SF News SFPD Arrests Two in Year-Old Fatal Lower Haight Shooting, DA Abruptly Releases One of Them A case that had appeared to have gone cold has heated up for San Francisco police, as they just arrested two suspects in a June 2022 Lower Haight shooting. But DA Brooke Jenkins has released one of the suspects, “pending further investigation."
Bay Area Sports Women’s World Cup Watching Parties Kick Off Friday Night at Outdoor SF Venues It’s soccer on a jumbotron time again, as the Women’s World Cup starts Friday night with USA vs. Vietnam, and several matches will again be broadcast at the East Cut’s The Crossing, Embarcadero Plaza, and Golden Gate Park.
SF News Deplorable Vandals Damage Historic Lotta’s Fountain Landmark in Downtown SF There’s a lotta history to the 147-year-old Lotta’s Fountain at Market and Geary Streets, though vandals have torn off one of its cast iron florets, but the SF Arts Commission is promising a quick fix.
SF News Mammoth Mountain Extends Ski Season All the Way Through August 6 This year’s record snowfalls are still reverberating in a good way, as Mono County’s Mammoth Mountain ski resort just announced they’ll allow skiing and snowboarding all the way out until August 6.
Arts & Entertainment Deal Reached For Extra Weekend of Concerts After Outside Lands 2024, as West Side Supervisors Drop Opposition The extra weekend of shows from the promoter of Outside Lands, starting next year, had faced opposition from the Supervisors Connie Chan and Joel Engardio, but Another Planet Entertainment has hammered out a deal that’s changed both of their minds.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Tony Bennett Has Died This weekend’s heat wave could see parts of the East Bay hit 100 degrees, some jokers had their way with the Valencia Street bike lane signs, and “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” singer Tony Bennett has died at age 96.
SF News Day Around the Bay: No, You Cannot Listen to the Taylor Swift Concerts From the Parking Lot Without a Ticket The Oregon wildfire is prompting another Spare the Air day Friday, Netflix subscriptions have surged since they killed password-sharing, and Santa Clara police will not allow you to hang out in the Levi's Stadium parking lot and listen to the Taylor Swift shows without a ticket.
SF News Squatter Breaks Into South SF Home, Makes Huge Mess Before Eventual Arrest A 43-year-old man broke into a South San Francisco house on Saturday, and stayed 14 hours, eating the occupants’ food, wearing their clothes, and taking a bath without draining the tub, before eventually being arrested.
SF News Four Arrested for April North Beach Shooting That Killed One, Injured Four Others The first reported North Beach shooting in years was in late April near “strip club row,” and SFPD has now arrested four suspects, one of whom was also shot during the incident.
SF News Anchor Brewing Co. Employees Now Trying to Buy the Brewery, Make It A Worker-Owned Co-Op There’s yet another bid for the bankrupt, 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co., and the call is coming from inside the house, as brewery employees are launching a seemingly longshot bid to buy the company.
SF News SFPD Arrests 'Prolific Burglary Suspect' Tied To At Least 18 Robberies Across Town 29-year-old Patrick Potter has been arrested and charged with a five-month spree of burglaries, including allegedly stealing a haul of Chromebooks from a second grade classroom.
SF News Chinese Tycoon Admits To Bribing Mohammed Nuru, Gets Sweetheart Plea Deal From Feds Billionaire developer Zhang Li, known for bribing Mohammed Nuru with the $2,000 bottle of wine, a trip to China, and a fancy tractor, admitted guilt on Wednesday. But he got a highly favorable deal that involves no jail time.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Urban Alchemy Has Another Weapons Scandal Over Employee Carrying Giant Knife On Duty The Castro may be getting a new pilates studio, a new report finds ex-DBI commissioner Rodrigo Santos was allegedly working from an unpermitted office, and street ambassador outfit Urban Alchemy will have to answer for an on-duty employee carrying a very large knife.
Arts & Entertainment Drag Star Pippi Lovestocking Speaks Publicly For First Time Since Cardiac Incident at Heklina’s Memorial Since suffering a severe medical incident at Heklina’s memorial in May, Pippi Lovestocking has endured an induced coma, sepsis, and lost both hands and feet, but has opened up about the experience in a just-published interview.
SF News Legal Battles For Control of the Dianne Feinstein Fortune Trust Already Underway Senator Dianne Feinstein is a very wealthy woman, thanks in large part to her late financier husband Richard Blum, but Blum’s estate trustees and Feinstein’s daughter are locked in a bitter battle over who gets control of that money.
SF News Two New Forms of Fentanyl, Including Tranq, Turning Up More In SF Overdoses The SF fentanyl supply is getting laced with new varieties of the drug, like the potentially five times more powerful drug fluorofentanyl, and the veterinary tranquilizer with the street name “tranq.”
SF News Five Officers In Antioch Police Scandal Won’t Show For Hearing, Claiming They Have ‘Industrial Injuries’ Hearings begin Friday in a Contra Costa County Superior Court over the Antioch PD’s racist text message scandal, but five officers will resist their subpoenas, claiming they are too injured to testify.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Those Dead and Company Shows Pumped $31 Million Into the SF Economy SF supervisors approved Mayor Breed’s $15 billion budget, while Breed is courting the University of California to build a downtown SF campus, and this weekend’s Dead and Company shows brought a reported $30.9 million into the local economy.
SF Politics Sunset NIMBYs Once Again Appealing 90-Unit Affordable Housing Project at Irving Street and 28th Avenue After losing a court battle as well as a previous government appeal, the “No Slums in the Sunset” crowd is back with another appeal of an affordable housing project, this time claiming concerns over “soil vapor.”
Arts & Entertainment Taylor Swift to Be Named Honorary Mayor of Santa Clara, City to Be Renamed ‘Swiftie Clara’ For two days (and two Midnights), Taylor Swift will be the honorary mayor of Santa Clara, and the city ceremonially renamed “Swiftie Clara,” under a proposal that will be considered tonight by Santa Clara City Council.
SF News Speed Limit Cameras Proposed For SF, Oakland, San Jose, Other California Cities The latest proposal to roll out speed-limit detection cameras in the largest California cities is picking up the pace in the state legislature, and drivers in Oakland, SF, and San Jose could get automated speeding tickets for going 11 or more miles per hour over the speed limit.
SF News SF Delivery Drivers Targeted In Crimes Twice In Two Days A Friday carjacking of a delivery driver in SoMa was followed by a Saturday shooting of an Amazon driver in Potrero Hill, making a rough weekend for delivery drivers in San Francisco.
SF Politics Breed’s Latest Pick For Homelessness Commission Faces Blowback For Having Opposed a Shelter After her last pick for the Homelessness Oversight Commission was tripped up over an accounting scandal, Breed’s newest pick has hit a hurdle over some Nextdoor comments opposing an RV homeless shelter.
SF News One Person Shot In Attempted Armed Robbery at Emeryville Bank of America The victim is in stable condition, but four male suspects are still at large after fleeing in a Hyundai sedan after an attempted robbery at the San Pablo Avenue Bank of America in Emeryville.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Three-Legged Dogs Again Take Over Duboce Park For Annual Three-Legged Dog Picnic Nearly 50 “tri-pawed dogs” took to Duboce Park Sunday for the 12th annual three-legged dog picnic, and we’ve got pup-arazzi pictures and video of these canines who’ve bounced back from some ruff encounters.