SF News Day Around the Bay: San Jose Driver Caught Using Skeleton In HOV Lane An estimated 2,500 people gathered on Alcatraz this morning for Indigenous Peoples' Day; police in Pleasanton shut down a brothel in an apartment; and a dude in San Jose tried to use a skeleton prop to get through a carpool lane.
SF News Prosecutors Share Texts Between Momeni Siblings In Opening Statement; Defense Blames 'Long-Term Cocaine Bender' For Lee's 'Aggression' Some might have believed that the state had a pretty open-and-shut case against Nima Momeni, given the volume of circumstantial, video, and physical evidence they have against him for the murder of Bob Lee. But his defense team is going to try their best to keep this from being so open-and-shut.
SF News Fire Weather Watch Issued For Much of Bay Area Starting Thursday as Diablo Winds Arrive The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for much of Northern California beginning Thursday at 11 am, including most of the Bay Area as well as the Sacramento Valley.
SF News Navy Parachutist Crash-Lands Into Spectators at Marina Green There was a bit of a mishap Sunday during the Fleet Week Air Show in which one of a group of Navy parachutists misjudged their landing and collided with a mother and teenage son at Marina Green, causing minor injuries.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Bob Lee Stabbing Trial Kicks Off Today The trial of Nima Momeni for the April 2023 stabbing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee begins today; dozens protested the potential closure of Sutro Elementary School on Sunday; and Tahoe's Homewood resort is not opening this ski season.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Zanze's Cheesecakes Hit Grocery Store Shelves We've got some new pizza happening around Mission Bay, Zanze's Cheesecakes are now available at a Bay Area grocery store, and the Chronicle reviews Bernal Heights duck and pork belly specialists Go Duck Yourself.
Arts & Entertainment Comet Not Seen From Earth For 80,000 Years Will Pass By Us Starting This Weekend A comet that likely has never been viewed by modern humans, and was last visible from Earth at the time of the Neanderthals, will come in its closest path by our planet on Saturday, and you may be able to see it with your naked eye for several weeks in a row.
SF News 25-Year-Old Redwood City Man Convicted In Street-Racing Collision Death of Peninsula Couple The man accused of causing a fatal collision while spontaneously street-racing on a main thoroughfare in Redwood City two years ago pleaded no contest earlier this week and faces up to nine years in prison.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Shakes, a Beloved Summer Tradition For East Bay Theater Lovers, Shuts Down For Good After 50 Years Late Thursday, a message went out from Cal Shakes' Executive Director Clive Worsley making the sad announcement that the 50-year-old theater company, based in Orinda, would be shutting its doors for good amid significant financial strain.
SF News Theobald Lengyel Convicted In December Murder of Girlfriend Alyx Herrmann, Which Was Captured on Tape The jury returned with a guilty verdict Thursday in the trial of 56-year-old Theobald "Mylo" Lengyel, the former Mr. Bungle bandmember who admitted to the killing of 61-year-old girlfriend Alice "Alyx" Herrmann in her Capitola home.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Clouds Could Limit Blue Angels' Show A low cloud ceiling could impact the Blue Angels air show on Saturday and/or Sunday; London Breed is courting support as a No. 2 ranked-choice pick for progressives; and downtown SF restaurants are offering Friday deals.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jury Selection Complete In Bob Lee Murder Trial The jury has been empaneled and the trial of Nima Momeni begins Monday; a trio of young suspects has been indicted for a bank robbery spree around the Bay Area; and an Oakland man has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Che Fico Pizzeria Opens at Chase Center's Thrive City, With Big Outdoor Patio It's time to enjoy some Che Fico pizzas over at the Chase Center — and while Miller and Lux may have some draw for the upscale steakhouse thing, the opening of Che Fico Pizzeria might mark the first standalone reason for people to go Thrive City when they aren't going to a concert or a game.
SF News SFPD Arrests High-Volume Drug Dealer In Tenderloin Following Four-Month Investigation San Francisco police announced the Tuesday arrest of a "high-volume" dealer of fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and prescription pills, and they say they uncovered much evidence of his drug dealing at his Oakland home.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Pizza Shop Added to Roster of New Restaurants at Mission Rock Development Among the food options at the new complex of buildings at Mission Rock will be the first standalone, quick-service pizza shop from Flour + Water, outside of its recently opened flagship location in North Beach.
SF News 54-Year-Old San Francisco Man Charged With Robbing, Assaulting Sex Workers and Robbing Their Johns In Oakland A San Francisco man was arrested and charged with two September armed robberies that turned into assaults involving sex workers and johns in Oakland's unofficial red-light district.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Blue Angels Practice Flights Today JD Vance was in Woodside for a fundraiser last night; UCSF has responded to complaints about no air conditioning at the Parnassus campus; and the Blue Angels will be doing their practice flights today.
SF Politics Mayoral Candidate Aaron Peskin Scales Back SF Rent Control Expansion That Would Move Forward If Prop 33 Passes An ambitious proposal to expand San Francisco's rent control ordinance to units built through 2024 has been scaled back, but Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin says that voters should know what the board's plans are in the event that Prop 33 passes next month.
SF News BART Touts Double-Digit Drop In Crime The BART system has seen a significant drop in crime so far this year compared to the same period last year, and BART wants everyone to know about it.
SF News Parents at SF Schools Slated for Closure Lament the Potential Loss for Kids The first of many pieces likely to appear in the coming days and weeks in the local media have appeared, quoting upset parents, following Tuesday's anouncement of 11 proposed school closures in the SF Unified School District.
SF News West Portal Intersection That Was Scene of Deadly Crash Sees New Design Changes Changes have now been implemented at the West Portal intersection where a family of four was killed by an apparently out-of-control, speeding driver in March, but some in the neighborhood doubt these changes will make them safer.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Historic Mission Taqueria Robbed of $20K 63-year-old Mission taqueria El Faro was robbed twice over the weekend; there was a rollover crash in St. Francis Wood; and Tim Walz wants the Electoral College to go away.
SF News SFUSD Proposed School Closure List Is Out: 11 Elementary, K-8 and High Schools May Close or Merge A couple hours ahead of a planned announcement by the San Francisco Unified School District, the school closure shortlist has come out, and though it does not represent a finalized list, it will give parents and teachers an idea of what's to come.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Agricole, Planned Offshoot Restaurant Project, Both Dead For Good, Owner Says Bar Agricole, which reopened this spring in a new location, as a companion bar to Osito, quietly closed its doors in July and won't be reopening, apparently ever, anywhere.
SF News 20-Year-Old Sonoma County Man Charged With Murder Following High-Speed Rohnert Park Crash The man arrested over the weekend after a series of crashes in Sonoma County that authorities attributed to road rage, one of them fatal, has now been charged with murder and hit-and-run, the district attorney confirms.
