SF News SF’s China Beach Reopens Amid Government Shutdown, Because Someone Did a GoFundMe Here’s one way to take matters into your own hands when the federal government is shut down, as one frequent swimmer at SF’s China Beach saw the beach was closed for the shutdown, so he simply GoFundMe’d up the money to reopen it.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Cliff House Will Still Be Called ‘Cliff House’ When It Reopens, But Probably Won’t Reopen Until Late 2026 A trademark dispute has been resolved so the Cliff House can still be called the Cliff House when it reopens under new ownership, though apparently that reopening is now delayed until near the end of 2026.
SF News Oakland DMV That Was Ransacked by Copper Wire Thieves to Reopen Monday After Seven-Month Closure A copper wire theft job at the Oakland Coliseum DMV ended up wrecking the HVAC system and flooding the place, leading to a seven-month repair job, but that DMV office will open again on Monday.
SF News Alleged Peeping Tom Charged With Trespassing and Burglary at UC Berkeley Sorority House A 45-year-old Dublin man is charged with peeping and loitering inside a UC Berkeley sorority house, as well as stealing residents’ underwear. Then a search of his home turned up an assault rifle and 900 rounds of ammunition.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bruce Bochy Likely Returning to the Giants in a Front Office Advisory Role Journey is doing a farewell tour that won’t come to SF; the guy who threw a sandwich at an ICE officer was found not guilty; and Bruce Bochy is on the verge of returning to the Giants in an executive advisory position.
SF News San Mateo County Reveals Seven Candidates for New Sheriff, Three are Current or Former SFPD Cops The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has whittled it down to seven candidates to fill their open county sheriff position, and two of them are former SFPD cops, while one is still an active SF police officer.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Wants to Open One of Those Tesla Diners in the Bay Area Well look who wants to open a business in California now, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it “makes sense” to build one of his Tesla Diner locations in Palo Alto, in addition to the one that opened in LA this summer.
Arts & Entertainment Union Square Ice Rink Now Back Open, Macy’s Holiday Tree Coming Back This Tuesday The Union Square Holiday Ice Rink officially reopened for the holly jolly season Wednesday night, and mark your calendars, because the giant Macy’s Christmas tree is getting lit up next Tuesday night.
SF Politics Lurie Names New D4 Supervisor as Engardio’s Replacement: Largely Unknown Isabella ‘Beya’ Alcaraz We now have a new District 4 supervisor taking the place of Joel Engardio, as Mayor Lurie has named former pet shop owner, music and arts teacher, and lifelong Sunset resident Isabella ‘Beya’ Alcaraz to the seat.
Business & Tech Alleged SoCal Tech Burglar Crew Charged With Stealing $22 Million Worth of Gear From Bay Area Companies A crew of six Southern California men has been charged with heists targeting Nvidia and Apple shipments, where they allegedly broke into warehouses or robbed delivery trucks of their high-priced contents.
SF News FAA Swears They’ll Cut US Air Flights by 10% This Week Because of the Government Shutdown Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the Trump administration will start cutting US airline flight capacity by 10% starting Friday thanks to the government shutdown, though it’s unclear whether SFO flights will be affected.
Arts & Entertainment Muni Gussies Up 49-Van Ness Buses With Holiday Wraparound Decorative Furbishing Look how freakin’ festive the 49-Van Ness bus will look for the holidays, with snowflakes, mittens, wrapped gifts, and more. But is that… a Christmas coyote near the front left wheel?
SF News SF Man Found Guilty of Murdering 88-Year–Old Grandmother in Vis Valley Park, Plus Many Other Robberies, Carjackings The suspect in the fatal beating of 88-year–old grandmother Yik Oi Huang has just been found guilty, and for good measure, he was also found guilty of robbing her house afterward, plus a slew of other robberies and carjackings.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sup. Sherrill Wants to Make It Easier for Movie Theaters to Serve Booze In what could be a high-octane shot for movie theaters across SF, District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill hopes to relax the rules around giving liquor licenses to movie theaters, so that more theaters can serve beer and wine.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Atmospheric River Storm Coming Tomorrow Morning Muni underground service conked out for a while Tuesday morning; Trader Joe’s peaches are now part of the listeria scare; and the very wet business of atmospheric river storms is expected to return Wednesday morning.
SF Politics Trump Already Claiming Today’s Prop 50 Vote Is Rigged, Threatening Lawsuit The polls have not yet even closed on California’s Prop 50 redistricting measure, but Trump is already insisting that the vote is “rigged,” which means he knows Prop 50 is going to win by a landslide and is looking for excuses.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Off the Grid Food Truck Party Getting Its Own Holiday Food Pop-Up In Union Square The folks behind the beloved local food truck meetup series Off the Grid are getting their own brick-and-mortar place in Union Square’s former Uniqlo store, and the place will be called Off the Grid’s Holiday Food Market.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Holding Rally for Cat Slain by Waymo, Promises Autonomous Car Legislation There's a rally Tuesday afternoon for the bodega cat KitKat who was run over by a Waymo, and it’s being organized by Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who’s vowing legislation for local controls of self-driving vehicles.
Business & Tech Convicted Crypto Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Appealing Conviction, Wants Retrial or Trump Pardon Notorious cryptocurrency huckster Sam Bankman-Fried is angling for a new trial on all the fraud counts that netted him a 25-year prison sentence, while his parents are angling to get Trump to give their rich-kid son a pardon.
SF News Vaillancourt Fountain Will Now Likely Be Removed, as SF Arts Commission Approves Taking the Fountain Down A 15-month-long controversy over the possible removal of the brutalist Vaillancourt Fountain is over, as the SF Arts Commission just voted 8-5 to take it down, though they say it will be put into storage and it could possibly be rebuilt.
SF News Two People Killed in Early Monday Morning Liquor Store Fire in Redwood City A fire just before 5:30 am Monday morning at a Redwood City strip-mall liquor store took the lives of two people who were apparently trapped inside, both of whom were declared dead upon being discovered.
SF News SF’s RV Parking Ban Is Now In Effect, So We’ll See How This Works Out Mayor Lurie’s long-promised two-hour limit on RV parking on SF streets took effect Saturday, though its effect may be limited, as many of the RVs already have a six-month extension lined up to stay parked right where they are.
SF Politics Charlie Kirk’s Memorial-Rally Road Show Coming to Berkeley on November 10 Slain conservative activist’s Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA traveling rally “American Comeback Tour” is coming to UC Berkeley in just one week, so the university is forced to reconsider security after Kirk’s assassination.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Manhandle Hapless NY Giants 34-24, Already Match Last Year's Win Total There sure were a lot of 49ers fans in the stands 3,000 miles away in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday, and they were rewarded with the sight of a dominant Niners win, despite quarterback Mac Jones getting a gusher of a nosebleed.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Basically Accuses Sam Altman of Murdering OpenAI Engineer on (Of Course) Joe Rogan’s Podcast Elon Musk visited Joe Rogan’s podcast again, and continued his crusade against his more successful AI competitor Sam Altman, pretty much flat-out saying that Altman murdered the engineer found dead in his SF apartment.
