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.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Evan Low Beats Out Joe Simitian By Five Votes In Recount of Congressional Race for Second Place Evan Low has beat out Joe Simitian in the recount of their primary congressional race for second to go against Sam Liccardo in November; crime is trending down in Oakland so far this year; and Pamela Price is calling for a state probe into the recall backers' funding.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Golden Gate Ferry Set to Resume Sausalito Service The Biden administration just eased marijuana restrictions nationwide; Sharon Stone has a new art show in SF; and the Golden Gate Ferry will resume service from SF to Sausalito on Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: NEMA Developer Sues NEMA Operator Over Back Rent Developer Crescent Heights is suing the operator of the NEMA building over back rent; a beekeeper in North Oakland had her bees stolen; and another crash stemming from a cop pursuit has injured innocent bystanders in Santa Clara County.
SF News Day Around the Bay: NFL Draft is Tonight, 49ers Finally Have a First-Round Pick Again There’s impressive new renderings of a proposed reimagining of the former Westfield Mall; bike activists’ guerrilla street alterations near Duboce Park have been removed; and the NFL Draft is underway, with plenty of 49ers intrigue.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 'Planet of the Apes' Characters Spotted at Crissy Field The 14-year-old boy who drowned in the Russian River earlier this month has been identified as from SF; a Silicon Valley investor is planning a Trump fundraiser in SF; and several 'Planet of the Apes' characters were spotted on horseback at Crissy Field.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Third Baby Falcon Chick Hatches Atop Berkeley Clock Tower The transfer of prisoners out of FCI Dublin has been even more chaotic than we realized; the Tesla layoffs will leave nearly 3,000 Bay Area workers out of a job; and a third baby peregrine falcon has been born at the famed Berkeley nest.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Child Predator Sting Operation Ensnares San Jose Firefighter A child predator sting operation out of Sacramento arrested a San Jose fire captain; PG&E CEO Patti Poppe's compensation is being compared to others; and Tesla is being sued over California layoff notification laws, and last week's layoff announcement.
