SF News Day Around the Bay: PG&E Warns Of Monday and Tuesday Blackouts PG&E is blaming a construction company for this morning's blackout in SF, the city is delaying the closure of those long-term mental-health beds at SF General, and SF-based FitBit may be getting sold.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Apizza, a New Fast-Food Pizza Concept From La Boulagerie's Pascal Rigo, Debuts Tuesday On Fillmore Street Serial food entrepreneur Pascal Rigo and business partner Nicolas Bernadi are set to debut the first location of a low-cost pizza restaurant they've been developing over the past three years.
Arts & Entertainment Leona Helmsley Musical 'Queen of Mean' Comes To Feinstein's In Cabaret Form A pared-down version of a show that's been workshopped and performed multiple times in recent years in the hopes of going to Broadway, all about the life and times of infamous New York hotelier and entrepreneur Leona Helmsley, is coming to Feinstein's at the Nikko this weekend.
SF News Two Shootings, One Fatal, Occur Within Three Blocks Of McAllister Street Thursday Night A pair of shootings that were possibly connected occurred in the vicinity of Civic Center and the edge of the Tenderloin Thursday, and the second of the two incidents took the life of a 48-year-old man.
SF News Report: Ben Carson Mocked Trans People During SF HUD Office Visit Trump's chosen Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, made some shockingly offensive if unsurprising remarks denigrating trans women while visiting the San Francisco HUD office this week.
Business & Tech Do Not Upgrade To iOS 13: Latest iPhone Software Update Plagued By Bugs Apple has had a decent track record in recent years when it comes to its iOS updates, but the latest is being described by reviewers as "rushed out the door," "super messy," and "a clusterf**k." Be warned!
SF News Climate Strike March Shuts Down Market Street, Buses Re-Routed A planned "climate strike" protest by students drew tens of thousands downtown today and shut down bus, streetcar, and vehicle traffic on Market Street Friday morning. Buses are being re-routed onto Mission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle Critic Rips Into Le Colonial, Asks 'Why Does This Place Exist?' As new critic Soleil Ho moves into her eighth month on the job, she's continuing to reevaluate some of the longstanding curios of the local scene with fresh eyes. The latest target is Le Colonial, the 22-year-old 'Indochine'-themed, sort-of-Vietnamese restaurant in the Tenderloin.
Business & Tech This Photo Of Mark Zuckerberg Looking Trump In the Eyes Is Everything Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — whom I'd be inclined to call beleaguered if it weren't for the willfully monotonous way in which he's weathered all of his company's scandals over the last two years — went to D.C. this week to mend some fences.
SF News Power Outage Shuts Down Muni Metro, Impacts 22,000 Customers In SF A PG&E power outage that extends from Dogpatch and Mission Bay to Twin Peaks has caused a rush-hour nightmare for Muni commuters as all Muni Metro service was stopped as a result.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SFO Runway Officially Reopens There was a report of shots fired on the San Jose State campus not long after a heavily armed student was arrested Thursday, nurses are on strike at three East Bay hospitals, and Bill DeBlasio has dropped out of the 2020 race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Sues Two Travel Sites The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Folsom Street Events have made up, a SoMa market owner describes being bitten twice by homeless people, and an armed San Jose State student was arrested.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink East Bay Brewery Gets Cease-and-Desist Letter From 'Great British Bake Off' Star Mary Berry Esteemed British baker and former judge on the Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry, has had her lawyers issue a cease-and-desist letter to Richmond, California-based Armistice Brewing Company.
SF News Lyft Driver Escapes Carjacking As Suspect Is Seen Shooting At Fleeing Car A carjacking attempt went awry for one suspect in Richmond last week after he allegedly instructed a Lyft driver, at gunpoint, to stop at a gas station for snacks.
SF News Person Struck By Train Closes Powell Station, Causes BART Snarl A "major medical emergency" was reported at the Powell Street BART Station Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m., with the whole station shut down and emergency personnel on the scene.
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.