SF News Sunday Links: Large Homeless Encampment in San Francisco to Be Removed Monday One woman died following a suspected DUI crash in Cupertino, hundreds of young people in Marin County received Phizer vaccines over the weekend, and the smattering of tents and cars on a state-owned parking lot under Interstate 80 in San Francisco is expected to be removed Monday.
SF News Saturday Links: Missing San Francisco Man Found Safe in Mexico The water crisis on the Oregon-California border "couldn't be worse,” an Israeli airstrike bombed a Gaza high-rise that housed media offices, and SF police were informed of the whereabouts of a missing elderly man — who was at his other residence in Mexico.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trader Joe's Announces Mask-Free Shopping for Fully Vaccinated Customers The Exploratorium will reopen July 1, the "boat tram" streetcar on the F-Line returned Friday, and Trader Joe’s has reportedly become the first major retailer to lift its indoor mask policy for fully vaccinated customers.
Arts & Entertainment Frameline and SF Pride Partner To Host IRL Movie Nights at Oracle Park The first-ever Pride Movie Nights at Oracle Park — with this year’s theme organized around the ideas of inclusivity and togetherness — will feature in-person film screenings of the Tony Award-winning musical film adaptation of "In the Heights," plus a second unannounced feature picture, in June.
SF News Red Flag Warning for North and East Bay Hills Extended to Tuesday Night Initially expected to end Monday at 6 p.m., the National Weather Service (NWS) has extended its Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area another 24 hours.
SF News A Possible Way To Help Bay Area Forests Recover After Wildfires? Introduce Mushrooms Forest fires play a crucial role in natural life cycles — it's just that human activity is exacerbating that rhythm. In order to give Mother Nature a leg up after the flames cease, Santa Cruz researchers are using oyster mushrooms to help break down the ash from previous wildfires.
SF News Mother's Day Headlines: San Francisco Businesses See Uptick in Sales Amid Yellow Tier Status Around 65% of all San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, three people — a four-year-old and two women — were injured in the Times Square shooting yesterday, and local businesses are enjoying a second wave of increased sales amid looser COVID-19 restrictions.
SF News 45-Acre Brush Fire in Solano County Has Been Contained The grass fire near the Benicia Bridge — which was first reported today at 10:28 a.m.— was successfully contained by CalFire crews Saturday afternoon; no structures were damaged by the blaze.
SF News Suspect in Stabbing of Two Asian Women in San Francisco Never Made It to Court On Friday, SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin asked a judge to hold a man who's connected with the high-profile stabbing Tuesday of two elderly Asian women near Fourth and Market streets. The suspect — Patrick Thompson — however, refused to come to court from jail.
SF News Saturday Links: Multiple People Injured During Late-Night Shooting at Lake Merritt A shooting near Lakeshore Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Saturday left more than one person injured, hurricane-like winds blew through the Bay Area, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf released her 2021-23 budget Friday — which showed that local police would receive $600M from the $3.85B plan.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF's Largest Convention This Year Gets Scrapped All Contra Costa County-run vaccination sites will now allow walk-ins, disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to go on trial this summer, and a convention by the American College of Rheumatology — which was slated to be SF's largest convention in 2021 — has been canceled.
SF News Scenes From This Weekend's May Day Demonstrations Around the Bay Area May Day — also known as "Workers' Day" or "International Workers' Day" — is an annual holiday set aside to pay homage to the historic struggles (and gains) made by labor movements. And the pandemic’s only highlighted those wins and losses, particularly regarding essential workers.
SF News Strong Winds Cause Trees to Topple in San Francisco, One Person Injured Gusts over 30mph ripped through parts of San Francisco late Saturday afternoon — leaving a wake of fallen branches, blown-over trash bins, and one 50-foot tree collapsed at the Sydney G. Walton Square park, which apparently injured a person.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Chinatown Jewelry Store Subjected to Robbery — in Broad Daylight Solano County was issued a Red Flag Warning, seven people were arrested in Oakland yesterday during the May Day rallies, and a jewelry store in the 800 block of Washington Street was broken into Saturday — right in front of passerby.
SF News Second Shooting on Highway 4 Leaves Driver Injured, Another Car Sprinkled With Bullet Holes Around 1:15 a.m. Saturday, a man was wounded when his red Nissan Altima was shot multiple times — from both sides, no less — while driving on Highway 4 in Pittsburg; this was the second shooting of a driver traveling on the same stretch of roadway this week.
SF News Bay Area Veterinarians Concerned About Sick Puppies Being Sold by Roadside Sellers The pandemic has led to an explosion in pet ownership. It's also helped fuel the number of puppies being purchased at makeshift stands — especially in the East Bay.
SF News Saturday Links: Santa Clara Reservoirs Are Now Just 16% Full An elderly San Francisco woman has been missing for almost two weeks, despite recent whale deaths, gray whale populations could soon reach an all-time high, and the ten Santa Clara Valley reservoirs are only 16% full — far below their 20-year historical average of 26%.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Bay Area Neighborhoods Have 99% Vaccination Rates Among Adults Five very cute kittens were rescued out of a car engine compartment by Brentwood firefighters, San Jose's Happy Hollow Park & Zoo saw the birth of two rare lemurs, and almost all adults in the 94707 zip code of North Berkeley and Palo Alto’s 94304 postal code have received at least one vaccine dose.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yep... Elon Musk Is Still Set To Host 'SNL' The "Super Pink Moon" will glow in the sky later tonight, beloved Mission District watering hole Elda will move to a new "TBD" location in the city, and the decision by “Saturday Night Live” to pick Elon Musk as a host continues drawing backlash — on and off the internet.
SF News Home Security Footage Shows Vacaville Police Officer Throw, Strike Autistic Teenager Last Wednesday, April 21, a Ring doorbell system filmed a police officer in Vacaville throwing a 17-year-old boy with autism to the ground; the officer during the incident also allegedly punched him in the head.
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: 8 Bay Area Counties Announce They'll Start Using J&J Vaccines Again Another small tremor shook parts of the East Bay on Monday, a new UCSF report showed that a Bay Area man suffered a rare blood clot after receiving the J&J vaccine, and speaking of the single-dose shot: eight Bay Area Counties have announced they will soon resume administering J&J vaccines.
SF News Rare Fin Whale Washes Up at Fort Funston — the Fifth Dead Whale Recorded Around Bay Area in Less Than a Month There are just an estimated 3,200 fin whales in the waters off of California, Oregon, and Washington. Friday, one of them was found lifeless along the beach at Fort Funston — having likely died from a boat strike.
SF News Sunday Links: Rain Storms Didn't Bring Much Drought Relief to Bay Area, After All A 3.8M earthquake was reported near Morgan Hill Saturday night, Bay Area health officials have said providers can resume using J&J's COVID-19 vaccine, and the expected weekend rain showers didn’t really help much to lift the Bay Area out of drought conditions.
SF News The Guy Dressed in a Head-to-Toe Bear Costume Has Finally Made it to San Francisco After leaving LA on April 12, the artist named Bearsun — who's been walking in full-on teddy bear regalia for now almost two weeks — has finally made it to San Francisco, the decided endpoint of his 400-plus-mile journey.
SF News SF Police Arrest Suspect in Robbing and Stabbing of Asian Man On Friday, SFPD released a statement citing that they've arrested a suspect in relation to the stabbing and robbing of a 53-year-old Asian man on April 10.
