Bay Area Sports City of Oakland Sells Off Its Stake in Oakland Coliseum for a Reported $105 Million With the Oakland Raiders long gone and the Oakland A’s having one foot out the door, the deficit-strapped City of Oakland just struck a deal to sell their 50% stake in the Oakland Coliseum to the African American Sports & Entertainment Group for more than $100 million.
SF Politics State Auditors Step Into Housing Element Mandate Mess, Question Whether Regulators are Doing Enough to Help Cities California cities are scrambling to comply with state-mandated housing element goals, and they may be scrambling too hard, as a state committee is going to audit whether the goals are too demanding and the penalties too harsh.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo Welcomes Three New Baby Bison A new French bistro has opened in the Castro’s former Catch space; Noe Valley businesses are up in arms over some upcoming street construction; and three new baby bison are now strolling with their herd at the Oakland Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theatre’s New Cocktail Bar Plans Coming Together, Supervisors OK Their Liquor License Request It’s still up to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control whether Another Planet Entertainment gets the liquor license they want for the Castro Theatre, but the SF Board of Supervisors recommended they do so, and we got a look at their application.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Matt Haney’s ‘Cannabis Cafe’ Bill Cruises to State Assembly Approval Assemblymember Matt Haney’s latest attempt to bring Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes to California just overwhelmingly passed the state Assembly, and hopes to avoid getting vetoed by Gavin Newsom as it was last year.
SF News 13-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Fatal Stabbing at San Leandro Safeway A 13-year-old boy is facing murder charges over a fatal stabbing that occurred at the San Leandro Safeway on Bancroft Avenue, and San Leandro police arrested the young suspect while he was at school.
SF News [Update] USF Starts Clearing Gaza Encampment, Protesters Mad Because They Claim They Said They’d Leave Willingly There is a clear difference of opinion between the University of San Francisco and the last remaining Gaza encampment protesters there, as the protesters agreed to move out on Monday, but the university started hauling their tents anyway.
SF News Report: SFPD Skirting SF’s Facial Recognition Ban by Just Farming Requests Out to Other Police Departments A new report in the Washington Post says the SFPD is still using the facial recognition tools that it was banned from using five years ago, by just sending requests to other cities' police departments that are still allowed to use those tools.
SF News Nearly Entire Staff at Bay Institute Up and Quits Over a Book Being Published Without the Authors' Consent An academic controversy has torn apart the 43-year-old environmental nonprofit the Bay Institute, with nearly the whole staff quitting because the president is publishing a book against their wishes.
SF News Feds Pony Up $3.4 Billion for Caltrain Extension to Salesforce Transit Center, Which Is Now Being Called ‘The Portal’ The high-speed rail expansion connecting the Fourth and King streets Caltrain station to the Salesforce Transit Center just got a major boost, as the Federal Transit Administration just kicked down $3.4 billion to make the project a reality.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Giant ‘Dune’ Sandworm Wins the Day at Bay to Breakers, Amidst Many Other Hilarious Costumes The San Francisco Sunday morning tradition of Bay to Breakers reared its drunken head again for the 113th annual running of the race, with Dune, Barbie, and Tesla Cybertruck-themed costumed ridiculousness packing the streets.
SF Politics GOP Senate Candidate Steve Garvey Has His Property Taxes Paid by Some Mysterious Outfit Called ‘Sisters in Christ’ There’s some funny business in Steve Garvey’s taxes, aside from the fact that he owes several hundred thousand, as his property taxes are being paid by some nebulous group with the name “Sisters in Christ.”
Arts & Entertainment Santa Cruz Boardwalk Roller Coaster Giant Dipper Turns 100 Years Old This Weekend The oldest roller coaster in California celebrates its 100th birthday Saturday, as the Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk turns 100 with a rollicking party, and someone even brewed it a commemorative beer.
Arts & Entertainment Napa’s Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Returning for Labor Day Weekend, Thankfully Without Dave Chapelle Emceeing The Blue Note Jazz Festival is somewhat scaled-down, moved to later in the summer, and is not bringing back Dave Chapelle, but still boasts an impressive lineup featuring John Legend, Andre 3000, and Jill Scott.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry Just Bought a Building in Dogpatch That Will Serve as His Business Headquarters Warriors all-star Steph Curry is single-handedly trying to reverse SF’s commercial real estate doom loop, paying six times the 2021 sale price for a building at 20th and Illinois streets that will be his business headquarters.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Both of Monday’s Scheduled SF Mayoral Debates Have Now Crashed and Burned A naming contest is underway for the Berkeley falcon chicks; there’s more Gaza protest controversy at Sonoma State University; and one of Monday’s mayoral debates got canceled while the other one now only has two candidates participating.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink West Oakland Getting an Impressive New Food Hall, to Be Anchored by Almanac Beer Company The folks behind the West Oakland Farmers’ Market are leveling up with a new 12,000-square-foot brick-and-mortar food hall, and it will boast a new Almanac Beer Co. taproom.
Arts & Entertainment Your Bay to Breakers 2024 Guide to Drinking and Partying Like a Champion SFist’s Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Map is back and ready for this Sunday’s annual running of the naked and drunk yahoos, plus we’ve got tips on how to conceal your booze, and where to expect those pesky law enforcement checkpoints.
SF News Walgreens Now Selling Cheaper Generic Narcan Over the Counter, and It’s Already Available The national pharmacy chain Walgreens has made its generic version of Narcan available over the counter, and it's $10 cheaper than name-brand Narcan, and apparently already available at a few SF stores.
SF News Berkeley Protesters Have Broken Into and Occupied Empty Building In Renewed Pro-Palestine Protest Just after UC Berkeley had successfully cleared the large tent encampment that was protesting the university's military- and Israel-related investments, another renegade group has occupied the school's empty Anna Head Hall, though their anti-semitic graffiti may not be helping their cause.
SF Politics Someone Who Hates Mark Farrell Bought the ‘Mark Farrell for Mayor’ Website Just to Trash Him A delicious dose of dirty politics in the SF mayor’s race, as some joker or troll bought the website MarkFarrellForMayor.com, and has dedicated the site to pointing out Farrell’s unflattering details and past ethical issues.
Arts & Entertainment Your SF Summer and Fall Street Fair Mega-Preview, Covering Every Weekend From May to October There are free, public street fairs and festivals in San Francisco pretty much every single weekend from now until well into October, and we’ve catalogued every single weekend’s mostly free-of-charge festivities for the next five months.
SF News Gavin Newsom Throwing Around That $6 Billion Mental Health Bond Money Early After his $6.4 billion mental health bond measure just barely squeaked by with voters in March, Governor Newsom will begin disbursing half of it on July 1, and has combative words to the effect that counties better jump on it fast.
SF Politics Pamela Price Recall Election Date Set, and It Won’t Be Until November 5 The effort to recall Alameda County DA Pamela Price now has an election date set, but recall supporters are not happy that it won’t be for another six months, and instead of a one-off special election it will be November 5.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Gaza Protesters Agree to End Their Month-Long Encampment The 49ers’ 2024 schedule is being leaked in bits and pieces; Frank Somerville got community service instead of jail for his latest troubles; and UC Berkeley’s Gaza protesters have agreed to fold up their tents and go home.
