SF News Four People Killed at Halloween Party in an Orinda Airbnb A house in Orinda that a woman said she was renting for a family reunion became the site of a shooting Thursday night that left four people dead and at least four wounded.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Man Describes Kidnapping and Robbery Gilroy police seize hundreds of vehicles following sideshow, a woman was found stabbed to death in Vacaville allegedly by her adult son, and the 49ers remain undefeated after a 28-25 win in Arizona.
SF News Shooting Near Toll Plaza Halts Eastbound Bay Bridge Traffic A shooting Friday morning caused a snarl in commuter traffic on the Bay Bridge, particularly for those trying to get to the East Bay.
SF News Day Around the Bay: North Bay Evacuees Ring In Halloween A couple of arrests were made amid a protest at City Hall over a mental health program ballot measure, a look at where the Kincade Fire started via satellite photos, and Berkeley teachers have a contract.
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Palate Cleansers: Cat Watches Horror Movie; Cat Freaked Out By Cat Ears As your mind begins to drift away from work to whatever prosthetics you need to stick on your face in a few hours, here's some pleasant distraction.
Arts & Entertainment Salesforce Tower to Light Up With Halloween Surprise Remember last Halloween when the crown of Salesforce Tower transformed into a fiery "Eye of Sauron" from Lord of the Rings, much to every Tolkien nerd's delight? Well, something special in store again for tonight, but the Saleforce team won't say what.
Arts & Entertainment 'Gatz,' the Acclaimed Six-Hour Theater Adaptation of 'The Great Gatsby' Comes to Berkeley Rep in February A legendary production that originated over a decade ago with New York's Elevator Repair Service theater company that takes on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby in its entirety is coming to Berkeley Repertory Theatre in February for a special ten-day run.
Arts & Entertainment Alluring Witch at 'Terror Vault' Inspires Craigslist Missed Connections Post An actor playing a witch at Peaches' Christ's immersive Halloween attraction "Terror Vault" is apparently convincing and beguiling enough that she inspired an admirer to post a tribute on Missed Connections.
SF News Idiot Takes E-Scooter Onto Bay Bridge Some damn fool — apparently a tourist — took an e-scooter onto the Bay Bridge to head eastward during the evening commute on Wednesday. And no, he was not hurt or killed so he now must be publicly shamed.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry's Hand Broken, Warriors Generally Screwed Warriors guard Stephen Curry just got an injury Wednesday night that may take him out of commission for an extended period, adding to Golden State's major handicaps this season.
SF News Kincade Fire 60 Percent Contained, No Growth Overnight With the winds disappearing, firefighters got a firm handle on the massive Kincade Fire in Sonoma County, which has now burned 120 square miles. Growth has slowed to a crawl, and Cal Fire says there was no growth Wednesday or overnight into Thursday.
SF News Halloween Morning Special: Juul Valuation Drops By $14 Billion Altria writes down its Juul investment by a third, inmates at Santa Rita Jail staged a hunger strike, and 95 percent of PG&E customers who lost power have gotten it back.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Shake Shack Is Coming to the Westfield CHP officers chase driver from Fairfield to SF, Kamala Harris cuts some campaign staff, and Shake Shack is opening two locations in SF next year.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nooo! Kennedy's Irish Pub & Curry House Is Closing Tomorrow In North Beach 20+-year-old North Beach icon Kennedy's Irish Pub & Curry House is calling it quits on Thursday, and San Francisco can chalk up yet another loss of a quirky, multi-cultural mashup of a mainstay.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink PG&E Shutoffs Hit Grocery Stores and Restaurants Hard Going five days without refrigeration means major losses for food businesses around the Bay Area, and the economic impacts of PG&E's power shutoffs are just starting to be understood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Bar Owner Says City Hall, Not Millennial Buying Habits, Is To Blame For Retail Vacancies "I’ve owned ten bars and restaurants in SF for more than a decade, and I need you all to hear me: We are dying," writes Ben Bleiman.
Business & Tech Twitter Takes a Stand Facebook Won't And Says No To Political Ads Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made a major announcement Wednesday that is a clear response both the current political climate in the U.S. and to the public outcry over competitor Facebook's policy surrounding political advertising.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tacolicious Chico Debuts Downtown on Halloween Put your taco-eating pants on: The new tiny outpost of Tacolicious at 685 Market Street will be having its grand opening on Thursday, October 31.
SF News Here's What the Kincade Fire Looks Like From Space NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan just tweeted several photos he captured of the smoke from the Kincade Fire as seen from the International Space Station this morning.
SF News 20-Year-Old SF Man Charged With Murder and Domestic Violence In Killing of Girlfriend The man accused in the October 24 murder of 21-year-old San Francisco State student Valeria Villagomez made his first court appearance on Tuesday.
SF News Winds Prove Not Catastrophic; Kincade Fire Reaches 30 Percent Containment Fears of an overnight explosion in new fire lines amid intense wind conditions proved unfounded late Tuesday and early Wednesday, and while we aren't out of the woods yet, the Kincade Fire may finally be coming under control.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Power Shutoffs Canceled For Five Counties East Oakland residents are complaining about smells from a foundry, the SF Board of Supervisors approves hike in developer fees, and the power is coming back on for those who have lost it.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mass Shooter Scare Interrupts Great America's Halloween Haunt Sup. Vallie Brown apologizes for saying a former tenant who was evicted didn't pay rent, Newsom says some PG&E customers will receive credits for shutoffs, and Santa Clara police have released details about a shooter scare on Saturday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Blowfish Sushi Is Making a Comeback at 18th and Mission Fans lamented the closure of 23-year-old Blowfish Sushi to Die For back in April, but the owners are bringing it back at one of their other locations, which has been a ramen spot for about eight months.
SF News Time Magazine Posts Fake-News Tweet About San Francisco Being On Fire The digital-media staffers over at Time Magazine just illustrated the perils of reporting on breaking news via Twitter, without fact-checking, via a mislabeled and mis-captioned video. And ironically, Marc Benioff owns Time now!
