SF News Dolores Hill Bomb Happens Despite Police Blockade, Moving One Block Over to Church The skaters and their fans would not be deterred on Saturday, and instead of doing the traditional hill bomb on the Dolores Street hill between 19th and 21st, they just bombed down Church Street from 20th.
SF News Sunday Links: Schiff Says Biden Must 'Win Overwhelmingly' or Step Aside Rep. Adam Schiff became the first California Democrat to publicly cast doubt on Biden's run; the heatwave has basically broken in San Francisco; and some hikers needed rescue from a cliff in Daly City.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Woman Killed In Oakland's Uptown A 29-year-old SF woman was fatally shot in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood Friday night; the SFPD continues to say they will prevent the Dolores Hill Bomb from happening; and a Lake County man was arrested for sparking a fire with his weedwacker.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New French Bistro Arrives In Downtown SF Bruno Chemel's Le Parc Bistrobar debuts near Union Square, Joyride Pizza opens on the Embarcadero with cocktails, and West Portal has a new Italian wine bar from the former La Ciccia team.
SF News Independence Day Headlines: One Suspect Charged In Lake Merritt Shooting The heatwave has now been blamed for one death in the Bay Area; a 15-month-old child was critically injured falling out of a Mission District window; and one suspect has now been charged in the June 19 Lake Merritt shooting.
SF News Suspect In BART-Shove Killing Charged With Murder The 49-year-old homeless man suspected of pushing a 74-year-old woman into an oncoming BART train Monday night has been formally charged with murder.
SF News Eviction By Sheriff Near Castro Neighborhood Leads to Shots Fired, SWAT Situation A tense police standoff was unfolding Wednesday afternoon in Corona Heights, near Buena Vista Park, where an eviction was reportedly taking place by the SF Sheriff's Department and the tenant allegedly fired a gun.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flintstone House to Open to Public as Stoneage Omakase, a High End Sushi Pop-Up Well, I didn't see this one coming! The quirky so-called Flintstone House down on I-280 in Hillsborough is going to open to the public for the first time this month as a high-end omakase pop-up with a Michelin-credentialed chef.
SF Politics Newsom Heads to Washington For Governors' Meeting With Biden Amid widespread talk of Governor Gavin Newsom being a potential replacement candidate should President Biden decide not to run again in November, Newsom and a group of Democratic governors are headed to D.C. for a Wednesday evening sit-down with the President.
SF News Fast-Growing Thompson Fire Threatens Oroville, Prompts 28,000 Evacuations A wildfire that began Tuesday morning has grown to over 3,000 acres and is threatening the town of Oroville as it burns up to the edges of California's second-largest reservoir.
SF News Pre-Fourth Headlines: Heatwave May Last Over a Week This heatwave we're having could go on until the middle of next week if not longer; Oakland has been paying out loads of money in settlements over pothole-related injuries; and Brazilian and Colombian soccer fans came together Tuesday at Levi's Stadium.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi Joins Chorus of Democrats Expressing Cautious Concern About Biden's Candidacy For the past few days, a number of prominent Democrats in Congress have been saying out loud the things that Americans have been saying to each other and to pollsters very openly for two years: Biden's age might be a problem!
SF News Toll Fire In Napa Burns 50 Acres, Prompts Evacuations We now have a wildfire near Calistoga that broke out Tuesday morning, and it has grown to 50 acres and counting in the area of Old Lawley Toll Road.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry Posts Emotional Instagram Story After Klay Thompson Departure Announcement Klay Thompson's fellow Splash Brother, Steph Curry, laid his emotions bare Tuesday morning posting a series of photos commemorating his time together with Thompson on the Golden State Warriors.
SF News 74-Year-Old Woman Killed After Being Pushed Into Oncoming BART Train In SF, Homeless Male Suspect Arrested An elderly woman was allegedly pushed toward an oncoming train Monday night at Powell Street Station, hitting her head and landing on the platform.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Berkeley Hills Fire Possibly Caused By Firework A vegetation fire in the Berkeley hills Monday night was possibly caused by a firework; PG&E has begun shutting off power in the North Bay; and apparently Gavin Newsom is very popular in China.
SF News Day Around the Bay: McLaren Park Grass Fire Sparked By Illegal Firework An illegal firework sparked a grass fire Sunday night in McLaren Park; Amici's East Coast Pizzeria is closing its last SF location; and President Biden condemned the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.
Business & Tech Supreme Court Deals Second Blow This Term to Republicans Seeking to Punish Social Media Platforms Over Censorship The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision Monday tossing two cases back to lower courts, stymieing a Republican-led effort to litigate their feelings about social media platforms' handling of the 2020 election, and of Donald Trump after January 6th.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurants Will Continue Adding Surcharges Following Last-Minute Law Signed Saturday Thanks to an emergency bill that was introduced in early June by the same lawmaker who co-sponsored the law banning "junk fees," an exception was carved out for the California restaurant industry to continue charging those unpopular surcharges.
SF News [Update] Three Coyotes Shot and Killed After Aggressive Coyote Attacks Child In SF Botanical Garden It's the second time in three years that a coyote has menaced a child in the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and this time the animal bit the child.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: One Dead In Tenderloin Fire One person died in a residential fire in SF's Tenderloin this morning; the Pride Parade on Sunday went off without a hitch; and a major heat dome is forming over NorCal that will bring some record-breaking temps in the coming days.
SF News Pride Sunday Headlines: Dolores Park Filled for Another Dyke March Day Two people were shot in Oakland Saturday evening, one fatally; the Rainbow Family has relocated to another part of Plumas National Forest; and Dyke March did happen, but it was fairly small.
SF News Saturday Headlines: Rainbow Lasers Up Market Even Brighter This Pride Former DBI plan checker just got a year in prison; the big rainbow lasers shining up Market Street this Pride Weekend are even brighter than before; and some deplorable teen tossed out an M100 or similar while dirt-biking past Mayor London Breed and the laser-light switch-on ceremony.
SF News Three 18-Year-Old Suspects Arrested After Alameda Woman Carjacked With Small Children In Car A trio of 18-year-olds allegedly crashed a BMW in San Francisco on Wednesday after carjacking the vehicle from an Alameda woman who had a two-year-old and four-year-old child in the car.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ACLU Vows to Keep Fighting Encampment Sweeps The ACLU says it will keep up its legal battle with SF following the Supreme Court's ruling on homeless encampments; Mayor Sheng Thao has a new lawyer; and Biden visited the site of the Stonewall Riots today as Pride Weekend kicks off.
