SF News San Mateo County Beach Closed After ‘Aggressive Shark’ Incident A stretch of Bean Hollow State Beach near Pescadero was closed Wednesday morning, after a report of “aggressive shark behavior” that left one kayaker rattled but unharmed.
SF News Developer Behind Absurd 50-Story Tower Proposal In the Sunset Sues City For Not Approving It More intentional drama is being generated over the implausible 50-story condo tower a developer is proposing to build in the Sunset District, as after City Hall rejected it for the umpteenth time last month, the developer is now suing the city.
SF News Day Around the Bay: That Market Street IKEA Has Its Grand Opening Wednesday Morning Santa Clara will extend the concert curfew for Beyonce by an hour, Burning Man gates are still closed because of flooding, and the much-anticipated Market Street IKEA opens Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.
Arts & Entertainment Cirque du Soleil's ‘Corteo’ Flies High at the Chase Center, Starting Wednesday Night The legendary Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil returns to SF for the first time since the pandemic hit, with an eight-show run of “Corteo” that will transform the Chase Center in ways you’ve never seen it, starting this week.
SF News Facing $50 Million Lawsuit, Two East Bay Marijuana Entrepreneurs Just Flat-Out Disappear A gigantic legal marijuana grow in East Oakland pissed off their neighbors for years by running diesel generators nonstop. But they also weren’t paying their mortgage, and when their bank sued, two of the managing partners disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
SF News Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Hits SF Catholic High School, Multiple Victims Lodge Allegations On the heels of the local SF Catholic Archdiocese declaring bankruptcy over sex abuse lawsuits, one prestigious prep school affiliated with the archdiocese is facing a lawsuit alleging that a teacher kissed and groped multiple students.
Business & Tech Facebook Taking Heat for Blocking News About Wildfires From Canadian Users A new Canadian law requiring Facebook to compensate news outlets for using their content has led the social media company to just block news article posts outright, which has unintended consequences as wildfires continue to rage in Canada.
Arts & Entertainment Previews Have Arrived for This Year's Peaches Christ Terror Vault, Cult-Themed ‘The Initiation’ Another immersive Peaches Christ Halloween Terror Vault attraction is set to emerge from the grave for 2023, and this year’s version is a cult-themed screamer called ‘The Initiation,' the trailer and details of which have recently dropped.
SF News Calling All Artists: Contest Underway to Redesign SF’s ‘I Voted’ Sticker In hopes of generating voter turnout in next year’s presidential election, the SF Department of Elections is creating a new “I Voted” sticker, and you could win $1,000 if you design the winning entry. The winner will be chosen, of course, by vote.
SF News Sure Enough, SF Archdiocese Declares Bankruptcy to Fend Off Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits With more than 500 civil lawsuits looming over the sexual abuse of children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco did the expected and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, putting those lawsuits on hold.
SF News Tropical Storm Hilary Hits Burning Man, Gates Closed Until at Least Noon on Tuesday Don’t bother leaving for Burning Man today if you have an early-arrival pass, because Black Rock City is largely underwater, and the flooding has forced the temporary closure of the event’s front gate until 12 noon Tuesday at the earliest.
SF News Sunday Saw Three Separate Homicides in Oakland During a 15-Hour Period It was a deadly Sunday in Oakland, as the city saw four separate shootings and three homicides in a 15-hour period, though police believe all of the shootings are unrelated.
SF News Feds Detail Charges Against Antioch, Pittsburg Cops: Dealing Steroids, Siccing K9 on Suspects, Faking College Credits We now know that ten Antioch and Pittsburg police officers were arrested in Thursday’s FBI raids, and on top of the racist text messages, we have allegations of steroid dealing, intentional dog attacks, and faking college credits.
Arts & Entertainment Dolores Park Truffle Man Truffles Finally Selling Legally on SF Dispensary Shelves After a six-year wait, the legal version of the old-school, Dolores Park Truffle Man’s weed-infused ‘Truffies’ have at long last arrived on SF dispensary shelves. Here’s where to find them.
SF News 22-Year-Old Netflix Engineer Missing Since Monday, Possessions Found Near Golden Gate Bridge The family of San Jose man and recent Bay Area arrival Yohanes Kidane is frantically searching for him after his disappearance Monday, and while his phone and backpack were found near Golden Gate Bridge, there is still no sign of Kidane.
SF News Cruise Vehicle Involved In Collision With SF Fire Truck; Separate Collision With Cruise Vehicle Occurs In Mission It was a rough night for the robotaxis Thursday, with two self-driving Cruise vehicles getting into car crashes — one striking, or getting struck by, a fire truck that was responding to a call, and one passenger was hospitalized with a head injury.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hurricane Hilary Could Bring Rain to the Bay Area This Weekend Waymo intends to start charging people for self-driving car rides on Monday, climatologists say Burning Man spews as much carbon pollution as the city of London, and Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring rain to town this weekend.
SF News Several Antioch and Pittsburg Police Officers Arrested In Early Thursday Morning FBI Raids Some serious rubber hit the road in the ongoing Antioch Police Department scandal, as the FBI arrested and indicted a handful of both Antioch and Pittsburg PD officers on criminal conspiracy charges early Thursday morning.
SF News SF's Famed Tuesday Noon Sirens Still Shut Down and Silent, Their Return Delayed Indefinitely This is a test for SF's Department of Emergency Management, as the beloved and crucial Tuesday noon sirens are still effectively on mothballs three years past their scheduled return — and the department is struggling to find the funding to fix them.
SF News SF City Attorney Files Motion to Halt Roll-Out of More Self-Driving Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis City Attorney David Chiu is ramping up the pushback against Waymo and Cruise self-driving robotaxis in SF, filing a motion with the state to reverse their approval of unlimited robotaxis on San Francisco streets.
Arts & Entertainment You Can Now Buy a Coit Tower-Shaped Sex Toy, Known as the ‘Coitus Tower’ What self-satisfying San Franciscan wouldn’t want this masturbatory aid called the Coitus Tower? It of course pays homage to the SF’s Coit Tower that was ‘erected’ in 1933.
SF News Drastic Teacher Shortage at Lincoln High as Students Return Today There are shortages across the SF Unified School District as students return to classroom Wednesday, but few as pronounced as at Lincoln High School, where they're lacking teachers for five academic subjects.
SF News Laguna Honda Hospital Gets Reinstated by Medi-Cal, in Massive Win for the Facility After 17 months of turmoil, decertification, and attempts to close Laguna Honda Hospital, the hospital is now largely out of the woods after a full reinstatement by the state’s Medi-Cal program.
SF News July Was Second-Deadliest Month Yet For SF Overdoses, With 71 Dead, Mostly From Fentanyl It’s now almost a foregone conclusion that 2023 will be the deadliest year on record for San Francisco overdoses, as a brief decline in accidental overdoses in SF has unfortunately reversed with 71 overdose deaths recorded in the month of July.
SF News ‘Succession’ Cast Member, One Other Person Bitten by River Otters East of Tahoe The hot-tempered otter summer continues, this time in the northern Sierra Nevada region, as river otters bit people in two separate incidents, one involving an actor who was on “Succession.”