SF News Why So Many Girls and Young Women Can't Escape Sex Trafficking on Oakland's International Boulevard Victims of sex trafficking on Oakland's International Boulevard often struggle to escape, while recent changes to a state loitering law intended to protect sex workers have made it more difficult for police to pursue traffickers.
SF Politics Great Highway Would Need New Traffic Lights If Reopened to Cars, Costing $13.2 Million Before Upper Great Highway closed to vehicles in 2024, the roadway's traffic signals needed to be replaced at a cost now estimated at $13.2 million, compared with the $700,000 the city spent to install Sunset Dunes Park.
SF News Hang Glider Crashes Onto Fort Funston Beach Day After Paragralider Collides With Daly City Cliff Two different glider pilots were recently rescued in separate incidents, as a hang glider crash-landed at Fort Funston Saturday, and a paraglider collided with a cliff face in Daly City Friday.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop to Co-Host Daylong ‘Ferry Fest’ For Ferry Building’s 128th Anniversary Sunday The second annual Ferry Fest will feature a showcase with nine musical acts from Noise Pop, workshops led by local artists, a wine-tasting pass, and lots of shopping.
SF News East Bay SPCA In Search of Homes For 16 Puppies Found In Walmart Parking Lot Sixteen puppies that were abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in Livermore will soon be put up for adoption at East Bay SPCA shelters in Dublin and Oakland.
SF News SF Is Renovating Playgrounds More Quickly and Cheaply Due to Law Inspired By $1.7 Million Toilet After SF gained national attention over a $1.7 million toilet in Noe Valley, SF passed a law in 2024 enabling city departments to utilize cooperative purchasing to reduce costs and red tape on small projects like playgrounds and public toilets.
SF News BART to Address Rush-Hour Congestion With Longer Trains, Streamlined Schedule In an effort to ease crowding on trains and help the system run more efficiently, BART is implementing longer trains during peak times on some lines, streamlining the schedule to reduce transfer wait times, and addressing bottlenecking at Daly City.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Arrested In Alameda Teen ‘Beach Takover’ Shooting Oakland airport is expanding its list of nonstop flights; Chevron spilled about a barrel of gasoline mixture into the bay; and two people were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred during a recent beach takeover in Alameda.
SF sports SF Giants Pitcher Logan Webb Melts Down, Deletes Account After Heated Exchange on X Following the SF Giants' 10-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, pitcher Logan Webb lashed out at a local sports producer on X before deleting his account.
SF News SFO to Build High-End Terminal With Luxury Lounge, Private TSA Screening, and Valet Service Travelers willing to pay a premium for a more exclusive airport experience could eventually avoid the crowds and chaos of SFO's main terminals at a proposed new private terminal.
Business & Tech Developer Eyes Cow Palace In Plan to Build Data Centers at Eight Bay Area Fairgrounds The historic Cow Palace and several other Bay Area fairgrounds are considering a proposal by a private company to build data centers and helipads across California — with the goal of developing 70 by 2030.
SF News Man Accused of Delivering Weed Vape to 12-Year-Old’s Sonoma County Home via Snapchat Rohnert Park police arrested a 21-year-old man after a woman caught him at her home allegedly selling a cannabis vape pen to her 12-year-old following a deal arranged on Snapchat.
SF Politics SF Ballot Measure Could Help Establish the First City-Run Public Bank in the US The SF Board of Supervisors voted to add a measure to the November ballot that would help the city work toward establishing its own public bank, which would fund affordable housing, green energy, and small businesses — the first of its kind in the nation.
SF News Stanford Police Say No Evidence Found of Two Sexual Assaults Reported Near Campus In the Spring A female jogger reported being sexually assaulted twice near the Stanford University campus this spring, and the school’s police department says it was unable to find any evidence that either incident took place.
Business & Tech SF Telehealth CEO Gets Six Years In Prison, $1 Million Fine In Federal Adderall Fraud Case Two SF-based telehealth executives were sentenced to federal prison and fined $1 million each for carrying out a scheme that allegedly exploited relaxed COVID-era rules to fraudulently prescribe and distribute Adderall and other stimulants.
SF Politics Some San Francisco Cannabis Lounges May Soon Serve Food, Non-Alcoholic Beverages The SF Board of Supervisors advanced a measure Tuesday as part of a new state law allowing eligible cannabis dispensaries with lounges to serve food and non-alcoholic beverages, much like cafes in Amsterdam, which will be up for a final vote next Tuesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Seizes Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Meth on SF’s Nob Hill California will begin sending DMV data to the feds as part of Real ID requirements; Oakland's city council voted to approve those sex-work barriers off International Boulevard; and three people were arrested and large quantities of narcotics were seized.
SF News SF Launches ‘StopScams SF’ to Help Residents Prevent, Recover From Fraud The city of San Francisco launched a new program aimed at spreading awareness about the latest scams and providing support to SF residents who become victims of fraud.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Silicon Valley Restaurant Goes Viral Over Note on Menu Asking Children to Behave A restaurant in Foster City gained widespread attention over a message on its menu telling parents they’ll be charged if anything is broken or damaged due to kids behaving disrespectfully — while going on to list recent costly mishaps.
SF Politics Latest Measure to Reopen SF’s Great Highway to Cars Will Likely Qualify For November Ballot The great Upper Great Highway debate continues, as a new measure proposing to restore weekday vehicle access to the roadway has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
SF News Attempted Murder Charges Dismissed Against Man Accused of Driving Family Off Devil’s Slide Cliff The SoCal radiologist suspected of intentionally driving his wife and kids off a cliff at Devil’s Slide in 2023, all of whom survived, has completed the mandated mental health diversion program, and the attempted murder charges against him have been dismissed.
SF News Over 400 SFO Flights Delayed Monday as FAA Restrictions Continue to Limit Runway Capacity Flight delays at SFO on the Monday following a very busy July 4th weekend were averaging one to two hours, largely due to ground construction as well as FAA restrictions limiting arrivals — made worse by cancellations on the East Coast.
Business & Tech Outer Sunset Couple and Former Fitness App Execs Launch Real-Time Fog Tracker A local couple who designed and co-founded the Strava fitness tool has released a new interactive app that utilizes real-time weather data along with user reports to track the Bay Area’s fog.
SF News Squatters Occupy Slain UC Berkeley Professor’s Home, Allegedly Sell Family’s Belongings The family of Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who was fatally shot in Greece last July and his ex-wife died by suicide last month — leaving behind 11-year-old twins, have been trying to evict squatters from the family’s Berkeley home since December.
SF News Passenger Films Waymo Driving Through Lit Firework, Another Empty Robotaxi Catches Fire As SF residents have come to expect, Waymo did its part to contribute to the July 4th chaos Saturday when at least two of its robotaxis drove through lit fireworks, with an empty vehicle catching fire and a passenger filming the other.
