SF News Jack London Square Loosens Zoning to Attract More Businesses, and They’ve Already Got a Dave & Buster’s Coming There’s long been a rule that businesses at Jack London Square can only be those for tourists or maritime pursuits. The zoning is now changed for businesses that appeal to locals, in hopes of reviving the plaza.
SF Politics Very Wealthy But Completely Uncharismatic Tom Steyer Now Running for California Governor A crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom in the 2026 governor’s elections just got more crowded, as SF’s own liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has joined the race, in an announcement where he declares, “Bullsh*t, man!”
SF News SFPD Releases Bodycam Video of Them Shooting A Dog and Its Owner in Union Square Melee After officers shot an aggressive dog and its owner on the afternoon of Sunday, November 9, the SFPD has released bodycam footage of what led up to the shooting, and how the suspect threw a plastic bottle at officers after they shot his dog.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sergey Brin’s Blimp Shows Up Over SF Skies Again Tuesday SF Sketchfest has released its 2025 lineup; Lurie’s “family zoning” plan is getting an easy run through committees; and Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s big, inflated airship had San Franciscans looking at the skies and scratching their heads again today.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now the Fillmore Has Its Own Boozy ‘Entertainment Zone,’ Where To-Go Cocktails Are Good To Go As booze-filled “entertainment zones” where people can buy to-go cocktails spread across San Francisco, now the Fillmore has one too, or rather, it has one big entertainment zone and another small one.
Business & Tech Tesla Human Robotaxi Driver Falls Asleep at the Wheel While Driving Passenger, Video Goes Viral Tesla robotaxis currently have human drivers while the company gets its permissions worked out, but one SF Tesla robotaxi rider saw their human driver fall asleep at the wheel multiple times on their ride.
SF News Ocean Beach Safeway Could Close For a While to Build Apartments on Top, Could Castro Safeway Be Next? The same developer that wants to build out the Fillmore Safeway into apartments now has the same idea for the Ocean Beach Safeway on LaPlaya Street, though in this case, that Safeway would reopen once construction was finished.
Arts & Entertainment Anh Phoong Now Selling Official T-Shirts and Hoodies, If You Absolutely Must Have One Want to be a walking billboard for Bay Area billboard celebrity Anh Phoong? Now you can, for anywhere between $25-$50, with a new line of official Anh Phoong t-shirts and hoodies.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bissap Baobab Closing Yet Again, But Vows to Find a New Space In what seems like the umpteenth closing of a Bissap Baobab restaurant and nightclub location, owner Marco Senghor says he’s leaving his 18th and Mission Street spot, but promises to reopen a new location elsewhere.
Business & Tech Travis Kalanick’s Cloudkitchens Closes Its East Oakland Ghost Kitchen Complex, Looking to Sell the Place Maybe ghost kitchens aren’t scaring up as much business these days, as Uber founder Travis Kalanick just shut down a ghost kitchen that his new megabucks startup Cloudkitchens opened there five years ago.
Arts & Entertainment Those Puppies and Kittens Return to the Macy’s Union Square Windows for the Holiday Season This Friday The woof is on fire, as Santa’s little yelpers return to the Union Square SF Macy’s windows this Friday at noon, and this year the adorable, adoptable little critters will be available at “Name Your Price" rates.
SF News Alleged Shooter of Laney College Football Coach Reportedly Claimed Coach Used Witchcraft on Him It appears there are some mental health issues with the 27-year-old man accused of shooting and killing Laney College coach John Beam, as he reportedly told investigators that he shot Beam because he thought Beam was performing witchcraft on him.
SF News Body of Seven-Year-Old Girl Recovered After Friday Big Sur Drowning Incident That Also Killed Her Father A 39-year-old father and his seven-year-old daughter both drowned when hit by 15-20-foot waves swimming Friday near Big Sur, and after a hunt of nearly 48 hours, the young girl’s body was recovered Sunday afternoon.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Demolish Cardinals 41-22 In Brock Purdy’s Glorious Return Your San Francisco 49ers turned back into an offensive juggernaut and scored five touchdowns in Brock Purdy’s return at quarterback Sunday, but boy do these Niners seem to struggle with extra point attempts.
SF Politics Kim Guilfoyle Surprisingly Praises Her ‘Very Good Relationship’ With Gavin Newsom, Stays Mum on Donald Trump Jr Gavin Newsom’s ex-wife Kim Guilfoyle was unexpectedly complimentary towards Gavin in her first TV interview as the sitting US ambassador to Greece, but she oddly had nothing nice to say about her more recent fiancé Donald Trump Jr.
SF News Football Coach John Beam Has Died After Being Shot Thursday at Laney College Legendary local football coach and Laney College athletic director John Beam died from his gunshot wounds Friday morning, after being shot Thursday at Laney College, tragically ending his 43 years as an Oakland sports father figure.
SF Politics Trump Administration Unleashes Mortgage Fraud Investigation on Eric Swalwell, His East Bay Enemy in Congress Trump’s Department of Justice has opened a probe into East Bay Congressman and Trump enemy Eric Swalwell for mortgage fraud, though several members of Trump’s cabinet have engaged in the same mortgage practices as Swalwell.
SF Politics New SF Supervisor Beya Alcaraz Abruptly Resigns After New Revelations on Potential Tax Fraud at Pet Shop After reports broke late Thursday that new SF District 4 Supervisor Beya Alcaraz had paid employees under the table and misrepresented expenses on her taxes, Alcaraz resigned from her supervisor seat about four hours later.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Valencia Street’s Artists’ Television Access Threatened by Massive Back Rent Debt Trump’s Justice Department is suing California to block Prop 50; Whoopi Goldberg brought Berkeley’s famed Top Dog hot dogs onto ‘The View,’ and Valencia Street’s ATA is in dire straits with a $45,000 back rent bill.
SF News California Revokes 17,000 Immigrants’ Commercial Driver’s Licenses After Pressure From Trump Administration More than 17,000 California commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants have been revoked, as the state speeds up to comply with new federal rules that driver’s licenses can’t be valid for those no longer legally allowed to be in the US.
SF News Legendary Oakland Football Coach Celebrated in Netflix Series Shot at Laney College It’s Oakland’s second school shooting in two days, with Laney College on lockdown Thursday over an active shooter, and the man who was shot was the school's famed former football coach who was featured in a 2020 Netflix series.
Arts & Entertainment Epic New Santacon Documentary Traces the Event's Rise and Fall, and It’s Streaming This Weekend A new documentary details how Santacon evolved from a clever SF culture prank to a widely despised black-out-and-vomit nuisance event, and that feature documentary is streaming this weekend for $15.
SF Politics SF’s Trumper Archbishop Rebukes Trump For Once, Condemns Immigration Crackdown The new “woke pope” seems to be trickling his wokeness down to even the ultraconservative Archbishop of San Francisco, who just joined more than 200 other US bishops in condemning Trump’s immigration crackdown.
SF News BART Service Impacted by ‘Unstable Individual' Barricading Self at Train Yard In Hayward BART officials say that an “unstable individual” with a knife barricaded themselves in the Hayward BART maintenance complex for about four hours Thursday morning, though that person has been taken into custody and trains are largely back on schedule.
SF Politics San Leandro City Councilmember Dragged Into Sheng Thao Scandal May Be on Verge of the Feds Flipping Him A big fish in the Sheng Thao scandal may be ready to turn evidence against Thao and the people accused of bribing her, as San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo might sing like a bird to avoid his own bribery charges.
