Arts & Entertainment 'Justice For Heklina' Protest To Take Place In London On March 31 Local drag icon Peaches Christ is organizing a protest in London on March 31 as part of an ongoing effort to push the investigation forward into the 2023 death of longtime friend and creative partner, Heklina.
Arts & Entertainment Things To Do This Week: Free Tulips, ‘Screaming Queens’, Bikes & Books, Burlesque, Game Fest This week, March 17-23: The annual free tulip event will be at Union Square; Roxie's having a one-night screening of the Compton Cafeteria riot doc, 'Screaming Queens'; plus, bikes and books, a burlesque extravaganza, and a free game fest.
SF News Juvenile Too Young For A License Leads Police On Chase Through Vallejo Streets A Vallejo youth who was reportedly below legal driving age was pursued by police on Friday after the juvenile was seen speeding through a red light in a stolen vehicle, causing several near-collisions.
SF News Sunday Links: Stranded Astronauts Set To Return Home This Week The astronauts who've been stranded in space for several months are getting picked up by a new crew; the Nintendo store is bringing its second US location to Powell Street; and an American influencer apologized for snatching a baby wombat from its mom in Australia.
SF News Mendocino Woman Claims Her Father Is A Serial Killer, FBI Won’t Pursue Case [Update] A series of Facebook posts have been circulating this weekend written by a Mendocino County woman urging the FBI to take on the case she says she's compiled against her elderly father, a prominent local doctor, asserting that he's a confessed serial killer spanning decades.
SF News Public Works Deflects From Overflowing City Trash Can Complaints With Announcement of $12,000 ’Slim Silhouette’ Relaunch When Supervisor Danny Sauter requested more trash cans in his district, Public Works deflected by announcing the relaunch of the costly Slim Silhouette to replace existing ‘90s-era cans already on the streets, but they’re not adding additional trash cans to the mix, which doesn't solve the shortage.
SF News Transit Groups To Rally Against Muni Service Cuts At City Hall On Tuesday Local community groups will be rallying in front of City Hall next Tuesday morning prior to SFMTA’s board meeting in the afternoon when the board will make its final decision on Muni service cuts.
SF News Saturday Links: Tesla Driver Arrested For DUI After Crashing Into Muni Train, Destroying Transit Stop A Tesla driver who crashed into a Muni train was arrested under suspicion of driving while intoxicated; helicopters have been banned from Washington DC airport; and a Walnut Creek nine-year-old is the youngest person to complete a BART speedrun.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Pinole Teen Caught With Loaded Gun At School A Pinole high school student was reportedly caught with a loaded gun at school and then fled police; Bay Area health officials urge residents to get the measles vaccine if they haven't already; and State Farm has been given the go-ahead to increase California customers' rates.
SF News Erin Brockovich Is Helping Moss Landing Residents With Battery Plant Fire Lawsuit There are new developments surrounding the fire that raged at the Moss Landing Battery Plant in January and reignited in February, including a community survey, warnings from the EPA about potential flare-ups, Erin Brockovich helping residents in a lawsuit, and new legislation.
Arts & Entertainment Things To Do This Week: Pi Day, Lunar Eclipse Pi Day, which was founded at the Exploratorium here in San Francisco, falls on Friday this year. Plus, some special lunar eclipse viewing parties are happening at Lawrence Hall of Science and Chabot Space and Science Center on Thursday.
SF News SFPD Shoots Outer Sunset Man Who Fired Gun And Aimed At Officers, Police Drone An Outer Sunset man wielding a gun and threatening neighbors near Golden Gate Park yesterday afternoon was shot by police after he reportedly fired at least one shot and aimed the gun at an SFPD drone and then later police officers.
SF News Sunday Links: The US Army Is Using 'CamoGPT' To Omit DEI References From Training Materials The US Army is using an aptly named bot called 'CamoGBT'; 350 protestors in Manhattan shut down the Tesla showroom, resulting in six arrests; and SF's 20-something population is declining more quickly than other cities.
Arts & Entertainment Musicians: Submit Your Music To SFPL's Streaming Platform, Bay Beats; Plus, Upcoming Free Shows Bay Beats, SFPL's fairly new free streaming music platform, is having its annual open submissions right now through May 31. Plus, some upcoming shows at neighborhood libraries.
SF News California’s Effort to Reduce, Overturn Unjust Prison Sentences From 2021 through 2024, the state of California ran a pilot program that aimed to correct excessive sentences from '90s-era “tough on crime” policies.
SF News Local Legends Too Short And Billie Joe Armstrong Are Now Oakland Ballers Investors East Bay legends Too Short and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong have joined the ranks of Oakland Ballers fans who own a portion of the local minor baseball league team, which launches its second season with the Independent Pioneer League on May 20.
SF News Saturday Links: Arson and Vandalism Abound At Tesla Sites Nationwide And In France Seven Telsa charging stations in Boston and a Tesla dealership in France were set on fire; sources say the Trump administration has been falsely flagging the business expenses of USAID and EPA employees as "fraud;" and Walgreens has been acquired by a private equity firm.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Trump Might Be Ready To Set Some Limits With Musk Trump might be about to start reining Musk in after a heated exchange between Musk and Rubio in a Cabinet meeting; the former officer involved in the scandals surrounding the Antioch Police Department admits that he enjoyed inflicting violence; and Gene Hackman and his wife died a week apart.
SF News Day Around The Bay: The 5-Acre Embarcadero Waterfront Park Is Happening The Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park are being revamped into one big 5-acre park; the 19-year-old who hit two pedestrians while pursuing a car that hit him has been charged; and Veterans Affairs was told to cut 80,000 jobs.
SF News Fired NOAA Researchers Talk About Their Critical Work Protecting Northern CA Coasts From Climate Change Three recently fired NOAA researchers are speaking out about their team's important work protecting vulnerable species along the Northern California coast, which was abruptly disrupted last Thursday when over 800 probationary employees at the agency were fired.
SF News Thirty Probation Officers Accused of Facilitating Gladiator Fights At LA County Juvenile Detention Facility In a sickening case out of Southern California, 30 officers at a juvenile detention facility have been accused of facilitating gladiator-style fights involving over 140 youth in their care.
SF News Former Head of Oakland Nonprofit Accused Of Embezzling Funds, Including Donation Check From Steph Curry Federal prosecutors say that the former head of East Oakland Boxing Association, a nonprofit that mentors local youth, allegedly embezzled funds, including a $50,000 donation check from Steph and Ayesha Curry.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Elvira Donates Tesla With 'Elon Sux' Painted On It To NPR Trump issued an executive order calling for swathes of US national forests to be used for timber; Elvira donated her Tesla to NPR while wearing a "Make America Goth Again" hat; and a San Mateo substitute teacher was arrested for possession of child pornography.
SF News Rally In Front of Compton's Cafeteria Site on Saturday Empowers Trans Community, Honors Victims During a weekend full of protests, the trans community came out in full force to the historic Compton’s Tenderloin Cultural District in a show of resistance and unity against ongoing attacks by the current administration.
SF News Oakland's Root’d Aims to Open the First Cannabis Café In the Bay Area Oakland's Root'd is setting its sights on opening a cannabis café — the first of its kind in the Bay Area, where customers can enjoy food and non-alcoholic beverages while legally consuming cannabis, thanks to AB 1775, a new California law that took effect on January 1.
