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: Feds Claim Evidence that ‘RawRicci415’ Sexually Abused 13-Year-Old Girl on Camera Orinda’s St. Mary’s Gaels are ready to storm the March Madness tournament; Trump appears to have abolished the Department of Education, and right-wing SF Twitter celebrity Ricci Wynne faces charges that he recorded his own sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Interim Oakland Mayor Challenges Lurie to 3-Pointer Contest The UC system is instituting a hiring freeze as it faces Trump cuts; the Defense Department erased and then restored a page about Jackie Robinson; and federal judges are raising alarms about online threats against them.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Rockslide Shuts Down the Road to Yosemite An Inner Richmond shop may have been unwittingly drawn into an illegal drug operation; Google just made its biggest-ever acquisition of a startup; and State Route 140 into Yosemite National Park is closed because of a rockslide.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo Service to SFO Likely Coming Soon Waymo has reached a deal to start mapping its routes to SFO; the SFMTA is thinking about putting pickleball courts on top of underutilized city-owned garages; and a midwife and her associate have been arrested in Texas for providing abortions.
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.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse Is Tonight, Will Skies Be Clear Enough to See It? A couple was sentenced for robbing two SF banks in the same day; an SFO caterer is laying off more than 800 employees; and there’s a lunar eclipse coming tonight, but who knows if it will be visible in Bay Area skies.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Mobile Command Van Shifts to 16th & Mission The SFPD has moved its Mobile Command Unit No. 2 from Civic Center to 16th & Mission; staff at SF's regional Dept. of Education office for civil rights enforcement was locked out today; and a $20K reward is being offered in a case of a sea lion beheading in Bodega Bay.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland on Brink of Closure After City Shuts Down Their Patio Scott Peterson got roughed up in a prison fight; the stock market had another dismal day under Trump; and Eli’s Mile High Club may have to shut down after the city forced them to close off their back patio.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Beauty Bar Is Making a Comeback Two Sonoma County schools were locked down after a reportedly "credible threat' from a parent Monday morning; Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor have raised similar sums in the Oakland mayor's race; and Beauty Bar in the Mission is finally reopening.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland First Fridays Makes Its Return This Weekend Gavin Newsom upset the trans community with some remarks on his podcast; Pittsburg Center’s BART station will be closed this weekend; and Oakland First Fridays returns from its winter hiatus Friday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Outside Lands ‘Eager Beaver’ Tickets on Sale Wednesday, First Act May Have Leaked Severe budget cuts are soon to hit SF art museums; Elon Musk’s DOGE axe came down on three Bay Area federal offices; and the early-bird Outside Lands presale tickets go on sale Wednesday morning.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Today Was San Francisco’s Warmest Day So Far In 2025 Meta accidentally showed people a bunch of graphic videos and porn on Instagram Reels; a new video game makes Renel Brooks-Moon the Giants' PA announcer again; and SF temperatures went above 70 degrees today for the first time in 2025.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Sales Plummet In Europe Tesla sales decreased by 45% across Europe in January; Oakland city departments were found to have paid more than $1.6 million in excess overtime over the past six years; and a man who shot at San Leandro police was charged.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Remember, the Central Subway Is Closing for a Few Weeks, Starting Wednesday Mayor Lurie is ordering all City Hall workers back to the office; there was a stabbing at a Santa Rosa high school Tuesday; and the Central Subway is about to close for 17 days, starting tomorrow.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Thousands of Dolphins Spotted In 'Super Pod' An Antioch woman was arrested for allegedly abusing and neglecting four small children; Newsom threatens to withhold homeless funding from cities again; and a 'super pod' of around 2,000 Northern right whale dolphins was spotted off the Monterey coast.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Oakland Man Convicted Of Imprisoning 74-Year-Old Woman For Two Years An Oakland man was convicted of imprisoning his dead mom's friend; the Trump administration is considering a Northern California military site for one of its detention centers; and Luigi Mangione appeared in court day, along with a gaggle of supporters.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Yosemite ‘Firefall’ Is Back in Action, and Now It Has a Webcam Two Bay Area tech companies have been sued for facilitating child sexual abuse; Mitch McConnell is at long last retiring; and it’s firefall time at the famed waterfall in Yosemite, and that waterfall now has a livecam.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Boy In Critical Condition After Outer Sunset Shooting A boy was shot near 37th and Santiago in the Outer Sunset Wednesday afternoon; an arrest has been made in the Feb. 3 hit-and-run in Oakland that killed a Berkeley professor; and China Live is likely staying put.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Polo Ralph Lauren Store Is Coming to San Francisco Mayor Lurie has named his new SFMTA director; California may crack down on power-guzzling data centers; and SF’s first Polo Ralph Lauren store brings a bit of positive retail news to the city.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sideshows Migrated Across the Bay Sunday Morning There were sideshows in four Bay Area cities early Sunday, and one briefly shut down the Bay Bridge; the folks looking to recall SF Supervisor Joel Engardio now have a rap theme; and Trump is cozying up to the Saudis on two fronts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Rain Expected to Let Up by Noon Friday, Shouldn't Ruin Big Weekend Witnesses say they didn’t even hear police sirens before Sunday’s police car chase parklet crash; there will be no “men vs women” three-point shooting contest at the NBA All-Star festivities; and the rain has already canceled one NBA party but showers are expected to end.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Teslas In Humboldt County Get Anti-Nazi Flyers Put On Them Tesla owners in Arcata have been receiving some vaguely threatening flyers; BART says it is prepared for All Star Game Weekend and Chinese New Year Parade crowds; and the Burke Williams Day Spa is now leaving the SF Centre mall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Patti Smith Returning to Bay Area for 50th Anniversary of ‘Horses’ Tour A SFPD officer was slashed with a piece of broken glass during a SoMa arrest; a red-faced Shopify quickly removed Kanye’s swastika t-shirt site; and Patti Smith is playing both SF and Oakland for the 50th anniversary of her album ‘Horses.’
SF News Day Around the Bay: Why Was the SFPD Chasing That SUV on Sunday? Many are questioning why the SFPD was engaging in a high-speed chase on Super Bowl Sunday in the Mission; a reportedly naked man was arrested for starting a fire in the Mission Monday; and more Trump-created chaos in DC.
