SF News Day Around the Bay: One Dead and One Injured In Western Addition Shooting A double shooting in SF's Western Addition Thursday left one person dead; an East Bay man has been acquitted after giving a false confession to murder; and the on-the-market 115 Sansome building has drawn an unexpectedly large slew of offers to buy it.
SF News Man Stabbed and Killed Early Thursday Morning at Market and Octavia Streets A Thursday morning confrontation between two men resulted in the stabbing and death of one of them, an unnamed 39-year-old male victim.
Arts & Entertainment That SF Library-Amoeba Music Free Streaming Music Platform for Bay Area Artists Launches Saturday The SF Public Library’s new streaming music platform for Bay Area bands and musicians launches Saturday, and they’re celebrating with a Saturday afternoon live music bash on the Fulton Street steps of the library’s Main Branch.
SF News We Have a Winner! Behold SF’s New ‘I Voted’ Sticker After a two-month contest and a week-long voting blitz, SF voters have elected their new “I Voted” sticker, which features parrots, a sea lion, Sutro Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and of course Karl the Fog.
SF News Amateur Dungeness Crab Poachers Taking Uber to Half Moon Bay Beach Pose Threat to Crab Population Hundreds of crab bandits have been illegally swarming a Half Moon Bay beach to poach Dungeness crab out of season. They not only risk a nearly $500 fine, they’re also screwing up the hatching season and threatening the crab population.
SF News Two East Bay Men Get Three Years In Prison for String of SF Snatch-and-Grab Sunglass Thefts A brazen snatch-and-grab sunglasses theft operation that hit several stores in SF and the East Bay has brought three-year prison sentences for two Contra Costa County men in their early 20s.
SF News SF City Hall Vows Crackdown on Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog Vendors for APEC “I would like to seize as many hot dog carts as possible,” vows one city official in emails obtained by Bloomberg, as a crackdown on hot dog vendors is curiously one of the items on SF’s APEC preparations to-do list.
SF Politics Richmond City Council Spends Seven Hours Debating, Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza and Palestine Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting went past 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, as the council passed a resolution “affirming Richmond's support and solidarity” for Gaza and Palestine, with a highly charged public comment session that went for almost five hours.
SF News Jewish-Owned SF Ice Cream Shop Smitten Vandalized, Tagged With Pro-Palestine Messages A 3 a.m. vandalism job on the Valencia Street ice cream shop Smitten left windows broken and “Free Palestine” graffiti on the storefront, and it may not be a coincidence that the store is Jewish-owned.
SF News Thieves Swipe ATM From Clooney’s Pub, Then Crash Into SFPD Car A brazen Monday morning robbery at Clooney’s Pub at Valencia and 25th streets ripped off their ATM and some liquor from the establishment, then the suspects crashed into an SFPD patrol car. They’re still at large, but the SFPD has a vehicle description.
SF Politics Hot Mic Appears to Catch Peskin Saying ‘That Guy’s a Horse’s Ass’ at Supervisors Meeting A hot mic moment at Tuesday’s SF Board of Supervisors meeting seems to show board president Aaron Peskin saying “That guy’s a horse’s ass” in response to a public commenter’s critical remarks.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Report Says Cruise ‘Withheld’ Accident Footage, Leading to Company's SF Suspension The Giants will hire Bob Melvin as their new manager, Oakland’s First Fridays is going on a temporary hiatus, and a bombshell report alleges that self-driving car company Cruise got their operations suspended in SF because they withheld accident video from state regulators.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Can Serve Liquor Upstairs at the Castro Theatre After Board of Supervisors Approval What might have been the final battle over Another Planet Entertainment’s makeover of the Castro Theatre ended with a whimper, as the SF Board of Supervisors quickly approved their plan to serve liquor on the second floor of the storied theater.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Season Preview: The Chris Paul Experiment Brings Title Hopes Back to Golden State Your Golden State Warriors tip off the 2023-24 season Tuesday night in Kevin Durant’s first game before Warriors fans since he left town, but the blockbuster trade for future Hall of Famer Chris Paul will likely determine whether these Warriors can be NBA champions again.
SF News Anderson Cooper Spots Berkeley Native Being Held Hostage by Hamas In Video We at least have a confirmed sighting of Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin still alive after being taken hostage by Hamas in Israel, as CNN’s Anderson Cooper realized he had video footage of Goldberg-Polin in captivity while he was interviewing the hostage’s parents.
SF News Would-Be Thief Shot and Killed While Trying to Rob a Gun Store in Livermore A 28-year-old man is dead after entering a Livermore gun shop wearing a mask, wielding a hammer, and trying to steal a gun, as the shop owner fired two rounds on him in an outcome that shouldn’t have been unexpected.
Business & Tech Microsoft Trying to Dump Office Space at SF’s ‘Trump Tower,’ 555 California Not even a month after Microsoft announced they opened an “AI Co-Innovation Lab” at 555 California, the tech giant is now trying to lease off the space at the building that is, infamously, partially owned by Donald Trump.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Arab Film Festival Postponed, Organizers Say ‘This Does Not Feel Like a Moment of Celebration’ The 27th Arab Film Festival was slated to kick off November 10 at the Castro Theatre, but as the death toll in Gaza has passed 5,000, organizers have announced they don’t feel this is the time for a film festival.
SF News Eight Abducted Children Found In Shasta County, After Mom Allegedly Swiped Kids From Foster Parents An Arkansas mother of eight children, who apparently lost them all because of battery charges, allegedly abducted all eight to get them back. She was found with the children early Saturday morning, 2,000 miles away in NorCal’s Shasta County.
SF News SF Woman Details Airbnb Nightmare of $300,000 In Water Damage by Guests In Viral Social Media Post That $3 million in damage protection that Airbnb offers hosts isn’t all it's cracked up to be, according to a viral Twitter thread of an SF Airbnb host, who says the short-term rental company is leaving her on the hook for hundreds of thousands in damages.
Business & Tech San Ramon-Based Chevron Buys Up Smaller Rival Hess for $53 Billion A big merger in Big Oil has Bay Area connections, as San Ramon’s Chevron just announced they’re acquiring a smaller rival called Hess Corp., reaping the gains of record profits generated by high gas prices.
SF News Guy With ‘Free Fentanyl’ Sign Outside School Finally Arrested, His Encampment Cleared The unhoused man who’s long infuriated the Inner Richmond with his sprawling encampment and signs saying “Free fentanyl 4 new users,” and “Meth for stolen items!” was arrested late Friday morning, but it’s not clear whether this saga is finished.
Business & Tech Jon Stewart Is Leaving His AppleTV+ Show, May Be Butting Heads With Apple Over China Coverage There’s a problem with ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart,’ which won’t be returning for a third season because of its handling of controversial topics, and there's industry speculation that Apple doesn’t want Stewart angering the Chinese market.
Business & Tech SF-Based AI Company Anthropic Sued by Music Publishers for Using Pop Stars’ Copyrighted Work Universal Music and a ton of other music publishers have filed a lawsuit against the up-and-coming SF AI company Anthropic, alleging that its chatbot is spitting out copyrighted lyrics to their top artists’ work.
SF News Federal Judge Strikes Down California Assault Weapons Ban, State AG Already Vows to Appeal The 34-year-old California assault weapons ban was ruled unconstitutional in a Thursday decision by a federal judge, but state Attorney General Rob Bonta insists the ban remains in place while he puts together an appeal.