SF News All Four Victims of Half Moon Bay Plane Crash Identified, Two Were Scheduled to Be Married Sunday Investigators' fears are confirmed that there were indeed four people aboard the homebuilt plane that crashed in Half Moon Bay a week ago Sunday, and heartbreakingly, the pilot and one passenger were actually planning to get married this coming weekend.
Bay Area Sports Stanford Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer Becomes All-Time Winningest Coach in College Basketball History Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer overtook former Duke men’s basketball coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski on the all-time wins list Sunday night, as VanDerveer’s 1,203 wins make her the all-time winningest coach in the college game.
SF News The Only In-N-Out in Oakland Is Closing ‘Due to Ongoing Issues With Crime’ The Oakland In-N-Out at 8300 Oakport Street has stunningly reported more crimes than any address in the entire city of Oakland over the last five years, so In-N-Out corporate has decided to just shut the place down entirely, even though the location is profitable.
SF News We Should Know the Winning Bidder on Anchor Brewing Co. in the Next Ten Days We are apparently in the final days of the auction that will determine what (if any) future there is for SF’s Anchor Brewing Co. and popular Anchor Steam beer, as the winning bidder will reportedly be determined by the end of January.
SF News Macy’s Will Close Its San Leandro Store at Bayfair Mall as It Lays Off 2,350 Employees Nationwide A big bloodletting is coming to the franchise department store Macy’s, with a reported 2,350 employees being laid off nationwide, and the San Leandro’s Macy’s at the Bayfair Center will be one of five store casualties.
SF News SFUSD Students Staged Walkout Friday Afternoon Over Multiple Gun Incidents, District’s Safety Response There were three reported gun incidents in one day last month at SFUSD high schools, and today, some students staged a walkout over what they see as the district’s slow-footed response.
SF News Both Oakland and SF School Districts Face Federal Investigations, Allegedly Over Antisemitism While none of the reasons for the investigation have been made public, the U.S. Department of Education has opened investigations after receiving allegations of antisemitism in both the San Francisco and Oakland unified school districts.
SF News Nonprofit ‘SF Safe’ Improperly Spent Tens of Thousands of SFPD Money on Limo Rides, Tahoe Trips A new report from the City Controller says that a long-standing “public safety services” nonprofit has been improperly billing the police department nearly $10,000 a month on limo rides, Vegas and Tahoe trips, and curiously pricey gift boxes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Statue of Controversial ‘Colonizer’ Removed in Pacifica Another arrest has been made in the murder of the ex-cop providing security for a KRON4 crew; SF’s former Westfield mall is losing yet another tenant; and the controversial statue of a Spanish explorer has been removed in Pacifica.
SF News It’s Official: Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake Will Be Renamed Blue Heron Lake After a seven-month debate over what to rename Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, the SF Rec and Parks Commission on Thursday bestowed the new name Blue Heron Lake.
SF Politics Activists Hang Giant ‘Let Gaza Live’ Banner From SF's Coit Tower The 60-foot banner saying "Jews Say: Let Gaza Live!" was unfurled from the top of Coit Tower Thursday morning, though it only remained for about ten minutes until police arrived.
SF News Dungeness Crab Season Finally Starts Today, Fishermen Selling Crab Right Off the Boat The many-times-delayed local Dungeness crab season is finally here, and fishermen are selling the crab straight off the boat down at Fisherman’s Wharf Piers 45 and 47.
SF Politics Rowdy District 9 Supervisor Debate at El Rio Draws Hecklers, Very Vocal Peanut Gallery Things will get a little raucous when you have your SF supervisor candidate debate at a bar serving liquor, as we learned Wednesday night at El Rio when six candidates squared off over who will take Supervisor Hillary Ronen’s seat.
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Returns Thursday for Two Weeks of Sketchy Activity The 21st annual comedy festival SF Sketchfest is back starting Thursday, featuring everything from a freshly crowned Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor to a puppet dog that mostly just makes poop jokes.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Assistant Coach Dejan Milojević Dies of Sudden Heart Attack, Wednesday Night’s Game Postponed Golden State assistant coach Dejan Milojević is credited with developing Nikola Jokic and was considered a key component to the Warriors’ 2022 title run, but he died Wednesday morning after a sudden heart attack Tuesday night.
SF News SFPD Makes Arrest In Late December Double-Stabbing in SoMa One man died and another woman was injured in a double-stabbing at around 5:30 a.m. on December 28 in SoMa. SFPD determined their suspect and arrested him last week, and he appears to have a history of armed robbery.
SF News Final Grim Tally Arrives: SF Had Highest-Ever 806 Fatal Drug Overdoses in 2023 We already knew that 2023 would be the deadliest year ever for drug overdoses in SF with nearly a month left to go in the year, but the Medical Examiner’s office now acknowledges we broke the previous record 2020 death toll by nearly 100.
SF News Los Gatos Man Charged With Murdering Wife, Hiding Body In Santa Cruz Mountains When a 40-year-old Los Gatos woman went missing for more than a week, her employer started asking questions. That led to a chain of events in which her 56-year-old husband was arrested for murdering her and dumping her body in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Now the California DPH Says You Can Go to Work With COVID-19 The Supreme Court handed trans kids a surprise win on bathroom issues; China Live struck a deal so that it won’t be evicted; and the California Department of Public Health just puzzlingly said you can go to work with COVID-19 if you don’t have symptoms.
SF News Two Half Moon Bay Plane Crash Victims Identified, Two More Possibly Unaccounted For We now know the names of two victims of the Sunday night’s tragic plane crash in Half Moon Bay, including the pilot, and the make of the homebuilt aircraft. There is also some conflicting information on whether there may have been others onboard.
Arts & Entertainment SF Lunar New Year Parade Nabs Awkwafina as This Year’s Grand Marshal The 2024 Chinese New Year Parade just announced the very good get of Awkwafina as the parade’s Grand Marshal for its Year of the Dragon parade coming up Saturday, February 24, 2024.
SF News Baker Beach Dog Mauling Highlights Unusual Loophole: Feds Don’t Do Much About Dog Attacks A November 2023 pit bull attack at Baker Beach has gone pretty much unpunished, as SF Animal Care & Control does not have jurisdiction over the area that is a national park, leaving a dog attack victim flummoxed.
SF News Vallejo Couple Finally Going to Trial for Alleged 2018 Murder-Robbery, Six Years After Crime Occurred The wheels of justice have moved stunningly slowly in the case of a man found dead in a Vallejo hotel room in 2018, but the pair accused of killing and robbing him finally has a trial date set that will begin more than six years after the killing itself.
SF News Grindr Hookup Goes Wrong When SF Man Pulls Gun, Attempts Carjacking, Shoots Victim A 20-year-old San Francisco man is in jail for carjacking and assault, after hooking up with a Grindr date, allegedly pulling out a semiautomatic weapon, trying to steal the date’s car, and then shooting him.
Arts & Entertainment Sheila E. and Father Pete Escovedo Get Street Named After Them In Oakland The glamorous life is coming to Oakland’s Ivy Hill neighborhood, where a block of East 21st Street has been honorarily renamed “Escovedo Way” in honor of 80s pop star Sheila E. and her groundbreaking percussionist father Pete Escovedo.