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.
SF News Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Outer Sunset Landlord Killed Tenant to Boost Property Sale Outer Sunset landlord Philippe Chagniot is accused in a new lawsuit of killing his tenant Eric Bigone to boost the sale of the property, and Chagniot’s wife allegedly asked Bigone’s son the day after his father’s death when he would be vacating the unit.
SF News Suspect Flees Sheriff’s Deputies Down 101 and Across Golden Gate Bridge In Bullet-Riddled Car When sheriff’s deputies pulled over a driver in a bullet-riddled car speeding down Highway 101 in Marin, he claimed he’d been in a road rage incident near Novato and refused to get out of the car — then he fled across the Golden Gate Bridge.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Golden Gate Bridge Tolls to Increase By 50 Cents July 1 California State Parks made its “Historian Passport” featuring 30+ parks available for free for a limited time; Apple prices are due to increase soon; and Golden Gate Bridge tolls are going up by 50 cents starting next month.
SF News Annual Parcel Tax Measure to Fund Muni Makes It Onto November Ballot San Francisco voters will decide in November whether to approve a new parcel tax on property owners aimed at helping close Muni's budget deficit and avoid service cuts.
SF Politics ‘Dumb Law’ Contest Winners Prompt SF Supes to Amend Residential Ceiling Height Rule After a two-decade push from an SF homeowner — one of the winners of Supervisor Wong’s “Dumb Law” contest — the city is moving to align its ceiling height requirement with state standards, paving the way for residents to legalize rental units in their homes.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder, Several Others, Targeted In Smear Campaigns Tied to Mysterious PAC Several websites surfaced last week tied to a little-known Southern California group, appearing to run coordinated smear-style campaigns targeting Bay Area officials — including Jackie Fielder — as well as a slate of local ballot measures.
Business & Tech Oakland Arena Could Be Headed for Bidding War as Second Buyer Makes Offer The company that runs the Oakland Arena and Coliseum has submitted an offer to purchase the arena — as part of the larger sale of the complex, following news that a group owned by a music executive had also placed a bid last month.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lurie Releases Final Concepts For Embarcadero Park Redesign The founder of Kink.com sold three SF properties amid an ongoing dispute; the brother of NFL star Pat Tillman was sentenced to five years in federal prison; and images of the final concepts for the redesign of SF’s Embarcadero Park redesign have been released.
SF News Alameda Residents Demand More Police Presence After 'Beach Takeover' Double Shooting A double shooting during a teen "beach takeover" event in Alameda last week has sparked renewed debate about the trend, with some demanding more police enforcement while others are calling for more spaces for teens to congregate peacefully.
