SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Flood Warning Issued For SF A man was killed in a wrong-way crash on Highway 1 in Pacifica, Google is revising a huge transit village plan in downtown San Jose, and low-lying areas should beware of flooding as rains intensify this morning.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Healthcare Conventioneers Complain About SF's Streets A healthcare exec in town for a convention just called SF "the Bill Clinton of cities" because it "squandered itself with its flaws," a missing 68-year-old Oroville woman has been found, and Pier One Imports is closing Bay Area stores.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Modern Irish Cocktail Bar Casements Debuts In the Mission, With Meat Pies The newest addition to SF's bar scene is an Irish bar, but it's not the kind that you think.
SF News 40-Story Tower at Van Ness and Market Delayed as Developer Seeks Buyer A 420-foot, 40-story residential tower at the intersection of Market Street, Oak Street, and Van Ness, dubbed One Oak, in planning since 2014, apparently doesn't "pencil" in the parlance of developers, and its entitlements are now up for grabs.
Business & Tech Apple Clashes With Justice Department Yet Again Over iPhone Backdoor A case backed by Attorney General William Barr is escalating quickly at the Department of Justice that will once again pit Apple against the federal government in a fight over smartphone privacy.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Celebrated Croissant-Maker Arsicault Bakery Opens New Civic Center Location The Inner Richmond's Arsicault Bakery, which a couple of years ago was named Bon Appetit's "Bakery of the Year" in part because of its perfect croissants, is expanding for the first time and has just quietly opened a second location in Civic Center, just around the corner from 7th and Market.
SF News SamTrans Being Blamed For Dumping SFO's Homeless On Embarcadero There's a weird story today in which a San Francisco supervisor is pointing the finger at San Mateo County and the SamTrans bus agency for intentionally shuttling homeless people out of SFO and dropping them off at 2 a.m. at the new "end of the line" near the Embarcadero.
SF News 'Purple People' Sex Commune In Lafayette Hit With Racist Graffiti A 52-year-old communal living curiosity in the East Bay is making news again for an unfortunate reason this week after vehicles and buildings on the property were hit with racist graffiti.
SF News After Arrests and Eviction, Moms 4 Housing Group Plots Next Steps The two women who were arrested Tuesday morning at the home in which they were squatting in West Oakland were released following misdemeanor charges. Now the group Moms 4 Housing is hoping they can keep the momentum going.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Zoe Lofgren Selected As Impeachment Manager Pelosi has picked her impeachment managers, a Mission high school gym has become a homeless shelter, and San Jose's Doobie Brothers are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Four SF Juveniles Arrested For Cellphone Thefts Oakland records its first homicide of the new year, Tahoe sees hurricane-force winds during today's winter storm, and a Beefeater-dressed doorman at the Sir Francis Drake retires after 43 years.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mister Jiu's Casual Spinoff Mamahuhu Debuts Wednesday In the Inner Richmond Based on a 2018 pop-up of the same name, chef Brandon Jew's Mamahuhu is opening its doors to the public on Clement Street on Wednesday, January 15, and you can expect this will be quite popular.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 28-Year-Old SoMa Mainstay Fringale Closes Citing Central Subway Construction Woes One of SoMa's longest continually running restaurants, Fourth Street Basque-French bistro Fringale, is set to close on January 25 after nearly three decades in business.
Arts & Entertainment Iconic Former SF Weatherwoman Roberta Gonzales Publishes Children's Book About a Fish Former color-blocking KPIX meteorologist Roberta Gonzales has been busy since leaving television news behind in 2017, having started her own Pleasanton-based production company, Roberta Gonzales Productions. But today we learn that she has also written a children's book.
SF Politics Fur Industry Trade Group Sues SF Over Fur Ban A fur industry group has filed a federal lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco over its ban on real fur products which took effect January 1. The suit calls the ban "so arbitrary as to be ridiculous," and says it is a violation of the Commerce Clause in the U.S. Constitution.
SF News Construction Crew Hits Gas Line In SoMa, Prompts Evacuations Another construction crew ruptured yet another gas pipe on Tuesday, this time near 11th and Harrison streets in SoMa, causing multiple buildings in the area to be temporarily evacuated. The situation was resolved in about 40 minutes.
SF News BART Police Puts 12 Officers On Regular Evening Train-Patrol Duty For First Time BART Police are going to be regularly patrolling trains on nights and weekends as part of a new program that launched Monday, and the news has some regular riders going "Really?... Now?"
SF News Elderly Woman Injured In E-Scooter Crash On Embarcadero A 69-year-old woman was severely injured Monday afternoon when she collided with a cement mixer while riding an e-scooter near the intersection of Bay Street and the Embarcadero.
SF News Moms 4 Housing Group Evicted and 3 Arrested In Dramatic Pre-Dawn Raid Perhaps this was the Alameda County Sheriff's Department's idea of ending things peacefully and without incident, but two of the homeless mothers who have been squatting at a West Oakland residence since November were met with a militaristic raid early Tuesday morning.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: San Jose May Expand Its Airport The local Filipino community is on edge about a volcano near Manila, Sutter Health has formed a partnership with Lyft to give patients rides, and a Napa Valley security guard is charged with an inside-job burglary at a winery.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Boudin Hires Three Defense Attorneys to DA's Office Four female suspects were arrested in a Stanford Shopping Center smash-and-grab, Bernie Sanders just opened a new Oakland campaign office, and Rep. Barbara Lee says the upcoming all-white debate is troubling.
Bay Area Sports Seattle Fox Station Made Bizarre Gaffe Reporting 49ers Loss to Vikings A local TV station up in Seattle was so optimistic about the Seahawks potentially getting to host the NFC Championship Game next week that the anchors erroneously reported Saturday that the Minnesota Vikings had beaten the 49ers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Tanya Holland Wonders Aloud Why People Gladly Pay $20 For Ad Hoc's Fried Chicken But Balk at Paying $18 for Hers Ahead of the closure of Brown Sugar Kitchen's Ferry Building outpost, Mother Jones has just released a podcast interview with chef Tanya Holland in which she talks about the challenges of working in the white male-dominated world of high-end cuisine, and doing business in the Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment 'Clue' Director Jonathan Lynn Discusses Almost Casting Carrie Fisher at SF Sketchfest At the Castro Theatre on Sunday evening, SF Sketchfest celebrated the 35th anniversary of the cult-classic comedy whodunit 'Clue,' with star Colleen Camp, bit player Jane Wiedlin (of Go-Gos fame) and writer-director Jonathan Lynn.
SF News Laptop Theft Victim Shot In Hip At Bus Stop In North Oakland Another person was violently robbed of their laptop in Oakland on Friday, and this time the victim was shot in the course of the robbery.
