SF News Drivers Arrested In Separate Collisions That Killed Toddler In Mission Bay, Man In North Beach SFPD announced Friday that officers arrested a Walnut Creek driver suspected of fatally striking a two-year-old in Mission Bay in late February, as well as a driver from Mountain View accused of killing a man in North Beach in early March.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s Threats to Send ICE to Airports Leads to TSA Agents Quitting, Long Lines A judge dismissed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Sam Altman by his sister but said she could refile under a different statute; kids entertainer Ms. Rachel aims to free children from ICE detention centers; and 400 TSA agents have quit over Trump’s threats to send ICE to airports.
SF News Man Dies In Bernal Heights Home Following Reports of Potential Gas Leak in the Area SF Fire Department and PG&E crews entered residences in Bernal Heights Saturday after receiving reports of a possible gas leak and found a man unconscious — possibly from carbon monoxide poisoning, and he died at the scene after receiving emergency medical aid.
SF News Musk Ordered to Pay $2 Billion In Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit, Found Liable But Absolved of Fraud The jury in a lawsuit over Elon Musk’s 2022 takeover of Twitter found he misled investors by claiming he might walk away over the platform’s bot estimates, prompting some to sell during a downturn before he ultimately went through with the original deal — but fraud claims were dropped.
SF News Elderly Driver Who Killed Family of Four in 2024 West Portal Crash Avoids Jail Time A San Francisco judge sentenced the elderly driver who killed a young family of four in West Portal in 2024 to two years of probation, 200 hours of mandatory community service, and revoked her license for three years, and family members said they felt disrespected by the sentence.
SF News Saturday Links: Beer Lovers Flock to Santa Rosa to Celebrate Pliny the Younger Season An Oakland 911 dispatcher was honored for helping a couple deliver their baby over the phone; scammers are creating fake MAGA thirst traps to lure conservative men over to paid OnlyFans accounts; and Russian River Brewing Company debuted this year’s Pliny the Younger Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Walnut Creek Woman Arrested In Mission Bay Crash That Killed Two-Year-Old The SF Zoo is laying off an unspecified number of employees amid financial challenges; 90,000 bottles of children's liquid ibuprofen have been recalled; and police arrested a Walnut Creek woman in the Mission Bay crash that killed a toddler
SF News Over 7,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power Across SF Friday, Presumably Due to Heat Wave While the story is developing, PG&E shut off power for an estimated 7,400 customers in San Francisco Friday, including the beleaguered Sunset District, as the SF Emergency Management Department warned residents Thursday that SF's record-breaking heat wave could put a strain on the grid.
Arts & Entertainment Union Square to Host Annual ‘Tulip Day’ With 80,000 Free Tulips Saturday Thousands of flower lovers will be lining up Saturday to receive eight free tulips at Union Square’s annual “Tulip Day,” which is held annually in honor of International Women’s Day, and it’s advised to get there early, since, naturally, long lines and snarled traffic are to be expected.
SF News Vigil Held For Family Killed In 2024 West Portal Crash as Lurie’s 100-Day Safety Deadline Nears Family members held a vigil Thursday honoring the family of four that was tragically killed by a driver in West Portal two years ago, and advocacy groups are reminding Mayor Daniel Lurie that the 100-day deadline on his Street Safety Initiative is next week.
SF News Felon Leads Authorities on Wrong-Way Pursuit With Four Flat Tires on East Bay Highway Two attempted car thieves led East Bay authorities on a Dukes of Hazzard-style chase the wrong way along surface streets and down Highway 4 after puncturing all four tires on spike strips, and at one point tossing a power tool out of the car at police.
SF News Hayward Cop Accused of Extorting Brothel For Sex, $1,000 In Exchange For Protection A Hayward police officer faces felony charges for allegedly extorting an illegal brothel and taking a $1,000 bribe and free sex services in exchange for protection against police, and he could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
SF News Baby Gets Locked Inside East Bay Family’s Electric Car After Defective Battery Dies An Antioch family’s electric vehicle suddenly shut down due to a faulty battery, trapping a 12-month-old child inside for 30 minutes as the family scrambled to unlock it, and they eventually figured out the car’s single metal key is hidden in a fob accessed through the rear hatch.
Business & Tech Teens Sue xAI, Allege Grok Was Used to Create Sexualized Deepfakes A class action lawsuit has been filed against Elon Musk’s xAI by three teenagers who say the company deliberately allowed its Grok software to power third-party apps to create nonconsensual nudes and sexually explicit images of them and 18 others as minors.
SF News Piedmont Cybertruck Crash Survivor Files Lawsuit Against Tesla Over Faulty Door Locks Jordan Miller, the sole survivor of the horrific Cybertrack crash in Piedmont during Thanksgiving week in 2024, filed a lawsuit against Tesla Tuesday, claiming that Tesla’s faulty door locks trapped him in the vehicle and contributed to significant injuries from which he’s still recovering.
SF News SFO, Oakland on FAA’s 'Hot Spot' List of Airports Most at Risk of Runway Close Calls Nine Bay Area airports, including SFO and Oakland, are on the FAA’s “hot spot” list notifying pilots about areas on the ground at US airports that could potentially be the sites of collisions or near-misses due to confusing layouts and busy runway crossings.
SF News Woman Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries In Violent Attack Near SF’s UN Plaza, Suspect Arrested On Monday morning, SFPD officers patrolling the 7th and Market area came upon the scene of a suspected aggravated assault that left the female victim lying on the ground with life-threatening injuries, and they detained the suspect who was attempting to walk away.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 16 Vehicles Involved in Bay Bridge Sideshow Seized, Impounded An SF couple on a cruise in the Middle East were stranded in Qatar for a week when US-Iran first bombed Iran; crews are working late into the night getting the “Bay Lights” ready; and 16 vehicles that were involved in the Bay Bridge sideshow in December were seized and impounded for 30 days.
SF News ‘Safe Street Rebel’ Group Takes Its Own Measures to Slow Traffic Where 2-Year-old Was Killed The group Safe Street Rebel installed plastic buffer posts at the intersection of Fourth and Channel streets in SF’s Mission Bay where a two-year-old girl was recently killed, in an effort to push SFMTA to take more drastic measures to improve pedestrian safety there.
SF News Bear Spray Incident In Alameda Sends Child, Adult to Hospital, Injures Four Others A person who residents say is a former tenant entered an Alameda apartment building Monday and intentionally sprayed bear repellent, leading to the evacuation of the building and surrounding vicinity, and injuring six, including an adult and child who were taken to the hospital.
SF News Norovirus ‘Stomach Bug’ Cases Spike in Portions of SF, Marin County, and Silicon Valley Wash those hands extra well, as portions of the Bay Area are experiencing spikes in norovirus infections, the highly contagious gastrointestinal bug that’s typically foodborne, including parts of San Francisco, Marin County, and Silicon Valley.
SF News Man In Purple Ferrari Brandishes Gun, Barricades Himself Inside Nob Hill Building California Street was blocked off near the Nob Hill Trader Joe’s for several hours Monday after residents reported seeing a man driving a purple Ferrari allegedly brandishing a gun who then barricaded himself in a nearby apartment before being taken into custody hours later.
SF News Man Who Was Arrested Following Scuffle With Mayor Lurie’s Bodyguard Returns to Jail Following a judge’s order to release Tony Phillips after determining Lurie’s bodyguard initiated the fight and assaulted him, Phillips was arrested Monday and booked into San Francisco County Jail on charges of violating the order to stay away from the alley where the fight happened.
Arts & Entertainment The East Bay's Hotsy Totsy Club Blasts Fox News Host for Falsely Calling It a ‘Strip Joint’ When a Fox News host bizarrely mentioned historic East Bay bar the Hotsy Totsy Club on air, calling it a "strip joint," the bar penned a satirical all-caps tirade setting the record straight — and while the host got El Cerrito’s zip code right, the bar is located in Albany.
SF News SF Father Walks 50 Miles In One Day to Raise Awareness For Pedestrian Safety Alarmed by the recent string of pedestrian deaths in San Francisco — five in five weeks — local dad Harrison Anderson embarked on a 50-mile trek around the city Saturday to bring attention to the need for safer streets.
