Business & Tech Supreme Court Denies Facebook’s Appeal to Halt Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit From Jilted Investors A multi-billion lawsuit investors brought against Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica data breach can proceed, as the Supreme Court just shot down Facebook’s appeal in a one-sentence ruling.
Arts & Entertainment Local Crypto Mogul Buys That Banana Taped to a Wall for $6.2 Million If you need more evidence that the billionaires are not being taxed enough, SF cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun just paid $6.2 million for an art piece that is merely a banana duct taped to a wall, and says he is going to eat the banana live on the internet.
SF News Severe Flooding in Santa Rosa Leaves 300 People Stranded Cars were headlights-deep in floodwater in Santa Rosa on Thursday, leaving people stranded at a hotel, while a medical center had to be evacuated amidst historical volumes of rainfall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Extreme Weather Forces Closure of Famed Redwoods Drive, Travel to Tahoe Not Advised The author of an iconic SF stairway book has died; there’s more damning evidence against the San Mateo County Sheriff; and the bomb cyclone is completely disrupting travel to NorCal and Lake Tahoe.
SF News SFPD Arrests Gang of Teens, One of Them Just 12 Years Old, for String of Walgreens Robberies Totaling $84,000 Eight minors from across the Bay Area, one of them only 12 years old, have been arrested and charged for 23 separate Walgreens robberies in which their estimated alleged stolen loot totaled $84,000 worth.
SF Politics Alameda County DA Pamela Price Faces Another Accusation She Offered Lesser Charges for Campaign Donations Pamela Price has been recalled, but the Alameda County District Attorney is still facing another allegation that she dangled lenient sentencing in exchange for a financial contribution to fight the recall campaign against her.
SF Politics Meet Adena Ishii, the Political Newcomer Who Will Be the Next Mayor of Berkeley More than two weeks after Election Day, the City of Berkeley has finally tabulated the votes and determined that its new mayor will be former League of Women Voters chapter president Adena Ishii, the city’s first Asian American mayor.
SF News Famed Leather Bar SF Eagle Robbed of $30,000 In an Alleged Inside Job Someone connected to the cleaning crew at the legacy queer bar SF Eagle allegedly broke in and stole $30,000 in cash and checks early Monday morning, and one arrest has been made while another suspect is still at large.
SF News Good News for Newsom, as California Deficit Slashed From $68 Billion to Just $2 Billion What a difference a year makes, as the state’s Legislative Analyst Office said early last December that California had a $68 billion budget deficit, but now that deficit is down to just $2 billion.
Arts & Entertainment Fur Real: Puppies and Kittens Return to Macy’s Windows in Union Square on Friday Santa’s little yelpers will be back in the windows for the SF SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy's promotion starting this Friday at noon, and the impending closure of Macy’s means this may be the last year for what is purr-haps SF’s favorite holiday tradition.
SF News Mountain View Barber Skips Bail on Charges of Sexually Assaulting Men While They Were Unconscious A 34-year-old Mountain View man may have sexually assaulted as many as 20 men after spiking their drinks, and he’s skipped bail and currently remains at large, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
SF News Placer County Approves Massive, 85-Acre New Development at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Despite major community objections, Palisades Tahoe won approval on Tuesday for a gigantic, 85-acre expansion that would add 1,500 hotel rooms, plus shops, restaurants, and a movie theater to their resort.
SF News It’s Official: Valencia Street Bike Lanes Moving Back to the Curbside, Starting in January The 15-month experiment of moving Valencia Street’s bike lanes to the center of the street has just been officially reversed, as the SFMTA just voted to move Valencia's bike lanes back to the curb in early 2025.
SF News Day Around the Bay: You Can Be Primus’s New Drummer, as They’re Now Accepting Applications Someone pulled the fire alarm at City Hall while a Board of Supervisors meeting was in progress today; San Mateo County supervisors are angling to remove their embattled sheriff; and Primus is holding open auditions where you could be their new drummer.
SF News Vallejo Police Say 63-Year-Old Man Admitted to Stabbing His Mother to Death, Also Allegedly Stabbed His Wife A Vallejo couple was hospitalized Saturday with stab wounds, and now the Vallejo PD says the male in that couple admitted to stabbing and killing his mother. And sure enough, police found her dead at her home.
SF News SF Bathhouses Could Be Back, After Supes Remove Onerous Regulations From Law Only one gay bathhouse remains in San Francisco, as requirements mandating unlocked doors and registries of patrons have thrown cold water on the bathhouse scene generally. But Supervisor Rafael Mandelman just got those restrictions stripped away.
Bay Area Sports Transgender Volleyball Controversy Hits SF, as Christian School Forfeits Game Against SF Waldorf Over ‘God’s Word’ The transgender women in volleyball disputes are being waged on yet another front close to home, as a Merced Christian high school just forfeited their game against San Francisco Waldorf School because they believe Waldorf has a transgender player.
SF Politics Mark Farrell’s ‘Most Successful’ VC Investment at Risk of Being Delisted From NASDAQ SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell touted his business success during his failed run for mayor, but the company he described as his “most successful” venture capital triumph is now facing tough times and a potential delisting from the NASDAQ exchange.
SF Politics Supervisor Joel Engardio Now Facing Recall Effort as Constituents Fume Over Great Highway Vote While District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio rode a wave of recall-fueled voter discontent into office after the Chesa Boudin and school board recalls, the recall movement is now coming after him, following his advocacy for the car-free Great Highway in the Outer Sunset.
SF News Reportedly Oversold SF ‘Booze Cruise’ Turns Into Mayhem, Jilted Ticket Buyers Throw Bottles and Call Police A Saturday night “Friendsgiving Booze Cruise On The Bay” turned very unfriendly after the reportedly oversold event left dozens of passengers unable to board the ship, and eyewitnesses say angry, turned-away patrons threw bottles and called police.
SF Politics Daniel Lurie Names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to His Mayoral Transition Team San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie named some heavy hitters to his transition team in a Monday morning announcement, and the heaviest of these hitters is none other than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
SF News San Jose Police Shoot and Injure Suspect They Say Was Threatening Them With a Knife A Sunday night domestic disturbance led to a knife-wielding suspect barricading themselves in a home and threatening police in San Jose’s East Virginia neighborhood, and officers shot that suspect who is now hospitalized.
SF Politics Kamala Harris for California Governor? New Poll Shows She'd Be the Frontrunner A new LA Times poll finds the job of succeeding Gavin Newsom as California Governor could easily be Kamala Harris’s if she wanted it, in large part because hardly anyone recognizes the names of the other people expected to run.
Business & Tech Cruise Fined $500,000 for Filing False Reports to Feds After Pedestrian-Dragging Incident Yet another hefty fine for the self-driving robotaxi company Cruise for sweeping things under the rug after one of its cars dragged an SF pedestrian 20 feet, as the US Department of Justice has hit them with a $500,000 fine for falsifying reports on the incident.
Arts & Entertainment Mosswood Meltdown 2025 Announces Headliners Devo and Kreayshawn, But It Won't Be On July 4th Weekend John Waters’s trashy annual punk rock music festival Mosswood Meltdown won’t be on July 4 weekend in 2025, but it’s still at Mosswood Park on July 19 and 20, and will feature Devo, Oakland native Kreayshawn, and LA garage rockers Osees.
