SF News Day Around the Bay: Yet Another Boeing Plane Has Mid-Air Mechanical Problems Flying Into Oakland Looks like more layoffs are coming at Twitter/X; the California legislature is poised to pass what they know is a completely bogus budget; and more Boeing airplane trouble as a plane did an inadvertent “Dutch roll” flying into Oakland
SF News Day Around the Bay: Caltrain's Electrified Trains Set to Begin Rolling In September Caltrain says its electrified trains will be launching on September 21; an SF supervisor introduces legislation to try to save Queer LifeSpace in the Castro; and Alaska Airlines will begin service out of SFO's Harvey Milk Terminal 1 next week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers' Christian McCaffrey Gets ‘Madden 25’ Video Game Cover (and the Curse That Comes With It?) The SF Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Breed’s controversial police commission pick; billionaire Chris Larsen wants to give SFPD $1 million; and 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will grace this year’s popular ‘Madden’ video game cover.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Floating Light Installation Could Be Part of Powell Street Rejuvenation A 25-year-old man has been charged in an unprovoked attack in UN Plaza; Oakland had three homicides this morning, the victims all young men; and there are some renderings for a project to rejuvenate beleaguered Powell Street, which include a floating LED orb.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Juneteenth Parade Happening Saturday on Market Street Expect lots of downtown street closures and crowds Saturday for SF's second annual Juneteenth Parade; the ShakeAlert earthquake warning system gets some updates; and there was another clash at the Israeli Consulate in SF Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trumpers Descend on SF for Rally, Met by Inflatable Trump Chicken We now know where that Union Square Nintendo store is going to be; San Franciscans are suddenly smoking less weed than they have in years; and MAGA masses are in the Marina to cheer on Trump — but they’re met by a giant Trump Chicken in a prison jumpsuit.
SF News Very Hot Day Around the Bay: All of the Berkeley Falcon Chicks Have Now Started Flying Today’s heat wave is likely to continue into Wednesday; a free grocery store is coming to the Bayview District; and all four of this year’s rapidly growing Berkeley falcon chicks have now taken flight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Fire Destroys Affordable Housing Development In Redwood City An eight-alarm fire burned through an under-construction affordable project in Redwood City today; the Marina Times lost a court fight with Sup. Dean Preston; and there is yet another vegetation fire in eastern Alameda County today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Huge New Tower Proposed For Sunset Mag Campus In Menlo Park Mayor London Breed announced her proposed budget cuts to cover a $790M deficit; the former Sunset Magazine campus in Menlo Park could get a 431-foot tower; and asking rents in San Francisco ticked up again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Clear Lake Algae Bloom So Large It Can Be Seen From Outer Space Both SF Four Seasons hotels are now on the market; a politically conservative Sonoma County real estate firm is facing a federal fraud investigation; and a Clear Lake algae bloom can now be seen from outer space.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Affordable Project Breaks Ground on Former Bus Depot Site There was a groundbreaking ceremony for a new affordable project in SoMa; the SFMTA got a federal accessibility grant; and of course Samuel Alito won't recuse himself from the January 6th/Trump cases.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Surfboard-Stealing Otter Resurfaces in Santa Cruz Some lane closures and street repairs will muck up traffic on part of 19th Avenue this week; an extremely rare whale was spotted near Point Reyes; and Santa Cruz’s infamous Otter 841 has reappeared and is taking over people’s surfboards again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Record Travel Volume Expected for Memorial Day Weekend Berkeley's famed baby falcons now have names from their naming contest; Alcatraz ferry boat drivers might be going on strike soon; and Memorial Day weekend travel volumes are expected to meet or exceed the all-time record.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Possible Homicide Investigation In SF's Tenderloin A suspicious death Friday in the Tenderloin is being investigated as a homicide; an 18-year-old UC Davis student has gone missing in SF; and police in Atherton's employ "bait houses" to nab burglars.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo Welcomes Three New Baby Bison A new French bistro has opened in the Castro’s former Catch space; Noe Valley businesses are up in arms over some upcoming street construction; and three new baby bison are now strolling with their herd at the Oakland Zoo.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Falcon Name Finalists Now Up For Vote OpenAI is pulling a voice chat assistant that sounded a lot like Scarlett Johansson; the only queer bar in the FiDi is finally reopening; and four sets of finalists have been named in the voting contest to name the newest brood of peregrine falcon chicks at UC Berkeley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Both of Monday’s Scheduled SF Mayoral Debates Have Now Crashed and Burned A naming contest is underway for the Berkeley falcon chicks; there’s more Gaza protest controversy at Sonoma State University; and one of Monday’s mayoral debates got canceled while the other one now only has two candidates participating.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Final Section of Harvey Milk Terminal to Open In June A big rig carrying 73,000 pounds of rice overturned in Oakland near the Bay Bridge this morning; the number of homeless families living in SF has doubled; and the last renovated section of Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at SFO opens on June 11.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Gaza Protesters Agree to End Their Month-Long Encampment The 49ers’ 2024 schedule is being leaked in bits and pieces; Frank Somerville got community service instead of jail for his latest troubles; and UC Berkeley’s Gaza protesters have agreed to fold up their tents and go home.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Kamala Drops an F-Bomb An SF man with six prior convictions has been arrested for an April murder in Oakland; gas prices in CA could go up 50 cents next year; and VP Kamala Harris dropped a very public F-bomb Monday in a conversation with a comedian.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Airport Went and Did It, Officially Approved ‘San Francisco' Name Change PG&E got their controversial “flat fee” rate change approved; a Piedmont man got no jail time for a fatal hit-and-run; and Oakland’s airport officially changed its name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.”
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Pleads With Port of Oakland Not to Finalize Airport Name Change The Port of Oakland board is voting to finalize that name change for Oakland Airport, and SF's city attorney is urging them not to; the VTA is buying 48 BART cars that won't get used in San Jose for a decade; and the local wine industry is hurting.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New COVID Variants Could Mean Possible Summer Surge Yet another tax code change could be headed for SF's November ballot; a large house fire displaced seven people near Oakland’s Laney College; and some new COVID variants might show up to spoil the summer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Ranked Worst In Nation For Driving A new study ranks Oakland as the worst city in the US for driving; an Oakland McDonald's is the subject of a strike by employees over rodents; and Jack Dorsey has departed the board of Bluesky.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Popular LED Forest ‘Entwined: Elder Mother’ Has Closing Party Saturday The wife of the doctor who drove his family off a San Mateo cliff is asking the court for leniency; a big new UC Berkeley student housing complex will be given an Ohlone name; and Golden Gate Park’s beloved annual LED forest Entwined has its closing party Saturday.
