SF News SF Officials Warn of Counterfeit Opioids Stronger Than Fentanyl Following First Overdose The Department of Public Health issued a warning about two highly potent synthetic opioids that recently hit the streets of San Francisco, which were detected in the blood of a recent overdose victim earlier this month.
SF News Police Bodycam Footage Shows Antioch Officer Trapped With Suspect In Moving SUV Newly released bodycam and surveillance footage shows a tense incident from February when an Antioch police officer became trapped in a moving car with a robbery suspect.
SF News Central Valley Wine Mogul, Trophy Hunter Killed In Elephant Stampede In Africa Prominent Central Valley millionaire and big-game hunter Ernie Dosio was on a safari in Central Africa’s Gabon when his group was charged by a herd of elephants, which fatally trampled Dozio.
SF News Saturday Links: New ICE Detention Center Operated By GEO Group Opens In Central Valley A man with a machete was spotted on surveillance footage in San Jose and hasn’t been caught; service on the Bayview Community Shuttle has been extended for two years; and a new ICE facility operated by the GEO Group opened in the Central Valley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Signs New Leases In Fremont, San Jose A California plaintiff is suing Trader Joe’s because the labels on one of its coffees doesn’t say it contains half the caffeine; the Justice Department has added death by firing squad to the list of approved methods of execution; and Tesla signed leases in San Jose and Fremont.
Arts & Entertainment BART to Host All-Ages ‘80s Prom This Summer at Rockridge Station Hop on BART and head to Oakland this June for the agency’s all-ages ‘80s meets under-the-sea themed dance party, which will be held in the Rockridge Station parking lot.
SF News Board of Supes to Consider Reopening ‘Dog Court’ as 61 Bite Cases Await Hearings As 61 dog bite cases still await trial, Supervisor Stephen Sherrill and other SF leaders are pushing to bring back canine court hearings after the court was suspended in 2024 due to lack of funding — despite bite cases already being on the rise.
SF News Video: Suspect Fleeing Police Attempts to Escape By Climbing Under Bay Bridge A police drone captured dramatic footage of officers pursuing a man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle who then abandoned the car on the Bay Bridge earlier this month and began climbing the crossbeams in an attempt to escape.
Arts & Entertainment The Oakland Zoo Now Has Two Rescued Mountain Lion Cubs Named ‘Crimson and Clover’ Clover, an orphaned mountain lion cub from El Dorado County, was brought to the Oakland Zoo last month, and Crimson was transported to Oakland from Los Angeles in early April, marking the zoo’s 33rd mountain lion rescue.
Business & Tech Writer Discovers Claude Opus 4.7 Can Identify Her From 125 Words of Unpublished Work Anonymity for published writers and users with a heavy online presence is quickly becoming a thing of the past, as writer Kelsey Piper warns that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 managed to identify her based on a brief passage of unpublished work — while logged out and using incognito mode.
SF News Two Unrelated Deaths Occur on the UC Berkeley Campus One Day Apart Authorities at UC Berkeley are investigating two separate deaths that occurred on campus a day apart, including a student who died after falling from a dorm and a man who was found dead in the bushes near the school’s administrative offices.
SF Politics Becerra, Steyer Tie For Democratic Lead In Governor’s Race Following Endorsements Xavier Becerra’s popularity shot up following endorsements from 15 state assembly members, and he and Steyer, who was endorsed by Betty Yee Tuesday, are now tied for the Democratic lead in the governor’s race.
SF News Proposed SFMTA Budget Includes Slightly Raised Muni Fares and Parking Fines SFMTA’s proposed budget would slightly increase single-ride Muni fares and some parking fines while significantly increasing cable car fares. As a compromise, fines for uncurbed wheels would go down, and the fare for two single Muni rides would cover a full day of rides.
SF Politics Four Democrats Rally Behind Caretaker Candidate to Fill Swalwell’s Seat Until End of Term A group of Democrats pledged to drop out of the special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s seat in favor of a caretaker candidate — retired state Senator Bob Wieckowski, with the goal of avoiding a runoff election that would cause Swalwell’s replacement to miss important votes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two People Found Dead Inside Car at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park Texas lawmakers can now legally require public schools to display the Ten Commandments; Alcatraz is closed to tours for a week while the dock gets repaired; and a man and a woman were found dead of potential overdoses inside a car in West Berkeley.
SF News Water Line Rupture Leads to Flooding Inside Yerba Buena Tunnel on Bay Bridge A burst water main caused flooding Tuesday afternoon on a portion of the eastbound Bay Bridge lanes inside the Yerba Buena Tunnel, leading to the brief closure of two traffic lanes.
SF News Health Officials Warn of ‘Hyper-Mutated’ COVID Strain That First Appeared In US Last June While the numbers and health risks are low, the new “Cicada” strain has been slowly — but heavily — mutating since it arrived at SFO last summer. Officials say it may be capable of evading immunity, and they warn that COVID typically spreads more rapidly in the summer months.
SF News Daly City Police Officer Crashes Into Two People on E-Bike In Visitacion Valley Two e-bike riders in SF’s Visitacion Valley were struck and seriously injured Monday when a Daly City police officer crashed into them in a patrol car.
SF News Vigil to Be Held Monday for Pedestrian Killed In SoMa Hit-and-Run A vigil is being held Monday for Dannielle Spillman, the 74-year-old pedestrian who was fatally struck in SoMa by a driver who appeared to intentionally run her over. Leading up to her death, she told friends that SF felt less safe as a trans woman now than in the '90s.
SF News Boat Crash Injures Six During High School Fishing Competition In San Joaquin Delta Six people, including teens and adults, were injured while taking part in a bass fishing tournament in Contra Costa County when two boats collided — with one reportedly landing on top of the other.
SF News Families of Four Teens Killed In Marin Crash File Three More Lawsuits Against County Marin County is facing three additional lawsuits in the deaths of four teenagers last April, on top of one already filed, which allege that hazardous road conditions near the site contributed to the crash. And some are still saying a second vehicle may have forced the driver to swerve off the road.
SF News 5,500 Addresses in Polk Gulch, Pacific Heights Lose Power Sunday Evening Residents in Polk Gulch, Lower Nob Hill, and Pacific Heights received an alert from PG&E that nearly 5,500 addresses lost power Sunday evening, and it was expected to be restored by 10:45 pm.
SF News DUI Suspect Crashes Into Powell-Market Cable Car Turnaround, Prompting Overnight Closure A 47-year-old DUI suspect in a three-piece suit crashed his Jeep into the cable car turnaround at Powell and Market streets Wednesday evening, requiring overnight repairs, and all cars on the line were momentarily turned around at Washington Street.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump Signs Order to Fast-Track Psychedelic Research for PTSD, Addiction Eight children and teens were killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana; UK officials are investigating the death of a British athlete who was killed while filming an immersive series for AppleTV; and Trump signed an executive order to fund and loosen restrictions on psychedelic research.
SF Politics Porter, Steyer, Becarra Push For Single-Payer Health Care In Their Campaigns For Governor While California Governor Gavin Newsom was unsuccessful at implementing single-payer health care during his reign, three 2026 candidates have all included promises to fight for CalCare in their platforms.
