SF News

Mission District Community Divided Over Dolores Hill Bomb Event, Which Might Happen This Saturday

The annual, unsanctioned skate punk joyride known as the Dolores Hill Bomb might be happening this Saturday, and at a community meeting to discuss police plans, neighbors were split on whether the event should be welcomed, or cracked down upon even harder.

Arts & Entertainment

SF Symphony Audience Member Threatened With Ban From Concert Hall for Holding Up Vulgar Sign (in Finnish)

This seems to be a first: The San Francisco Symphony is threatening to ban a regular attendee who held up a profane sign at a concert, written in Finnish, to protest the impending departure of musical director Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Business & Tech

SF’s Biggest Hotel Complex, the Union Square Hilton and Parc 55, Gets Its Valuation Slashed By $1 Billion

More ugly news for SF’s hospitality industry, as the 3,000-room Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 complex was just valued at only $550 million, after being valued at $1.6 billion eight years ago. And now the two hotels are just months from foreclosure.

SF News

SFPD Will Try Out New Device That Drug Tests People's Saliva for Fentanyl

The San Francisco Police Department will be the first department in the nation to pilot-test a new device that checks suspects’ saliva to see if they’ve been using fentanyl.

Bay Area Sports

Klay Thompson Is Leaving the Warriors, Heading for the Dallas Mavericks

We’ve seen the last splash of Klay Thompson in a Golden State Warriors uniform, as the beloved and prolific shooting guard is ending his 13-year career with the Warriors and taking his talents to Dallas.

SF News

SF Forced by State to Streamline Housing Approvals After Missing 2023 Production Goals

State Senator Scott Wiener’s bill intended to eliminate reviews and challenges to housing proposals has now done just that, as the state just forced San Francisco to streamline approvals and massively speed up housing production.

SF News

Possible PG&E Power Shut-Offs Loom in North Bay, East Bay as Major Heat Wave Approaches

It’s now officially PG&E power outage season again as the impending heat dome rolls in, with public safety power shutoffs possible this week for eight NorCal counties, including Napa County and Solano County.

SF Politics

Alleged ‘Straw Donor’ in Sheng Thao Controversy Had His Home Shot At, and Was Allegedly Beaten Up

A minor figure in the expanding political storm over the Sheng Thao FBI raid says he’s had some major harassment and violence directed at him, and shots were fired at his home just days before the raid.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

16th Street Queer Bar Mother Makes Bon Appetit’s ‘Best New Bars in the US’ List

The Mission District bar Mother, in the former home of Esta Noche, has put itself on the map by making Bon Appetit’s “11 Best New Bars in the US” roundup.

SF Politics

After Biden’s Debate Train Wreck, Both Newsom and Harris Insist They’re Not Replacing Him

With President Joe Biden giving probably the worst debate performance in modern history Thursday night, the two leading “Break glass in case of emergency” candidates, Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom, are both holding firm that they won't step into his spot.

SF News

[Update] Castro Mollie Stone’s Reopens After Shutdown Over Rodent Infestation

It’s not a Happy Pride for the Castro’s Mollie Stone’s grocery store, as the SF Department of Health shut them down over a rodent infestation Thursday, but the store blames nearby construction and says they’ll reopen Friday afternoon.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Massive Heat Wave Heading Toward Bay Area Next Week

SoMa’s Buzzworks bar is planning a rooftop expansion; Dr. Fauci popped in to San Francisco for a chat about the early days of HIV; and the year's biggest heat wave yet appears headed to California next week.

Arts & Entertainment

That Record Number of Sea Lions at Pier 39? They’re All Gone Now

Those 2,000 sea lions who’d crammed the docks of Pier 39 are now basically zero sea lions at Pier 39. But don't worry for them, they’re just off getting laid.

SF Politics

Vallejo’s Own E-40 Is Doing a Post-Presidential Debate Rally With Joe Biden

While Fat Joe may be the headliner of the event, Vallejo native E-40 is also on the card for a Friday rally for Joe Biden in swing state North Carolina after Thursday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate.

SF Politics

Scandal Believed to Be Behind FBI’s Sheng Thao Raid Had 93 Alleged Illegal Donations — Some May Be to Recall Backers

Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may have received donations through a campaign money laundering scheme that could be the root of last week’s FBI raid of her home. But of the 93 alleged illegal donations, some may have gone to top Recall Sheng Thao backers too.

SF News

25-Year-Old Oakland Firefighter Dies By Drowning in San Diego Early Thursday Morning

A tragic day today for firefighters in both Oakland and San Diego, as four-year veteran of the Oakland Fire Department Caeden Laffan died by drowning in San Diego at about 2 am Thursday morning, while attending the California Summer Firefighter Games.

SF News

Just 10 Days Out From the Annual Dolores Hill Bomb, SFPD Gearing Up For More Skateboard Mayhem

The annual, unpermitted and outlaw Dolores Hill Bomb event is being advertised as happening on Saturday, July 6, and neither police nor event organizers appear to be changing their approach after last year’s fiasco that saw 81 minors arrested.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

SF Giants Cracking Down on Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog Carts Outside Oracle Park

Isn’t the unpermitted sale of bacon-wrapped hot dogs the most victimless crime imaginable? The SF Giants and the city’s Department of Public Health feel otherwise, and have launched a new wave of enforcement against the hot dog carts.

SF News

Entire Hells Angels Chapter Arrested in SoCal on Kidnapping, Robbery, and Gun Charges

Apparently every member of the Bakersfield Hells Angels chapter was arrested in an early Tuesday morning raid of eight different Southern California locations, conducted by 150 various law enforcement officers.

SF News

COVID Outbreak at SF County Jail, More Than 40 Prisoners Infected

Another COVID-19 outbreak in the correctional system, as SF County Jail is seeing a spike with 42 prisoners currently infected, though the highest numbers of infections are being reported at the County Jail No. 3 facility which is in San Bruno.

SF News

Antioch Passes a Ban on Encouraging or Even Watching Sideshows

The East Bay city of Antioch is struggling with too few cops and too many sideshows, but its city council just unanimously passed a ban on advertising, promoting, encouraging, or even watching a sideshow.

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.