Business & Tech Meta Says Israeli Spyware Firm Targeted WhatsApp Users in Spear-Phishing Campaign Following reports that the Pentagon had raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to “critical,” Meta said an Israeli spyware firm was caught targeting a small group of WhatsApp users.
SF News OSHA Fines SF General For Seven Violations Following Fatal Stabbing of Social Worker SF General Hospital received its steepest fine on record from Cal/OSHA, which found the hospital did not take the proper measures to prevent violent workplace incidents prior to the fatal stabbing of a social worker in December.
Business & Tech Apple Debuts Siri Chatbot, Other AI Features Powered by Google Partnership At his final World Wide Developers Conference as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook unveiled a slate of new AI features Monday, including a standalone Siri chatbot app, based on models Apple created in collaboration with Google.
SF News Congress to Grill SFUSD’s Maria Su, Two Others on Parental Rights ‘Abuses’ In Schools All eyes will be on SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su and two other school figures from Chicago and Virginia who are set to speak before a GOP-led committee in DC this week on “inappropriate content” and “legal abuses” in public schools.
SF News Trump Sends $75 Million to Fund New Coal Export Terminal In Oakland After Years of Delays In a push to boost the export of coal to other countries, Trump invoked a wartime order to fund the development of 13 plants across the US, including Oakland, which is expected to be one of the largest facilities on the West Coast.
SF News Court Allows Kars 4 Kids to Keep Ads on Air In California While It Appeals Ban Just when Californians thought the airwaves would be free of those mind-numbing Kars 4 Kids jingles, a court ruled that the company can continue running its ads during the appeals process.
SF News Fairfield High School Relocates Graduation Ceremony Following Fatal Shooting After one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting outside a continuation school's graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School, Fairfield High announced its own graduation ceremony will be moved to a different location.
SF News Person Thrown From Three-Wheeler In Collision With Car In SF's Western Addition, Four Hospitalized Four people were hospitalized with minor to moderate injuries after a three-wheeled vehicle crashed into a car that allegedly ran a red light in San Francisco’s Western Addition, ejecting a passenger.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alan Wong’s District 4 Win Strengthens Mayor Lurie’s Agenda Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed over the potential presence of a shark; two SoCal lawyers were penalized after including false, AI-generated information in a court briefing; and Alan Wong won big after joining forces with Lurie.
SF News Jeep Driver Strikes, Injures Scooter Rider In Suspected Road Rage Incident Witnesses at the scene of a collision on the Embarcadero say an altercation led to the driver of a Jeep intentionally running into a scooter rider who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Business & Tech Suspected Thief Flees Scene In Waymo With Stolen Goods From Marina Yoga Studio The San Francisco Police Department is searching for a suspected thief who used a Waymo robotaxi as his getaway vehicle earlier this year in the city’s first reported case of this kind.
Business & Tech Report: Waymo Vehicles Create a Whole New Set of Traffic Safety Problems A recent CNN investigation found that while Waymo's robotaxis may reduce many of the risks associated with human drivers, they often create new problems of their own, from emergency response disruptions to close calls involving pedestrians and cyclists.
SF News Two Deaths In SF Streets Reported an Hour Apart In SoMa, Excelsior A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver in San Francisco's South of Market District Wednesday, and another person was found dead in the street in the Excelsior less than an hour later.
Business & Tech Google to Add Clearer Sources In AI Searches, Allow Sites to Opt Out Following UK Ruling Following a ruling from UK regulators, Google announced it plans to allow website owners to opt out of appearing in AI searches, and it’s also agreed to add clearer attributions and links to sources in its AI overviews.
SF Politics State Senator Aisha Wahab In Early Lead For Eric Swalwell’s Former Seat In 2027 The early front-runner in the primary for Eric Swalwell's former East Bay congressional seat next term appears to be State Senator Aisha Wahab, who currently represents roughly half the district, with former Dublin mayor and BART director Melissa Hernandez trailing behind.
SF News SF Affordable Housing Project Opens in Record Time Through New Public-Private Partnership A new 145-unit affordable housing development was completed in a fraction of the typical time for half the cost in SF’s Mission District near the Bernal Heights border, and officials hope to use it as a model for future projects.
SF News Authorities Probe Death of SF Man Found Unresponsive Day After Transfer to Santa Rita Jail A man from San Francisco died at the hospital two days after he was found unresponsive at Santa Rita Jail, and an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo Couple Drowns at Fresno Waterfall The SF Giants hired a new third-base coach; a 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected near Cloverdale; and a local couple died at a waterfall in Fresno when the woman fell in, and her husband tried to save her.
SF News SF Chinese Hospital Names Wing After Donor Who Paved Way for New Cancer Center SF Chinese Hospital has renamed its outpatient center after philanthropist Charles Huang, honoring his $7 million donation in 2020 that funded infrastructure upgrades to the wing, which helped pave the way for a forthcoming cancer clinic.
SF News Four-Year-Old Rescued After Becoming Trapped in 10-Inch Irrigation Pipe at Fairfield School A preschooler was safely rescued and uninjured after becoming stuck inside a 10-inch irrigation pipe for about 15 minutes outside a Fairfield preschool, prompting a response from firefighters.
SF News Recent Workshop For Educators on ‘Adult Supremacy’ In Classrooms Sparks Backlash A local nonprofit rented an SFUSD high school for an ethnic studies conference for educators, featuring a workshop about “adultism” and power dynamics in the classroom, which has drawn predictable criticism, largely due to the mistaken belief that city funds paid for it.
SF News SF Supervisor Alan Wong Seeks to Introduce Penalties for Setting Off Illegal Fireworks Ahead of the July 4th maelstrom of illegal fireworks lighting up SF’s foggy skies, Supervisor Alan Wong introduced legislation that would strengthen enforcement by allowing police to issue fines and pursue misdemeanor charges against repeat offenders.
SF sports SF LGBT Center's World Cup 'Pride House' Serves as Safe Haven for LGBTQ+ Soccer Fans Ahead of the World Cup's opening matches in Santa Clara, the SF LGBT Center in the Castro has launched SF Pride House, a hub for LGBTQ+ soccer fans featuring watch parties, community events, and other programming throughout the tournament.
SF News SF to Add Five Temporary Monuments Focused on Local History As part of the San Francisco Arts Commission's Mellon-funded Shaping Legacy Project, five artists will create temporary installations honoring communities and histories that have often been overlooked in the city's public monuments.
SF News Husband of Social Worker Killed at SF General Hospital to File Lawsuit Against City A wrongful death claim has been filed against the city by the husband of Alberto Rangel, alleging that Rangel’s fatal stabbing by a patient at SF General Hospital last year was preventable, and he plans to file a lawsuit.
