SF News Day Around the Bay: Family Sues South Bay Mortuary For Allegedly Giving Them Bag Containing Son’s Brain A second SF fire displaced ten near Balboa Park Friday; San Diego high school students discovered their school gym was being used for a porn shoot; and a family says a Santa Clara mortuary gave them their son’s remains instead of his clothing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Raises $1 Million for Nonprofits on 100-Mile Hike to SF Regulators from the European Union fined Elon Musk’s X $140 million for violating transparency rules; Governor Newsom had a public spat with actress Halley Berry; and drag queen and environmentalist Patty Gonia raised $1 million for nonprofits prior to her show at the Warfield Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Fires Five More SF Immigration Judges, to Hire ‘Deportation Judges’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her retirement after her public falling out with Trump; ICE agents were turned away at a Hayward elementary school Friday; and Trump has fired five additional SF immigration judges to be replaced by “deportation judges.”
SF News Day Around the Bay: Teddy Bear Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o Tells Kids How to Find Knives, Pills California Governor Gavin Newsom is sounding very biblical these days; Trump is reversing tariffs on coffee, avocados, and several other food products; and a consumer advocacy group warns parents about the dangers of toys that use AI chatbots.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Apartment Fire Erupts in SF’s North Beach, Quickly Contained by SFFD Surfers were met with 40-foot waves on the opening day of surf season in Mavericks, California; take part in a hyphy video shoot at Powell Station Saturday; and no injuries were reported after an apartment fire in North Beach Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Locker Room Bullying Prompts Forfeiture of Antioch High School Football Game Amazon laid off 780 Bay Area workers this week and twice as many layoffs are coming next year; two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to continue funding SNAP payments; and several Antioch High School football players were allegedly caught on camera bullying another student.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muir Woods Reopens Through November 1, Entry Fees Waived The National Weather Service is forecasting 20-foot sneaker waves and rip tides this weekend; the one remaining Walgreens pharmacy in the Mission has an average 45-minute line; and some of Muir Woods National Park’s operational partners pitched in to reopen the park for ten days.
SF News Day Around the Bay: OpenAI to Block Users From Using Martin Luther King Jr.’s Likeness Prince Andrew no longer has his royal titles due to the Epstein scandal; a teenager was arrested for making a false bomb threat to a Marin County high school; and OpenAI is temporarily blocking users from utilizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Salesforce's Marc Benioff Wants to Bring National Guard to SF, ‘Re-Fund’ SFPD The South Lake Tahoe church where Mayor Tamara Wallace embezzled funds said they caught her in the act; Two Gilroy elementary schools have encountered copper wire theft in the past month; and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff mistakenly thought SFPD was defunded at some point.
SF News Day Around the Bay: More Than Half of Americans Want Better AI Safeguards, Says Poll SF's first televised Lowrider Parade is happening Saturday; a man slid to his death while descending Mount Shasta; and a Pew Research poll found that 53% of Americans want more government protections surrounding AI in their daily lives.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawmakers OK Bill to Rollback Cannabis Tax to 15%, Awaiting Newsom’s Approval Valkyries Coach Natalie Nakase was awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ and Vs guard Veronica Burton received ‘Most Improved Player;’ nasal sprays containing azelastine may help prevent contracting COVID-19; and the state excise tax on cannabis could go back down to 15% from the current 19% soon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hawaii Joins West Coast States in Vaccine Initiative Oakland celebrates Pride on Sunday — it's in front of City Hall this year; 50 years ago today a Manson follower tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in Sacramento; and Hawaii has joined California, Oregon, and Washington in creating a unified vaccine policy in the absence of CDC support.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Australian Bank Fires, Rehires Staff After Chatbot Fails Spectacularly The Pickett Fire in Napa County was at 7% containment on Friday afternoon; the vermin-infested Cupertino Whole Foods that shut down in April is still closed; and an Australian bank had to hire back the employees it fired when its new chatbot bombed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Veteran Bay Area Reporter Pam Moore Honored With Hall of Fame Induction The recent wave of dildo-throwing incidents at WNBA games appear to be connected to a new memecoin; lawyers are using habeas corpus petitions to get asylum seekers released from detention quickly; and retired veteran news anchor Pam Moore received a Hall of Fame induction Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: World's Ugliest Dog Contest Opens Sonoma County Fair This Friday The suspect in a recent East Bay Target bombing has been linked to a multi-state ATM heist crew; an LA activist has been tailing and filming ICE agents, while alerting communities to their presence; and the Sonoma County Fair kicks off tonight with the World's Ugliest Dog Contest.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Feds End Special 988 Crisis Services for LGBTQ+ Youth, Trevor Project Line Open 24/7 Ten detained Americans were released by Venezuela while 250 Venezuelans were released by El Salvador in a deal; John Waters takes the stage this weekend as host of Mosswood Meltdown festival; and specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 crisis hotline has ended.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Admin Erases Bi History From Stonewall Site After Earlier Trans Omission Berkeley Flea Market vendors are still setting up outside the Ashby BART station on the weekends; a worker was killed during Thursday's raid at Glass House Farms in SoCal; and references to bisexual people have been erased from the Stonewall Memorial site.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign to Break Ground in 2026 The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband took place today — while their accused killer appeared in court; someone died after falling off a cliff near Devil’s Slide; and the Harvey Milk Plaza revamp is scheduled to start in 2026.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mahmoud Khalil to Be Released After Months in Immigration Custody Pope Leo XIV urged Silicon Valley execs to prioritize human wellbeing in their technology; a San Rafael City Schools board trustee was suspended following his arrest for child molestation; and former Columbia student and legal resident Mahmoud Khalil is set to be released Friday evening.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Venture Capital Firm Fined $215M Over Russian Oligarch Funds A Flywheel taxi flipped over in Civic Center on Friday morning; four detainees escaped from a New Jersey ICE facility during a riot that broke out over hunger and poor conditions; and a local firm was fined for managing a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s investments.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF’s Booksmith Drops JK Rowling Titles Over Anti-Trans Fund Meta was found to be hosting ads promoting AI-powered “nudify” deep-fake tools; mid-2000s fave Digg is trying to make a comeback; and SF’s Booksmith is no longer carrying JK Rowling’s books due to the author’s ongoing attack on transgender rights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former Team USA Swimmer to Take on Full CA Coastline in 2026 The Pink Triangle installation is set to return next week for its 30th Pride celebration; residents of Musk's Starbase, Texas, were told they might lose their property rights due to new zoning; and a former Olympic swimmer plans to swim the entire CA coast in 2026.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SUV Hits Parked DOT Vehicles in Deadly San Mateo Bridge Crash Late disco legend Sylvester's former Twin Peaks condo is on the market; the Ashby BART station flea market may close at the end of June; and a driver was killed when their speeding SUV crashed into parked San Mateo DOT vehicles.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Newsom Sends Prepaid Phones To Tech Execs With Note, ‘I’m A Phone Call Away’ Reports came out earlier this week that about 100 tech executives received "burner" phones with Newsom's number programmed in them; PG&E is requesting yet another rate hike; and Musk's PAC is offering $100 to Wisconsin voters to sign a petition opposing activist judges ahead of the April 1 election.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Pinole Teen Caught With Loaded Gun At School A Pinole high school student was reportedly caught with a loaded gun at school and then fled police; Bay Area health officials urge residents to get the measles vaccine if they haven't already; and State Farm has been given the go-ahead to increase California customers' rates.
