SF News Opponents Say Proposed 25-Story Marina Safeway Project May Not Be Eligible For Fast-Tracking The proposed 790-unit Marina Safeway redevelopment was granted fast-track status under a state housing law, but opponents argue the project may not actually qualify because the law requires that the majority of the surrounding land already be developed for "urban uses."
SF Politics SF Supes Reverse $28.5 Million In Proposed Cuts to Social Programs In New City Budget Deal About 90% of the funding cuts proposed in SF Mayor Daniel Lurie’s original city budget plan were reversed in a deal negotiated by the Board of Supes’ budget committee Thursday, with much of the credit going toward Supervisor Connie Chan.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hacker Hijacks Sacramento Fire X Account, Falsely Claims Terror Attack at Levi’s Stadium A 20-year-old beachgoer was struck in Half Moon Bay; Obama said he occupies "a suite" in Trump's head; and someone hacked the Sacramento Fire Department’s X account claiming a terror attack occurred near Levi's Stadium.
SF News Former SF Supportive Housing Case Manager Accused of Sexually Abusing Employees, Residents Several women say local nonprofit HomeRise ignored complaints spanning at least two years while a high-profile case manager repeatedly harassed and sexually assaulted them at its supportive housing complexes in SoMa and on Treasure Island.
SF News The Long Wait For SF’s Fancy New Trash Cans Has Been Extended, Again, to Some Time This Fall San Francisco was set to begin installing 600 of those long-awaited “Slim Silhouette” trash cans in July, but a last-minute redesign involving the new model’s locking mechanism caused a further delay until fall.
SF News San Jose Federal Judge Blocks ICE Courthouse Arrests Nationwide In Case Led By Bay Area Asylum Seekers A federal judge in San Jose barred ICE agents from making courthouse arrests nationwide, finding in a class-action lawsuit brought by asylum-seekers in San Francisco that the practice violates an 80-year-old federal statute.
SF News Sex Trafficking Sting Tied to World Cup Tourism Leads to Five Arrests, Rescue of Oakland Minor In collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, the SFPD arrested five suspects in three separate World Cup-related sex trafficking stings and provided assistance and resources to survivors, including a minor from Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Mission Resident to Complete Four-Year Goal to Walk Every Street in SF A local gay resident, who’s been walking every street in San Francisco, including Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island for the past four years, plans to finish his last stretch along Washington Street over Pride Weekend.
Arts & Entertainment New ‘Out Museum’ In SF’s Chinatown Showcases Chinese LGBTQ Artists and Culture Chinatown's Out Museum, which opened last month and spotlights queer artists from China and the Chinese diaspora, was founded by an artist-activist who raised funds while she was still living in China, where such a museum is prohibited.
SF News Man Suspected of Killing Wife In San Jose Had Pending Charges For Tracking Her Every Move Prior to the fatal stabbing of a San Jose woman earlier this month, her estranged husband was arrested for extreme stalking, including slashing her tires, trying to get a job where she worked, and following her to the police station.
Business & Tech East Bay Man Says His Bank Account Was Hacked Via Claude Add-On A Martinez tech entrepreneur and former information security director says he received several fraudulent charges while using a Claude add-on, and while Anthropic denied responsibility, it agreed to reimburse him after media inquiries.
SF News Day Around the Bay: YouTuber Jake Paul Sets Sights on Stanford Football Following Boxing Stint Reservations at California state parks will soon come with higher penalties for no-shows and last-minute cancellations; SF was ranked the happiest city in the US in a new report; and Jake Paul says he aims to attend Stanford so he can play football.
SF Politics Dennis Herrera, Who Led Fight For Same-Sex Marriage as SF City Attorney, to Retire From Public Service Longtime public servant Dennis Herrera, who served as city attorney during SF's push to legalize same-sex marriage, announced he’s retiring in December after most recently leading the SF Public Utilities Commission.
Arts & Entertainment Original Pride Flag to Be Displayed In Ireland In Honor of First Permanent LGBTQ Exhibit at Cork Museum A fragment of San Francisco’s original 1978 rainbow Pride flag will go on display in Cork, Ireland for four months this summer, coinciding with the opening of the local public museum’s first permanent exhibition dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
SF News Local Comics Curator Arrested on Suspicion of Filming Guests In Bathroom During Party at His Berkeley Home A hidden camera was allegedly discovered recording guests — including adults and children — in the bathroom during a birthday party at the Berkeley home of a local pop culture writer and longtime Cartoon Art Museum curator.
SF News Oakland Auto Glass Repair Shops Say Business Slow Due to Fewer Car Break-Ins A decrease in Oakland smash-and-grabs and vandalism has led to a downturn in business for local auto glass repair shops, which report that cracked windshields from road debris are now a more reliable source of revenue.
Arts & Entertainment Verdi Building Demolition In North Beach Reveals Long-Hidden ‘Ghost Sign’ From Over 100 Years Ago SF’s map of “ghost signs” recently gained a new addition following the partial demolition of the Verdi building in North Beach, which revealed a large, hand-painted ad for “Carnation Mush” dating back to at least 1914.
SF News Delays at SFO Skyrocket Following Runway Closure and New FAA Restrictions The average delay for flights at SFO quadrupled — from 5 minutes in 2025 to 20 minutes currently — after the FAA prohibited parallel landings in April, right as the airport began a repaving project that runs until early October.
SF News Driver Suspected of Inhaling Nitrous Oxide While Operating Vehicle Arrested In East Bay Albany police arrested a driver whom they allegedly saw inhaling nitrous oxide in a car idling in the middle of the street, where officers also found 85 large canisters, as California advances a ban on retail sales of oversized canisters.
SF News Tennis Group Accused of Hogging Inner Richmond Courts Prompts New System on Weekends Following dozens of complaints that a private tennis group was dominating access to the Rossi Park tennis courts by exploiting the first-come, first-served system, SF Rec and Park has rolled out weekend morning reservations for all the park’s courts.
SF News Court Overturns Murder Conviction In 2019 BART Stabbing, Citing Incomplete Jury Instructions A man convicted of second-degree murder in a fatal BART stabbing over a stolen shoe will either face a retrial or receive a reduced conviction of voluntary manslaughter after an appeals judge found the jury had not been properly instructed on how to evaluate his self-defense claim.
SF News SFPD Raids Mission District Property, Possibly In Search of Illegal Gambling Machines A large law enforcement presence, including two tactical vehicles, descended on a Mission District alley Thursday evening as part of a raid that neighbors say was likely targeting illegal gambling machines.
SF News Mother and Daughter Rescued at Baker Beach After Sneaker Wave Pulls Them Offshore Bystanders and first responders rescued a woman and her preteen daughter after a sneaker wave swept them offshore at Baker Beach Thursday, as the NWS warns of sneaker waves and dangerous rip currents along the coast through Sunday.
SF News Mission HOA Still Fighting Nuns’ Soup Kitchen Ten Years After High-Profile Battle The long-planned launch of a soup kitchen at 15th and Mission in San Francisco last spring that's run by French nuns — and funded by Tony Robbins — quickly ramped up a years-long dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
SF News Two Injured In Stabbing on SF's Nob Hill, Including Person Believed to Be Security Guard Two people were injured during a stabbing on Sutter Street in SF’s Nob Hill neighborhood Thursday, including one person believed to be a security guard, with one victim suffering a traumatic injury.
