SF News Good News for Newsom, as California Deficit Slashed From $68 Billion to Just $2 Billion What a difference a year makes, as the state’s Legislative Analyst Office said early last December that California had a $68 billion budget deficit, but now that deficit is down to just $2 billion.
Arts & Entertainment Fur Real: Puppies and Kittens Return to Macy’s Windows in Union Square on Friday Santa’s little yelpers will be back in the windows for the SF SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy's promotion starting this Friday at noon, and the impending closure of Macy’s means this may be the last year for what is purr-haps SF’s favorite holiday tradition.
SF News Mountain View Barber Skips Bail on Charges of Sexually Assaulting Men While They Were Unconscious A 34-year-old Mountain View man may have sexually assaulted as many as 20 men after spiking their drinks, and he’s skipped bail and currently remains at large, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
SF News Placer County Approves Massive, 85-Acre New Development at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Despite major community objections, Palisades Tahoe won approval on Tuesday for a gigantic, 85-acre expansion that would add 1,500 hotel rooms, plus shops, restaurants, and a movie theater to their resort.
SF News It’s Official: Valencia Street Bike Lanes Moving Back to the Curbside, Starting in January The 15-month experiment of moving Valencia Street’s bike lanes to the center of the street has just been officially reversed, as the SFMTA just voted to move Valencia's bike lanes back to the curb in early 2025.
SF News Day Around the Bay: You Can Be Primus’s New Drummer, as They’re Now Accepting Applications Someone pulled the fire alarm at City Hall while a Board of Supervisors meeting was in progress today; San Mateo County supervisors are angling to remove their embattled sheriff; and Primus is holding open auditions where you could be their new drummer.
SF News Vallejo Police Say 63-Year-Old Man Admitted to Stabbing His Mother to Death, Also Allegedly Stabbed His Wife A Vallejo couple was hospitalized Saturday with stab wounds, and now the Vallejo PD says the male in that couple admitted to stabbing and killing his mother. And sure enough, police found her dead at her home.
SF News SF Bathhouses Could Be Back, After Supes Remove Onerous Regulations From Law Only one gay bathhouse remains in San Francisco, as requirements mandating unlocked doors and registries of patrons have thrown cold water on the bathhouse scene generally. But Supervisor Rafael Mandelman just got those restrictions stripped away.
Bay Area Sports Transgender Volleyball Controversy Hits SF, as Christian School Forfeits Game Against SF Waldorf Over ‘God’s Word’ The transgender women in volleyball disputes are being waged on yet another front close to home, as a Merced Christian high school just forfeited their game against San Francisco Waldorf School because they believe Waldorf has a transgender player.
SF Politics Mark Farrell’s ‘Most Successful’ VC Investment at Risk of Being Delisted From NASDAQ SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell touted his business success during his failed run for mayor, but the company he described as his “most successful” venture capital triumph is now facing tough times and a potential delisting from the NASDAQ exchange.
SF Politics Supervisor Joel Engardio Now Facing Recall Effort as Constituents Fume Over Great Highway Vote While District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio rode a wave of recall-fueled voter discontent into office after the Chesa Boudin and school board recalls, the recall movement is now coming after him, following his advocacy for the car-free Great Highway in the Outer Sunset.
SF News Reportedly Oversold SF ‘Booze Cruise’ Turns Into Mayhem, Jilted Ticket Buyers Throw Bottles and Call Police A Saturday night “Friendsgiving Booze Cruise On The Bay” turned very unfriendly after the reportedly oversold event left dozens of passengers unable to board the ship, and eyewitnesses say angry, turned-away patrons threw bottles and called police.
SF Politics Daniel Lurie Names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to His Mayoral Transition Team San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie named some heavy hitters to his transition team in a Monday morning announcement, and the heaviest of these hitters is none other than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
SF News San Jose Police Shoot and Injure Suspect They Say Was Threatening Them With a Knife A Sunday night domestic disturbance led to a knife-wielding suspect barricading themselves in a home and threatening police in San Jose’s East Virginia neighborhood, and officers shot that suspect who is now hospitalized.
SF Politics Kamala Harris for California Governor? New Poll Shows She'd Be the Frontrunner A new LA Times poll finds the job of succeeding Gavin Newsom as California Governor could easily be Kamala Harris’s if she wanted it, in large part because hardly anyone recognizes the names of the other people expected to run.
Business & Tech Cruise Fined $500,000 for Filing False Reports to Feds After Pedestrian-Dragging Incident Yet another hefty fine for the self-driving robotaxi company Cruise for sweeping things under the rug after one of its cars dragged an SF pedestrian 20 feet, as the US Department of Justice has hit them with a $500,000 fine for falsifying reports on the incident.
Arts & Entertainment Mosswood Meltdown 2025 Announces Headliners Devo and Kreayshawn, But It Won't Be On July 4th Weekend John Waters’s trashy annual punk rock music festival Mosswood Meltdown won’t be on July 4 weekend in 2025, but it’s still at Mosswood Park on July 19 and 20, and will feature Devo, Oakland native Kreayshawn, and LA garage rockers Osees.
SF News SF Robbery Suspect Crashes Car Evading Police, Leaps 40 Feet From Overpass, Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries After an alleged three-robbery bender, a suspect evading SFPD totaled his car in a crash, lept 40 feet from a 101 overpass, and injured himself severely before being arrested and hospitalized.
SF News Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Was Investigated for Sexual Assault in Monterey There’s already dirty laundry galore with many of Trump’s cabinet picks, and the latest shoe to drop comes from Monterey County, where Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth was investigated for sexual assault in 2017.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Makes Arrest in Case of Car Ramming Into Union Square Dior Last Month SF-based The Onion just bought Alex Jones’s InfoWars in a bankruptcy auction; SF school closures may be prevented by the recent bond measure passage; and SFPD has arrested a suspect in that smash-and-grab at Dior last month.
Arts & Entertainment Watch: Joan Baez Makes Surprise, Unscheduled Appearance at Glide Holiday Jam, Belts Out John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ Wednesday night’s Glide Annual Holiday Jam featured a surprise appearance by folk legend Joan Baez at the fundraiser for Glide’s holiday meals and service programs, and she stunned with a three-song set that featured John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Arts & Entertainment How Weird Street Faire Is Calling It Quits and Shutting Down After 25 Years The beat will not go on for San Francisco’s raviest street fair of them all, as the How Weird Street Faire has announced it will not put on the event in 2025, nor any years in the future.
SF News Elected Officials and AAPI Groups Call on Newsom to Put CHP Officers on BART After three recent high-profile incidents of violence on BART trains or at its stations, a coalition of business leaders, elected officials, and community groups are telling Gavin Newsom to beef up BART security with California Highway Patrol officers.
SF News Could Muni Eliminate the Cable Cars? That’s on the Table, as the Agency Faces a Possible $320 Million Deficit Dark days loom for Muni after the failure of Prop L, an incoming Trump presidency, and a deficit as high as $322 million, so there’s talk of eliminating the cable cars, or axing some lesser-used bus lines outright.
SF News Entire Tamalpais High School Football Program Put On Probation Over Racist Incidents After undisclosed acts of football team racism toward Black members of the team, Tamalpais High School has put the whole football program on probation, and will forfeit all of the team’s remaining games if there’s another incident.
