SF News Ghost Ship Fire Defendant Derick Almena Turns Combative Under Cross-Examination Court watchers have been anticipating some drama from putting Ghost Ship fire defendant Derick Almena on the witness stand, and that drama began on Wednesday almost as soon as cross examination by prosecutors began.
SF News After Three Decades In SF, Woman Says Finding Burglars' Hypodermic Needle In Her Dining Room Is The Last Straw A woman who's lived in San Francisco nearly 30 years says she may finally be done with San Francisco after her historic home on 18th Street was broken into — and the burglars left heroin works, including a used hypodermic needle, on her dining room table.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's Boot & Shoe Service Changes Name To Sister The second of two restaurants sold off amidst the #MeToo reckoning of Charlie Hallowell last year, Boot & Shoe Service in Oakland's Grand Lake district, is rebranding itself in a final step toward divorcing itself from Hallowell's history.
Business & Tech Jay-Z Signs On As Brand Strategist For Bay Area Marijuana Company A San Jose-based weed concern called Caliva has just "partnered" with rapper and Beyonce baby daddy Jay-Z, naming him Chief Brand Strategist.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland Scientist Found Dead In Greece One man was killed and another was injured in a Bayview shooting, a San Francisco sheriff's deputy was injured by two inmates, and Emeryville debates its minimum wage hike.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Trump Can't Block Anyone On Twitter Anymore, Says Judge Muni bus service resumes Saturday at the Transit Center, DNA from the "Rideshare Rapist" was obtained illegally, and a manhunt is on in Livermore after a shooting Monday night.
SF News San Francisco Man Calls Cops On Black Man Waiting In Apartment Vestibule For His Friend Setting aside for a second the inherent bias and officiousness of these actions, has this guy not paid any attention to the internet or TV in the last several years?
SF News SF Homeless Number Nearly 1,800 People Higher If Same Criteria Used As 2017 Following the quiet Friday release of the new point-in-time homeless census for San Francisco, it's come to light that the count is actually not an apples-to-apples comparison of the 2017 number. And this means that the city's homeless population has increased 30%, not 17% as previously reported.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Izakaya Sushi Ran Closes, Promises Something New 'Brewing' Izakaya Sushi Ran, the second-try restaurant from the Sushi Ran team in the 2223 Market Street space in the Castro which just launched in December, has shuttered for good after just seven months.
SF News SF Man Gored By Bull In Pamplona Was Trying To Shoot A Selfie Video 46-year-old Jaime Alvarez says he thought the danger had passed when he stepped back into the bullfighting arena from his safety perch atop a fence to shoot a quick video to prove he was there.
SF News Tuesday Morning Updates: Tom Steyer Enters Presidential Race Israeli airline El Al is asking for stepped up SFPD patrols at SFO to protect against terrorism, former Tesla workers claim unfair treatment, and it's supposed to get warmer this week.
SF News Day Around The Bay: San Mateo County Stabbing Suspect Pleads Not Guilty Another Ghost Ship trial witness corroborates the arson theory, a Merced County man was fatally shot in SoMa Sunday, and the suspect in two fatal stabbings on a remote road in San Mateo County wants to represent himself.
Arts & Entertainment 'The Good Person of Szechwan' Brings Updated Brecht to Cal Shakes Once again, CalShakes delivers a refreshing new look at an old play, with the help of a contemporary adaptation by the great Tony Kushner.
Arts & Entertainment World's Biggest Bounce House Arrives In The Bay Area This Week The self-described "world's biggest bounce house" is on tour, apparently, and it's bringing bouncy summertime magic to several Bay Area locations beginning next week. And yes, there are adults only sessions.
SF News Large New 'Co-Living' Dorm Going Up On Minna Street, With 270 Beds A 16-story, 270-bedroom tower catering to both market-rate and below-market tenants is starting construction at 457 Minna Street after developer Starcity has secured funding for the ambitious project.
SF News Arraignment Delayed In Wine Bottle Murder Case In Noe Valley The sole suspect in the brutal bludgeoning death of 63-year-old Alice James on June 22, James' 56-year-old boyfriend Casey Murray, was scheduled for an arraignment two Fridays ago at which he was supposed to enter a plea, but that's been delayed another two weeks.
SF News Rep. Eric Swalwell Bows Out Of 2020 Race, Billionaire Tom Steyer Likely Stepping In As was widely rumored Monday morning, Rep. Eric Swalwell — a 38-year-old Democratic congressman whose district is in the far East Bay — used a press conference today to bow out of the 2020 presidential race.
Arts & Entertainment Flower Piano Returns To SF Botanical Garden This Weekend The delightful annual event known as Flower Piano, in which a dozen pianos get installed in various corners of the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, is back again starting Thursday, July 11.
SF News Manhunt Continues For Tanforan Mall Shooting Suspect An 18-year-old who has been identified as a suspect in last week's shooting at the Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno remains on the loose, and a fresh manhunt is said to be underway Monday morning.
SF News [Updated] 15-Year-Old Boy Killed in 24th Street Shooting A teenager was shot and killed in the Mission District Sunday night, and the suspect vehicle involved in the shooting managed to evade police. The victim died at the scene.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Airbnb Complaints Decline in SF Ghost Ship fire defendant Derick Almena is expected to take the stand today, seven people were killed in traffic collisions over the weekend, and the government is planning to drop a lot of rat poison on the Farallon Islands.
SF News Dede Wilsey Is Co-Hosting a Trump Fundraiser In San Francisco July 17 Rich Republicans who call the Bay Area home will have a chance to attend a local fundraiser for Donald Trump's reelection this month — though the location, for obvious reasons, isn't being publicized.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Cheers US Team's Women's World Cup Win Uber app has a glitch that sends drivers to riders' destinations, four injured in San Jose shooting, and watch parties in the Bay Area cheer the US women's soccer team.
Arts & Entertainment 'Cabaret' Feels Darker And More Prescient Than Ever In SF Playhouse's New Production Certain geopolitical moments have a way of casting new light on older works of theater, and giving them a prescience they may not have had even ten or fifteen years ago. That is likely what SF Playhouse was banking on in putting Cabaret in its current season.
Arts & Entertainment 36th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival Kicks Off With Free Music All Saturday Fillmore Street is bopping and grooving this weekend with the sounds of the Fillmore Jazz Festival — a two-day affair with multiple stages between Eddy and Jackson Streets.
