SF Politics Alleged ‘Straw Donor’ in Sheng Thao Controversy Had His Home Shot At, and Was Allegedly Beaten Up A minor figure in the expanding political storm over the Sheng Thao FBI raid says he’s had some major harassment and violence directed at him, and shots were fired at his home just days before the raid.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 16th Street Queer Bar Mother Makes Bon Appetit’s ‘Best New Bars in the US’ List The Mission District bar Mother, in the former home of Esta Noche, has put itself on the map by making Bon Appetit’s “11 Best New Bars in the US” roundup.
SF Politics After Biden’s Debate Train Wreck, Both Newsom and Harris Insist They’re Not Replacing Him With President Joe Biden giving probably the worst debate performance in modern history Thursday night, the two leading “Break glass in case of emergency” candidates, Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom, are both holding firm that they won't step into his spot.
SF News [Update] Castro Mollie Stone’s Reopens After Shutdown Over Rodent Infestation It’s not a Happy Pride for the Castro’s Mollie Stone’s grocery store, as the SF Department of Health shut them down over a rodent infestation Thursday, but the store blames nearby construction and says they’ll reopen Friday afternoon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Massive Heat Wave Heading Toward Bay Area Next Week SoMa’s Buzzworks bar is planning a rooftop expansion; Dr. Fauci popped in to San Francisco for a chat about the early days of HIV; and the year's biggest heat wave yet appears headed to California next week.
Arts & Entertainment That Record Number of Sea Lions at Pier 39? They’re All Gone Now Those 2,000 sea lions who’d crammed the docks of Pier 39 are now basically zero sea lions at Pier 39. But don't worry for them, they’re just off getting laid.
SF Politics Vallejo’s Own E-40 Is Doing a Post-Presidential Debate Rally With Joe Biden While Fat Joe may be the headliner of the event, Vallejo native E-40 is also on the card for a Friday rally for Joe Biden in swing state North Carolina after Thursday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate.
SF Politics Scandal Believed to Be Behind FBI’s Sheng Thao Raid Had 93 Alleged Illegal Donations — Some May Be to Recall Backers Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may have received donations through a campaign money laundering scheme that could be the root of last week’s FBI raid of her home. But of the 93 alleged illegal donations, some may have gone to top Recall Sheng Thao backers too.
SF News 25-Year-Old Oakland Firefighter Dies By Drowning in San Diego Early Thursday Morning A tragic day today for firefighters in both Oakland and San Diego, as four-year veteran of the Oakland Fire Department Caeden Laffan died by drowning in San Diego at about 2 am Thursday morning, while attending the California Summer Firefighter Games.
SF News Just 10 Days Out From the Annual Dolores Hill Bomb, SFPD Gearing Up For More Skateboard Mayhem The annual, unpermitted and outlaw Dolores Hill Bomb event is being advertised as happening on Saturday, July 6, and neither police nor event organizers appear to be changing their approach after last year’s fiasco that saw 81 minors arrested.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Giants Cracking Down on Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog Carts Outside Oracle Park Isn’t the unpermitted sale of bacon-wrapped hot dogs the most victimless crime imaginable? The SF Giants and the city’s Department of Public Health feel otherwise, and have launched a new wave of enforcement against the hot dog carts.
SF News Entire Hells Angels Chapter Arrested in SoCal on Kidnapping, Robbery, and Gun Charges Apparently every member of the Bakersfield Hells Angels chapter was arrested in an early Tuesday morning raid of eight different Southern California locations, conducted by 150 various law enforcement officers.
SF News COVID Outbreak at SF County Jail, More Than 40 Prisoners Infected Another COVID-19 outbreak in the correctional system, as SF County Jail is seeing a spike with 42 prisoners currently infected, though the highest numbers of infections are being reported at the County Jail No. 3 facility which is in San Bruno.
SF News Antioch Passes a Ban on Encouraging or Even Watching Sideshows The East Bay city of Antioch is struggling with too few cops and too many sideshows, but its city council just unanimously passed a ban on advertising, promoting, encouraging, or even watching a sideshow.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mission Street Harley-Davidson Shop Has Closed An Alameda County prosecutors’ union voted “overwhelmingly” to endorse recalling Pamela Price; a new elementary school slated for Mission Bay might be nixed over budget problems; and SF’s only dedicated Harley-Davidson dealership has closed.
SF News Teacher Housing Project at 18th and Mission Suddenly in Limbo, Site to Remain an Eyesore for Foreseeable Future An ambitious affordable housing for teachers was set to bring 63 housing units to a bedraggled abandoned building at 18th and Mission streets, but the federal funding was denied, and the project is now delayed indefinitely.
SF Politics SF’s Wealthiest Political Group Endorses Farrell and Lurie, Relegates Breed to Third Choice The moderate group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, whose top money man is a Republican mega-donor, has dual-endorsed Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie for SF mayor, and only says to include London Breed as your third choice so Peskin doesn’t win.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Moving His Family From Sacramento to Marin County Governor Gavin Newsom is becoming a Marin County resident again, part-time at least, while he keeps his Sacramento home in the state capital, but his four kids will be attending Marin County schools.
Business & Tech Waymo Opens Up SF Service To Anyone Who Wants a Self-Driving Car Ride, No More Wait List Anyone in San Francisco can now hail and ride a Waymo self-driving robotaxi, or rather, anyone in SF with the Waymo app and a working credit card, as the Google-owned autonomous company is opening its vehicles to SF’s masses.
SF News Two-Year-Old Kid Saves Outer Richmond House From Being Destroyed by Fire The fast wits of a toddler may have saved a 35th Avenue property from being destroyed over the weekend, as the two-year-old is being credited with alerting his parents to a fire happening outside.
Arts & Entertainment Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Coming Back to SF This Weekend, as National Tour Hits Bay Area The traveling sensation of the Hello Kitty Cafe truck brings its bright pink stylings back to SF’s Stonestown Galleria on Saturday, along with scheduled July stops in San Jose and Pleasanton.
Business & Tech The Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel Is Closing Permanently After 56 Years Oakland’s troubled Hegenberger Road is losing another national chain resident, as the Hilton Hotel near the Oakland Airport is shutting down permanently at the end of August.
Arts & Entertainment Video: SF’s Three-Legged Dog Picnic Smashes World Record for Largest-Ever Gathering of Three-Legged Dogs Behold Sunday’s “Tri-Pawed Picnic,” which drew the famed Doggie Diner heads and broke the world record for the most three-legged dogs ever counted in one place. We’ve got pup-arazzi pictures and video of these dogs who’ve bounced back from some pretty ruff encounters.
SF News Mayor Breed’s Budget Cuts Leave Alemany Flea Market on the Chopping Block, Vendors Revolt The City of San Francisco’s $800 million budget deficit is leaving many programs under the scalpel, and Portola neighborhood vendors are furious that the Alemany Flea Market may be one of them.
Business & Tech Cruise Fined $112,500 by CPUC Over Pedestrian-Dragging Incident, But Avoids Independent Investigation Cruise was fined the maximum allowable fine of $112,500 for burying evidence in the incident where their car dragged a pedestrian 20 feet. But the self-driving car company got off easy, as state regulators rejected calls for an independent investigation into what actually happened.