SF News Day Around the Bay: SFO To Be Jam-Packed Friday, But Nearly Had A Terrifying Runway Accident Carnaval weekend is set to dazzle the Mission District, a 49ers corruption scandal continues to roil Santa Clara City Council, and we’re learning of a scary near-miss at SFO last week right on the eve of a holiday weekend Friday that’s expected to mob the airport.
SF Politics Poll: Two-Thirds of California Voters Think Feinstein Is ‘No Longer Fit’ to Serve In Senate A strong majority of California voters think nearly-90-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein is “no longer fit to continue serving in the U.S. Senate,” though oddly, she’s actually gaining support among Republicans.
SF News Two Will Face Murder Charges In Shooting of Two-Year-Old Jasper Wu, Third Suspect Cleared of Homicide Charge On Wednesday, a judge ruled that two of them will stand trial for murder, but the third was exonerated due to self-defense.
SF News Building That Was Site of Ghost Ship Fire Finally Razed, Site May Become Affordable Housing Six-and-a-half years after the Ghost Ship fire took the lives of 36 people, the Ghost Ship building has finally been torn down. And a low-income housing nonprofit may be turning it into an affordable housing site.
SF News Knock On Wood: State Officials Say Power Outages Unlikely This Summer The California Energy Commission says that this winter's downpours were enough of a boon to the state’s hydroelectric power plants and other new sources that we are supposedly unlikely to have power shortages and grid problems this summer.
SF News Another Family Upset With Alamada DA Over Possible Plea Deal In Killing of Two Brothers The family of slain brothers Suiti and Manase Mesui, both shot and killed in September 2021, are complaining to the press that the brothers’ shooter may be able to plead down to voluntary manslaughter charges instead of murder.
SF News Supervisor Introduces New Method to Stop Catalytic Converter Thieves: Put SFPD Logos On the Converters District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio is launching a free program to etch vehicle ID numbers and paint SFPD logos on catalytic converters, hoping to deter thieves with an idea that may be just crazy enough to work.
Arts & Entertainment Heklina Memorial Features Hours of Laughs, and a Few Tears, for a Beloved Queen and Mother The memorial and afterparty stretched well into the night at the Castro Theatre and later at Oasis, and the local community came out in droves to remember one of drag's greats.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flood Warnings Set To Disrupt Memorial Day Weekend in Yosemite An L.A. reality TV type is on trial for swindling an elderly woman out of her Redwood City home, Uber placed an executive on leave for hosting a “Don’t Call Me Karen” event, and Yosemite campers may be flooded out this coming three-day weekend.
SF Politics Mayor Breed Reportedly Wants to Arrest People for Being ‘Under the Influence of Drugs’ In what sounds like an ACLU profiling lawsuit waiting to happen, Mayor Breed’s newest strategy to combat the fentanyl crisis is reportedly to arrest anyone who appears to be “under the influence of drugs.”
SF Politics Breed and Supervisors Heckled and Shouted Down at Press Conference On U.N. Plaza Drug-Dealing This made-for-TV event is not going to look good on TV, as Mayor Breed and the Board of Supervisors were heckled off their own stage and reportedly had a brick thrown at them at a Tuesday joint press conference on drug dealing at U.N. Plaza.
SF News Oakland’s Homelessness-Focused Newspaper Street Spirit to Cease Publication After Losing Funding The 28-year-old Oakland newspaper Street Spirit, which chronicles homelessness issues and is sold by unhoused vendors, will publish its last issue on June 1 because they’ve lost their nonprofit funding.
SF News State Assembly Passes Bill To Undo ‘People As Pollution’ Ruling That Halted People's Park Development After a February appeals court ruling stopped the development of UC Berkeley’s controversial People’s Park housing complex, East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks has a bill cruising through Sacramento that could reverse that decision.
SF Politics London Breed’s Poll Numbers Are in the Dumps, 60% Disapprove of Job She’s Doing Some terrible poll numbers for SF Mayor London Breed as she sits 18 months from Election Day 2024, as a new poll has her with just a 36% approval rating, while 60% disapprove of her performance.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Supreme Court Upholds California Foie Gras Ban Sorry, fans of the deliciously fatty foie gras, but the U.S Supreme Court upheld the California ban on foie gras in a case that’s been bouncing through the courts for more than ten years.
SF Politics Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Chorus of People Calling for More Seats to Be Added to Supreme Court As she runs for the U.S. Senate, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee joined a rally on Sunday calling for four more seats to be added to the Trump-heavy Supreme Court.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: 2023 Bay to Breakers Monkeyshines Shine Through On a Foggy, Gray Sunday Foggy conditions would not stop more than 17,000 runners, walkers, and costumed jokers from the annual Bay to Breakers traditions of racing, partying, and the occasional naked keg stand.
SF News California Cops Worried That New ‘Fast & Furious’ Sequel Will Cause More Sideshows The City of Oakland just passed stricter new sideshow crackdown legislation, but some law enforcement authorities wonder if the new movie Fast X isn’t going to just set off more sideshows all over the state this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland-Based Bay Area Children’s Theatre Abruptly Closes After 19 Years of Performances for Kids The pandemic-era economic challenges to the theater business apparently also apply to children’s theater, as the Bay Area Children’s Theatre announced its sudden closure this week after nearly 20 years of performances.
SF News Florida Woman Extradited To Bay Area Over Odd Accidental Death of Kim Kardashian Look-Alike A silicone enhancement injection in a Burlingame hotel room that went very wrong took the life of a 34-year-old Kim Kardashian look-alike model, and the Florida woman who allegedly administered the fatal injection is being extradited back to San Mateo County to face charges.
SF News North Beach Restaurant American Bites Facing Backlash After Hosting Virulent Anti-Trans Event A Soleil Ho opinion piece in the Chronicle brought attention to an anti-trans dinner party at a North Beach restaurant, but now the restaurant itself is getting a barrage of bad press and one-star Yelp reviews for hosting the event.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Super Bowl Appears To Be Coming Back to Levi’s Stadium, For Better Or Worse West side supervisors are not happy about this expanded Outside Lands idea, Rep. Swalwell got a death threat from a former 49er, but the 49ers appear to have just scored the 2026 Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium.
Arts & Entertainment Your Bay to Breakers Guide To Drinking and Partying During the Run Our Bay to Breakers liquor store map is back for 2023, along with tips on navigating the enforcement hotspots where you run the risk of getting your booze confiscated, and which parts of town will be gated off to keep the drunken runners out.
Business & Tech Supreme Court Hands Big Tech a Big Win In Content Moderation Cases Two separate lawsuits against tech companies Google and Twitter both went in favor of the tech titans Thursday, as the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that neither were responsible for terrorist acts that were linked to content on their platforms.
SF News Accused Serial Groper Bill Gene Hobbs Found Guilty On Nine Counts After a trial where more than a dozen women described encounters of being grabbed, groped, or kissed by suspect Bill Gene Hobbs, Hobbs was found guilty Wednesday afternoon on eight misdemeanor counts and one felony.