SF News Day Around the Bay: Family Sues South Bay Mortuary For Allegedly Giving Them Bag Containing Son’s Brain A second SF fire displaced ten near Balboa Park Friday; San Diego high school students discovered their school gym was being used for a porn shoot; and a family says a Santa Clara mortuary gave them their son’s remains instead of his clothing.
Politics Supervisor Chan Claps Back at Colleagues For Admonishing Her Budget, Housing Plan Concerns In a text exchange following Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Chan accused Board President Mandelman of acting in bad faith and setting her up with “two assholes” — Mahmood and Sauter, who are temporarily filling seats on the budget committee.
Arts & Entertainment Octogenarian Steals the Show With ‘Best Technique’ at Rikki’s Lesbian Pie-Eating Contest In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week last month, Rikki’s sports bar held a raucous pie-eating contest, with a contestant named Jenn winning grand prize, but “best technique” went to 81-year-old Babs Daitch who recently starred in an award-winning documentary.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump Takes MLK Jr. Day Off List of Free National Parks Holidays, Adds His Own Birthday Mayor Lurie talked about his socks during Wired’s ‘Big Interview’ while Governor Newsom trolled MAGAts with his sitting position; California residents are urged to avoid foraged mushrooms after 21 recent poisonings; and Golden Gate Ferry is adding two new vessels.
SF News [Update] Social Worker Dies From Injuries Following Stabbing at SF General Hospital, Suspect Arrested The social worker who was stabbed by a patient several times in the neck and shoulder at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Thursday has died from his injuries. The suspect, who reportedly has a history of violent behavior, has since been arrested.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: The Cockettes’ Tahara, Christmas Bar, and SCRAP Jewelry Pop-Up This week: 1960s gems at SCRAP, Muni’s holiday wrap artist, and Deck the Halls out the wazoo. Plus, queer performer and activist Tahara, astronomy talks, queer land stewardship, the wildlife of Yosemite, and ushering in the salmon.
SF News Video: Driverless Waymo Takes Passenger Through Police Standoff in Los Angeles Last week, a Waymo robotaxi was filmed driving through the scene of an active, high-risk felony arrest in Los Angeles. The autonomous car could be seen turning left through a red light, inches away from the suspect on the ground at gunpoint.
SF News Saturday Links: Historic SF Mansion Sells for Half Its Original Price, Despite ‘Mansion Shortage’ A shredded cheese recall has expanded to include 1 million bags from major retailers nationwide; the Oakland community packed the venue at a memorial for Laney College coach John Beam Friday; and an 1899 mansion on “Billionaires’ Row” sold for $17.75 million.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Raises $1 Million for Nonprofits on 100-Mile Hike to SF Regulators from the European Union fined Elon Musk’s X $140 million for violating transparency rules; Governor Newsom had a public spat with actress Halley Berry; and drag queen and environmentalist Patty Gonia raised $1 million for nonprofits prior to her show at the Warfield Saturday.
SF News Man Found Shot on Sixth Street Dies From Gunshot Wounds San Francisco Police officers patrolling the South of Market neighborhood early Sunday morning found a man in the road suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene, and the case is being investigated as a homicide.
Politics Mayor Lurie Appoints Alan Wong San Francisco District 4 Supervisor SF’s new District 4 Supervisor is Alan Wong, who was raised in the Sunset. Wong was previously a legislative aide for former D4 supervisor Gordon Mar whose reelection was narrowly defeated by the recently recalled Joel Engardio.
Arts & Entertainment Missing Cat Escapes House in Boise, Idaho, Ends Up 600 Miles Away in San Francisco An indoor cat named Pepper recently had the adventure of her life when she slipped through the door of her family’s home in Boise, Idaho, only to be found weeks later hundreds of miles away in San Francisco’s Mission Bay.
SF News Sunday Links: Muni’s Central Subway Closes Overnight After Car Crashes Into Tunnel Amidst the Valley Fair Mall shooting chaos, “Mexican Spiderman” emerged, helping fellow mall bowling alley patrons escape; Artists, submit your work to be projected atop Salesforce Tower; and a car crashed into Muni’s Central Subway tunnel.
SF News [Update] Fifteen Shot at Kid’s Birthday Party Near Stockton in Gang-Related Incident, Four Dead A mass gang-related shooting occurred at a child’s birthday party in the Central Valley just north of Stockton Saturday evening, killing four people — including 3 children — and injuring 11 others. There are reportedly multiple suspects.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Kenny Alley, Holiday Architecture Book Fair, and Oakland’s Last Old Redwood This week: Where to find ladybugs in Oakland, Oakland’s “Old Survivor” redwood. Napa Valley holiday wine train, tea round-up, holiday architecture book sale, award-winning molé sauce, ancestral quilts, and Bruce Lee’s time on Bay Area streets.
SF News Saturday Links: New Bookstore Now Open in Union Square, Thanks to SF’s Vacant to Vibrant Program A 90-year-old man plowed through a Los Gatos coffee shop, DUI suspected; pop star Kesha gave an impromptu performance at a Palo Alto bar but was kicked out by unsuspecting security staff; and SF’s Powell Street now has a new independent bookstore, 'The Best Bookstore.'
SF News [Update] Three Shot, Including Two Bystanders, In Likely Gang-Related Incident at South Bay’s Valley Fair Mall The South Bay’s largest mall, Westfield Valley Fair Mall, was temporarily closed until noon Saturday during the investigation of a shooting that led to the evacuation of thousands of Black Friday shoppers. A man was shot during an argument with the suspect, and two bystanders were also shot.
SF News Watch: Local Content Creator Hosts Thanksgiving Feast Aboard BART Train Riders aboard a crowded BART train were met with a festive Thanksgiving extravaganza Thursday morning, courtesy of “Bay Area TV Man” and friends. The special feast began and ended at West Oakland station with a full loop from Daly City to Dublin in between.
SF News [Update] Suspected Gunfire Near Coast Guard Housing in Novato Prompts Prolonged Search Friday, Saturday Residents in southern Novato in Marin County were told to shelter-in-place Thanksgiving night as authorities investigated a possible shooting near the US Coast Guard Housing. The order was lifted around 10:25 pm Thursday. The search was resumed as additional gunfire was heard Friday and Saturday.
Arts & Entertainment Rare 1939 Copy of ‘Superman No. 1’ Found In SF Attic Now Most Expensive Comic Book Ever Sold Last Christmas, three brothers discovered a rare Great Depression-era copy of the first Superman comic in pristine condition in their late mother’s SF attic. It just sold for $9 million, making it one of the most valuable comic books in the world.
Business & Tech East Bay Man Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia GPUs and AI Chips to China The DOJ arrested a San Leandro man and three others as part of an alleged conspiracy to evade US trade laws by smuggling powerful Nvidia GPUs and AI chips to China through Thailand and Malaysia. The man allegedly bragged that his dad did the same work for the CCP.
SF News Person Dies Following Home Burglary in SF’s Ingleside, Police Are Calling It a Homicide When the SFPD responded to reports of a home burglary in SF’s Ingleside neighborhood Sunday, they found an adult victim suffering from undisclosed injuries. The person later died, and police are now investigating the case as a homicide.
SF News TSA Launches Expedited eGates at SFO, For Elite Travelers Who Hand Over Their Personal Data SFO is one of the first airports to get Clear’s new real-time biometric eGates security system in partnership with the TSA, which was announced just weeks after the agency surreptitiously helped kill a crucial bill regulating facial recognition software.
SF News Sunday Links: Missing Utah Woman Who Disappeared Near Santa Cruz Beach Found Safe Another person has gone missing at the same spot in Big Sur as the father and daughter killed last week; Antioch is using a special desalination process to treat brackish water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and Danielle Staley has been found safe after disappearing on November 6.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s First Drag Laureate to Pass Baton to Successor at Oasis Nightclub’s Final Cabaret Show Sunday A cast of local drag faves will bid Oasis nightclub farewell at its final musical cabaret show before the venue closes at the end of the year. Oasis co-founder and SF’s first Drag Laureate D’Arcy Drollinger will also be passing the torch to SF’s new Drag Laureate Per Sia.
