SF News Suspect Shoots Four Men In SF Who Attempted to Intervene During Altercation With Woman Four men were shot while attempting to break up a verbal fight between a man and a woman on the edge of SF’s Tenderloin District early Saturday morning, and they were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Arts & Entertainment Santa Clara Mall to Host Ed Sheeran Lookalike Contest Ahead of Levi's Stadium Show Calling all pasty gingers around the Bay! The winner of Valley Fair Mall’s Ed Sheeran lookalike contest in Santa Clara Saturday will receive two floor tickets to Sheeran’s show that evening at Levi’s Stadium, plus other big prizes.
SF Politics Tens of Thousands of June Mail-In Ballots Tossed, Many Due to USPS’s New Postmark Policy More than a third of the 148,000 rejected mail-in ballots from California’s June primary were discarded because they were postmarked late, which experts largely attribute to a recent change in the US Postal Service’s postmarking policy.
SF Politics Landlord Sues California, Argues Section 8 Rules Violate Property Owners' Civil Rights A Sacramento landlord is suing California, arguing that requirements tied to accepting Section 8 tenants violate property owners’ Fourth Amendment rights, an argument that recently upended New York’s voucher anti-discrimination law.
SF News FBI Arrests 25 Human Trafficking Suspects, Rescues 53 Survivors In Bay Area During World Cup Eleven children were among the 53 human trafficking survivors rescued during FBI enforcement operations throughout the Bay Area during the World Cup, and 25 suspects were arrested.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pixar Layoffs Were Delivered Via ‘Elastigirl’ Letterhead At-large Oakland City Council member Rowena Brown says she was assaulted and robbed by an acquaintance; a Ukrainian woman was detained by ICE at SFO; and Pixar delivered its layoff notices on letterhead featuring Mrs. Incredible.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Hold Hearing on Kaiser’s Push to Expand AI Use, Lay Off Mental Health Staff Behavioral health clinicians from Kaiser met with the SF Board of Supervisors Tuesday to discuss language in the company’s contract demands that would allow them to expand AI use for mental health care while laying off more employees.
SF News Raccoon Chews Through SF Renters’ Wall as Landlord Takes Weeks to Resolve Infestation Two SF renters were forced to endure nightly chewing and scratching noises inside their wall by a mother raccoon who had crawled in through the exterior of the building and given birth inside, and it took two months for the landlord to resolve it.
SF News SF District Attorney Announces Charges Against 18 ‘Stud Alley’ Block Party Attendees Eighteen of the 20 people who were arrested during an annual, unauthorized block party during Pride weekend were set to appear in court on misdemeanor charges Thursday.
SF News Authorities Investigate Fatal Shooting of Elderly Man at North Oakland Bus Stop A 74-year-old man was fatally shot at a bus stop on Martin Luther King Jr Way in North Oakland Wednesday morning, and investigators are seeking more information from the public about the incident.
SF Politics SF Civil Grand Jury Tells City to Fix Outdoor Warning System or Replace AlertSF A new report from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is urging Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors to adopt a better emergency warning system, as AlertSF has been deemed inadequate, and that old outdoor siren is too expensive to fix.
Business & Tech OpenAI Says Its Technology Acted on Its Own When It Hacked Another AI Company A pair of OpenAI models breached the systems of New York City-based AI repository Hugging Face after OpenAI relaxed its safeguards during an internal cybersecurity evaluation.
SF Politics Wiener Lands Endorsement From Dolores Huerta While Chan Focuses on United Farm Workers’ Bid Labor leader Dolores Huerta has announced she’s endorsing Scott Wiener to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House, which came as a surprise for supporters of Connie Chan, who’s considered the more pro-labor candidate.
SF News SF Man Arrested In Israel, Extradited In 2017 Fatal Hit-and-Run In South San Francisco A suspect who fled the country in 2017 was brought back from Israel last week and booked into San Mateo County Jail in connection with the hit-and-run death of a South San Francisco woman.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former SF Port Director to Receive Four Misdemeanor Charges The Gilroy Garlic Festival returns this weekend; Trump has frozen $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota; and prosecutors plan to charge Elaine Forbes, Sausalito city manager and former Port of SF director, with four misdemeanor charges.
Business & Tech Pixar Announces Large Round of Layoffs as Disney Moves to Cut Hundreds of Jobs Disney announced its third round of layoffs this year, eliminating several hundred jobs across the company, with Pixar expected to cut around 116 employees despite the box office success of 'Toy Story 5,' though Disney has not confirmed that figure.
SF News Salesforce, Chris Larsen Donate $3M Each to Boost SFPD’s Real-Time Investigations Center The latest tech contributions to SFPD’s Real Time Investigations Center come from Salesforce and Chris Larsen with combined $6 million in donations, which will go toward boosting infrastructure and operations and developing “counter-drone” technology.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jollibee Filipino Fast-Food Set to Open on SF’s Market Street July 31 After Years of Delays The nearly six-year wait for Jollibee to return to San Francisco is almost over, as the new Market Street location is scheduled to open its doors July 31.
SF News Vallejo Police Fatally Shoot Carjacking Suspect Who Allegedly Opened Fire An armed carjacking suspect in Vallejo was fatally shot by police during a felony traffic stop Monday afternoon after he allegedly opened fire on an officer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Haight Street Restaurant Becomes Target of Ridicule, Graffiti Over AI Images on Storefront Menu A new restaurant and cafe that opened on Haight Street in the former Citrus Club spot, which closed in April after three decades, received backlash over the “slop” food images featured on its AI-generated storefront menu.
SF Politics SF Supe Introduces Bills Letting Small Businesses Negotiate Rent, Sell to Employees Two proposals by Supervisor Connie Chan would let small businesses with the same landlord negotiate rents collectively while giving employees the first opportunity to buy the business if an owner decides to sell.
SF News Sausalito City Manager, Former SF Port Director Arrested Following Yacht Harbor Incident Former longtime Port of SF Director Elaine Forbes, who became Sausalito's city manager three weeks ago, was arrested following an apparent mental health crisis onboard a yacht days after taking a leave of absence then being reported missing.
SF News Driver Fleeing SFPD Collides With Car In Mission Then Smashes Dealership Windows, Injuring Eight Police say a suspect who was driving erratically with four passengers in the Mission Sunday refused to pull over and continued until they crashed into a truck and then smashed into the windows of car dealership, sending three to the hospital.
SF News Second Sheriff’s Deputy Charged This Week In Separate Sexual Assault Case at SF County Jail A former SF Sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly forcing a woman to perform oral sex in the bathroom of the county jail, and trying to dissuade her from reporting it soon after — all within a month of being hired at County Jail No 2.
SF News Cyclospora Outbreak In Midwest Linked to Lettuce From Monterey County Supplier Shredded iceberg lettuce sold at some Taco Bell restaurants in five Midwestern states has been linked to the current outbreak of an intestinal illness known as cyclosporiasis, which is believed to have been supplied by Salinas-based Taylor Farms.
