SF News BART Director Stirs the Pot With Op-Ed Accusing Management and Fellow Directors of Negligence On Safety BART director Debora Allen, has been an outspoken critic of new General Manager Bob Powers and some of her fellow directors in recent weeks. And last week's stabbing on board a train in South Hayward has pushed her to pen a scathing opinion piece in the East Bay Times.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tosca 3.0 Opening Delayed Until March, Space Used For Private Events For Now The legendary and beloved Tosca Cafe in North Beach won't be making it open by year's end, as the team continues to wait for the liquor license to officially transfer from the previous ownership.
SF News Stray Bullet From Shootout Following Robbery On Oakland's Grand Avenue Injures Resident A gunpoint robbery Monday morning at a coin collectors' store on Oakland's Grand Avenue led to a shootout between the thieves and the store owner, and in the exchange of gunfire a stray bullet entered a nearby residence and injured a person inside.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Restaurant Drama: Noosh Chefs Fired Amid Owner Dispute; Chubby Noodle Investors Aggrieved The acclaimed husband-and-wife chefs behind Noosh were abruptly fired on Thursday in a dispute with the restaurant's ownership, and the drama that's been unfolding there has echoes in several recent stories from the SF restaurant scene.
SF News SF Teen Slain In September Was Revenge Killing For Unsolved 2014 Murder A 19-year-old who was fatally shot in Crocker-Amazon two months ago appears to have been killed in a revenge attempt by the younger brother of a boy whose brother was murdered in the Mission five years ago.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tartine Bakery Reopens Following Rodent Issue Ever popular Tartine Bakery has reopened as of Monday morning, following a closure by the Health Department on Friday that sent ripples across the Bay Area food and media scenes.
SF News Threats By Unhinged-Sounding Student Freak Out USF Campus, Student Arrested A screaming student who had allegedly made threats on social media against the University of San Francisco campus was arrested Sunday night after students locked themselves in campus buildings in fear of a potential mass shooting.
Business & Tech SF-Based Charles Schwab Buys TD Ameritrade, Will Move HQ to Dallas Area 48-year-old brokerage firm Charles Schwab confirmed its widely rumored acquisition of TD Ameritrade on Monday, and the news came with the added detail that the combined company's new corporate headquarters will be in Westlake, Texas.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Homeless Encampment Springs Up at Oakland City Hall The 49ers once again proved worthy of their record with a 37-8 win over the Green Bay Packers, one of the men arrested in the Orinda shooting is appearing in court today, and a Russian Hill restaurant complains about neighborhood burglaries.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tartine Bakery Shuttered By Health Department, Temporarily Popular San Francisco bakery destination Tartine has had a little bit of a bad run-in with the city's Department of Public Health, and as of Friday the place is closed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Breed and Herrera Endorse Gascon's Opponent For L.A. DA The CDC is warning about Romaine lettuce from Salinas, one of two suspects arrested in the Orinda shooting has been ID'd, and Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera just raised a big middle finger at George Gascon.
SF News Transient Man Accused In 2018 BART Stabbing Pleads Insanity In court on Friday, 29-year-old John Lee Cowell pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of Nia Wilson at the MacArthur BART station in July 2018.
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest 2020 to Feature Sandra Bernhard, Fred Armisen, Crispin Glover and More Tickets go on sale Sunday morning for SF Sketchfest, which runs from January 9 to January 26, 2020, and it will, as always, feature a cavalcade of funny folks from across the country in comedy showcases, scripted shows, and on-stage tributes.
SF News BART to Reopen Bathrooms, Modernize Stations at Powell Street and 19th Street In Oakland BART's board has just approved a contract to modernize Powell Street Station in San Francisco, a project that will include reopening the public restrooms there that have been closed since September 11, 2001.
Business & Tech Former CEO Travis Kalanick Dumps Uber Stock To the Tune of $1.5 Billion Following the expiration of the six-month lockup period for investors and employees' Uber stock, former CEO Travis Kalanick has had some big paydays this month.
SF News Nursing Student Tells Harrowing Hero Story Of Trying To Save BART Stabbing Victim A 22-year-old nursing student who uses a wheelchair and is legally deaf was a witness to the entire conflict on the BART train on Tuesday that ended with the stabbing death of Oliver T. Williams.
SF News Two More Arrests Made In Orinda Shooting, Feds Offer $20K Reward Agents with the San Francisco field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) announced late Thursday that they had made two arrests in connection with the Halloween shooting in Orinda, and said they seized a weapon linked to the crime.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Obama Tells Donors to 'Chill Out About the Candidates' A standoff at a house in San Jose going on overnight has ended, a death in Santa Rosa is being investigated as suspicious, and today is the busiest travel day of the year at SFO.
SF News Day Around the Bay: UC Berkeley ID's Protesters Arrested During Ann Coulter Event Barack Obama tied up traffic by showing up to Dreamforce today, most PG&E customers have gotten their power back, and only two female protesters were actually taken to jail in Berkeley last night.
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 7 Cool Things To Do This Weekend Before the rains begin and the holidays take hold, you've got one weekend left in which to pretend that the year isn't just about over and there's nothing left to do but eat carbs and go shopping. Make the most of it.
SF News BART Has Major Systemwide Delays Ahead of Thursday Rush Hour As of 2:40 p.m. Thursday, BART reported major delays across the system due to an "obstruction" on the track in the Transbay Tube.
SF News SFO Will Allow More Ubers To Do Curbside Pick-ups — If You Pay Extra After relegating most rideshares to the upper deck of the short-term parking garage back in June, the airport is starting a pilot program with Uber ahead of the holiday travel season to allow riders to pay extra to get picked up at the curb.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission's Gashead Tavern to Become New-School Irish Bar Called Casement's Five-year-old English-styled gastropub Gashead Tavern (2351 Mission Street) is being taken over by a trio of local bar vets and transformed into the kind of modern Irish bar that exists in Ireland — craft cocktails and all.
SF News BART Murder Victim Remembered By Family and Friends As Happy, Generous Soul The 49-year-old Oakland man who was fatally stabbed aboard a BART train on Tuesday is being remembered by his loved ones as a kind and helpful person who was always quick to defend others against bullies.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Until December 15 To Protect Whales No crab for Thanksgiving! Commercial Dungeness crab season is getting delayed for a second time, this time until mid-December, out of concern for the safety of migrating whales who are lingering along the Northern California coast.
