SF News 39-Year-Old Oakland Man Charged With Hate Crimes and Assault After Castro Vandalism Incident An Oakland man with a pro-Charlie Kirk message emblazoned on his vehicle was arrested and has now been charged with multiple felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Bay Area Transit Getting Crowded Again Public transit in the Bay is getting close to pre-pandemic levels of ridership (but not BART); Oakland police are seeking help finding a missing teen; and Christian Pulisic is out for today's Australia match due to injury.
SF News Day Around the Bay: RIP, Jeannette Etheredge, Grand Dame of North Beach Jeannette Etheredge, the longtime impresario of Tosca, has died at age 85; the backers of the billionaire tax tell Newsom they're willing to negotiate to pull the measure; and former President Barack Obama spoke at the dedication of his new presidential center/library in Chicago today.
Arts & Entertainment Daughter of Film Director William Wyler and Prominent SF Philanthropist Found Dead With Husband In Running Car There was a strange news item this week involving a well known San Francisco philanthropist couple, Judith and Wylie Sheldon, who were both found dead of unknown causes in a still-running SUV along a Northern California freeway.
Bay Area Sports Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor Matt Dorsey Add to Chorus of Condemnation for Giants Pride Night Controversy The SF Giants continue to face a public relations fiasco in their hometown and across the nation, even as prominent Republicans have chosen to dig in on the side of the self-described Christian pitchers who decided to score points with MAGA World on Pride Night.
SF Politics Billionaire Tax Petition Signatures Confirmed, and Coalition Forms to Battle Against the Ballot Measure The billionaire tax, aka the California Billionaire Tax Act, has officially garnered enough signatures to head to the November ballot, and you can rest assured the billionaire class is most unhappy about it — and so is Newsom.
Arts & Entertainment Oasis to Reopen July 17, Now as Owner of Its Building Oasis Arts, thanks to a last-minute foundation grant late last year, is now the proud owner of the Oasis club building, and after a light remodel and some internal restructuring the last six months, the venue reopens in July.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: In-N-Out Pops Up In South America The 17-year-old accused in the March 16 crash in East Oakland that killed three people has been released; T&T Supermarket has opened in San Jose; and In-N-Out just did a pop-up in South America.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Bay Area Rap Star LaRussell Brings His Music Troupe to 'America's Got Talent' Vallejo-born rapper LaRussell brought the Oakland Collab Choir with him to perform on the "Auditions" episode of America's Got Talent Tuesday night.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Club DeLuxe Reopens Thursday as The DeLuxe, With Live Music Every Night The Upper Haight's Club DeLuxe will be reborn Thursday night under the name The DeLuxe, and under the new ownership of Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Club owner Jay Bordeleau and former Club Deluxe bartender and musician Christian Beaulieu.
SF News Candlestick Point Development to Finally Start Construction This Summer Over a decade since plans first began being drawn up for the redevelopment of the former Candlestick Park property and its parking lots, and 11 years after the stadium itself was demolished, we're finally seeing some movement down there.
Bay Area Sports The Giants Get Embroiled In the Culture War Battle They Didn't Need as JD Vance, Josh Hawley Weigh In on Pride Night Hats The San Francisco Giants, as plenty of people have already said, have more to worry about this season than whether or not a few homophobic pitchers feel put-upon for having to wear rainbow-themed caps on the annual Pride Night. But here we are.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Aisha Wahab Advances In East Bay House Race Progressive Aisha Wahab took the most votes in Tuesday's election and will advance to a runoff for Eric Swalwell's term remainder; the family of deceased 49er Aldon Smith is having his brain checked for CTE; and fans packed Levi's for another World Cup match.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Three Castro Bars Raise Privacy Concerns With Facial Recognition Cameras at the Door Three Castro neighborhood bars serving a primarily queer clientele are using facial-recognition cameras to help "verify guests" and check for fake IDs, but the company providing these cameras also can flag other things in its databases.
SF News SFPD Launches Pilot Program In SoMa That Will See Drones Arrive at Crime Scenes Before Cops Do A drone pilot program is being planned for this fall in SF's South of Market neighborhood in which the SFPD will be testing out the use of drones as pre-first responders to crime scenes or potential crime scenes, to provide assessments of the situations at hand.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink James Beard Award For Outstanding Chef Goes to Quince's Michael Tusk, and Other Local Winners Revealed The chef and restaurant portion of the James Beard Foundation Awards happened Monday night in Chicago, and while LA continues to steal some of the West Coast spotlight from the Bay, a couple of prominent awards were won by local folks.
SF News Body Found at San Leandro Waste Management Facility Identified as Missing Emeryville Man An investigation is now underway to determine how a 30-year-old man who was last seen in Emeryville on May 31 ended up dead in dumpster, with his body turning up two days later at a San Leandro garbage facility.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Chakrabarti Going All In For Chan Saikat Chakrabarti has turned his campaign into a PAC supporting Connie Chan; the Giants could be giving its evangelical players a pass over those Pride Night hats; and why are there so many shopping carts stuck in Colma Creek marsh?
SF News Day Around the Bay: SoCal Faults Reach Historic Stress Levels, According to Study Stress has grown to the highest levels in 1,000 years on the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults; a mountain lion has been captured in Redwood City; and a restaurant co-owned by E-40 was robbed on Sunday.
Bay Area Sports Self-Described 'Christian' Homophobes In Giants' Bullpen Deface Pride Night Hats Well, the San Francisco Giants' pitching staff isn't winning any fans in the Bay Area's very large LGBTQ+ community, and several of them used Friday night's Pride Night game to show a quiet act of protest over the team's annual gesture of inclusivity.
Arts & Entertainment Fireworks to Happen on Golden Gate Bridge For Nation's 250th on July 4th For the first time in 14 years, and only the third time ever, there will be a big fireworks show on the Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday on July 4th.
Bay Area Sports The Government of Qatar Gave All-Expense-Paid Trips to 1,000 Qatari Soccer Fans, Had Them March In SF Most countries don't pay for their fans' travel to see World Cup matches, but then most countries aren't as wealthy as Qatar and hoping to make a splash in their first World Cup that they actually qualified for.
SF Politics Newsom Says Trump Is Now Having DOJ Investigate Him and His Wife Next on the list of political enemies whom President Donald Trump has pettily sought to intimidate or punish using the Department of Justice is Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
SF News Trader Joe's Theft Suspect Killed In Struggle With Police Was Former Store Employee The details remain unclear surrounding a Friday death on Nob Hill in which SFPD officers were seen wrestling with an alleged thief outside the Trader Joe's, a struggle that ended with the two officers and the suspect all struck by a passing vehicle on California Street.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Fire Near Altamont Pass Quickly Contained A wildfire grew to 22 acres near the Altamont Pass Sunday afternoon; there were multiple big sideshows around San Jose Saturday night; and World Cup fans swarmed Levi's Stadium for the first match there between Qatar and Switzerland.
