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There’s Suddenly Talk of Extending the Central Subway to Fisherman’s Wharf, Despite Muni’s Gigantic Deficit

Who’s got the appetite for another billion-dollar transit overhaul that would tear up North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf with construction for years on end? Because the push to add more stops to the Central Subway begins today.

SF News

SF Backs Off Plan to Landmark Noe Valley Church From the Movie ‘Sister Act,’ Because SF Archdiocese Doesn’t Want It Landmarked

We’ve never seen an SF institution offered historical landmark status but then reject the offer, but the SF Catholic Archdiocese is fighting a landmark designation for their Noe Valley church featured in the movie ‘Sister Act.’

Arts & Entertainment

SFMOMA Cuts Free Admission on First Thursdays, Currently Lacking Sponsor

The museum says that its longstanding tradition of free admission on the first Thursday of every month is “temporarily paused,” and though it may return someday, signs point to this being a budget cut due to a lack of sponsors.

Arts & Entertainment

Coachella Promoter Goldenvoice Announces Yet Another SF Techno Concert Series, This Time at Pier 48

South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is among the headliners of a new three-month electronica concert series called Club Darc, being thrown at Pier 48 in Mission Rock, lasting from late February until mid-May.

Bay Area Sports

Late 1990s Oakland Raider Kevin Johnson Found Dead at LA Homeless Encampment, Police Suspect Murder

It's another sad story of an NFL player falling on hard times after his career — likely due to head injuries. Ex-Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Kevin Johnson was found dead at an LA encampment in what appears to be a homicide.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: The Bay Lights Are Already Testing for Their Eventual Return This Winter

The TikTok transfer to American ownership is finally going through; a SoMa liquor store curfew got one step closer to reality; and check out the Bay Bridge, because the Bay Lights are being tested for their glorious upcoming return.

Bay Area Sports

Rumors Swirling That Steve Kerr Might Be Fired, Or Might Quit, as Warriors Coach at the End of the Season

This could be the last dance for the Golden State Warriors with Steve Kerr as their coach, as the national media says some team members are thinking the unthinkable, that Kerr might be let go at the end of this NBA season.

Business & Tech

Glassdoor Ranks In-N-Out as Best Place to Work in California, Ahead of Nvidia, Google, and Facebook

We had to do a double-double take at Glassdoor’s new Best Places to Work 2026 list, as they ranked fast-food chain In-N-Out as a better place to work than the cushy, high-paid confines of Nvidia, Facebook, and Google.

SF News

Two Former Rohnert Park Cops Who Posed as Feds to Steal Cash and Marijuana Get Their Sentencing Delayed

A couple of one-time Rohnert Park police officers spent years posing as ATF agents and shaking down legal medical marijuana drivers for their cash and stash, and they got busted, but now their sentencing is delayed.

SF Politics

SF’s New Inspector General, Fresh Off Mohammed Nuru Case, Opens Tip Line So You Can Report City Hall Corruption

If you think there’s corruption at SF City Hall, you can now report it yourself and maybe start an investigation, thanks to SF’s first-ever Inspector General Alex Shepard who just started the new watchdog job this month.

SF News

Convicted Killer In Notorious 2001 SF Dog-Mauling Attack, Marjorie Knoller, Now Up for Parole Again

Yes it has been 25 years since the infamous dog-mauling murder case was SF’s Trial of the Century, but now decades later, the woman convicted of letting her dogs rip a neighbor to shreds is up for parole for a third time.

SF News

Wednesday FBI Raids Hit Alleged Chop Shops Across East Bay, Related to Suspected Diesel Fuel Theft Ring

Four very junkyard-looking locations in Oakland, Richmond, and San Leandro were on the business end of FBI raids Wednesday, in an investigation of what the FBI and Bay Area police think is a diesel fuel theft ring.

SF News

Missing 29-Year-Old Rohnert Park Man Found in Submerged Tesla at Bottom of Bodega Bay

The 10-day search for a man gone missing in Rohnert Park has come to a heartbreaking end, as the missing 29-year-old was found dead and submerged in a Tesla at the bottom of Bodega Bay, though foul play is not suspected.

SF News

Tenants at Uptown Oakland Building That Just Suffered a Fire All Receive Eviction Notices

Insult has been added to injury for the estimated 200 people who were displaced by Monday morning’s apartment fire in Oakland’s Uptown, after their landlord issued them all eviction letters.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Fremont Is Getting the Largest H Mart Location in the Entire United States

One person was killed in a Hayward-San Mateo Bridge crash Tuesday; some DOGE bros are under investigation for shady use of Americans’ Social Security numbers; and Fremont is getting the biggest H Mart ever in the US.

SF News

Freight Train Strikes and Kills Pedestrian in West Berkeley, Victim Was Allegedly Trespassing on Tracks

A yet-unidentified man was hit by a freight train and killed in West Berkeley Monday morning, though the railroad’s operator Union Pacific says the man was trespassing on the tracks.

Bay Area Sports

Warriors Star Jimmy Butler Tears ACL and Will Miss Rest of the Season, Pundits Speculate Warriors’ Dynasty Is Over

The Warriors’ season crashed into disaster when forward Jimmy Butler suffered a season-ending ACL tear Monday night, and the national media are declaring the Warriors’ dynasty is over, while fans are madly concocting trade scenarios.

SF Politics

‘Call a Republican’ Phone Goes Up on Valencia Street (Just Be Aware That It’s Some Startup Recording You)

A “emotional fitness community” that just got $26 million in venture capital thrown at them has installed a phone on Valencia Street that lets you “Call a Republican” in Texas, perhaps to foster unity, or perhaps just to record you.

SF News

Two Years In, Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Prevention Nets Have Almost Completely Eliminated Bridge Suicides

In their second year since completion, the Golden Gate Bridge suicide prevention barriers allowed only four suicides in the first half of 2025. In the second half of 2025, the bridge saw zero suicides.

Arts & Entertainment

Green Apple Books’ Sunset Location Finally Gets a New Tenant In Upstairs Mezzanine: A Literary Co-Working Space

The long-empty and effectively forgotten upstairs mezzanine area of the Inner Sunset’s Green Apple Books on the Park has at last been filled, by a co-working space dedicated specifically to writers called the Backstory Above.

SF Politics

Rep. Eric Swalwell Calls for Trump’s Removal From Office Over Seemingly Dementia-Fueled Text to Norway's PM

President Trump reiterated calls to invade Greenland because he’s mad at Norway for not giving him the Nobel Prize, leading many to wonder about Trump’s current mental capacity, including East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell.

Business & Tech

Man Claims Self-Driving Zoox Smashed His Hand, Zoox Claims the Guy Doored Their Vehicle

Gadzooks! A new SF self-driving car controversy, this time as a man claims one of Amazon’s Zoox self-driving cars hit his vehicle and smashed his hand, while Zoox instead insists that the man opened his door into incoming traffic.

SF News

Gang of Deplorable Teens Beats and Robs Man at Fisherman’s Wharf

Teen trouble down by the SF Maritime Museum on Saturday, as a group of teens ganged up on and walloped a man who admonished them to slow down on their bicycles, and then they tried to rob him, but bystanders shooed the teens away.

Bay Area Sports

49ers’ Season Ends in Complete Destruction With 41-6 Playoff Loss to Seattle Seahawks

There will be no fairy tale home stadium Super Bowl for the San Francisco 49ers this year, after they got their doors blown out 41-6 in a playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Niners’ largest defeat of the Coach Kyle Shanahan era.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Old Hibernia Bank on Valencia Street Could Become a Restaurant, Bookstore, and Event Venue

Someone bought that former Hibernia Bank and Social Security building at 22nd and Valencia streets for $11 million, and now there's scuttlebutt they hope to turn it into a combination restaurant, bookstore, and upstairs event space.