SF News Luxury Downtown SF Condo Sells For $200,000 Less Than Its 2014 Sale Price While the circumstances around this one two-bedroom condo in downtown's Infinity building may be specific, a price slashing may point to a larger issue for similar properties.
Arts & Entertainment Endangered Baby Monkey Born At SF Zoo A rare François langur monkey was just born at the San Francisco Zoo, and boy is s/he cute.
SF News Trump Threatens San Francisco With EPA Violation Related To Homelessness The president's latest soundbite for Fox News is that he's putting San Francisco "on notice" over the homelessness problem, claiming the city is violating environmental rules by letting used hypodermic needles end up in the Pacific Ocean.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Treasure Island Could Have Been a Superfund Site A fatal stabbing at an Oakland gas station, Bruce Bochy wins his 2,000th game as Giants manager, and Nancy Pelosi has a plan to lower prescription drug costs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: CBS Refuses All Advertising From Juul Obama stresses the need for nuance in SF speech, UC President Janet Napolitano is stepping down next year, and Beto O'Rourke was at San Quentin today.
SF News Public Defender's Office Issues Complaint To Sheriff About Deputy-Involved Shooting That Killed Dog A situation that unfolded inside a Polk Street SRO earlier this month has pitted the San Francisco Sheriff's Department against the Public Defender's Office over what the latter says was the "preventable and unnecessary" killing of a man's dog.
Business & Tech Gig-Worker Bill Signed By Governor, Rideshare and Delivery Apps Unhappy As expected, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law today, meaning that, at least in theory, companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash will not be able to relegate the majority of their workforces — the drivers — to contractor status.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mid-Market Nightclub Mr. Smith's Quietly Closes As Neighborhood Struggles With Rampant Drug Use Mr. Smith's, the small, two-level nightclub that debuted on Seventh Street just off Market back in the days when the new Federal Building was under construction, has called it quits after 15 years in the neighborhood where it was once one of the first signals of gentrification to come.
Arts & Entertainment Santa Clara Ramps Up Fight With 49ers, Votes To Take Over Control Of All Non-Football Events At Levi's Stadium Oooo some drama is happening down in Santa Clara following that widely read story about the Rolling Stones never wanting to play at Levi's Stadium again.
SF News Barack Obama To Make An Appearance Near Union Square Wednesday Former President Barack Obama has a speaking engagement at August Hall (a.k.a. the former Ruby Skye on Mason Street) today, at an invitation-only tech conference.
SF News [Update] Father and Daughter Die In Mission Terrace House Fire An overnight blaze in the Mission Terrace neighborhood has claimed the life of a father and daughter, as well as the family dog.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Delay-Causing Runway Work at SFO To Finish A Week Early An escaped inmate from a facility in Mendocino County has been found in Vallejo, this morning's cold front and rain should pass by afternoon, and the repaving work at SFO is set to be done by Thursday night, eight days ahead of schedule.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Single-Game Warriors Tickets Go On Sale The homeless suspect in last month's assault near the Embarcadero has been ordered to stand trial, Ben Carson's SF visit was met with protests, and Barry Zito admits to rooting against the Giants in the 2010 World Series.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Says 'Gourmet Ghetto' Name Ought to Go Finally joining the fray in a debate about whether the North Shattuck neighborhood of Berkeley — longtime home of Chez Panisse and the Cheese Board Collective — should continue to be nicknamed the "Gourmet Ghetto," Alice Waters agrees with the young folk: the name needs to go.
SF News Trump Fundraiser Went Down At Portola Valley Home Of Sun Microsystems Cofounder Scott McNealy The 32,000-sf compound owned by Sun Microsystems cofounder Scott McNealy and his wife, which hit the market last year for $96.8 million, was the setting for President Trump's fundraising luncheon in Portola Valley this afternoon. And yes, the big Baby Trump balloon followed him there.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bon Appetit Snubs San Francisco For The First Time This Decade On Best New Restaurants List You can take it as another symptom of a restaurant culture in crisis in the ever-more expensive environs of San Francisco, or you can see it as indicative of SF's recent decline in the national imagination. But any way you slice it, Bon Appetit just released its Hot 10 for 2019 and we're not on it.
SF News Witness In Peninsula Murder Case Loses Plea Deal, Will Not Testify Against Heiress and Her Boyfriend Olivier Adella, the MMA fighter and former bodyguard who was set to be a key witness for the prosecution in the 2016 murder of Keith Green, has lost a plea deal that he struck to testify against defendants Tiffany Li and Kaveh Bayat.
SF News Trump Likely Only Touching Down in Bay Area For Three Hours; Ben Carson Headed To SF The details of the Trump fundraiser luncheon in the Bay Area today remain secretive, with even Republican donors who are planning to attend being kept in the dark about the exact location, but we do know one thing: Air Force One is landing in Palo Alto around 11 a.m.
SF News Tuesday Morning Updates: Last Ever Football-to-Baseball Switch At Oakland Coliseum Gov. Newsom issued an executive order for a vaping awareness campaign, a trial date has been set for a civil trial against PG&E related to Tubbs Fire injuries, and the adult store arson in San Jose was likely connected to an eviction notice.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 'Baby Trump' Balloon To Fly During President's Bay Area Visit Gov. Newsom penned an open letter to Trump asking for more federal funding to combat homelessness ahead of the President's California visit, and SF's libraries are doing away with all overdue book fines.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pete's Tavern and Pedro's Cantina Shutter Near Ballpark; Papi Rico Closes In the Castro There are a few more end-of-summer restaurant closures to chalk up, and these include yet another for the closure-prone Castro, whose residents are going to be staring at a lot of darkened storefronts for many months to come.
SF News Construction Set To Begin Next Year On 3,900-Unit Development at SF's Southern Border The long-awaited, long-delayed, enormous Baylands development in the southeastern corner of San Francisco — and across the county line in Brisbane — has finally gotten a start date.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tartine Opens Its First East Bay Location In Berkeley's Graduate Hotel San Francisco's beloved Tartine Bakery just opened its tenth outpost Monday morning in Berkeley — the first East Bay expansion for the Tartine brand.
SF News Tiburon Man Arrested After 11-Year-Old Son Is Killed In Boating Accident An 11-year-old Tiburon boy died Sunday after being ejected from his father's boat near Angel Island.
SF News Man Dies In Fire He Allegedly Set In Adult Novelty Store In San Jose One man is dead, four firefighters are injured, and two businesses are seriously damaged after a three-alarm arson fire in downtown San Jose on Sunday.
