SF News Day Around the Bay: Mission Street Harley-Davidson Shop Has Closed An Alameda County prosecutors’ union voted “overwhelmingly” to endorse recalling Pamela Price; a new elementary school slated for Mission Bay might be nixed over budget problems; and SF’s only dedicated Harley-Davidson dealership has closed.
SF News Teacher Housing Project at 18th and Mission Suddenly in Limbo, Site to Remain an Eyesore for Foreseeable Future An ambitious affordable housing for teachers was set to bring 63 housing units to a bedraggled abandoned building at 18th and Mission streets, but the federal funding was denied, and the project is now delayed indefinitely.
SF Politics SF’s Wealthiest Political Group Endorses Farrell and Lurie, Relegates Breed to Third Choice The moderate group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, whose top money man is a Republican mega-donor, has dual-endorsed Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie for SF mayor, and only says to include London Breed as your third choice so Peskin doesn’t win.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Moving His Family From Sacramento to Marin County Governor Gavin Newsom is becoming a Marin County resident again, part-time at least, while he keeps his Sacramento home in the state capital, but his four kids will be attending Marin County schools.
Business & Tech Waymo Opens Up SF Service To Anyone Who Wants a Self-Driving Car Ride, No More Wait List Anyone in San Francisco can now hail and ride a Waymo self-driving robotaxi, or rather, anyone in SF with the Waymo app and a working credit card, as the Google-owned autonomous company is opening its vehicles to SF’s masses.
SF News Two-Year-Old Kid Saves Outer Richmond House From Being Destroyed by Fire The fast wits of a toddler may have saved a 35th Avenue property from being destroyed over the weekend, as the two-year-old is being credited with alerting his parents to a fire happening outside.
Arts & Entertainment Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Coming Back to SF This Weekend, as National Tour Hits Bay Area The traveling sensation of the Hello Kitty Cafe truck brings its bright pink stylings back to SF’s Stonestown Galleria on Saturday, along with scheduled July stops in San Jose and Pleasanton.
Business & Tech The Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel Is Closing Permanently After 56 Years Oakland’s troubled Hegenberger Road is losing another national chain resident, as the Hilton Hotel near the Oakland Airport is shutting down permanently at the end of August.
Arts & Entertainment Video: SF’s Three-Legged Dog Picnic Smashes World Record for Largest-Ever Gathering of Three-Legged Dogs Behold Sunday’s “Tri-Pawed Picnic,” which drew the famed Doggie Diner heads and broke the world record for the most three-legged dogs ever counted in one place. We’ve got pup-arazzi pictures and video of these dogs who’ve bounced back from some pretty ruff encounters.
SF News Mayor Breed’s Budget Cuts Leave Alemany Flea Market on the Chopping Block, Vendors Revolt The City of San Francisco’s $800 million budget deficit is leaving many programs under the scalpel, and Portola neighborhood vendors are furious that the Alemany Flea Market may be one of them.
Business & Tech Cruise Fined $112,500 by CPUC Over Pedestrian-Dragging Incident, But Avoids Independent Investigation Cruise was fined the maximum allowable fine of $112,500 for burying evidence in the incident where their car dragged a pedestrian 20 feet. But the self-driving car company got off easy, as state regulators rejected calls for an independent investigation into what actually happened.
Business & Tech Have You Had Your Electric Bike Stolen? It Might Be in Mexico and Being Sold on Facebook A recent WIRED investigation uncovered a high-end crime ring that appeared to be shipping stolen Bay Area electric bikes to Mexico. New reporting shows that the local epicenter of this ring may be a transmission shop in San Jose.
SF News We’re Getting Clues On Why the FBI Raided Sheng Thao’s Home, and Other Oakland Politicians Might Be Worried Too Thursday’s FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s house appears to be part of a larger investigation of Oakland’s trash pick-up contractor, and this thing might be a Mohammed Nuru-caliber scandal that ensnares many more politicians in Oakland — and beyond.
SF News Longest Day of the Year Around the Bay: Laguna Honda Hospital Fully Recertified and Refunded The doctor who drove his family off a San Mateo cliff will avoid jail time; another SFO runway is reopening in time for a coming travel rush; and Laguna Honda Hospital is officially off the schneid and fully recertified.
SF Politics Daniel Lurie Has Now Spent More Than $1 Million In SF Mayoral Race Levi Strauss family heir money and venture capitalists’ bucks are flying into the campaign accounts for SF mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie, but he’s burning through it too, and has spent $1.2 million with Election Day still five months out.
Bay Area Sports Spike Lee Pops By Willie Mays Shrine at Oracle Park: ‘I Had To Pay My Love And Respect In Person’ Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was among the many who paid homage to the late Willie Mays at Mays’s Oracle Park statue Wednesday, so who knows, maybe Spike Lee will show up at the ballpark for Thursday night’s free showing of Giants’ Negro Leagues tribute game.
SF News Notorious Flooded Luxury Apartment High-Rise 33 Tehama Rebrands as 'Spera,' Claims New, Different Address Hoping to memory-hole the flooding drama at 33 Tehama, the luxury SoMa high-rise is suddenly rebranding itself as “Spera,” and while it is at the exact same location, it now claims to be located at 39 Tehama Street.
Arts & Entertainment SF Pride Hopes to Have Legal Cannabis Sales and Smoking at Civic Center Plaza Party A highly historic feature could be puffing up at this year’s SF Pride celebration, with Civic Center Plaza planning to host SF Pride’s first-ever legal marijuana sales and consumption area — though the permit has technically not been approved yet.
SF Politics Effort To Recall Mayor Sheng Thao Qualifies for the November Oakland Ballot Recall-mania is back in 2024, as a group hoping to recall Mayor Sheng Thao has enough verified signatures to make the November 2024 ballot and possibly remove the embattled mayor.
Arts & Entertainment There Will Be Legal Marijuana Sales and Smoking at the California State Fair This Year Another trailblazing moment first for those who blaze up: Next month’s California State Fair will have legal cannabis sales and consumption, the first-ever state fair with pot being smoked legally on-site.
SF News SFMTA Votes to End the Valencia Center Bike Lane Experiment, But New Curbside Lanes Won’t Arrive Until 2025 After nearly a year of controversy, the SFMTA has decided to flip-flop the Valencia Street bike lane back to the old curbside design, but the new curbside bike lanes won’t be completed until January 2025 at the earliest.
Bay Area Sports SF Giants Legend Willie Mays Has Died at 93 The “Say Hey Kid” and all-time greatest Giant Willie Mays passed away Tuesday at the age of 93, leaving a legacy of 24 All-Star appearances, countless broken racial barriers, and a statue at the SF ballpark by which he will always be remembered.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Beloved Bob’s Donuts Is Getting a New Home on Polk Street Vandals destroyed an Oakland school garden planted by Steph & Ayesha Curry’s foundation; Elon Musk has yet another sexual harassment lawsuit on his hands; and the Polk Street Bob’s Donuts is moving to a different location after a landlord dispute.
SF Politics Lights Went Out as Candidates Were Speaking at Monday Night’s Very Glitchy SF Mayoral Debate It was literally a “lights out” performance, and not in a good way, on Monday night when the five major candidates running for San Francisco mayor debated at UC Law, and repeated technical glitches marred the night’s proceedings.
SF News SF Supervisors Approve Mayor Breed’s Plan to Shut Down Tenderloin Corner Stores at Midnight Convenience stores in a 20-block area of the Tenderloin will not be allowed to stay open between midnight and 5 am for the next two years, as City Hall says those corner stores “attract significant nighttime drug activity."
