SF News Local Woman Bilked Out of Thousands After Scammers Clone Daughter’s Voice With AI An East Bay mother recently answered a call from an unknown number, which turned out to be scammers using AI and deepfake technology to sound like her daughter, whom they said had been kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel — part of a growing trend of scams.
Arts & Entertainment SF Musician Plans to Turn Former Mission Taco Bell Into Affordable Recording Studio A local musician and recording engineer plans to turn the long-vacant site at Duboce and Guerrero into a music recording studio and creative space for independent artists, as he previously ran a similar space in the Bayview for ten years.
SF News Person Falls 100 Feet Off Cliff at Land’s End In SF, Requiring Helicopter Rescue A young adult suffered traumatic injuries in a fall off a nearly 100-foot cliff while visiting a memorial at Land’s End Monday evening and was rescued by helicopter.
SF News SFPD Officers Use Battering Ram at West Oakland Apartments Linked to Black Panthers SFPD officers were filmed busting through the glass doors of Black Panther Apartments in West Oakland while serving a warrant on a suspect whom they had already arrested — instead of waiting to speak to management.
SF News Saturday Links: Class-Action Lawsuit Against SF Sheriff Filed Alleging Abuse, Strip Search Violations Mid-afternoon stabbing at Daly City high school graduation; three Lowell High School coaches lose jobs pending investigation; incarcerated women band together to sue SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto for alleged abuse.
SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay Activists Hold ‘Die-In’ Amid Medi-Cal, CalFresh Cuts Two East Bay middle school students had to be airlifted to a burn center after a spill in their science lab; a tank containing toxic chemicals in Southern California is under threat of exploding at any moment; and activists held a protest in East Oakland over cuts to government programs.
SF News Newsom Blasts Chevron’s High Prices, Tells California Drivers to Get Gas Elsewhere Drivers in California are urged to avoid filling up at Chevron gas stations over Memorial Day weekend, as Governor Newsom says its prices are much higher than unbranded stations that sell the same gas.
Arts & Entertainment Zendaya and Tom Holland Adopt New Dog at Oakland Shelter Zendaya and Tom Holland recently adopted their third dog from a shelter while visiting Zendaya's family in Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Cliff's Variety Plans to Celebrate 90 Years With Big Party In the Castro In honor of its 90th year in business, Cliff's Variety is planning a huge celebration with drag and live music performances on June 6.
SF News East Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Ponzi Scheme That Spanned Nearly 30 Years A former financial advisor from Danville faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding 93 investors of $9.5 million over three decades following an FBI and IRS investigation.
SF News Illegal Street Vendors Still Crowding Mission District Sidewalks Despite New Law Despite a new law that went into effect last fall, the SFPD has yet to issue any citations to illegal street vendors in the Mission this year, and residents say illegal activity is spreading to side streets.
SF Politics Newsom Orders Safeguards For Workers From AI-Related Job Displacement Governor Gavin Newsom signed a groundbreaking executive order calling for expanded protections for workers and small businesses as artificial intelligence disrupts a wide range of industries.
SF News Fillmore Residents Say They Feel Ignored By City Over Deal to Keep Community Center Open The city is pushing to temporarily lease a Fillmore community center to a local organization previously connected to former Dream Keeper head Sheryl Davis, who is currently facing felony charges, and residents say they’ve had little input in the process.
SF News Safeway Submits Application For Ocean Beach Redevelopment Plans for Safeway's proposed redevelopment project in the Outer Richmond would require the old store to be demolished, and some residents are concerned about where they would shop for groceries during construction, as it's the sole full-service grocery store in the area.
SF Politics Lurie to Propose Cutting Cash Grants for Free City College Students By a Third Supervisor Connie Chan held a hearing Wednesday where community members urged the Board of Supervisors to prevent Mayor Lurie from cutting a program by 30% that offers cash grants to low-income students through City College’s "Free City” program.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Three Injured When Muni Bus Collides With Pickup Truck Billionaire Chris Larsen’s SF surveillance center gains national coverage; Intuit has laid off 3,000 jobs globally and 384 in Mountain View; and three people were injured in a Muni bus crash with two being sent to the hospital by ambulance.
SF News Seniors at Historic Fillmore Co-Op Say Bad Management Led to Eviction Notices More than a dozen Black seniors who receive HUD subsidies were recently given eviction notices at their historic Fillmore district co-op, which they say is due to their management company’s poor bookkeeping and lack of communication.
SF sports FIFA World Cup Ticket Prices Among Lowest in the Bay Area Some tickets to the World Cup events in San Jose have fallen to less than half their original price as the first match approaches in just a few weeks.
SF News SF Zoo Receives $8.5 Million Loan, With Majority Awarded After Fulfilling Requirements The city is bailing out the SF Zoo with a large loan on the condition it fulfills a list of requirements. The zoo also plans to bring back giant pandas to boost revenue, but advocates say its track record shows it can’t properly care for them.
SF Politics SF Mayor, Supervisors Announce Proposal to Double Funding For Affordable Housing SF leaders proposed a new charter amendment that would double the city’s Housing Trust Fund with the aim of accelerating the construction of affordable housing, with one caveat — the inclusionary rate will be significantly reduced for at least three years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cybertruck Driver Arrested For Attempting to Use ‘Wade Mode’ In Texas Lake The SF Zoo was awarded a $8.5 loan to stay afloat with most of the funds coming after required changes are made; the Senate wants congressional approval for any future military action in Iran; and a Cybertruck driver in Texas quickly discovered that “wade mode” has its limits.
SF News SFPD Arrests Three Vallejo Men In Chinatown Pickpocket Thefts Three suspects from Vallejo were arrested in connection to pickpocket thefts in Chinatown that began in early April. Police later found additional items at the suspects’ residence connected to thefts dating back to 2024.
SF News Embarcadero Plaza Revamp Will Largely Be Funded By Local Billionaires Groups led by Bay Area billionaires are funding half the cost of the Embarcadero Plaza redesign, which likely doesn’t ease critics’ concerns that the revamp will lose sight of the plaza's longheld tradition — to serve as a gathering spot for civic and artistic expression.
SF sports Pro Women’s Hockey Team Comes to San Jose as League Expands to Northern California The Professional Women's Hockey League has chosen San Jose as one of its newest expansion cities, citing the Bay Area’s avid support for women’s sports as well as San Jose’s deep-rooted professional and youth hockey culture.
SF News Group of Stranded Beachgoers Rescued From Cave on Santa Cruz Coast First responders rescued eight people who were trapped inside a cave at a Santa Cruz County beach Sunday evening as the tide was rising, and some were unable to swim.
