SF News Early June RSA Conference at Moscone Reportedly a ‘Hotbed for COVID-19,’ Attendees Call It ‘Super Spreader Event’ The “risk professionals” at a recent SF security conference may not have factored in the risk of a largely maskless event at the height of an Omicron surge, as hundreds of attendees say they caught the virus while networking to battle computer viruses.
SF News BART Predictably a Mess on Warriors Parade Day, Clipper Card App Melts Down Too “Take public transit to the Warriors’ championship parade,” they said, “It will be easier,” they said. But then BART trains quit stopping at Embarcadero and Montgomery Street, and the Clipper Card app was on the fritz for many users.
Bay Area Sports Klay Thompson Loses Championship Ball Cap in Bay While Boating to Parade It’s hats off to your Golden State Warriors for their championship parade today, but Klay Thompson saw his 2022 championship hat fly into the Bay Monday morning as his yacht rocked to the parade.
Arts & Entertainment Giant Roller Skating Mural Unveiled in Golden Gate Park, Roller Disco Grand Opening Set for Saturday A 93-foot roller skating-themed mural has been painted on the surface of the park's famed Skatin' Place area, and gets its Grand Opening Saturday morning with, of course, a roller disco celebration.
Arts & Entertainment The Obama Portraits Make Their SF Debut Saturday at the de Young Museum It’s free admission both Saturday and Sunday to see those life-size Barack and Michelle Obama portraits make their San Francisco debut at the de Young, and they remain on display there until August 14.
Bay Area Sports As Warriors Win Title, Mission Street Gets Its Fireworks, Bedlam, and Celebrations On Mission Street did its thing on Thursday night after the Golden State Warriors championship victory, and we’ve got pictures and video of the fireworks, street parties, and joyful pandemonium.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Frameline 2022 Kicks Off Tonight at the Castro Yet another proposed fix for the sinking Millennium Tower has been approved by the DBI, a state-ordered bartender training deadline is creating havoc for bars, and the full in-person Frameline returns with Thursday’s Opening Night.
Arts & Entertainment 10 Awesome Free SF Outdoor Movie Screenings In Summer and Fall 2022 There are free outdoor movie screenings at your favorite San Francisco parks from now until Halloween, some featuring crowd-pleasing Hollywood blockbusters, and others showing up-and-coming Bay Area indie film talent.
SF News The Tenderloin 'Formerly Known As Linkage’ Center To Shut Down at the End of the Year The Tenderloin Center that started as the centerpiece of Mayor Breed’s Tenderloin emergency declaration will be wound down by year’s end, as Breed’s new budget yanks the funding for it.
Business & Tech Jack Dorsey-Founded Payments Platform Block Is Bolting From Its Mid-Market Office Space Another big tech firm is eliminating its mid-Market presence in San Francisco, with digital payment firm Block saying it will not renew its giant lease at 1455 Market.
SF Politics Disability Advocate and de Young Museum Pursue Ballot Measure to Reverse Car-Free JFK The JFK Promenade could get railroaded less than six months after it was officially declared permanently car-free, with a signature drive now underway for a ballot measure to bring cars back to JFK Drive.
SF News Preliminary Hearings Begin in Murder of Elderly Anza Vista Man, Packing Courtroom and Drawing Rally The January 2021 killing of 81-year-old “Grandpa Vicha” Ratanapakdee in San Francisco had its first preliminary hearing at the Hall of Justice Tuesday, with the victim’s loved ones and their supporters rallying outside beforehand.
SF News Laguna Honda Presents Plan to Shut Down and Relocate Nearly 700 Patients, Even Though They May Not Have To The feds are demanding that Laguna Honda hospital present a plan to close down and move nearly 700 patients out, and the Board of Supervisors grilled Laguna Honda’s leadership Tuesday on whether this DEFCON 1 scenario could actually happen.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Cryptocurrency Giant Coinbase Lays Off 20% of Staff The temporary SF Public Library Mission Branch opens on Valencia Street Saturday, significant legal rulings come down in the San Jose exorcism case, and the SF-founded crypto company that blew a ton of money on the QR code Super Bowl ad just slashed 20% of their workforce.
SF News Three Supervisors Propose $118 Million API Equity Fund to Boost Asian and Pacific Islander Communities Supervisors Chan, Mar, and Peskin hit the steps of City Hall Tuesday to propose a $118 million Asian and Pacific Islander Equity Fund, which is a big ask, though similar to the current African-American community reinvestment fund.
SF Politics Supervisor Dorsey’s First Big Legislative Move Is Call for ‘Drug Enforcement Priority Zones’ New Breed-appointed District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced his first high-profile bill, a ‘Right to Recovery’ measure, establishing areas near drug recovery facilities as ‘designated priorities’ for law enforcement.
SF News Oakland’s Little Saigon Shop Owners Say Crime 'Increasing Exponentially,’ Crowdfund for Cameras, Improvements A strip of International Boulevard near Lake Merritt that is packed with Vietnamese-owned businesses says they’re seeing a surge in crime, and want the same help from City Hall given to Oakland’s Chinatown.
Bay Area Sports Fox Sports Refuses To Show ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Throwing First Pitch at Giants' Pride Game When openly trans 'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider threw the first pitch for Saturday night’s Giants game, the Fox Sports Network played someone else’s first pitch instead — footage that was two days old.
Bay Area Sports Giants Roll Out ‘Flex Pricing’ to Try to Fill Seats at the Ballpark Would you be interested in “flex pricing” for lower-cost tickets to Giants games? It sounds great, but you’ll have to put down at least $500 for a crack at the cheaper seats.
Business & Tech Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Has a ‘Soul,’ Gets Put On Leave, Predictably Becomes Techie Hero and Martyr Brogrammers nationwide are hailing the “findings” of a Google engineer who says the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot has “consciousness and a soul,” but his jeremiad has gotten him placed on administrative leave.
SF News Millbrae City Councilmember Hit on Head by Brick at Lands End, Says It Was Racially Motivated Millbrae’s first Hong Kongese-American city councilperson Anders Fung had a brick dropped on his head Saturday in a visit to Lands End, and while he’s expected to fully recover from serious head and neck injuries, he believes he was targeted because of his ethnicity.
SF Politics Sen. Scott Wiener Has Home Searched for Bombs After Weekend's Wingnut Death Threats Bomb-sniffing dogs were called in at the home of State Senator Scott Wiener over the weekend, after a message claiming “we placed bombs in his office and his house” was sent to his staff.
SF Politics SF Police Union President Resigns Amidst Allegations of 'Financial Impropriety' A wild week at the SFPD is capped off by their union president resigning, with claims of improper use of a union-issued vehicle and a credit card, though internal emails indicate cops may have wanted him out.
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ’s ‘All About Evil’ Has Anniversary Screening Saturday, Plus Blu-Ray and Streaming Release The 2010 drag queen slasher flick 'All About Evil' was largely shot at SF's Victoria Theatre, and will screen there Saturday night with Peaches on hand, as the resurgent cult film arrives on Blu-Ray and streaming this weekend too.
SF News 16-Year-Old Oakland Teen Shot and Killed Visiting Grandfather, 18-Year-Old Cousin Survived Shooting A seemingly random shooting with no apparent motive killed one teen and left another hospitalized early Thursday night in Oakland’s Frick neighborhood.