For the First Time In Over a Century, California Condors Return to NorCal Redwoods California condors remain a conservation success story after being saved from extinction in 1985 when just nine birds remained. This past Tuesday, two examples of the largest bird species in North America were released back into the Northern California redwoods — a first in 130 years.
SF News SF Debuts New Initiative That Connects People With Mental Health Disorders to Available Services The Office of Coordinated Care (OCC) — a brand-new program launched Friday by the City — will expand SF's mental health resources and help connect people with available services before they enter into an otherwise avoidable crisis.
SF News More Details Emerge About Deadly Bay Area Plane Crash; One Passenger Killed in Accident Identified A single-engine airplane crashed in the Marin Headlands Friday afternoon, killing the two people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still investigating the crash, but one of the deceased passengers has been identified by their family.
SF News Sunday Links: Hundreds Convene at Powell Street BART Station in Support of Abortion Rights Saturday saw hundreds at Market and Powell streets supporting abortion rights, an adorable fox was rescued in Oracle Park, and Jill Biden paid Ukraine a surprise visit on Sunday — spending part of Mother's Day in Uzhhorod, a small war-torn city in the far southwestern corner of the country.
SF News Get Ready for Blackouts This Summer As 'Unprecedented' Strain Could Affect CA's Power Grid While it's not exactly a surprise nowadays, it's still wild to think that because California's out-of-date power grid is so incompetent, residents of the state expect scheduled power outages and random blackouts regularly — which, for this summer, might affect some 1.3 million.
SF News Saturday Links: Arsonist Lights Fire Inside San Francisco Parklet Bartenders at Cow Hollow's The Blue Light watering hole recently extinguished a fire inside its parklet, Local Take in the Castro is moving locations, and FYI: Xanath Ice Cream on Valencia Street is, in fact, not permanently closed, after all.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Decades-Old Berkeley Flea Market Must Move to Make Room for Housing Chinatown's massive Tiger Dragon mural was recently defaced, a small plane crashed in the Marin Headlands this afternoon — killing two people — and the 48-year-old flea market at the BART station parking lot on Ashby Avenue is being forced to move.
SF News New Details Around Suspected Overdose Death of 16-Year-Old in SoMa Show Evidence of Sexual Assualt In February, a 16-year-old girl was found dead in SoMa; the teenager was suspected of having died from a drug overdose. Now, new details point to the possibility she was sexually assaulted near the time of her death, per information procured from a recent autopsy report.
Two Small Dogs Killed by Coyotes in Same San Francisco Park Last Month Two dog owners lost their pets — in the same area of Corona Heights Park — in April after each of their animals was attacked by a coyote, prompting SF wildlife officials to remind residents they should heed coyote awareness signs and take precautions during denning season.
SF News Sunday Links: Slow Parade Goes Unhurried Down SF's Lake Street in Support of Car-Free Corridors People rallied at Lake Street Saturday in support of making SF’s designated car-free streets permanent niceties, two small earthquakes rattled Sonoma County, and Nancy Pelosi has become the highest-ranking U.S. government official to step foot in Kyiv since the war in Ukraine began.
SF News Street Safety Ambassador Allegedly Shot in Tenderloin Friday Afternoon; SFPD Still Looking for at Large Shooter Around 2 p.m. Friday, SF police responded to a shooting on Turk Street that reportedly involved an individual working for Urban Alchemy — the non-profit organization whose ambassadors in the Tenderloin help discourage conflict — and the shooter has yet to be found.
Arts & Entertainment 5 SF Bookstores to Hit Up on (and After) Independent Bookstore Day Independent bookstores are one of the vertebrae that make up the backbone of society. Today, April 30th is the national holiday —Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) — started to celebrate, support, and honor these bastions for all things literature.
SF News Saturday Links: Only 15% of Eligible Californians Have Received Second COVID-19 Booster Oakland welcomed its first Black-owned collective storefront last weekend, the future of San Francisco's Financial District is looking pretty bleak, and just about 15% of eligible CA residents 50 and older have gotten their second COVID-19 booster.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Elon Musk Might Have New Twitter CEO Already in Mind The first case of avian flu was reported this week in the United States, ghost kitchen startup Local Kitchens is opening up even more locations in the Bay Area, and reports are swirling around that Elon Musk plans to replace Twitter's current CEO when he takes over later this year.
SF News Remember the COVID-Stricken Cruise Ship That Docked In SF Last Month? It Just Reported Another Outbreak The Ruby Princess cruise ship docked at the Port of San Francisco in late March with a slew of positive COVID-19 cases in tow. Well, the superspreader vessel recently arrived in Hawaii... with 143 COVID-19 cases on board, according to a new report.
SF News SF Police Investigating Attack on Young Woman in North Beach Friday An Asian woman was assaulted (in broad daylight) this past Friday by a man near the new location of The Stinking Rose on Columbus Avenue. The suspect of the assault was found a block from where the attack happened — and was taken away on a stretcher.
SF News Sunday Links: Fire at Popular South San Francisco Chinese Eatery Contained Firefighters put out a structural fire Saturday at Root Chinese Restaurant in South SF, “pro-planet" demonstrations are playing out across the Bay Area today, and April's smattering of Bay Area rainstorms didn’t help much in lifting the region out of drought conditions.
SF News SF to Drop Mask Requirement for IRL Public Meetings Inside City Facilities Starting Monday, April 25, individuals who participate in in-person meetings inside City hearing rooms won't need to wear a face mask — though people are still strongly encouraged to do so.
SF News Now at 5%, SF's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Considered 'Too High' by Some Health Experts At this present juncture, San Francisco's positivity rate for COVID-19 sits at 5.1% — sparking concern amongst experts at John Hopkins University. Why? The last time SF saw such a high positivity rate was in January at the start of that season's holiday surge, which later peaked at 18.9%.
SF News Saturday Links: New Report Shows Bay Area Home Prices Have Skyrocketed Over 20% Since January Some homeowners are now paying 20% more on their mortgages than they would’ve just a few months ago, Golden Gate Pediatrics is preparing as the FDA gets closer to authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for children under five years old, and ICYMI: City Hall glowed green last night to honor Earth Day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Third Leading Cause of Death in America Last Year? COVID-19 Oakland is considering a mask mandate for some large events, the Valencia Street art corridor will be held tomorrow between 16th and 17th streets, and — for the second year in a row — COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States.
SF News Photos: Thousands Crowd Dolores Park for First IRL Hunky Jesus, Foxy Mary Competitions in Two Years Under clear skies and plenty of sunshine, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held their Sister Easter: Back to Our Hold Habits! celebration on Sunday afternoon — the first in-person Easter event the Sisters have held since 2019 — attracting thousands.
SF News Oakland Pivots Certain 911 Calls to Mental Health Crews, Helping Better Address Non-Violent Emergencies Launched this month, Oakland's MACRO program has responded to specific 911 calls related to non-violent emergencies — like mental health issues, wellness checks, and panhandling — helping to de-escalate particular crises without the need for police.
SF News New Report Finds SFO Has Longest 'Line Times' of Any Airport on West Coast Standing in snaking lines that seem to coil into infinity when at the airport is enough to frustrate even the most patient of people. Per a new report, the queues at SFO are among the longest of any domestic airport, which might also make it one of the more maddening airports in America.
SF News Sunday Links: A Familiar Easter Sunday Returns to San Francisco A bevy of in-person Easter Sunday celebrations are happening across San Francisco today, yesterday's spat of moderate rain brought a good amount of precipitation to the Bay Area, and a mass shooting inside a South Carolina mall has left at least twelve people injured.
