SF Politics Suspected ‘Honey Trap’ Chinese Spy Targeted Bay Area Congressmen Swalwell and Khanna The alleged spy was an Eric Swalwell fundraiser and Ro Khanna volunteer, but some Midwestern mayors are likely more nervous because the FBI has footage of her having sex with them.
SF News Newsom Taps SF Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón to Lead California DPH After the previous state Department of Public Health director resigned over case count snafus, Gavin Newsom turns to his hometown health officer to fill the spot.
Arts & Entertainment The Stud, 1015 Folsom, Other Clubs Team Up for Online Three-Day Music Festival This Weekend Dance til 4 a.m. again to the likes of Mark Farina, Jazz Mafia, and a menagerie of musicians this weekend as Revive the Night unites a dozen local nightclubs for a weekend-long online rager.
SF News Tenderloin Suspect Racks Up 13th Vehicle Theft Arrest in Just 18 Months In what must be a record run, the SFPD Tenderloin unit this week arrested a suspect for their 13th vehicle theft in a mere year and a half.
SF Politics Gadfly Local Publication the Marina Times Singled Out By Supervisors As Perhaps Unworthy of Advertising Dollars A routine funding measure turned into a provocative debate about the Marina Times, and whether it represents free speech or feeding the trolls with taxpayer dollars.
SF News Dolores Park Could Become Part of American Indian Cultural District Under Sup. Ronen Proposal Cruelty, subjugation, and much worse took place centuries ago at what we now call Dolores Park, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen wants that remembered as part of the park.
SF Politics SFPUC Chief Harlan Kelly Charged with Fraud in Expanding City Hall Scandal, Has Home Raided by FBI Bigger fish are frying in the ever-expanding Mohammed Nuru DPW scandal, as the head of SF’s Public Utilities Commission has his home raided, gets charged with fraud, and possibly faces 20 years in prison.
SF News Non-Police ‘Street Crisis Response Team’ Launches Today in Tenderloin It’s sort of like “Care Not Cops,” as the hopefully less escalatory Street Crisis Response Team starts its Mental Health SF pilot program today for non-violent incident response.
SF News Two-Year Construction Traffic Nightmare to Begin Monday on 19th Avenue It’s real name is the 19th Avenue Combined City Project, but Sunset District residents and motorists will probably have other words for this water- and sewer-line overhaul slated to last until 2023.
SF News DA Chesa Boudin Lobbying To Get Clemency for His Incarcerated Father The district attorney is making a renewed push for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to release his long-jailed father, as a COVID-19 outbreak hits the maximum security prison where he's incarcerated.
Business & Tech Facebook Still Grappling With How Misinformation and Hate Speech Are Very Profitable for Them Engineers at Facebook reportedly labeled certain types of posts internally as “bad for the world,” and when limiting them led to less engagement on the platform, the baddies got boosted back.
SF News SF’s ‘Trump Tower’ Taken Off The Market, Denying Trump Big Payday The 555 California Street building, which the Trump family co-owns, is no longer for sale, and Trump can’t be happy that he won’t get his $1.5 billion payout anytime soon.
SF News Public Defender Launches CopWatch, A Searchable Police Misconduct Database An online tool with the extremely cool name CopWatch lets you search on public records of officer complaints, but not much has been uploaded yet.
Business & Tech Lyft Is Contemplating an Uber Eats-Style Food Delivery Pivot The rideshare company thinks it can find a way to deliver food without tacking on high commission fees, which probably involves blowing ever-larger amounts of other people’s money.
Arts & Entertainment The Stud Muralists Sue Building Owner for ‘Whitewashing’ Over Their Work The six artists whose work formerly graced the exterior of The Stud have sued the building’s new owners over the Pride Week scrubbing of the building’s facade.
SF News The Rock is Cooking Up Free Xbox Consoles for Kids at UCSF Children's Hospital The new Xbox Series X is hard to come by in stores, but free for several lucky youngsters at the four Bay Area UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital locations.
Bay Area Sports Update: Warriors Announce Seemingly Unwise Plan to Allow 9,000 Fans in Chase Center The Golden State Warriors do not even have a schedule for next season yet, but already announced plans to let fans into their arena at 50% capacity in a mere six weeks.
SF News Alamo Square Gas Leak and Fire Prompt Fulton Street Evacuation The gas leak did catch fire and blazed the Fulton Street sidewalk, and PG&E has cut the gas lines in the neighborhood.
SF News Dublin Teen Harassed Online by Gun Dealer For Organizing Black Lives Matter Event The gun dealer has since apologized for and taken down his posts with a picture of the teen, with messages like “bring your vests and helmets” and “get ready for a fun couple hours.”
SF News Contra Costa County is Getting an ‘Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice’ Contra Costa County supervisors argue that systemic racism is a COVID-19 superspreader too, and approved a new social justice office that will not initially involve taxpayer dollars.
Arts & Entertainment Restored Video Brings 1930s Market Street to Life, In Full HD and Color Another one of those “Trip Down Market Street” videos, this one from the 1930s, pops with color and is upscaled to very realistic high definition.
SF Politics Kim Guilfoyle Reportedly Offered Trump Donors Lap Dances, Hot Tub Parties How big is Kimberly Guilfoyle’s unfolding sex-and-unprofessionalism scandal? GOP donors were apparently offered lap dances and Kimmy G hot tub parties for campaign contributions.
Business & Tech Uber Eats' Business Up 190%, Company Has Still Lost Nearly $6 Billion This Year Shelter-in-place has been a windfall for Uber Eats, but the rideshare giant has still managed to lose $5.8 billion thus far in 2020.
SF News After Annoying Judge, Ghost Ship Defendant Derick Almena Gets Permission for Dental Work Defendant Derick Almena is awaiting trial from home in an ankle bracelet, but a judge has approved a repeatedly botched motion allowing him to go to the dentist.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Until After Thanksgiving, For Yet Another Year Fresh-caught Dungeness crab will not be on your Thanksgiving menu, as all commercial fishing is delayed in our region until December 1.
