SF News BART Service Through Transbay Tube Resumes After Fire-Damaged Cables Cause Major Sunday Disruption An alert was sent out to riders Sunday that BART service was paused in the Transbay Tube due to communication issues, along with information on transbay bus lines, leading to long waits for shuttles throughout Sunday evening.
Arts & Entertainment F1 Event Draws 50,000 to Marina, Leads to Property Damage, Public Urination Complaints San Francisco’s Marina Boulevard was turned into a demo racetrack Saturday as a Formula 1 car and other vehicles raced along the waterfront for a brief eight-tenths-of-a-mile stretch, drawing around 50,000 spectators who reportedly trashed the Marina District on their way out.
SF News Newsom Unveils New San Quentin Learning Center in First Phase of Transformation Project Governor Newsom celebrated the launch of a new educational complex at San Quentin Friday featuring a media center, cafe, library, classrooms, and a reentry center, in the first of a series of projects transforming the once notorious prison into a leading-edge rehabilitation center.
SF News Sunday Links: Ninety-Five Percent of Oakland Teachers Vote to Authorize Strike A body that was found in Napa County is believed to be connected to the kidnapping of a Sikh man in the Central Valley; cartel violence has taken over Puerto Vallarta; and Oakland’s teachers’ union is demanding a 12% pay increase as 95% of educators voted to strike.
SF News SF Towing Company Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Torching Rivals’ Trucks A 29-year-old towing company owner was sentenced to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a plan to set the trucks of four rival companies on fire, along with two years for submitting fraudulent car insurance claims, with state welfare fraud charges pending.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: BART Poetry, Revolutionary Black Panther Art, and from Rural Alaska to the Super Bowl This week: The Dipsea Trail, a crow take-over, award-winning BART poem, and site-specific sculptural CD art. Plus, a beloved pop-up bakery gets its own space, a local violinist shines at the Super Bowl, and Black Panther Emory Douglas’s collage images.
SF News Saturday Links: Two Skiers Die in Separate Incidents at Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Resort SFUSD is expected to announce preliminary layoffs for 42 employees; a celebration of life for Betty Reid Soskin, who died in December at 104, is set to take place in Oakland March 1; and two skiers died in separate incidents at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland to Celebrate Black History Month With Black Joy Parade MAHA proponents are turning against RFK Jr. after Trump ordered a boost in the production of weedkiller glyphosate; authorities are investigating the ski guide company involved in the deadly Lake Tahoe avalanche; and Oakland’s ninth annual Black Joy Parade takes place Sunday.
SF News Oakland Nonprofit Debuts Mobile Clinic for Exploited Youth, Hosts Town Hall With Local Leaders Dream Youth Clinic in Oakland launched a mobile clinic offering free reproductive health services to teens and young women who've experienced sex trafficking, and it also recently hosted a first-ever town hall providing a forum for girls to speak directly to local leaders.
SF News Surf Legend from Prominent Santa Cruz Surfing and Farming Family Killed in Costa Rica Home Kurt Van Dyke, a well-known surfer from a prominent Santa Cruz family of surfers who also own Van Dyke Farms in Gilroy, was killed by armed intruders Saturday in his home on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast where he was a longtime hostel owner.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Entrepreneur Demands Retraction Over Sex Crime Allegations The Bay Area is getting hit with several days of solid rain; Assemblymember Diane Papan is working to close a loophole that allows e-bikes to operate at excessive speeds; and a social-climbing local entrepreneur has been accused of sex crimes.
SF News Ghirardelli Workers Hold One-Day Strike on Valentine’s Day at SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf Ghirardelli workers took part in a one-day strike at the company’s flagship location at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf Saturday demanding a new contract that includes wage increases and preserving their union-run health plan, for which they’ve been bargaining for months.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: 124-Year-Old Light Bulb, UC Davis’ Cheeto the Cat, and ‘Trash Falcons’ Art Exhibit This week: Hip-hop at Yoshi’s, coastal trails, national park sweethearts, and a Muni beer crawl. Plus, turning Lake Merritt trash into art, repairing bikes for kids, a light bulb that never goes out, and the big cat on campus.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Tech Company Launches $8,000 Laundry-Folding Robot Asian American communities are celebrating the Lunar New Year across the Bay Area; an SUV driver wearing a boot cast crashed into a Santa Rosa store; and a new $8,000 laundry-folding robot will fold most clothing and small linens.
SF News Day Around the Bay: MC Hammer Jumps Aboard Honorary Black History Month Cable Car Amazon ended its deal with Ring after that creepy Super Bowl commercial; the Vallaincourt Fountain preservationists have filed a lawsuit pausing demolition; and MC Hammer made an appearance on a Black History Month cable car.
Arts & Entertainment The Internet Can’t Get Enough of the Bushes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny took the world by storm during his Super Bowl Halftime Show, and so did the 400 mostly local performers in the now-famous “grass bunny” costumes who are sharing their experiences all over the internet, with one performer listing the prized costume on eBay for $5,000.
SF News Protesters Confront Sonoma County Sheriff During Meet-and-Greet for Cooperating With ICE Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram held a meet-and-greet in Bodega Bay Wednesday, which was met with a group of local protesters and community members denouncing the sheriff for handing over 70 people to ICE in 2025, urging him to support a proposed non-compliance ordinance.
Arts & Entertainment Shop in SF’s Inner Richmond Will Screenprint ‘F*ck ICE’ For Free on Items the Public Brings In During the general strike on January 30, the folks at Fleetwood Fine Goods in the Inner Richmond began offering free “F*ck ICE” screenprints, which was met with huge success, and they’re continuing to offer the service to anyone who brings in or purchases a garment of their choice.
SF News San Jose Parents, Teachers Blindsided By Potential Closure of Nine Elementary Schools Concerned families, teachers, and community members packed the house at the San Jose Unified School District’s community meeting Tuesday evening after receiving news last week that up to a third of its elementary schools may be shuttered due to a 20-percent reduction in enrollment.
SF News SF Teachers’ Strike Is Part of Statewide Campaign Helping 32 Districts Negotiate Contracts San Francisco public school educators made national headlines Tuesday as they announced plans to bring a human banner to Ocean Beach the following day, with talks between union and district representatives slowly progressing and other unions across the state considering similar action.
SF News SF Public School Teachers on Strike Monday, More Negotiations Planned for Noon San Francisco Unified School District officials announced Sunday evening that teachers will go on strike Monday after their demands weren't met and city leaders unsuccessfully pleaded for a 72-hour pause, with negotiations starting back up at noon on Monday.
SF News Thousands of Super Bowl Attendees Receive ‘ICE Out’ Towels for Bad Bunny Halftime Show Activists from a group called Contra-ICE stealthily handed out over 15,000 towels at Levi’s Stadium Sunday, which featured the message “ICE Out” and a bunny illustration by acclaimed artist Lalo Alcaraz to coincide with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
Arts & Entertainment SF Ballet Under Pressure to Cancel Kennedy Center Performance, Nearly 7,000 Sign Petition In the wake of Trump attaching his name to the Kennedy Center and firing several board members — resulting in a cascading stream of cancellations, SF Ballet fans are urging the company to cancel its stop at the center in May during its upcoming 'Mere Mortals' tour.
SF News Sunday Links: Local Activists Remove Controversial Fence Blocking Access to Daly City Beach US military personnel said they’re being pressured by MAGA-loving superiors to watch the new ‘Melania’ doc against their will; Seattle Seahawks fans were all over the place Saturday; and the controversial fence blocking beach access in Daly City has been removed by activists.
SF News ‘Pro-Billionaire’ March Unintentionally Inspires Creative and Hilarious Counter-Protest A few dozen supporters showed up for Saturday’s decidedly unironic “March for Billionaires” protest, which was evenly matched by several members of the press and a group of activists one-upping the sympathizers with a satirical “March for Trillionaires” rally.
