SF News Day Around the Bay: Organizer of the ‘March for Billionaires’ Has Been Identified Levi’s Stadium was ranked as the worst of all Super Bowl host stadiums; the “Epstein didn't kill himself” crowd just got some new evidence to bolster their case; and the organizer of the March for Billionaires has identified himself.
SF News Oakland Police Chief Who Quit Just Took New Job as Fremont Chief of Police The grass must seem greener in Fremont for ex-Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell, who quit his Oakland post in October, and now four months later is suddenly taking the job to be Fremont Chief of Police.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Will Play Their 2026 Opening Game in Australia, and They Don’t Sound Too Happy About It The 49ers might get their 2026 season opener in the prime-time Thursday Night Football slot. But the game will be in Melbourne, Australia, which is about a 16-hour flight each way, and Niners players are none too thrilled.
Arts & Entertainment NPR’s Tiny Desk Hosts Epic SF Super Bowl Show Friday In SF With Goapele and Ruby Ibarra Without question the best free SF Super Bowl concert is Friday’s NPR Tiny Desk show with Goapele, Souls of Mischief, P-Lo, and Ruby Ibarra. But it requires an RSVP, and organizers aren’t saying how to get one.
Arts & Entertainment How to Get Between San Francisco and Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium Without a Car Rideshares and public transit can get Super Bowl and World Cup fans from San Francisco to Santa Clara for as little as $11 each way, or as much as $200 each way. Here’s how to navigate all of the available options.
SF News The Pro-ICE Billboard at Fisherman’s Wharf Has Been Removed, Supervisor Sauter Says The ICE fanboy billboard in Fisherman's Wharf had a pretty short run, because the district’s Supervisor Danny Sauter said on social media Wednesday that the Super Bowl-themed billboard near Per 39 has been removed.
Arts & Entertainment Mystery Solved: Big Secret Super Bowl Event at Grace Cathedral Is NFL Commissioner's Private Party A secretive Friday night Grace Cathedral event that has been publicly named only as "private event” is shutting down streets for three days. Turns out it’s the private Super Bowl party for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Arts & Entertainment The Budweiser Clydesdales Have Set Hoof in SF for the Super Bowl, They’ll Be at Fort Mason Thursday The famed Budweiser Clydesdales have arrived in SF for their annual Super Bowl appearance, seen trotting Fort Point on Tuesday, before their big public appearance at Fort Mason all afternoon on Thursday.
SF Politics Lurie Has Spent Nearly $900K of His Personal Wealth on Consultants Since Taking Office SF Mayor Daniel Lurie is extremely sensitive to how he is viewed by the public, so much so that we’re now learning he’s spent $870,000 out of his own pocket on PR consultants to manage his image in his first year in office.
SF Politics Seven Candidates for Governor Spar at San Francisco Debate, But It Was a Lackluster and Forgettable Affair Tuesday’s California gubernatorial debate gathered seven of the candidates right here in SF, and all seven were quite polished, but no one distinguished themselves in an event clearly overshadowed by the Super Bowl lead-up.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yes, There Will Be Federal Agents in SF for the Super Bowl A PG&E executive was chased offstage by protesters at a tech conference; that coyote on Alcatraz is probably going to have to leave; and Mayor Lurie says he is welcoming federal agents to SF for the Super Bowl.
SF News Two Teen Suspects Arrested in Friday’s Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old Jayda Mabrey A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested Monday over the fatal Friday night Western Addition shooting of 15-year-old Jayda Mabrey, a shooting that also hospitalized two other victims.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Epstein Files Reveal Where He Dined With Zuckerberg In Bay Area, and He Was Denied a Table at Flour + Water The SF Bay Area has many cameos in the three million pages of new Epstein Files that just dropped, and Mark Zuckerberg has a very uncomfortable mention, while Flour + Water comes out looking good for denying Epstein a table.
Bay Area Sports Hotels and Airbnbs Are Making Bank by Gouging Super Bowl Visitors This Week The inevitable surge pricing is now underway as the Super Bowl tourists come pouring into SF, with some hotels up to nearly $2,500 a night, and some SF Airbnb units costing $2,000 for the weekend stay.
Arts & Entertainment C-3PO Himself, Actor Anthony Daniels, Coming to Castro Theatre for May the 4th This year’s May the 4th Star Wars celebrations have the droid you’re looking for, as Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO in eleven different Star Wars movies, comes to the Castro for an ‘Empire Strikes Back’ screening.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Reportedly Leading Sweepstakes to Trade for NBA Mega-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo It may be time for Warriors fans to learn how to properly pronounce “Antetokounmpo,” because the biggest star on the NBA trade block could be headed to Golden State come Thursday afternoon’s NBA trade deadline.
SF Politics A ‘Pro-Billionaire’ March and Rally Is Coming to SF Saturday, and Apparently This Is Not a Joke A group claiming that “Vilifying billionaires is popular. Losing them is expensive” is holding a March for Billionaires in SF on Saturday, seemingly hoping to tap some silent majority that actually loves the billionaire class.
SF News Bayview Residents Quite Pleased That Their Sewage Treatment Plant Smells Less Terrible These Days A new sculpture makes the Bayview’s Southeast Treatment Plant easier on the eyes, but more importantly, a $717 million upgrade just made it easier on the nose for people who live near SF’s largest wastewater treatment plant.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Looking to Merge Highly Profitable SpaceX With Money-Losing xAI Recurring Epstein files character Elon Musk may merge one of his most successful ventures with one of his least, and is reportedly on the verge of combining rocket company SpaceX with Bay Area-based xAI.
SF News Salinas Man Throws Doberman Puppy at Cops to Evade Arrest, Still Gets Arrested Anyway A poor little stolen Doberman puppy was not only dognapped by a man allegedly carrying 68 grams of meth, the puppy was then used as a weapon and thrown at Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies when they tried to arrest the man.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Goes on Attack Against Dr. Oz Over Inflammatory Video Accusing LA Armenians of Mafia Fraud Dr Oz’s latest conspiracy theory says that the “Russian Armenia mafia” is running fake hospice centers in LA, and Gavin Newsom is taking legal action, as many of the businesses Oz highlights aren’t even hospice care.
SF News Super Bowl Drone Ban Declared at Several SF Locations, in Addition to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara It’s no surprise that drones are banned from the Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium, but that ban has also been curiously extended to SF venues like the Ferry Building, the Moscone Center, and even Grace Cathedral.
SF News Man Charged With Attempted Murder Over Bizarre Car Chase That Almost Killed SFPD Officer in Oakland An SFPD officer assigned to Oakland was nearly killed on the job Tuesday, in an eventful car chase that featured a murder attempt, a wrong-way chase on I-580, and Oakland Police opening fire for reasons even they can’t explain.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Castro Theatre’s Long-Awaited New Organ Has Arrived Super Bowl tickets are hitting the event’s second-highest price ever; a Waymo hit an elementary school student in SoCal; and the Castro Theatre's much-anticipated new digital organ has arrived and will soon make its debut.
Arts & Entertainment Mission Cultural Center Abruptly Closes, Was Apparently Drowning in Red Ink Day of the Dead just won’t be the same without the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, but the 47-year-old arts space gave up the ghost Monday, and is now desperately trying to get an advance to continue existing in some form.
