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.
Bay Area Sports Local Hot Dog Vendor and Baseball Park Fixture Jimmy Graff Dies at 49 He started slinging sodas at UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium at the age of 10. 39 years later he was well known to local baseball fans at A's games for selling old-fashioned hot dogs out of a steamer box he carried around the stadium.
Business & Tech Bumble Deleted Sharon Stone's Profile Because They Thought It Was Fake Bumble, the dating app that lets women make the first move in hetero pairings, just made a gaffe when it deleted sometime Bay Area resident Sharon Stone's dating profile, believe it was a fake. It was not!
Arts & Entertainment Beloved San Mateo Toy Store, Talbot's Toyland, Is Closing After 66 Years Kids who grew up in the Bay Area are lamenting the loss of a seven-decade-old toy retailer in San Mateo that was a mecca in a legion of local childhoods. Citing the "retail apocalypse," the iconic Talbot's Toyland with its huge T-Rex in the entry is calling it quits.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Land NFC West Division Title For the First Time In 22 Years With their nail-biter win against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night, the Niners are headed to the playoffs as the Number One seed in the NFC West — the first time that's been the case since 1997.
SF News Woman Catches Guy Breaking Into Her Car In Hayes Valley, SFPD Makes Arrest It's a rare story when somebody actually catches a car burglar in the act, but that's what happened Saturday night near Civic Center.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Dry Weather But Big Waves Headed Our Way Hundreds gathered for a vigil Sunday at Dublin High School for three boys killed in a Christmas crash, a plane had to make an emergency landing at San Jose airport, and a high-surf advisory has been issued for NorCal beaches.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Elizabeth Warren Talks Child Care in San Jose Over 100 birders spread out across San Francisco to take a bird census today, Oakland firefighters put out a homeless encampment fire, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent time at child care facilities in San Jose today.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kennedy's Irish Pub Remains Open After Announcing Closure Nearly two months after it supposedly was closing for good after over 20 years in business, Kennedy's Irish Pub and Curry House mysteriously soldiers on in North Beach.
SF News Dublin High School Mourns Loss Of Three Teens Killed In Christmas Crash A pair of teenage twins and their friend were killed in a collision Christmas night near Castelwood Country Club in Pleasanton, and now the Dublin High School community and the boys' families are in mourning.
SF News East Bay Newspaper Founded in 1858 Rolls Out Its Final Print Edition Sunday The Martinez News-Gazette, in print for 161 years, is stopping the presses on its print edition for good this weekend, ending what may be the longest run for a newspaper anywhere in California. Its last edition will be on December 29.
SF News Everything You Need to Know About Discarding Your Christmas Tree in SF The 33rd annual "Chipping of the Trees" is happening outside City Hall Friday to remind everyone to put their trees on the curb with their trash bins before January 15.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: North Oakland Warehouse Fire Injures One A homeless woman was arrested for attacking a man on Sansome Street in the Financial District, the SFPD arrested four suspects in a string of car burglaries, and a vintage clothing store is being held up from opening in the Haight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Chill Sets In Moms 4 Housing got a four-day reprieve in their Oakland squat, a Bernal Heights family got their stolen dog back, and it's going to get cold tonight around the Bay.
