SF News Oakland Records 36th and 37th Homicides of 2022 in Fatal Saturday Morning Shootout Oakland police responded to reports of gunfire on the 900 block of 77th Avenue Saturday around 5:00 a.m., where one man was initially found to have suffered from multiple gunshot wounds; he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
SF News Saturday Links: Expect Much Drier Weather by This Afternoon Across Bay Area A person was rescued from the side of a cliff at Thornton State Beach in Daly City Friday, Oakland's school mask mandate will be lifted Monday, and though the past twelve hours have seen moderate rain showers drench the Bay Area, they'll pass later on today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Eataly Looking to Fill Hundreds of Jobs at Soon-to-Open Santa Clara Food Hall Novato High School was given the all-clear after a bomb threat, five Oakland cops were found wrongly fired in the fatal shooting of a homeless man, and Eataly is gearing up to open in Santa Clara’s Westfield Valley Fair center.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: SFMOMA's Soapbox Derby Makes Glorious Return to McLaren Park for First Time Since 1978 Thousands of onlookers gathered along John F. Shelley drive Sunday afternoon to watch a parade of soapbox derby cars descend down the steep road. And while most of the rickety race cars crossed the finish line without much of a hiccup, the day's race included a few epic wipeouts.
SF News Five-Alarm Fire at Bay Area Home Depot Was so Hot That It Was Detectable From Space A few hours after a four-alarm fire razed the Port of Benicia, another large blaze erupted at the San Jose Home Depot store on the 900 block of Blossom Hill Road. In fact: The blaze got so hot that its heat signature could be observed from space.
SF News Sunday Links: It's Finally Soapbox Derby Day! A four-alarm fire engulfed the Port of Benicia Saturday, the National Weather Service issued a high surf advisory until 3 p.m. Sunday, and SF's soapbox derby returns to McLaren Park today.
SF News A Living Seawall Is Coming to San Francisco's Embarcadero This Summer Designed to mimic natural-occurring structures that hold marine wildlife, installing living seawalls is becoming a popular practice that improves traditional exposed concrete barriers. And San Francisco is getting one along the Embarcadero over the next few years.
SF News Cooler Temperatures (and Maybe Some Rain) Will Come to SF Bay Area Next Week Coming off of Thursday's record-breaking hot weather, it looks like we can expect some much cooler temperatures — and perhaps even a bit of light rain — next week.
SF News Saturday Links: Art Bash Returns to SFMOMA for First Time Since Pandemic Began Noodle Fest is coming back, SFMOMA's annual Art Bash fundraiser again graced the museum last night, and (of course) Amazon is now looking into overturning the historic unionization of workers at an Amazon distribution center in Staten Island.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former Richmond School Teacher Arrested on Multiple Counts of Child Molestation The Texas man who carjacked an Oakland man Tuesday also had his young daughter with him, a Bay Area teacher was charged by Contra Costa County prosecutors Friday with 29 counts of child molestation, and Arinell Pizza is in danger of closing.
SF News SF's Castro Theatre Was Burglarized Twice This Week — By the Same Person On Friday, SFPD responded to a call of another thieving at the Castro's nearly 100-year-old cinema house. After the second break-in, police re-arrested a burglar previously detained concerning Tuesday's burglary.
SF News Sunday Links: Mass Shooting in Sacramento Kills Six, Leaves Another Ten People Injured A mass shooting in downtown Sacramento at 2 a.m. Sunday has claimed at least six lives, Caltrain is experiencing a massive increase in ridership amid high gas prices, and Estelle Harris — the beloved actress in 'Seinfeld' and the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in 'Toy Story' — has died at age 93.
SF News Mothers Against Drug Deaths to Install Billboard in Union Square Monday Calling Out SF's Fentanyl Crisis At least 98 deaths related to drug overdoses have already been confirmed this year in San Francisco — with 40% of those related to fentanyl consumption. Starting Monday, Mothers Against Drug Deaths will have a billboard downtown that brings attention to the city’s overdose and drug sales crisis.
SF News Shooting in SF's Bayview Neighborhood Leaves One Dead, Another Injured SF police responded to a call about an apparent shooting around 1:20 p.m. Friday near 3rd Street and Palou Avenue. On arriving, officers located two young men suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were taken to a nearby hospital — where one later died of his injuries.
SF News Saturday Links: More Abnormally Hot Temperatures to Heat Up Bay Area Next Week The SF division of the FBI is looking for a missing 14-year-old girl, Asiento — the Mission District's otherworldly cocktail bar — will close (for good) tonight, and we're in for another round of unusually high temperatures next week across the Bay Area.
SF News Day Around the Bay: One Day After Male in Famous Berkeley Falcon Pair Dies, Female Replaces Him With New Suitor An elementary school in San Rafael will reinstate its mask mandate, SFPD increased its reward money for information in the case of Nicole Fitts to $250K, and just a single day after Grinnell — the male in the famous Berkeley falcon pair— was found dead, his female companion has replaced him.
SF News Photos: Hundreds Gather in Castro in Support of Cleve Jones, Other Tenants Facing Displacement Around 250 people convened at SF's Harvey Milk Plaza Sunday to stand in solidarity with Cleve Jones — the celebrated 67-year-old gay rights activist — as he called attention to his own displacement and others' in the neighborhood.
SF News Canadian Film Crew Robbed at Gunpoint Friday Night Atop Twin Peaks SFPD reported that a group of filmmakers was robbed — in broad daylight — early Friday night at Twin Peaks. Video uploaded to social media shows one assailant pointing a gun at the victims as another criminal emptied the crew’s vehicle of equipment.
SF News Sunday Links: Here's Your Reminder to Grab an Umbrella for Today's Wet Weather The wettest weather yet this year is expected to start coming down this afternoon, drones were used to locate a missing boy in Concord Saturday, and police are investigating a fatal shooting near San Jose State University.
SF News After Two Whale Entanglements, Most Dungeness Crab Fishing Off California Will End Early On Friday, citing two recent whale entanglements caused by crab-fishing gear, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said that April 8 will be the last day of Dungeness crab fishing for most of the state.
SF News An 83-Year-Old Sailor Just Left San Francisco on a Tiny Sailboat Headed to Osaka 83-year-old Kenichi Horie, who's captaining the Mermaid III — a 19-foot-long sailboat — left the San Francisco Bay Saturday en route to Osaka, Japan. What's more impressive? He's doing the entire trip by himself.
SF News Saturday Links: March Madness and a Wild Sailboat Competition Descend on SF A two-alarm apartment fire Friday night in Antioch displaced at least 21 people, this weekend’s March Madness and the SailGP Race events will bring swaths of tourists to SF, and Taylor Hawkins, the beloved drummer of the Foo Fighters, has died at 50 years old.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART Records Highest Single-Day Ridership Since March 2020 The Presidio Raptor Cam is back after a two-year hiatus, Cupertino’s new massive development project under construction will include 2,400 below-market-rate housing units, and BART recorded 138,794 riders yesterday—marking the single-busiest day for the rapid transit agency in two years.
SF News Photos: Revisiting the 5.3M Earthquake That Rattled San Francisco 65 Years Ago Today Though not as major as '06 or '89, a less-remembered 5.3M temblor caused a fair bit of chaos across San Francisco 65 years ago today, March 22, 1957.
SF News Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe Charged With DUI, Apologizes for Actions in Video CHP stopped Lamar Thorpe, the mayor of Antioch, Friday night on suspicion of driving under the influence. Thorpe was later cited with a DUI and though he posted a video on Twitter Saturday apologizing for his actions, he's staying guarded on specific details, heeding "advice of counsel.”
