Arts & Entertainment 45-Foot Statue of Nude Woman Not Coming to Union Square After All, But Might End at Embarcadero Plaza A giant statue of a nude woman that debuted at Burning Man 2015 will not be installed in Union Square as planned, as it is apparently a risk for the plaza’s tiles, though there is a Plan B afoot to bring it to the Embarcadero Plaza.
SF Politics SFPD Union Very Bluntly Uninvites Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff From Upcoming Event The SF Police Officers Association’s event celebrating 50 years of women on the force is the day after the vote to oust San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus from office, and the SF officers’ union sent Corpus a pointed letter saying she is not welcome.
SF News Sixth Street Crackdown Seems To Be Just Merely Pushing Blight to Mission District The recent crackdown on vending and drug use along SoMa’s Sixth Street may be getting some results, but those results appear to be just moving the unsavoriness to major plazas in the Mission District.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Yosemite ‘Firefall’ Is Back in Action, and Now It Has a Webcam Two Bay Area tech companies have been sued for facilitating child sexual abuse; Mitch McConnell is at long last retiring; and it’s firefall time at the famed waterfall in Yosemite, and that waterfall now has a livecam.
SF News SFPD Is Not At All Happy That People Are Stealing SFPUC Utility Covers Off SF Sidewalks The SF Public Utilities Commission says that more than 400 utility covers have been stolen off San Francisco sidewalks over the last two years, and the police department is urging residents to tattle on anyone they see doing this.
Arts & Entertainment Yes, Elon Musk’s Brother Is on the Burning Man Board of Directors Burning Man has added Elon Musk’s younger brother Kimbal Musk to its board of directors, stoking concern among Burners about connections between the annual desert event and the new Republican tech oligarchy overhauling the US government.
SF News Sutter Health Announces a New Billion-Dollar Medical Center In the Middle of Emeryville Move over, IKEA! Emeryville’s most visited new destination may become a just-announced $1 billion Sutter Health medical center, as the Berkeley area was soon to lose its last remaining full-service hospital.
SF News Report: Trump and Musk Want to Sell Off Two SF Federal Buildings There are reports that the Trump administration plans to shutter and sell off hundreds of US federal buildings around the country, including two in SF. It’s being sold as “efficiency,” but is probably just a middle finger to SF and Nancy Pelosi.
SF News Duboce Triangle Rattled After Monday Morning Shooting Spree Leaves Bullet Holes In Multiple Cars and Houses A 3:30 am shooting spree Monday morning in Duboce Triangle did not leave anyone injured or hit by gunfire, but multiple cars and houses had bullet holes, and 17 casings were recovered near Castro and Waller streets.
SF News Yet Another Battery Fire at Monterey County’s Moss Landing Power Plant, Just 33 Days After Its Last Battery Fire Following last month’s lithium battery fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, another fire broke out at the same plant Tuesday night, but this one did not require the evacuation of 1,200 people like the last one did.
SF Politics Candidates Running to Replace Sheng Thao Face Off In First Oakland Mayoral Forum Three candidates running to replace the recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao had a mayoral forum Tuesday night, as that April 15 special election is starting to heat up between Barbara Lee, Loren Taylor, and Renia Webb.
Business & Tech Sam Altman’s Other Startup Reportedly Looking to Lease 60,000 Square Feet In Mission Rock OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has another startup you may not have heard about called World that controversially collects biometric data, and it’s in talks to scoop up a reported two floors of a newly opened office building in Mission Rock.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Polo Ralph Lauren Store Is Coming to San Francisco Mayor Lurie has named his new SFMTA director; California may crack down on power-guzzling data centers; and SF’s first Polo Ralph Lauren store brings a bit of positive retail news to the city.
SF News More ‘Low Cost’ Liquor Licenses Coming to Union Square if Mayor Lurie and Scott Wiener Get Their Way State senator Scott Wiener and SF Mayor Daniel Lurie have teamed up on a quest to add 20 more “low cost” liquor licenses to Union Square in hopes of bubbling up more economic recovery in the neighborhood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Bob’s Donuts on Polk Street Opens Friday, Just 300 Feet From the Old Bob’s Donuts on Polk Street After months of controversy over a substantial rent hike, Polk Street’s 24-hour fresh donut mecca Bob’s Donuts will open their much-ballyhooed new location across the street Friday, with a tote bag giveaway and multiple donut-eating contests.
SF News Concord Police Shoot and Kill Man Who Was Allegedly Stabbing His Father Police in Concord were called to the scene around 1:30 am Tuesday morning on reports that a stabbing was in progress, reportedly that of a son stabbing his father, and police shot and killed that suspect after a standoff.
SF News North Bay Congressman Blasts Musk and Trump for Firing Wine Country Wildfire Smoke Researchers The DOGE mass-firings could have serious consequences come wildfire season, as Elon Musk has fired the UC Davis smoke researchers who were working on ways to mitigate the effects of wildfire smoke on wine grapes. And wine country’s congressional rep is furious.
SF News One Still Missing After Falling Into Pier 32 Saturday, While Surfer Rescued Monday After Board Broke A busy couple of days for the SFPD and Fire Department’s marine units, as two people fell into the water at Pier 32 Saturday and only one of them has been found, and then on Monday, crews had to rescue a surfer in distress near Fort Point.
SF News Medical Examiner's Office Says Autopsy Confirms That OpenAI Whistleblower Died By Suicide SF’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has submitted their autopsy report, and it says the November 26 death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji was from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, though this may not satisfy his family who have been convinced otherwise.
Bay Area Sports 18-Year-Old East Bay Kid Wins $100,000 By Hitting Half-Court Shot During NBA All-Star Game Oakley teen Jaren Barajas stole the show at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, winning a half-court shooting contest against NBA star Damian Lillard, and earning himself a $100,000 prize in the process.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry Wins MVP Trophy In Otherwise Extremely Humdrum NBA All-Star Game While San Francisco did pretty well hosting the NBA All-Star Game this weekend, the game itself was an absolute snooze, though Steph Curry made a wild half-court shot and took the MVP honors.
Bay Area Sports Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off the NBA All-Star Game Players’ Game-Worn Jerseys, Including Steph Curry’s Should you be willing to spend several thousand dollars on the exact jersey that Steph Curry or LeBron James will be wearing in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, Sotheby’s is selling them, and right now the bidding for Steph’s jersey is at $13,000.
Arts & Entertainment Yes, You Can Just Sit Home and Watch the Chinese New Year Parade on TV or the Internet Should you prefer to avoid the crowds but still watch Saturday’s Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown, you can still catch the biggest Chinese New Year Parade outside of Asia just by tuning in on TV or the internet livestream.
Business & Tech Uh-Oh: Reddit Says It Will Start to Paywall Some of Its Subreddits The free ride might be over soon for Reddit lovers, as the company’s CEO said on a Thursday ‘Ask Me Anything’ that they might start charging subscriptions for certain Subreddits.
SF Politics The Expected Mass Firing of Biden-Appointed US Attorneys Is Underway, Including Northern California’s The frankly expected firing of most US Attorneys appointed by Biden has come to pass, and our US Attorney for the Northern District of California Ismail Ramsey just got the axe.
