SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Prop D Could Hamper the Local Economy, Controller Says Prop D, the "CEO tax," could cost the city in terms of jobs and GDP but would likely bring in $300M annually; Vallejo police arrest woman in pepper-spray road-rage attack; and it's apparently miserable working at Meta right now.
SF News Will Cesar Chavez Street Be Renamed For Dolores Huerta? Chuck Norris?? A committee is being established to lead the process of renaming Cesar Chavez Street, 30 years after the name supplanted Army Street, and following the revelation that the workers' rights icon sexually assaulted women and girls.
SF News SF Man Charged In 27 Separate Walgreens Thefts In SF; Other Alleged Prolific Retail Thieves Also Nabbed The San Francisco Police Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force on Thursday announced the arrests of and charges against five individuals accused of prolific retail thievery in the city.
SF News Survivor of Lake Tahoe Capsize Tragedy Describes Key Mistakes That Led to Eight Drownings A newly obtained police report reveals statements that were made by a survivor of the tragic event on Lake Tahoe last June that left eight people dead, regarding the poor decisions made by the group prior to the boat capsizing.
SF News Alameda County Agrees to $36M Settlement For Son and Family of Dublin Couple Killed By Deputy The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week voted to approve a sizeable settlement — the largest ever payout related to the Sheriff's Department — to the family of a Dublin couple killed by a former deputy in 2022 in a tragic love triangle case.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Very Windy Weekend Ahead You can expect a very windy weekend around the Bay starting Friday; Tuesday night's fire in the Tenderloin actually displaced 46 people; and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan remains stubbornly confident in the governor's race despite polling in sixth place.
SF News Day Around the Bay: LinkedIn Announces Layoffs LinkedIn is going to have some layoffs, but it's unclear how many; Eric Swalwell's wife was seen out without a wedding ring on; and Margaret Cho is bringing her new comedy tour to SF in two weeks.
Arts & Entertainment Four Healthy Peregrine Falcon Chicks Have Hatched on a Ledge at San Jose City Hall There's some good news on the local raptor front, which we all could use after a rough few years for Bay Area peregrine falcons: Four chicks have hatched this spring in the nest box atop San Jose City Hall, and biologists from UC Santa Cruz have given them a clean bill of health.
SF News Censorship Alleged at Marin County Student Newspaper Related In Part to Epstein Files Story A high school newspaper in Larkspur has been at the center of a fiery debate about the First Amendment, after teachers and students say the paper has been pressured to censor itself by the school administration.
SF Politics Fiona Ma's Sex Scandal From Five Years Ago Has Of Course Come Up In the Race for Lieutenant Governor Former SF supervisor and assemblymember Fiona Ma, who has been the state's treasurer since 2019, is now running for lieutenant governor, and naturally a sexual harassment lawsuit against her has come up.
SF News SFist Is Seeking a Contributing Editor SFist has an opening for a motivated newshound with weekend availability, and a deep knowledge of the Bay Area.
SF News East Bay Family Sues PG&E, Contractors Over Home Explosion That Injured Six An Alameda County family is now suing over a dramatic gas-leak explosion last December that was caught on camera, injuring three people inside and destroying their rental home.
SF News Two Dozen Displaced In Tenderloin Apartment Building Fire A fire Tuesday night in San Francisco's Tenderloin damaged a six-story building and displaced 25 people, but thankfully no one was injured in the blaze.
SF News Humpday Headlines: San Franciscans Mostly Somewhat OK With Waymos Now The 76-year-old driver accused in a deadly Chinatown crash has pleaded not guilty; the chief of police in San Leandro has been charged in a hit-and-run; and a new poll finds San Franciscans mostly OK with self-driving cars, but it's a mixed bag.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Outside Lands Food Lineup Includes Dishes From SF Icons Original Joe's, Perry's, and Balboa Cafe The all-important food and beverage lineup for Outside Lands 2026 has been released, and among the new offerings this year are some dishes from historic San Francisco restaurants who have never been part of the festival before.
SF Politics Some Democrats Float Strategy of Waiting Until Final Days to Vote In Primary For Governor, Focusing on Frontrunner Though it's not likely, Democrats in California run the risk of splitting their votes in the June primary and getting locked out of the November election, so some are arguing for being strategic with your vote.
SF News New San Francisco Homeless Census Shows Slight Drop, But Methodology Also Changed The preliminary results of this year's point-in-time homeless count, which was conducted in San Francisco in late January, are out and Mayor Daniel Lurie is touting the 4% overall drop in homelessness since 2024.
SF News Three Men From Tennessee Indicted In Strong-arm Crypto Robbery Spree Across Bay Area and LA We still don't know who the brains are behind the operation, but three young men from Tennessee were indicted by a federal grand jury and may lead investigators to the co-conspirator or co-conspirators who guided them to holders of large sums of crypto in California.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: FIFA Marks 30 Days Until World Cup Kickoff There are flag-raising ceremonies around the Bay today to mark 30 days until the World Cup; a dog was sickened by rat poison left in a Santa Clara park; and inflation just jumped the most since May 2023.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SoCal Mayor to Plead Guilty to Being a Chinese Agent Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, CA, has admitted to working as an agent of the Chinese government; two men have been charged over an Oakland sideshow last fall; and there was a stabbing at the Redwood City Safeway self-checkout area.
SF Politics Two Former Aides Suggest Quid Pro Quo In Breed's Appointment of Stephen Sherrill to Board of Supervisors Clearly because they want to damage Stephen Sherrill's reelection prospects, two former aides of Mayor London Breed are confirming what many already suspected about her appointment of Sherrill to the Board of Supervisors a year and a half ago.
SF News Rollover Crash Near SF General Leaves Two Injured, Disrupts Muni Service A rollover crash on Potrero Hill that may have only involved one vehicle led to an emergency alert, a fallen tree in the roadway, and disrupted Muni service Monday near Zuckerberg SF General Hospital.
SF Politics Still Not Giving a Formal Endorsement, Pelosi Offers Praise For Connie Chan House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who is now mere months away from a well-deserved retirement, says she's been sitting back and trying to gauge the public's reaction to the candidates running for her seat.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Win Home Opener Against Mercury 95-79, Salaün Shines The Golden State Valkyries had a great opening weekend for the 2026 season, beating the Seattle Storm in their first regular season game, and beating the Phoenix Mercury in the home opener Sunday.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Mayor Lurie Continues to Have High Approval Rating Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to enjoy a high overall approval rating in a new poll; authorities in Santa Clara continue to monitor the hantavirus cruise ship passenger; and gray whales seem to be hanging out longer in the Bay.
