Bay Area Sports Folarin Balogun's Red Card Suspension Overturned, USMNT Star Striker Will Face Belgium in R16 World Cup Match FIFA officials sent shockwaves through the world of professional soccer on Sunday by announcing the suspension of USMNT star striker Folarin Balogun’s automatic one-game red-card ban. Balogun can now play in tomorrow's highly-anticipated Round of 16 knockout round match against Belgium in Seattle.
SF News San Francisco General Seeks Public Help to Identify Mystery Patient Staff at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are asking for the public's assistance to identify a mystery patient admitted to the hospital on June 29. Presently unconscious and unable to communicate, ZSFG is hoping photos of the man's face and tattoos will help lead to his identification.
SF News Sunday Links: Fog, Traffic Snuff Spectacle of Golden Gate Bridge Fourth of July Fireworks A California man pleads guilty to sending "imposter ransom demand" to the family of Nancy Guthrie, small earthquakes struck Gilroy and Aromas, and Beyonce drops her first new music since 2024.
SF News Paul Pelosi Facing Possible Charges After Alleged Hit-And-Run In Napa County Paul Pelosi, husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, may face hit-and-run charges following an incident in Napa County on Friday afternoon. Napa County Sheriff’s Deputies allege Pelosi crashed into a parked car, briefly stopped, then drove away.
SF News FCC Approves AT&T Plan to End Landline Service for 184,000 Californians Global telecommunications giant AT&T won a Friday ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that may pave the way for them to end landline phone service for 184,000 Californians. The June 29 decision stands in contrast to a state order last August that the service must continue.
SF News Saturday Links: Hot Dog Eating Champ Joey Chestnut Triumphs Again Hip hop crew Hieroglyphics expands annual Hiero Day festivities to three city tour, Joey Chestnut wins his 18th title at Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, and a mother and daughter are now considered missing are leaving for a hike in San Bernardino on Thursday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland, San Jose Airports Receive Millions For Infrastructure Repair San Francisco Giants ace pitcher Logan Webb named NL Pitcher of the Month, pop star Taylor Swift weds Travis Kelce at Madison Square Gardens, and extreme heat causes shutdown at Trump's Great State Fair.
SF News Bicyclist Hit By Car, Killed On Fremont’s Auto Mall Parkway According to the Fremont Police Department, a bicyclist was killed late on Saturday afternoon on Auto Mall Parkway after being hit by a car. A man riding an electric bicycle was pronounced dead at the hospital from head trauma while the driver was reportedly unharmed.
SF News One Person Shot, Alleged Suspect Arrested After Saturday Shooting Near SF Pride Activities One person is in custody following a shooting near United Nations Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday. While responding to the shooting, SFPD said they were able to apprehend the alleged suspect. One victim suffering from a gunshot wound was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Sunday Links: Castro Eatery Orphan Andy's Sold to New Owner Tracy police allege a 15-year-old boy stabbed an 18-year-old man to death in front of a local Target on Friday, Iran strikes US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, and a possible case of arson at a San Jose elementary school.
SF News NWS Issues Bay Area Beach Hazard Warning Over Elevated Risk of Sneaker Waves, Rip Currents The local office of the National Weather Service has issued a new Beach Hazards Statement concerning elevated risks of strong rip currents and sneaker waves at Bay Area beaches. In effect through Wednesday morning, the warning extends from the beaches of Big Sur to the Point Reyes National Seashore.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Shouted Down at Dolores Park, 5 Arrested Following Protests During SF Trans March SFPD officers kicked off San Francisco's Pride festivities by arresting five protesters for alleged acts of paint-related vandalism following Friday's Trans March. Eyewitnesses say one detainee was dragged along the ground by an officer and that another was forcibly pinned to the ground.
SF News Saturday Links: Governor Newsom Proposes National Billionaire Tax A search of a suspect's home in Alameda allegedly reveals a cache of 546 pounds of fireworks, Anna Wintour may have SF in her sights for Vogue World 2027, and the San Jose Sharks win big on draft night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Civil Jury Report Finds SF Jails Woefully Overcrowded, Underfunded Authorities release identifies of two people found dead last month in a San Jose parking garage, a San Francisco civil jury finds city jails are underfunded and overcrowded, and the U.S. strikes Iran in response to Thursday's container ship attack.
SF News 49ers Fan, Former Pro Skateboarder Veronica Lopez Among Two Dead In Pomona Double Homicide California Highway Patrol officers engaged in a 90-minute chase to apprehend a suspect they allege shot two people to death at a Pomona apartment complex on Thursday afternoon. The victims included 24-year-old former professional skateboarder and devoted San Francisco 49ers fan Veronica Lopez.
SF News Authorities Say Hayward Kidnapping Attempt Possibly Linked to 'Justin Bieber Lookalike' The victim of an attempted kidnapping on Friday afternoon in Hayward told authorities that the man responsible shares a striking resemblance to a certain pop star. Hayward police are now searching for a Justin Bieber lookalike in connection with the crime.
SF News Sunday Links: Woman Found Dead in Remote Humboldt Well Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office identifies woman who was killed by train in February, figure skating gold medalist and Oakland hero Alysa Liu hits Ballhalla, and a big-rig crash on the 210 kills one and injures 32 in Los Angeles.
SF News Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Among Two Dead After Plane Crash In France Global gaming company Ubisoft, maker of 'Assassin’s Creed,' is mourning the loss of co-founder Claude Guillemot after authorities confirmed that he and flight instructor Marc Guillet were both killed in a plane crash on Friday in western France. An investigation into the crash is now underway.
SF Politics Dublin Democrat Melissa Hernandez Advances In California Special Election to Replace Rep. Swalwell Former Dublin mayor Melissa Hernandez has officially advanced to face state Senator Aisha Wahab in a special election to fill the state congress seat vacated by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April following allegations of sexual assault. A final vote to decide the outcome is set for Aug. 18.
SF News Saturday Links: U.S. Men's Team Will Play in Santa Clara for World Cup Knockout Round A 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer's is found safe in SF a day after being reported missing, Iran is once again closing the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. men's squad earns a date in Santa Clara as top team in World Cup's Group D.
SF News Day Around the Bay: DOJ Opens Investigation Into MLB Over Pride-Night Cap Fiasco New lawsuit alleges ex-employee of Fremont speech and therapy center of sexually assaulting two-year-old boy, the U.S. is on to the knockout round in the World Cup with a big win over Australia, and DOJ opens new investigation into MLB over SF Giants Pride night protest.
SF News Suspect in Two Unsolved California Homicides Captured in Laos, Extradited Back to Santa Clara to Stand Trial On Friday, a rare joint release from two California counties confirmed that 31-year-old Myung Jin Kim was arrested in Laos and extradited back to California earlier this week to face prosecution in Santa Clara and Orange County in relation to two unsolved fatal shootings from the past decade.
Bay Area Sports Former 49ers All-Pro Pass Rusher Aldon Smith Found Dead at 36 On Saturday morning, 49ers All-Pro pass rusher Aldon Smith was found unresponsive in the front passenger seat of his pickup truck by a friend in Los Gatos. Less than an hour later, the former No. 7 overall NFL draft pick in 2011 was declared dead at San Jose's Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 36.
morning links Sunday Links: San Jose Car Crash Leaves One Dead, Three Injured A car crash in San Jose left one dead and three injured after the driver reportedly ran a red trying to evade police, Vallejo's Six Flags Discovery Kingdom suffers power outage, and beloved film critic Gene Shalit dies at 100.
SF News Vigil In Castro Honors Pulse Nightclub Victims on 10-Year-Anniversary of Mass Shooting On Friday, a vigil was held at the Castro's Jane Warner Plaza in remembrance of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida that left 49 people dead a decade ago.
