Business & Tech Scientists Say AI Chatbots Gave Them Advice on Creating Biological Weapons A small group of biosecurity experts who consult with AI companies to stress-test their products are reporting that several chatbots on the market offered them detailed information on turning pathogens into potential weapons.
SF News Driverless Cars Will Start Getting Tickets In California Starting July 1 New regulations go into effect July 1 giving officials authority over driverless vehicle companies, including ticketing for traffic violations, stipulating fleet sizes, and utilizing geofencing in emergencies — while also paving the way for driverless trucks.
SF News Over 200 Angry Donors Demand $1.5 Million In Refunds From Swalwell Campaign As legal expenses mount from multiple criminal investigations into the sexual assault allegations against former Representative Eric Swalwell, dozens of people who donated to his campaign for governor are pushing to get their money back.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Crews Begin Disassembling Vaillancourt Fountain The State Department will be providing citizens the option to put Trump’s face on their passports; a suspect was arrested in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of a woman found in the Sierra Foothills; and the controversial Vaillancourt Fountain is being taken down.
SF News SF Resident Contracts New Strain of ‘Mpox,’ But Risk Still Low Health officials recently alerted the public to the first case of mpox Clade I in San Francisco, a newer strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which showed up in a resident linked to an international traveler.
Arts & Entertainment Lurie Appoints SF’s First Arts Director, Forges Arts Partnerships In Shanghai Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed the city’s first arts and culture director Monday, an announcement that followed his recent trip to Asia, where he finalized partnerships with arts organizations Shanghai.
Business & Tech Mill Valley Homeowner Offers 13-Acre Estate In Exchange For Anthropic Stock A Mill Valley property owner and investment banker hoping to get into the AI market recently took to LinkedIn with the hopes of handing over his sprawling estate to an interested Anthropic shareholder in exchange for stock in the company.
SF Politics Republican-Backed California Voter ID Measure Makes It On November Ballot A proposed measure backed by two Southern California Republicans would require voters to use identification at the polls and by mail, and local election officials would be expected to regularly verify voter rolls.
SF Politics ‘Billionaire Tax’ Qualifies For November Ballot, and One Local Billionaire Says He Supports It Proponents of the controversial “billionaire tax” measure have collected almost double the required signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. While there are many Bay Area billionaires who oppose the tax, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he’s “perfectly fine with it.”
Bay Area Sports Firm Owned By Jared Kushner’s Brother to Buy Minority Stake In SF Giants A third private equity firm is set to own a small portion of the SF Giants, as Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, announced that his firm Thrive Eternal has agreed to purchase a minority, non-controlling stake in the team.
SF News Ex-IDF Soldier Visiting Stanford With Miss Israel Accused of Putting Student In Chokehold Stanford authorities are investigating an incident in which an ex-IDF soldier, who was visiting the campus last week with Miss Israel, is accused of tackling and restraining a student who took a paper sign from the booth.
SF News Sunday Links: Two Earthquakes Strike Off Coast Near San Francisco Zoo BART’s Red line and a portion of its Green line are out of service through Sunday; the pledge to have a single, Democratic caretaker candidate run to fill Swalwell’s seat fell through; and two earthquakes struck off the coast near the SF Zoo.
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.
