SF News Day Around the Bay: Another OpenAI Co-Founder Has Taken Their Leave A cause of death has been revealed in the murder of a 25-year-old woman found in the Santa Cruz Mountains; Contra Costa County recommends masking up again; and one OpenAI co-founder has taken a leave of absence while another has decamped to a competitor.
SF News Judge Overturns 33-Year-Old Conviction of Death Row Inmate, Alameda County DA Pamela Price to Decide His Fate A man convicted in 1991 in a murder-for-hire plot may walk free soon, after a federal judge overturned the conviction due to racially-motivated prosecutorial misconduct.
SF News Muni to Update Train Control System From Floppy-Disk Era... Over the Next Ten Years Things don't happen fast when it comes to San Francisco's public transit systems. And in the case of Muni, that means a train-control apparatus that was installed in 1998 — and sounds like it might have been almost outdated even then — is finally going to get an update. But it will take a decade.
Arts & Entertainment Sleater-Kinney, Devendra Banhart Join 2024 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Lineup The organizers of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have now released two segments of the roster of this year's free music festival in Golden Gate Park, and the second batch of names includes the great and marvelous Sleater-Kinney.
SF News Two Alaska Residents Arrested With a Whole Lot of Meth and Fentanyl In Sonoma County It was late Sunday night when a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy came upon a pickup truck with a towing trailer pulled over on a roadside in Petaluma with the driver slumped over the wheel.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Crozier Fire Breaks Out In El Dorado County A new wildfire broke out early Wednesday in the Sierra foothills; the Park Fire is now 34% contained but continues burning to the northeast; a group of RV-dwellers were shuffled away from an area near Stonestown in SF.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink In-N-Out Has Sights on New Location In South City In-N-Out has filed an application to take over a former Burger King in South San Francisco, adding to your In-N-Out pitstop options just south of the city.
SF News Convicted Teen Killer of Maddy Middleton Denied Freedom By Judge, Will Stand Trial to Determine His Fate Adrian "A.J." Gonzalez, who was 15 when he confessed to the sexual assault and killing of his 8-year-old neighbor Madyson "Maddy" Middleton in 2015 in a Santa Cruz apartment complex where they both lived with their parents, never stood trial for the murder. But that is about to change.
SF News Disabled Train In Transbay Tube Causes Delays on BART A BART alert Tuesday morning said that there were delays on BART in the East Bay direction out of SF due to a disabled train in the Transbay Tube.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Four SF Restaurants Gain Michelin Stars; Gary Danko Loses Star For the first time since Michelin began publishing dining guides for the Bay Area, 25-year-old fine-dining institution Gary Danko has lost its Michelin star. But on Monday night, the tire company and venerable restaurant-guide producers bestowed new stars on four San Francisco restaurants.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate Perhaps looking to counter the "San Francisco liberal" label that Republicans insist on giving her, VP Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 election, according to multiple sources.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Three Shot In West Oakland Three people were shot and injured in West Oakland on Monday; conflicting events at the Coliseum and Oakland Arena Saturday created a horrific traffic jam; and another heatwave will hit some parts of California today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Politico Jon Jacobo Formally Charged With Rape Onetime rising political star in SF, Jon Jacobo, has now been charged with rape and sexual battery; Kay Jewelers at Stonestown was hit with a smash-and-grab robbery Sunday; and Nancy Pelosi suggests adding Biden to Mount Rushmore.
Business & Tech Google Has Illegal Monopoly Over Web Searching, Federal Judge Rules Google has been declared "a monopolist" in a landmark decision that may shake things up in Silicon Valley. The decision came down Monday in US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Makes Good on Threat to Close X/Twitter Offices In SF, Says Office Will Close In a Few Weeks While there was some suggestion that Xitter might let go of just a portion of its longtime office space at what quickly became known as The Twitter Building over a decade ago, it looks like Elon Musk is finally getting out of SF for good.
SF News Man Fatally Shot In SF's Mission District Early Monday There was a fatal shooting in the Mission District early this morning, and this is now the third death by gun violence in the Mission in less than a month, and the fourth since mid-June.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shady 'Taco and Beer Festival' Yet Again Disappoints and Angers Hundreds of Taco, Beer Fans In San Francisco For years now, food events purporting to have unlimited free beer tastings and tacos have been luring in unwitting festivalgoers around the Bay Area, who apparently didn't do much Googling before wasting their money on the latest version in SF on Saturday.
SF News Sideshow Near Fruitvale BART In Oakland Leads to Shootout That Injures Five A shooting or shootout with multiple gunmen likely involved took place in the early hours of Sunday morning near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland during an illegal sideshow.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Golden Gate Park's Dahlia Garden Unveils New Hillside A San Jose police officer was killed in the line of duty Saturday; SF's Dahlia Dell in Golden Gate Park has a new hillside section; and RFK Jr. gets even weirder with new revelation about dumping a dead bear cub in NY's Central Park.
SF News Saturday Links: Park Fire Becomes Fourth Largest In State History The Park Fire is now over 400,000 acres; the three Alameda police officers accused in the death of Mario Gonzalez appeared in court Friday; and Uber's chief lawyer Tony West is taking leave to work on sister-in-law Kamala Harris's campaign.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Fancy Sushi Takeout Comes to the Fillmore This week in SF's food scene: Emmy's Spaghetti Shack is changing hands, a sleek new affordable sushi counter opens in the Fillmore, and an acclaimed New Orleans bartender is doing a pop-up in SF.
SF News Marin County Sees Spike In COVID Deaths; Health Officer Recommends Vaccine Boosters For Those Over 65 This summer's COVID surge is proving to be worse and worse, and with the significant uptick in cases across the Bay Area, Marin County is reporting a rise in severe disease and COVID-related deaths that's worse than the county saw last winter.
Business & Tech Founder of Social Media Startup IRL Charged With $170M Fraud Scheme The founder of the app IRL, which, pre-pandemic, sought to connect users with real-world events but later pivoted to online events and more social media features, has now been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
SF News Poodle Fatally Mauled By Larger Dog at SF Dog Park, Owner Seeks Justice A toy poodle named Papaya was killed by another dog while in a dog walker's care at a San Francisco dog park Tuesday morning.
SF News Park Fire Has Now Burned 392,500 Acres, Destroyed Nearly 500 Buildings as Weather Conditions Worsen The ongoing Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties has now destroyed 480 buildings and counting, according to the latest update from Cal Fire. And while the fire has progressed more slowly over the last several days, that may change as hotter, drier weather sets in.
