SF News Sunday Links: SF Businesses Win Big During Fleet Week, Blue Angels or Not San Francisco business owners are reporting a small boom thanks to Fleet Week; A historic SoMa mural has been restored; and a fatal crash in the North Bay closed northbound lanes of Highway 101 for hours.
SF News Blue Angels Cancels Saturday Flights, Citing Fog It appears Karl has claimed an unfortunate victim this weekend, as the Blue Angels announced they cancelled their Fleet Week Air Show for today, which they blame on the heavy fog currently present in San Francisco, according to a statement from San Francisco Fleet Week on X.
SF News New Glass Canopies at Several Market Street BART Station Entrances Smashed By Vandals A dozen glass panels, part of the new canopies at the entrances to Powell, Civic Center and other stations were smashed last weekend, only months after their initial installation.
SF News Saturday Links: SoMa Garden Dispute Apparently a "Microcosm" of S.F.'s Problems A SoMa garden is roiled in controversy; San Jose leaders are looking for more money to address homelessness: Trump and Harris have have sizeable leads in Arizona and Pensylvania respectively.
SF News Day Around The Bay: West Portal Driver Allegedly Mixed Up Gas And Brake Pedals The alleged driver in March's deadly West Portal crash apparently said she mixed up the brake and gas pedals; A San Jose City Councilmember allegedly sent text messages sexualizing minors; and Tesla's stock is faltering after an unimpressive robotaxi reveal.
SF News UC Berkeley Student Wins $100k on ESPN's 'College Gameday' Daniel VillaseƱor, a civil engineering student at UC Berkeley, won $100,000 on ESPN's College Gameday broadcast of Saturday's football game between the Cal Golden Bears and the University of Miami.
SF News Sunday Links: End to Heatwave In Sight The current heatwave appears to be finally ending; Lake County's Glenhaven Fire has had its forward progress stopped; and the Cal Bears football team blew a 25-point lead last night.
SF News Police Unions in Alameda County Unite, Call For Pamela Price's Recall At a press conference in Emeryville, held earlier this weekend, the police unions announced in a joint statement that they are all in favor of having Price recalled, sharply rebuking her for being extremely soft on punishing repeat offenders.
SF News Saturday Links: Glenhaven Fire Only 20% Contained The Glenhaven FIre is still raging; a San Jose councilmember is disputing the allegations against him; and Donald Glover is cancelling his tour
SF News Day Around The Bay: 400 Acre Fire in Lake County Forces Evacuations, Destroys Structures A new wildfire is raging in Lake County; Gavin Newsom is pouring even more money into clearing encampments; and a "Friday Night Freak-Off" in Oakland has been cancelled.
SF News One Person, One Dog Killed in San Leandro Fire One person and one dog died in a San Leandro apartment fire Sunday afternoon, authorities say.
SF News Sunday Links: A Heatwave is Coming for the Bay Area A heat advisory is in effect for a good portion of next week; There's controversy surrounding a proposed tribal casino; and a Waymo taxi brought VP Harris's motorcade to a halt.
SF News PG&E Has Announced Power Shutoffs in Five Bay Area Counties for Monday And Tuesday, Citing Fire Risk PG&E has announced that they might shutoff power to five Bay Area counties on Monday and Tuesday to reduce fire risk, in response to weather conditions forecasted to be both extremely hot and very windy, according to their website.
SF News 350 SFUSD Teachers Lack Proper Credentials, New Report Says Around 350 San Francisco Unified School District teachers have been found to lack an active teaching credential, according to a Friday press release from the district.
SF News Saturday Links: Harris Promises Tougher Immigration Policy Kamala Harris is promising to be tougher on the border; Gavin Newsom has vetoed one-fifth of bills this month; and a "revolution" in lowrider culture.
SF News Day Around The Bay: State Farm to Drastically Reduce California Coverage State Farm is planning to cut back on its Califronia coverage; Kamala Harris is in the Bay for the last time before the election; and Planned Parenthood's endorsements for San Francisco Elections have sparked controversy
SF News 1,500 S.F. Hotel Workers Have Gone on Strike in Union Square Unite Here Local 2, the union chapter representing the workers, says they've been in contract negotiations with the Grand Hyatt San Francisco Union Square, Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Westin St. Francis hotels for months, to no avail.
SF News Sunday Links: Last Call for the Oakland A's The A's are singing their swan song; SFUSD's board is under fire this morning; and the worst of fire season might still be around the corner
SF News San Francisco's School Board Scheduled an Emergency Meeting for Sunday San Francisco's School Board has placed an emergency meeting on their schedule for Sunday morning. The meeting's agenda has only one item listed, a "public employee performance review" for embattled Superintendent Matt Wayne.
SF News Saturday Links: College Football Twitter Gets Introduced to the "Calgorithim" "Woke" Cal Fans are taking over college football twitter; Elon Musk has capitulated to Brazil's courts; and Michael Bloomberg just dropped big money on Sam Liccardo.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mark Farrell Supporters Allegedly Deceived Local Grandma into Taking Photo-Op Supporters of Mark Farrell apparently misled a local grandma into a photo-op; A Cal Fire employee is accused of being a serial arsonist; and a police brutality case might get dismissed over paperwork.
SF News 40-Acre Cougar Fire Next to Sonoma Raceway Quickly Put Out Sunday An updated status report from Cal Fire's webpage stated that the fire's forward progress was halted about an hour after it initially started, at 2:20 pm, and that the fire crew eventually swelled to 40 at some point during the blaze.
SF News Sunday Links: Oakland A's Suffer Two Straight Defeats to Historically Inept White Sox Team The Oakland A's lost twice in a row to the historically awful White Sox; Donald Trump survived another attempt on his life today; and a "miracle" rescue occurred in San Jose.
SF News San Francisco Police Have Arrested Retail Robbers Reportedly Responsible for Over $100k in Thefts In a press release published earlier today, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they arrested a "burglary crew" of four people they say are responsible for more than $100,000 in multiple retail thefts perpetrated across both San Mateo County and San Francisco.
SF News Saturday Links: X Leaves SF, Once and For All X has finally shuttered its San Francisco headquarters; Trump is threatening to rescind wildfire funding; and an Oakland Police officer is on leave as an ongoing reckless driving investigation proceeds.