SF News Elderly Driver Strikes, Injures Adult and Child Near SF’s Chinatown, Nob Hill An adult and a child in a stroller were injured after they were struck by an elderly driver on Sacramento near Powell Street on the edge of SF’s Chinatown.
SF sports Mill Valley Swimmer Begins Quest to Become First Person to Swim Entire California Coast Marathon swimmer Catherine Breed began her 900-mile swim down California’s coast from the Oregon border Wednesday where she’ll swim for five hours a day with the goal of reaching the Mexican border by November.
Arts & Entertainment SF Now Has 30 Boozy ‘Entertainment Zones,’ Which Are Boosting Local Businesses Bar and restaurant owners in neighborhoods with active entertainment zones — where alcohol can be sold and consumed in public during street festivals or other designated events — say the zones have contributed to a significant boost in sales.
SF Politics Late Senator Dianne Feinstein Honored In Renaming of Federal Office Building at SF’s UN Plaza State and local officials held a ceremony Monday in celebration of the newly renamed Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building at 50 United Nations Plaza.
SF News Two Injured In Shooting Outside World Cup Watch Party In SF’s Mission Bay A shooting occurred near a World Cup watch party at Spark Social in SF’s Mission Bay neighborhood Tuesday night following the game, and both victims are expected to survive.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Supe Jackie Fielder to Investigate SFPD’s Response to Stud Alley Block Party President Trump made $1 billion off his cryptocurrency ventures; Jello Biafro is back performing after suffering a stroke in March; and Supervisor Jackie Fielder is looking into the circumstances surrounding Saturday’s Stud Alley block party.
SF sports Mexico-Ecuador World Cup Watch Party In San Jose Expected to Draw Tens of Thousands Fans rooting for Mexico have consistently packed the World Cup watch parties at San Jose’s San Pedro Square, with tonight’s match against Ecuador expected to attract tens of thousands of spectators.
Business & Tech The ‘AI Elite’ Are Making Even Six-Figure-Earning SF Tech Workers Feel Priced Out Tech workers who moved to San Francisco in recent years and snapped up rental housing — likely contributing to rising prices along the way — are now finding themselves priced out by the new wave of “AI elite” arrivals.
SF News Napa County Considers Green Burial Cemetery Proposal as Residents Raise Concerns A company promoting environmentally friendly burials wants to build a new cemetery in Napa County, but county officials and nearby residents are raising concerns about the project's potential environmental and community impacts.
Business & Tech Amazon Robotics Expected to Join Growing Tech and AI Hub In SF’s Design District The Massachusetts-based robotics division of Amazon is close to signing a lease on 250,000 square feet of space in the old Zynga building at 650 Townsend, as SF’s Design District quickly fills up with a variety of AI and tech firms.
SF Politics California Partners With Anthropic to Bring Claude AI Tools to State, Local Agencies State and local agencies will have access to Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant at a discounted price through California’s new IT services portal, with some already utilizing the tools for internal workflows.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi to Form Institute at UC Berkeley Aimed at Teaching Civics and Bolstering Democracy After Speaker Emerita Pelosi retires in January, she’ll be heading a new nonpartisan institute at UC Berkeley, which will serve as a hub for undergraduates interested in public leadership, as well as a think-tank for faculty exploring issues impacting democracy.
SF News More Than 250 Couples Tie the Knot at City Hall on Anniversary of Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Hundreds of newlyweds kicked off Pride weekend by exchanging their wedding vows at City Hall Friday, which marked the anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
SF News Late Night ‘Stud Alley’ Block Party in SoMa Draws 300 Pride Revelers, 20 Arrested Police in riot gear arrested 20 people at a large, unauthorized Pride block party in SoMa Saturday night, a now annual gathering that emerged after the Stud closed its former location in 2020 and has often been accompanied by widespread vandalism and property damage.
Business & Tech Meta Whisteblower Files Lawsuit, Accuses Company of ‘Coercive Surveillance’ After publishing a memoir last year about her time as an executive at Meta, whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the company, saying they’ve taken extreme measures to silence, and she claims the gag order she signed is invalid.
Arts & Entertainment Giant Nude Woman Statue at SF’s Embarcadero Is Up For Sale, and It Weighs 16 Tons The time is fast approaching for the infamous 45-foot nude woman to leave her post at SF’s Embarcadero Plaza, as the 32,000-pound art piece has been put up for sale and will be disassembled in October.
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.
