SF News SF City Hall Employee Who Embezzled $627K, Bought VR Headsets With It, Pleads Guilty A former SF City Hall HR employee who was notoriously busted for invoicing the city for “earthquake supplies” but was actually buying VR headsets and tablets (and then selling them on eBay), pleaded guilty Thursday to all charges.
Arts & Entertainment Uncle John’s Tree Gets Lit Tonight In Golden Gate Park, Salesforce Park Firing Up Its Lights Too For the 96th year in a row, SF biggest and roundest Christmas tree gets its switch flipped in a 6:30 pm lighting Thursday night. Meanwhile, Salesforce Park gets its holiday light display lit Friday, plus a sing-along 'Frozen' Saturday.
Arts & Entertainment The ‘Let’s Glow SF’ Holiday Projection Mapping Extravaganza Kicks Off Again Downtown Friday Night What they’re calling “the nation’s largest holiday projection art festival” will turn the sides of downtown SF buildings into ice castles and gingerbread houses, as Let’s Glow SF returns for its fifth year this Friday night.
SF News Lurie Names Longtime SFPD Veteran Derrick Lew as New San Francisco Police Chief A San Francisco native and 22-year veteran of the SF Police Department, SFPD Deputy Chief Derrick Lew has just been named the permanent new SF Police Chief. And, interestingly, he was once shot by London Breed’s cousin.
SF Politics Recalled Alameda County DA Pamela Price Is Running for the Job Again We have the odd situation of someone who was just recalled from office running for that same office again a year later, as thrown-out former Alameda County DA Pamela Price announces she’s running to be District Attorney again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Huge Godzilla Festival Coming to Japantown This Weekend An Excelsior house fire left one dead Wednesday; parents in the Marin car crash that killed four teens do not want the driver to be prosecuted; and a big Godzilla festival is roaring into Japantown this weekend.
Business & Tech DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California The next frontier of the self-driving car movement is likely to be self-driving commercial trucks, and the California DMV is creating the rules right now for the testing of autonomous semi trucks.
SF News Huzzah! All Clipper Card Systems Will Take Credit and Debit Cards, Starting Next Wednesday Muni, Caltrain, and all the public transit services that take Clipper will accept credit or debit card taps for rides in just a week, as paying with credit or debit won’t just be a BART thing anymore starting this Wednesday.
SF News Teen Charged With Attempted Murder in Valley Fair Mall Black Friday Triple-Shooting The 17-year-old who allegedly shot three people in a crowded Santa Clara mall on Black Friday has been charged with attempted murder, and the Santa Clara County DA is determined that the kid face trial as an adult.
SF News Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Plan Approved by Board of Supervisors, Handing Lurie Major Political Win Mayor Lurie’s ambitious upzoning proposal known as the ‘family zoning’ plan passed the Board of Supervisors in a 7-4 vote Tuesday, jacking up building heights in the Sunset, Marina, and elsewhere.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Half of NorCal ICE Arrests Have Been People With No Criminal Record Whatsoever The Shake Shack in SF’s ‘dead mall’ is going to close; two people were killed in a fiery San Jose double-Tesla crash; and half the people ICE has arrested in Northern California this year have not had any form of criminal record at all.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Duboce Triangle's Courtney’s Produce Will Close Permanently Friday After 54 Years A longtime favorite for Duboce Park picnic snack and PB&J runs, the 54-year-old Courtney’s Produce will close permanently on Friday, following the recent passing of the shop’s co-founder Lola Courtney.
SF News Student Shot at SF’s Burton High School, Suspect in Custody A high school student was shot Tuesday afternoon at Phillip and Sala Burton High School near McLaren Park, and is reportedly in stable condition, while a suspect is in custody for the shooting.
SF Politics SF City Attorney Sues Ten ‘Ultraprocessed Food’ Companies, Claiming Their Products Area Causing Widespread Disease The Nanny State is coming after the Coca-Cola Company and other ‘Big Food’ brands right here in SF, as City Attorney David Chiu has sued the manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, saying they’re behind spikes in cancer and diabetes.
SF News Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Ripping Out Its Toll Booths This Month The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has not used its toll booths since going all FasTrak in 2020, and those booths are now being ripped out, in a process that is also scheduled for the SF Bay Bridge.
SF News Oakland Is About to Get Speed Cameras Like SF Has to Catch Scofflaw Drivers San Francisco has had 33 speed cameras catching drivers going too fast for nearly a year now, and Oakland is about to get 18 of their own speed cameras to be put up at their most notorious corners for traffic collisions.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Christmas Tree Gets Lit Tonight, and Alameda’s Famed Christmas Tree Lane Show Begins Tonight Too The holiday season holly-jollies start getting fired up on both sides of the Bay Monday night, as the Castro Holiday Tree gets its lighting ceremony tonight, and Alameda’s epic Christmas Tree Lane display begins its run Monday night, too.
Business & Tech NYT: Trump’s Silicon Valley ‘AI and Crypto Czar’ David Sacks Apparently Enriching Himself and Friends In White House Role SF’s own right-wing VC billionaire David Sacks was named the Trump administration’s ‘AI and Crypto Czar’ last year, and a New York Times analysis says that since then, his investments have hit the jackpot over policies he helped craft.
SF News Rohnert Park Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Friday Night Hit-and-Run That Killed Pedestrian After a Friday night Sonoma County collision where a Chevy Silverado hit and killed a pedestrian and then just drove away, Rohnert Park police have found the suspect driver, who it turns out is just 17 years old.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Make Mincemeat Out of an Inept Cleveland Browns Team In 26-8 Win The San Francisco 49ers literally did ‘the Dougie’ on the Cleveland Browns in a lopsided 26-8 win, the Niners’ third straight victory that gave them a stronger grip on a playoff spot, and put them within a hair of the NFC West lead.
SF News SF Supervisor Wants Tenderloin Liquor Store Curfew Expanded Into SoMa Corner stores in parts of SoMa would be forced to close at midnight if the district’s Supervisor Matt Dorsey gets his way, as Dorsey proposes a corner store “curfew” similar to the one that’s been placed on parts of the Tenderloin.
Business & Tech Report: SF Home Hit by $11 Million Crypto Theft Owned By Sam Altman’s Ex While Sam Altman’s one-time romantic partner Lachy Groom was not the person who had $11 million in crypto stolen from his account, Groom does own the home where the invasion happened, and reportedly lives there too.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Grocery Stores Where You Can Still Buy Food (and Booze) on Thanksgiving Day Last-minute, unanticipated needs are sure to strike any Thanksgiving Day celebration, so we've listed all of the major SF grocery chains’ Thanksgiving Day hours, for when you absolutely need that forgotten food item or an alcohol restock.
SF News Killer of Visitacion Valley’s 88-Year-Old ‘Grandma Huang’ Sentenced to Life In Prison It’s actually two consecutive life sentences for the 25-year-old man found guilty of brutally beating and killing 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang in Visitacion Valley in January 2019, and then robbing her house immediately afterwards.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Roundup of SF Free Thanksgiving Dinners for Those In Need Data shows when the worst times to drive in the Bay Area will be these next few days; Rep. Eric Swalwell is hitting back hard against his Trump prosecution; and there’s a list of SF charitable organizations serving free Thanksgiving dinners.
