seeking a suspect in an altercation that turned into a possible homicide this morning, and SF is losing lots of hot dog stands.
SF News Two Out Of Five COVID-Positive People May Be Asymptomatic Due to Other Coronaviruses In the Past The estimates have changed over time, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now saying that some 40 percent of COVID-infected people will be asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic. This is up from a CDC estimate of 25 percent back in April.
SF News A Legacy Of LGBTQ Activism and Medical Smarts Helped Spare San Francisco From the Worst of COVID A look back at the last 45 years of San Francisco's history yields several key moments that can be traced directly forward to the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SF News London Breed Says She's Celebrating Her Birthday On Zoom As SF Remains In COVID 'Red Zone' Family and friend gatherings, and birthday parties, remain some of the main points of COVID transmission according to San Francisco contact tracers. And thus Mayor London Breed says she'll be celebrating her birthday today in a socially distanced fashion.
SF Politics Former SF District Attorney Turned Senator Kamala Harris Picked As Biden's Running Mate Biden has announced Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, putting a Bay Area native daughter in the national spotlight once again. And she is the first Black woman ever to join a major-party ticket — in addition to being the first person of Indian descent to join such a ticket in our country.
