SF News SFPD Arrests Man In SoMa For Chasing Someone With a Needle A man was arrested Monday evening after reports that he was chasing another person around the area of 7th and Mission Street with a hypodermic needle.
Arts & Entertainment Coachella Lineup Includes Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, No Female Headliners Sure, it's a rarity at any music festival to have a major female headliner, and Beyoncé, Ariana and Bjork have been exceptions to the rule at Coachella over the years. But this year the headlining lineup is back to being all dudes.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Search For Vehicle That Drove Over Cliff Called Off A woman was swept out to sea at Half Moon Bay trying to rescue her dog, homicides were actually up 7 percent across the Bay Area, and Tesla hit its sales goals for 2019.
SF News Day Around the Bay: CHP Made Almost 500 DUI Arrests on NYE The Oakland man who died after being dragged by a laptop thief's getaway car was celebrating his birthday, video shows a man getting knocked off a rock by a huge wave near Santa Cruz, and a woman is killed while allegedly breaking into her ex's home in Dublin.
SF News Three People Shot, Three People Stabbed On New Year's Eve in SF Three people were shot and injured on Tuesday evening around the city, and after the clock struck midnight, three more people were stabbed in separate incidents in SoMa and the Excelsior district.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Elite Cafe on Fillmore To Become New Restaurant From Adriano Paganini Prolific restaurateur Adriano Paganini and his Back of the House Restaurant Group — the team behind Beretta, Delarosa, Barvale, A Mano and others — is taking over the former Elite Cafe and opening a new Italian spot.
SF News Small Fire Temporarily Shuts Down Fancy Steakhouse Ittoryu Gozu Less than two months after its November opening, fancy downtown Wagyu spot Ittoryu Gozu suffered a small kitchen fire New Year's Eve that threw a wrench into its celebratory dinner service.
SF Politics Ben Carson Blames California For Rise In Homelessness, Calls On States and Cities to Handle Crisis Just before the holidays, HUD Secretary Ben Carson issued an annual report on homelessness nationwide in which he called on state and local leaders on the West Coast to address the issue with "crisis-like urgency."
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Saison Loses Chef Laurent Gras, Promises 'New Experience in 2020' Two-Michelin-starred Saison, which dropped down from three stars last year following the departure of chef and co-owner Joshua Skenes from day-to-day operations, is undergoing another transition as the new year begins.
SF News Car Break-Ins Still Frequent In SF, But Down 3 Percent Over Last Year As we await final crime stats from the SFPD for 2019, the department is touting the fact that burglaries from vehicles in the city — while still high — were down slightly year over year through November.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Small Quake Shakes Bay Area A high-surf advisory has been extended through tonight, two arrests have been made in an Oakland laptop theft that ended in death, and a 3.9M earthquake struck the South Bay Wednesday night.
SF News San Francisco Marks 56-Year Low In Homicides There was plenty of bad news in 2019, but in the good news column the homicide count in San Francisco hit its lowest number since 1963: 41.
SF News New Year's Day Links: Newsom and Pelosi Attend Final 'Beach Blanket' Performance The man who was injured chasing after laptop thieves in Oakland has died, Supervisor Sandra Fewer may not run for reelection, and a vigil is being held to mark the 11th anniversary of Oscar Grant's death.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hilton Guests In Sacramento Grossed Out By NYE Swingers' Party A man was critically injured chasing after a laptop thief in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood, two men suffered major injuries in separate attacks in SF Monday night, and a swingers' gathering is causing a stir in Sactown.
SF News Video: Dash Cam Footage Shows Car Speeding Off Cliff on Highway 1 Rescue crews have been battling intense surf since Monday after a witness reported seeing a vehicle go speeding off a cliff south of Devil's Slide, on Highway 1 at Gray Whale Cove. Now the witness has provided dash-cam video to authorities and local media showing the moment in question.
Arts & Entertainment Why Do So Many Fire Alarms Interrupt Movies at the AMC Kabuki? Vaping. Scan through the Yelp reviews at the AMC Kabuki cinema in Japantown and you're bound to find multiple complaints about fire alarms going off that interrupt everyone's moviegoing experience. One even happened on Monday night, clearing out the building during a rain shower.
Arts & Entertainment Remembering When Queen Elizabeth Cracked a Smile at 'Beach Blanket Babylon' Tonight marks the final night of Beach Blanket Babylon's 45-year run in North Beach. The show's longtime sound designer says the show's closing wasn't handled all that well vis a vis the cast. But we take a moment to remember a high point when the cast performed for the Queen in 1983.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Comedian Ali Wong Dines at Hong Kong Lounge and Um.ma, Performs at the Masonic, Takes Selfie With the Currys Hometown girl Ali Wong was back in town for the holidays over the weekend, making a stop in her "Milk & Money" tour at the Masonic, and eating some food around town as well.
SF News Oakland Man Accused Of Attempted Murder In Attack on Homeless Woman at Richmond BART Station A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack on a homeless woman on the BART platform at Richmond Station.
Arts & Entertainment 'HugTrain' to Offer Free Hugs at Golden Gate Bridge Before Midnight In a campaign to fight loneliness, a group known as HugTrain will be offering free hugs to anyone who wants one beside the Golden Gate Bridge Tuesday night, prior to and during the New Year's Eve fireworks show.
Business & Tech Uber and Postmates Join Forces To Seek Injunction In Gig-Worker Law AB-5 The two local app-based companies that rely on contract drivers are challenging a new California law that is set to go into effect on January 1, and which poses an existential threat to the so-called "gig economy."
SF News New Year's Eve News Dump: CHP Will Be Out In Force Tonight A male pedestrian was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond, arrests were made in a Nov. 17 mass shooting in Fresno, and SF is encouraging New Year's Eve revelers to sign up for emergency text alerts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 14-Year-Old Girl Arrested After High-Speed Chase An intense search in heavy surf was underway Monday near Devil's Slide for a car that was seen driving over a cliff, I-80 was shut down in Vallejo for police activity, and the SF Housing Authority is trying to get back to solvency.
SF News City Will Sponsor and Restore 17 Classes For Older Adults Cut By City College Responding to public outcry over the loss of several dozen free City College classes geared toward older adults in San Francisco, the Mayor and Board of Supervisors are stepping in to restore 17 of the classes through the city's Dignity Fund.
Business & Tech The 2010s: When Tech Transformed How We Think, Talk, and Consume Media Companies based in the Bay Area are largely to thank — and blame — for how much the American psyche has changed. And as we close out this tumultuous decade, let's take account of the impacts the local tech industry has had on the world in a short span of time.
