SF News KGO-TV Reporter Luz Peña Recovering From Near-Fatal Ski Accident in Tahoe You haven’t seen KGO’s Luz Peña on the ABC7 news for four weeks, and it turns out that she suffered a ski accident that left her unconscious and unable to breathe, and she nearly needed to have a leg amputated.
SF News Sup. Preston Pushing to Extend SF Eviction Moratorium Another 60 Days With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency proclamation now in sight, Supervisor Dean Preston is proposing to tack an extra 60 days onto the city’s eviction moratorium that would otherwise end once the emergency proclamation ends.
Arts & Entertainment Report: Two Remaining 1980s-Era Members of Journey Hire Bodyguards to Protect Them From Each Other The SF-founded band Journey is on tour again, but the two remaining 1980s members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain are suing each other while on tour, and each has allegedly hired bodyguards to keep the other out of their dressing rooms.
SF News Fairfield Police Find Remains of Missing Woman, Husband Already Charged With Murder The burnt remains of Fairfield woman Anu Anand Hobson, missing since Valentine’s Day, were found in Fresno County. And it does not look good for her husband, who’s been charged with murder.
SF Politics Supervisor Catherine Stefani Has Filed to Run For State Assembly In 2024 Assemblymember Phil Ting’s seat is up for grabs next year, and District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani has filed to run for it — she's also changed her Twitter handle, and set up a campaign website.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Marin County Appraiser Ordered To Pay Up In Notorious Racial Disparity Case A study shows the Bay Area has actually gotten more affordable for many renters in the last decade, protesters disrupted a PG&E wildfire mitigation conference in San Ramon, and the real estate appraiser who seemingly lowballed a Black couple has agreed to pay a settlement.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Keep Remote Public Comment In Place For Now, But Changes Could Be Coming The threat to end public comment by phone at City Hall meetings did not succeed at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, but a new set of public comment rules is in the works for mid-April which could somehow shorten those lengthy public comment sessions.
SF News Martinez, Pacheco Residents Urged Not to Eat Produce From Their Own Gardens, Thanks to Refinery Incident Folks in parts of Contra Costa County are being advised not to eat produce grown in soil near the Martinez Refining Company, after its November hazardous chemical release left white ash strewn about their neighborhoods.
SF Politics YIMBY Law Set to Sue Sausalito Over Allegedly Out-of-Compliance Housing Element The YIMBY crowd is unleashing their lawsuits on cities whose housing elements are not yet approved by the state, and in the case of an impending Marin County lawsuit, claiming that some proposed housing sites are literally “in the water.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shuttered FiDi Bar Harrington’s Trying to Make A Comeback, Via Crowdfunding There will be some sort of St. Patrick’s Day party again at downtown Irish pub Harrington’s, and the Financial District bar that’s been closed for two-and-a-half years is mounting a crowdfunded comeback bid.
SF News SF Man Charged in Bizarre, Unprovoked Assault of 78-Year-Old Woman A 47-year-old SF man will stand trial in the seemingly unprovoked February attack on a 78-year-old woman, where he allegedly kicked her cane away from her and left her head badly lacerated.
SF Politics Mayor Breed’s Brother Can Have His Sentence Lightened For 2000 Killing Case, Judge Rules Another new legal ruling Monday in the case of Mayor Breed’s brother could potentially see him released from prison, where he’s been for 20 years, as he’s now eligible for a resentencing that will likely lower his sentence.
Business & Tech Another Glitchy Day at Elon Musk's Twitter, Snafu Breaks Several Features Across the Platform Twitter had a roughly 90-minute meltdown for thousands of users Monday morning, and while the platform is back up and running, these things seem to be happening more frequently in the wake of Musk's mass layoffs.
SF News The Oakland Ransomware Attack Files Have Been Leaked The hacker group taking responsibility for the ransomware attack on the City of Oakland has leaked their first batch of files, leaving city employees’ personal data potentially exposed while the hack continues to cripple city systems.
SF Politics Ron DeSantis Fundraising In California, Newsom Jabs That DeSantis Is ‘Going To Get Smoked by Trump’ The ongoing taunt war between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom flares up again as the Florida governor comes fundraising to California this weekend, with Newsom razzing that DeSantis will “get smoked by Trump” in the upcoming GOP primary.
SF News Berkeley Poised to Close Famed Anthropology Library, Angry Students In Full ‘Occupy’ Mode UC Berkeley’s 67-year-old George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library is one of only three university anthropology libraries in the U.S., but the school wants to shut it down, prompting an Occupy-style student protest.
SF News Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Reprieve to Stay Open Past 2025, Could Be Running Another 20 Years California’s last remaining nuclear power plant will definitely remain open at least a couple more years, and the state wants it running until 2023, but PG&E wants it running another 20 years.
SF News There Are New Express Toll Lanes On 101 Between San Bruno and Redwood City, Starting Today You can cruise through traffic in the new express lanes that opened Friday morning on U.S. 101, and it’s free for carpools of three or more people, but it’s a $500 fine if you’re in that lane without a FasTrak.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Now You Have Until October 16 To Do Both Your State And Federal Taxes Another quixotic attempt to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is before Congress, now even Salesforce wants to sublease space in Salesforce Tower, and the state of California has joined the feds in not requiring many Californians to file their taxes until October 16.
SF Politics Feinstein Sidelined With ‘Health Matter,' Which We Now Know Is Shingles Senator Dianne Feinstein has been missing Senate votes all week, and this morning her office announced she was “dealing with a health matter," which is now reported to be a shingles infection.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Lights on the Bay Bridge Scheduled To Be Shut Off Sunday Night They’re scheduled to hit the kill switch on the Bay Bridge’s Bay Lights at 8 p.m. sharp Sunday night, as a private fundraiser donor drive for another $11 million has apparently come up short.
SF News SF’s Trailblazing Trans Lutheran Bishop Sues Lutheran Church Over Resignation He Now Says Was Forced The initially feel-good story of the first trans Lutheran bishop in the U.S. has now taken another contentious turn, as SF’s Rev. Megan Rohrer is suing the Lutheran Church over his June resignation that he now alleges was orchestrated by higher-ups.
SF News More Details Emerge In Fatal High-Speed Fairfield Crash; Teen Victims Had Allegedly Been On Crime Spree We already knew that a fatal February 22 100-mph rollover crash in Fairfield involved an allegedly carjacked vehicle, but we’re now learning that the three who died were teenagers whom authorities say had been on a three-day crime spree that left one man shot and paralyzed.
SF News Napa Man With 'White Privilege Card' Sentenced to Nine Years Over Plot To Blow Up Democratic State HQ Colorful Trump supporter Ian Benjamin Rogers of Napa planned to ring in the Biden administration by blowing up the state Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento. Instead, he’ll remain in prison for the remainder of Biden’s presidency, and possibly another 45 years to boot.
Arts & Entertainment Drum-Playing Union Square Street Performer Larry ‘Bucket Man’ Hunt Has Died At Age 64 Union Square fixture Larry Hunt has been banging on buckets like they were a set of drums for decades on Market Street, but the beat won’t go on any further, as the “Bucket Man” died Thursday morning at age 64.
