SF News Sunset Dunes Park Vandalized Again, Hammocks Stolen For the fourth or fifth time in recent weeks, the new public park on the former Great Highway was hit by vandals over the weekend.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Mountain Lions Killed After NorCal Attack on Camp Counselor Two mountain lions were killed after a Trinity County attack incident; SF is ending a program allowing residents to request traffic-calming measures; and a cargo ship carrying hundreds of electric and conventional vehicles sank off the coast of Alaska.
Business & Tech Federal Judge In SF Rules That AI Company Anthropic Did Not Violate Copyright Law In Training Its Chatbot A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic did not break the law when it used copyrighted material to train its AI chatbot Claude. The company will have to go to trial, however, over its use of pirated copies of books.
Arts & Entertainment Rainbow Lasers, Nicknamed 'The Gaysers,' to Light Up Market Street Again Starting Friday Yes, those rainbow lasers glowing through the fog over Market Street will be returning for this Pride Weekend, and you should see them blink on Friday evening.
SF Politics BART and Muni Secure $750M Loan From State Along With Other Local Transit Agencies Some proposed cuts to transit funding are off the table, and Bay Area transit agencies including, primarily, BART and Muni, will be receiving a lifeline in the form of an interest-free loan from the state in the upcoming budget.
SF News Dyke March Returns, Officially, on Saturday After Five Years of Renegade Marches It's been quite a few years since we've seen a loud and proud throng of queer women rallying in Dolores Park and marching in the annual Dyke March, as the event was getting smaller and more disorganized before being officially cancelled last year. But it is back on for Saturday, June 28.
SF News SF-Based DoorDash Executive and His Parents Among Victims ID'd In Tahoe Boating Tragedy The eight victims in Saturday's boat-capsize tragedy on Lake Tahoe were publicly identified for the first time Tuesday, and among them was a 37-year-old DoorDash executive.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Supporters Rally to Save Castro Businesses From Eviction The eighth body has been pulled from Lake Tahoe following Saturday's tragic boating accident; the San Mateo County supervisors are having a special meeting about the sheriff ouster process; and there was a rally to support saving two longtime Castro Street businesses.
SF News Day Around the Bay: US Bombings Expose Divisions In Local Iranian American Community The three men who died jumping into a waterfall in Placer County have been identified; the US bombings in Iran expose divisions in Bay Area Iranian American community; and people are being robbed at ATMs in Pleasanton.
Arts & Entertainment SF's Mexican Museum, Still In Financial Trouble, Misses Fundraising Deadline The saga of San Francisco's Mexican Museum, which has not actually had a museum space to call home for the better part of a decade, continues to be a troubled one.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin Two-Star Restaurant Sons & Daughters to Relocate to Former Osito Space In the Mission Sons & Daughters, which has operated out of a small space in the Nob Hill neighborhood since its opening fifteen years ago, has been raking in the accolades of late. And greater demand is spurring a move to a bigger, newer space that was recently vacated by another Michelin-starred spot.
SF News FBI Releases New Sketch of Person of Interest In Seemingly Random 2016 Aquatic Park Murder A cold-case murder from 2016, the killing of 20-year-old Calvin Riley in San Francisco's Aquatic Park, was taken over by the FBI two years ago, and a new lead has recently emerged.
SF News Flight From SFO to Rome Diverted to Iceland For Mechanical Issue A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Rome had to be diverted Sunday after an unexplained mechanical issue, making an emergency landing eight hours into the flight.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: 3 Bodies Recovered From NorCal's Rattlesnake Falls The bodies of three men were found Sunday after they were seen jumping into the water at Rattlesnake Falls in Placer County; an LAPD officer was killed this morning while assisting with a freeway crash; and a civil grand jury report blames SF cops for not enforcing Vision Zero traffic laws.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: An Al Pastor Master Comes to Union Square Al Pastor Papi debuts in Union Square, WesBurger & More says farewell, and San Francisco gets snubbed entirely at the James Beard Awards again, all in This Week In Food.
SF News Tesla Driver Charged With Assault and Elder Abuse For Allegedly Running Down Protester at 'No Kings' March The protest and march down Market Street last Saturday was mostly peaceful for the 'No Kings' day demonstration in SF. But at least one frustrated driver not only tried to drive through the marchers, but also allegedly hit an elderly marcher and ran over their foot.
SF News Former Private Prison In SoCal Being Converted Into Largest Migrant Detention Camp In the State The mass-deportation effort by the Trump administration, which is all but certain to cost the American people much more money than it saves — and deprive multiple industries of an able and willing workforce — soldiers on.
SF News Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman's Son Accused of Rape at NYU The youngest of Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman's four children, Abe, who was raised in Berkeley, has been brought up on a criminal rape charge in New York, where he is attending college.
SF News Ninth Circuit Sides With Trump Over National Guard, But Battle Continues In District Court Friday In celebrating a temporary legal victory Thursday night, Donald Trump immediately threatened to deploy the National Guard in any state where protests occur. But California will continue to do battle with the administration in district court Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Santa Cruz Man to Face Murder Charges After Fleeing to Europe Residents of SoMa and the Mission experienced power outages Thursday; a 54-year-old Santa Cruz man is suspected of killing his father and fleeing to Switzerland; and the Valkyries triumphed over the Fever in Caitlin Clark's first Chase Center pro game.
Business & Tech Zoox Opens Factory In Hayward, City Very Pleased About This Amazon-owned autonomous taxi company Zoox has opened a new production facility in Hayward, which is already employing around 100 technicians, and the City of Hayward is quite happy to welcome them.
SF News Vallejo Kidnapper Matthew Muller Pleads Guilty In 32-Year-Old Cold Case In Sacramento County The guilty pleas continue to rack up for Matthew Muller, the man convicted in the infamous 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins which was the subject of Netflix's American Nightmare.
SF News New Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee Hopes For Safe Juneteenth Celebration, Asks Revelers Not to Repeat Last Year On Juneteenth last year at Oakland's Lake Merritt, celebrations gave way to a raucous sideshow which then gave way to a brawl and a mass shooting that left 14 people wounded. Oakland city leaders are promising a safer situation this year.
SF News Racist History of Piedmont to Be Commemorated With Memorial For First Black Family Driven Out A very racist episode in the history of the City of Piedmont, in the East Bay, is likely going to be commemorated with a memorial sculpture park, as the town's leaders announce this Juneteenth.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland Fire Burns Hundreds of Porta-Potties A brush fire in Antioch grew to 290 acres and prompted an evacuation warning Wednesday; a fire in East Oakland burned hundreds of portable toilets; and SpaceX had another massive explosion on the launchpad.
