SF News Digital, Smartphone Driver’s Licenses are Coming to California Allegedly “in the coming weeks,” you’ll be able to upload your California driver’s license and present it digitally in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, that is, if you consider getting your ID out of your wallet to be some terribly time-consuming task.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Will Let You Put Your Driver's License on Apple Wallet or Google Wallet Renowned local chef Dominique Crenn’s Paris restaurant has closed after just a year; Mark Farrell got the highly coveted firefighters’ union endorsement in the mayoral race; and you’ll soon be able to flash your ID on Google Wallet or Apple Wallet.
SF News SF City Attorney Sues the Websites That Are Cranking Out AI Deepfake Pornography The first government lawsuit against websites and apps creating deepfake AI nude images of people is coming from right here in San Francisco, as City Attorney David Chiu is suing the top 16 purveyors of fake nude images created without the subjects' consent.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Tickets Still Haven’t Sold Out, Just Ten Days Before Event It’s the first time in 14 years that Burning Man hasn’t sold out before the event, and tickets are still available with T-minus ten days until the gates open, after last year’s mucked-up nightmare where people couldn't leave.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Famed Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City to Close, Amidst Don Ed Hardy’s Ongoing Health Issues The renowned 47-year-old tattoo parlor Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City will be closing at the end of 2024, as its legendary founder Don Ed Hardy is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
SF News Woman Vows to Sue SFPD For Violent Jaywalking Arrest That Left Her With a Concussion, Separated Shoulder A mother of five was roughed up in a recent jaywalking arrest, and now there’s video of the incident, so she says she's going to sue SFPD for leaving her with a concussion and a separated shoulder.
SF Politics $20 Billion Bay Area Affordable Housing Bond Killed Off at Last Minute, As It Seemed Unlikely to Pass What would have been the biggest housing bond in California history has already been yanked off the ballot three months before the election, and Bay Area voters will not be voting on a $20 billion affordable housing bond in November’s elections.
SF News East Oakland Residents Create Their Own Renegade Barriers to Stop Sideshows, City Promptly Removes Them Tired of sideshows and reckless driving, residents of Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood put tires filled with rocks and dirt in their streets as a deterrent. The City of Oakland quickly removed them.
SF News Woman Shot and Killed in Oakland Identified, Was Mother of Eight Confronting Alleged Drug Dealers We now know the identity of the woman who was fatally shot in East Oakland last Wednesday, as 33-year-old mother of eight Maria Ramos was shot while attempting to confront a group of alleged drug dealers.
SF News Two-Alarm Wednesday Morning Fire Displaces Nearly 40 Residents in Oakland Chinatown While the two-alarm fire on Oakland’s Ninth Street was contained pretty quickly after starting around 5:30 am Wednesday morning, the building no longer has power, and 38 residents are currently without a place to live.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wildfire Hits Marin County, Grows as Large as 30 Acres The 49ers may be on the verge of trading wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk; a shady billboard campaign is attacking Supervisor Connie Chan; and a wildfire in Marin County grew as large as 30 acres but has since gotten smaller.
SF Politics United Auto Workers Union Files Federal Labor Charges Against Trump and Elon Musk Over Anti-Union Comments Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s rambling Twitter Spaces interview Monday night is making more news, as the United Auto Workers union has now filed federal labor charges against both of them for saying striking workers should be fired.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Denny’s at Fourth and Mission Streets Has Closed Permanently There will be no more moons over your hammy in San Francisco, as the city’s last remaining Denny’s restaurant at Fourth and Mission streets closed up shop permanently on August 1.
SF Politics Mayoral Candidates Scramble for Asian Vote, and Polls Say Mayor Breed Is Winning That Vote for Now London Breed’s sudden new strong standing in mayoral-race polling seems powered by the Asian and Chinese-American vote, as her approval rating has doubled in that demographic over the last six months.
SF News SFPD Busts Suspects With Two Pounds of Drugs In an RV In the Tenderloin An RV happened to have nearly 1,000 grams worth of fentanyl, meth, and cocaine inside when the SF Police Department entered it with a search warrant Thursday, and two suspects have been detained for narcotics trafficking.
SF News Car Demolishes Muni Bus Shelter Near Twin Peaks Some complications for Muni’s 44-O'Shaughnessy line Monday, as a car careened off the road and right into a Muni shelter near Twin Peaks at Portola Drive and O'Shaughnessy Boulevard.
Business & Tech Waymos Infuriate SoMa Neighborhood With Cacophony of 4AM Horn-Honking In today’s episode of robot cars seeming to be very confused, we have the story of a SoMa parking lot that gets taken over by Waymos every night, and keeps the neighborhood awake as the cars incessantly honk horns at each other around 4 am.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Roots Soccer Team Will Play at the Oakland Coliseum Starting Next Year There will be pro sports at the Oakland Coliseum after the A’s leave, as Oakland’s men’s professional soccer team the Oakland Roots will play their home games there starting in 2025.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Rolled Into SF For Sunday Fundraiser, Pulled in $12 Million, Drew More Than 100 Pro-Palestine Protesters Vice president and now-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris held her first SF fundraiser since she was catapulted to the top of the ticket on Sunday, and raised an estimated $12 million, but also faced nearly 150 protesters calling out the Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day One: The Killers Slay, While Daniel Caesar Just Keeps Playing Until They Cut Him Off A raucous start to Outside Lands 2024, as the Killers fired off their laser cannons, Daniel Caesar played so long they had to cut him off, and singer Tyla disappointed fans by taking the stage nearly 30 minutes late.
SF News Calistoga Woman Hit By Police Vehicle Identified, Suffering From Traumatic Brain Injuries We now know that the woman hit by a police vehicle in Calistoga is 22-year-old Brenda Sarabio, and she’s in critical condition, with traumatic brain injuries and numerous broken bones.
Arts & Entertainment Yes, There Is a Free Outside Lands 2024 Livestream A 2024 Outside Lands livestream is indeed available for those who can't manage to be there, with plenty of the big headliners streaming for free, and streams kick off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 1:30 pm PT.
SF Politics Newsom Says He’ll Yank Counties’ Funding If They Don’t Clear Homeless Encampments Aggressively Enough Governor Gavin Newsom is ratcheting up the threat level toward California cities and counties on the homeless encampment front, now saying he’ll cut their funding if they aren’t more aggressive in clearing encampments.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Steph Curry Leads Team USA to Insane 17-Point Comeback at Olympics The disgraced Taco and Beer Festival just canceled its upcoming San Jose event; 16- and 17-year-olds can vote in school board elections in Oakland and Berkeley; and Steph Curry’s 36-point onslaught sent Team USA to a miracle comeback and the gold medal game.
SF Politics Trump Claims In Bizarre Press Conference That Willie Brown Said ‘Terrible Things’ About Kamala Harris When he wasn’t claiming that he drew bigger crowds than Dr. Martin Luther King at his meandering Thursday press conference, Donald Trump also claimed that Kamala Harris’s mentor Willie Brown said “terrible things” about her, without elaborating about what these things were.