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Day Around The Bay: Sudden Heat Wave Sets New High Temperature Records For Fall

The sweltering "summer-like" heat predicted yesterday has set a new record high temperature for the day in San Jose and Monterey. San Jose has hit 90 degrees "just once" on this day in

Arts & Entertainment

Stephen Curry Fined $50K For Throwing Mouthpiece During Saturday's Game

During Saturday's Warriors game against the Grizzlies, Stephen Curry was ejected for throwing his mouthpiece at a referee, a move that will now cost him $50,000 after the NBA announced Monday that

Study Shows Spike In California Gun-Related Violence Following Nevada Gun Shows

A new UC Berkeley study has shown that gun violence in certain areas of California spike immediately following the opening of a gun show in Nevada. For about two weeks following a Nevada

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Quinoa And Noodle-Centric Automat Eatsa Shutters Locations In Berkeley, New York, And D.C.

Eatsa, the automat-style eatery which saw rapid expansion after landing in San Francisco in 2015, has abruptly closed its shops in Berkeley, New York, and Washington, D.C. The reason for the closure

Ex-Twitter Engineer Sets Out To Prove Company's Alleged Discrimination Against Women

Two years after suing Twitter for gender discrimination, engineer Tina Huang is looking to renew her fight against the tech giant, this time coming at them with data regarding pay from her peers

BART Hopes To Get First Fleet Of The Future Cars Rolling By Thanksgiving

After all the delays and bellyaches, it seems like we're finally going to see BART's new cars cruising the rails sooner rather than later. The Chronicle reports that 10 of BART's new "Fleet

Arts & Entertainment

Vinyl Pressing Plant To Open In Oakland For First Time Nearly A Century

Second Line Vinyl is looking to bring a record pressing plant to West Oakland by early next year. As KQED reports, this would be the first plant producing vinyl records in the city

Arts & Entertainment

Graffiti Studio Can Teach You How To Paint On The Hall's Interior Walls

The Hall, which shuttered just a few weeks ago, is currently slated for demolition early next year, but in the meantime, its developer is hoping to make some money on the empty space

Task Force Says San Francisco Needs Safe Injection Facilities

The final report from the Safe Injection Services Task Force recommends that San Francisco should set up multiple safe injection sites to help address a longstanding public health issue. The SF Examiner writes

Financial District Dentist's Office Tagged With Swastika And Racial Slur

KRON 4 reports that a dentist's office in San Francisco was targeted by some vandals, who painted a racist slur and a swastika on the office's window. According to the report, the graffiti

SF Startup CEO Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting, Abusing 3-Year-Old Son

Former SF Startup CEO Zain Jaffer is facing multiple crimes including Child Abuse, sexual assault on a minor and Battery on a Police Officer pic.twitter.com/TMvqFfZBrA— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) October 21,

'Summer-Like' Heat To Wash Over The Bay Area, Possibly Bringing New Record High Temps

After last week's refreshing rainfall, the Bay Area looks like it's headed right back to warmer temperatures. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service predict that a "summer-like" heat will be returning, with temperatures

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Listeria Worries Prompt Massive Recall Of Trader Joe's, Safeway Vegetables

If you picked up some vegetables in the past few weeks or so, then you should double check to see if your purchases ended up in this massive recall. Mann Packing in Salinas

Day Around The Bay: Do Those 'No Valuables' Signs On Cars Actually Prevent Break-Ins?

A debate popped up on Reddit after somebody posted a photo of a car with one of those "No Valuables Inside" signs that have you may have seen popping up in cars around

Racism Rears Its Ugly Head Again At Another East Bay High School

Two students at an East Bay Catholic high school have been expelled following a racially charged incident involving slurs directed at "one specific group," reports KRON 4. According to a statement from administrative

Tesla Faced With Yet Another Lawsuit As Worker Alleges He Was Harassed For Being Gay

Another former Tesla factory worker has come forward with a lawsuit against the car manufacturer, accusing them of doing nothing regarding alleged bullying and threats of violence from supervisors, then retaliating against him

Appeal To Decriminalize Sex Work In California Moves To Court

The Erotic Service Provider Legal, Educational, and Research Project filed a federal lawsuit back in 2015, challenging a 145-year-old California law that makes sex work illegal. On Thursday, attorney Louis Serkin, representing the

Arts & Entertainment

Conservatory Of Flowers' 'Summer Of Love' Light Show Extends Run Through Thanksgiving

The Conservatory of Flowers has announced that their popular Summer of Love-anniversary projection-mapped light show, Photosynthesis, will continue to be shown through November 26th. In a press release, they write that the project

Private Shuttle Service Chariot Temporarily Shuts Down

Just days after the SFMTA passed some new regulations overseeing the city's emerging jitney scene, the one remaining private shuttle bus company has abruptly shut down operations. Ford-owned commuter shuttle Chariot announced the

Inexplicably, Forbes And Zillow Again Name San Francisco As #1 City For Trick-Or-Treating

Somehow, San Francisco has again topped Forbes' "America's Best 20 Cities for Trick-Or-Treating" list, specifying Presidio Heights and Cow Hollow as the two best neighborhoods where you should walk around dressed as a

Endangered Sea Otter Found Skinned On Central CA Beach

Officials are looking into who may have been behind the gruesome skinning of a sea otter in San Luis Obispo County. SFGate reports that late last month, a dead, skinned sea otter was

New Muni Trains To Start Service Before End Of The Year, Finally

After cutting off night and weekend service for a month this summer in order to complete testing in the Muni underground system, the SFMTA has announced that they're expecting to put some of

InfoWars Supplements Contain 'Significant Levels Of Lead,' Says Oakland-Based Health Watchdog Group

Noted conspiracy enthusiast Alex Jones has allegedly been selling people dietary supplements with dangerously high lead content through the InfoWars storefront, says the Oakland-based watchdog group, Center for Environmental Health (CEH). According to

DA: No Charges For SFPD Shooting Death Of Jessica Williams

The San Francisco District Attorney has announced that it won't be pressing charges against a police officer involved in a high-profile shooting last year which prompted the resignation of former police Chief Greg

Senators Aim To Regulate Political Ads On Social Media With 'Honest Ads Act'

A group of United States senators is looking to lead the charge on creating legislation that would ensure full transparency when it comes to buying political ad space on the internet. Senators Amy