SF Politics Chesa Boudin’s Win Sets Off Twitter Wars, Uncertainty Over When He’ll Be Sworn In Depending on who you ask, new district attorney Chesa Boudin will either bring progressive reform to mass incarceration, or will require techies to don Batman suits to defend themselves from crime.
SF Politics Mayor Breed’s Brother Can Seek Reprieve In Manslaughter Charge, Judge Rules The mayor’s brother Napoleon Brown won the chance at a re-sentencing in his manslaughter conviction from 14 years ago, thanks to a ruling that just came from a San Francisco Superior Court judge.
SF News PrEP-Maker Gilead Sued by Feds for Patent Infringement Foster City-based Gilead Sciences is accused is ripping off government patents to develop its blockbuster, billion-dollar HIV treatment PrEP.
Business & Tech California Sues for Zuck’s Emails as Growing Scandal Reveals More About Facebook Data Dealings A four-pronged scandal-palooza is rocking Facebook’s world today, the worst of which is probably the “Switcharoo Plan” where recent user privacy measures did not apply to choice advertisers.
Business & Tech Bernie Bashes Apple’s $2.5 Billion Housing Pledge, Calls It Corporate ‘Hypocrisy’ The Democratic candidate slams Apple for being “corporate tax evaders” who “helped create California’s housing crisis.”
SF Politics DA Loftus Announces Car Break-In Task Force, Less Than A Week Before the Election A mere five days before the election, Suzy Loftus tries to bolster her standing by unveiling an automobile break-in prevention strategy that sounds much like an idea one of her rivals already introduced.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Emperor Norton Bar Buys Emperor Norton Bond, Which Is Worth $15,000 The proprietor of Emperor Norton’s Boozeland stumbled upon a Norton-signed promissory note that’s worth a fortune, though its 1878 face value is “fifty cents.”
Business & Tech Juul Knowingly Sold More Than a Million Contaminated Vape Pods, Fired Exec Claims A new lawsuit claims that former Juul CEO Kevin Burns dismissed concerns about contaminated and expired vaping pods, saying that half the company's customers are "drunk."
SF News Celebrity Chefs Cook Up Thousands of Meals For Sonoma Firefighters and Evacuees Traci Des Jardins joins Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, Chris Cosentino to serve hot gourmet meals with José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
SF News New BART General Manager Goes on ‘Listening Tour,’ Encounters What We See Every Day New BART GM Robert Powers is going station to station every Wednesday, allowing you the opportunity to give him heck in person.
Bay Area Sports Affluent Crowd Quiet, Leaves Early as Warriors Get Waxed in Chase Center Debut The Warriors left their home court advantage in Oakland, as the roars of ‘Roaracle Arena’ quickly quieted in a 141-122 blowout loss to begin their tenure at the Chase Center.
Business & Tech Stripe Is Leaving Its San Francisco Headquarters for South San Francisco South San Francisco as the new tech hub? Stripe just made the first move, heading for the biotech office park land where they’ll pay no payroll or gross receipts taxes.
SF News A Meth Sobering Center Is Coming to SF in the Next Few Months The San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force recommends a slew of actions, and Mayor Breed has immediately OK’d a city-run meth sobering center along the lines of the alcohol sobering center it already has.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best San Francisco Bars for Watching the World Series Game One of the World Series is tonight, so SFist is stepping up to the plate with a postseason roster of our favorite sports bars where you can watch the Fall Classic -- following the schadenfreude that came with the Dodgers already having melted down.
SF Politics Fringe Mayoral Candidate Attacks London Breed With Pretty Obviously Racist Billboard Ellen Lee Zhou’s bonkers billboard depicts the mayor in outrageously offensive fashion, and the spelling errors are the least problematic thing about this campaign ad.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF’s Oldest Black-Owned Bar Sam Jordan’s To Close After 60-Year Run in Bayview The Bayview bar and restaurant has legacy status and spawned a street name for the 1940s-era prizefighter, but his kids are hanging up the gloves.
SF News Low-Budget Version of Clinton Park Rocks Roils Ingleside, Wall Gets Removed A plywood wall blocking a pedestrian walkway in Ingleside hs been taken down for now, but exasperated neighbors vow to replace it with a gate or some other manner of barrier.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro's Cafe Flore Gets Approval for Cannabis Dispensary Across Noe Street The Flore Store dispensary will bring another marijuana buying option to the Castro, as the Planning Commission gave approval to a Noe and Market Street pot shop.
SF Politics Supervisors and Mayor at Odds Over Dueling Mental Health Plans After Supervisors Haney and Ronen introduced their sweeping Mental Health SF initiative, Mayor Breed counters with her own Urgent Care SF plan, which is ironically the less urgent of the two.
SF Politics Danny Glover, Michael Franti, Other Somewhat Famous People Take Sides in San Francisco DA Race Chesa Boudin and Suzy Loftus are pulling in endorsements in the DA race, while Friday looms as George Gascón’s last day on the job.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sup. Vallie Brown Hounded By Eviction Charge Sup. Vallie Brown has an owner move-in eviction skeleton in the closet, Visa and Mastercard dump Facebook's crypto product, and it sure looks like an SFPD officer lied under oath about a severe beating.
SF News SF Offered to Buy PG&E’s Local Power Lines for $2.5 Billion, Beleaguered Utility Turned It Down As news breaks that PG&E executives threw a ritzy Sonoma winery bash on the eve of the blackouts, we also learn the company rejected a multibillion-dollar offer from City Hall to buy their local lines.
SF Politics Another Giuliani Associate Arrested in SF Over Alleged Marijuana Scheme The Ukraine scandal comes to San Francisco (and Livermore!), as Giuliani associate Andrey Kukushkin was arrested by the FBI for his alleged role in a marijuana bribery scheme.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Steve Kerr Responds to Trump Calling Him a ‘Scared Little Boy’ Steve Kerr gets philosophical over Trump's tirade at him, 'Moulin Rouge' will be replacing 'Hamilton' at the Orpheum, and Github employees are furious that the company is working with ICE.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Grass Fire Hits San Bruno Mountain A fire on the mountain in Brisbane, a school shooting scare in San Jose, and Trader Joe’s keeps pushing for a Hayes Valley location.
