SF News Day Around the Bay: First Republic Branches All Becoming JP Morgan, or Closing The Parkmerced standoff with a barricaded man was resolved peacefully; SF-based First Republic Bank will cease to exist as of Memorial Day weekend; and the Kimpton Alton Fisherman's Wharf hotel has been surrendered to its lender.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Little Hail Fell in Parts of San Francisco Today The Castro Theatre unearthed a beautiful relic while doing renovations; Oakland Coliseum workers are up in arms over the A’s moving to Sacramento; and some hail fell in the early afternoon Thursday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Crashes Into Valencia Street Taqueria A car crashed into El Buen Sabor taqueria at 18th and Valencia today, but no one was hurt; residents of The Paramount have been waiting for compensation for a 10-day power and water outage in February; and there's already at taker for The North Face store in Union Square.
SF News Day Around the Bay: El Farolito Soccer Team Plays Another Pro Team Tonight, Match To Be Streamed Online A block of the Sunnyside neighborhood was shut down over a gas leak Tuesday morning; Oakland and the A’s failed to agree on a three-year Coliseum lease extension; and the El Farolito soccer team’s Cinderella tournament run continues tonight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gray Whale Population Appears to Be Rebounding AsiaSF is staying open one more month after "overwhelming" community support; Safeway stores in the Bay Area continue to overcharge for goods; and the West Coast's gray whale population appears to be rebounding after that mass die-off five years ago.
SF News Opening Day Around the Bay: Oakland A’s Restrict Parking Lot Access to Squelch Fan Protest BART is touting that they’re arresting lots more people on their trains these days; the Giants sadly released Pablo Sandoval once and for all; and the Oakland A’s refused to open their parking lot Thursday afternoon because of fan protesters.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Reward Raised For Info In 2022 Crocker-Amazon Shooting Benecia police announced the arrests of three people connected to a bank robbery; the reward has been upped to $250K for information in a 2022 shooting case in SF; and a mountain lion sighting in South SF was just a big gray cat.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jellyfish-Like Sea Blobs Showing Up on SF Beaches The Halfway Club (the former Broken Record) was awarded a live entertainment permit; Richmond taqueria Tacos El Tucán is opening a Castro outpost; and some gelatinous, jellyfish-like creatures are washing up on SF beach shores.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Double Rainbow Seen Over the Castro The man killed by a wrong-way driver in that MacArthur Maze crash has been identified; more rainy weather is arriving by midweek in the Bay; and Saturday's weather created a double rainbow over San Francisco.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gavin Newsom’s Prop 1 Finally Passes — Just Barely A Swiss company has bought up a large Genentech facility in Vacaville; storms will make Tahoe roads treacherous this weekend; and Gavin Newsom’s Prop 1 can finally declare victory by a mere two-tenths of a percentage point.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFMOMA and City College Settle Legal Dispute Over Mural The "Free Fentanyl" guy is back hanging around a Richmond District playground; SFMOMA and City College have settled their legal dispute over the cost to move that Diego Rivera mural; and Evan Low is leading in the South Bay primary for second place to succeed Anna Eshoo in Congress by just 3 votes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Falcon Annie Has Laid Two Eggs, Third Egg Expected Wednesday The restaurant Quince got some powerful new ammo in their trademark dispute with a retailer; an SF startup is using AI to sort recycling; and the Berkeley Campanile falcons have two eggs in the nest, with another expected on the way.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sunday Homicide Investigated In Potrero Hill A murder investigation has begun after a woman was found dead on Dakota Street in SF's Potrero Hill; Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is touting a recent turnaround of crime statistics; and coyote pupping season has begun in the Presidio.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley to Return Two-Acre Plot of Land to Ohlone People A stretch of I-680 in Pleasanton will be closed for repairs this weekend; Girl Scout Cookie season is being extended for another week; and Berkeley is returning a sacred plot of land to the Ohlone people.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Steph Curry Says He'd Like to Go Into Politics Warriors star Steph Curry reveals that he has political ambitions post-basketball; BART is being lauded by the Biden Administration for Narcan deployment; and former CNN anchor Don Lemon has parted ways with Elon Musk's X after an apparently contentious interview with Musk.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stanford Basketball Star Cameron Brink is Leaving the Farm for the WNBA The principal of Everett Middle School is on leave over that school’s sexual assault scandal, Bernie Sanders endorsed Dean Preston for supervisor, and Stanford basketball star Cameron Brink has declared she’s heading to the WNBA Draft.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Another United Jet Has Problem Leaving Sydney An SFO-bound United flight had to turn back after leaving Sydney due to a "maintenance issue"; a car was stolen Monday in the East Bay with a toddler still in it; and Airbnb has banned the use of all indoor security cameras.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Ron Conway Is a ‘Top Funder’ of the Recall Sheng Thao Campaign The CPUC approved yet another PG&E rate hike; we’re learning about more scary SFO plane equipment failures; and the Recall Sheng Thao campaign says Ron Conway is one of its “top funders.”
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Closing Downtown Tunnel Weeknights Next Week There's no Muni underground service on nights from 9:30 p.m. Friday until the following Friday; some intense thunderstorms caused localized flooding around the Bay today; and there was a tragic discovery inside a Santa Rosa apartment.
SF News Election Day Around the Bay: Another Union Square Retailer Trying to Sell Their Building Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest man (at the moment); a one-time SF gang member was sentenced in a 2013 gang killing case; and the Union Square Burberry is trying to sell their building.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Accused San Mateo Killer Says Confession Was AI-Generated A federal judge is questioning a plea deal in the vehicular homicide case involving cyclist Ethan Boyes; the suspect in a San Mateo stabbing streamed on Facebook made a bizarre declaration in court; and a spike in fatal ODs hits Marin County.
SF News Leap Day Around the Bay: Gavin Newsom Now Says Panera Won’t Be Exempt From Minimum Wage Law UC Berkeley spent nearly $7 million to clear protesters out of People’s Park; the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will be shot entirely in California; and Gavin Newsom is responding to blowback by saying Panera won’t be exempt from an upcoming minimum wage increase.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Protesters Shut Down Lecture By Israeli Lawyer at UC Berkeley A protest shut down a lecture by an Israeli lawyer on the UC Berkeley campus; SF officials say the Macy's building on Union Square could become a lot of things besides retail; and two big video game makers announced layoffs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Castro Seafood Restaurant Catch To Close Permanently Next Month A new report on police car chases emerges right before SF will vote on police car chases; the luxury pet-care facility Wag Hotels is facing a lawsuit over animal mistreatment; and 22-year-old Castro District seafood restaurant Catch will close next month.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wrong-Way Crash On 280 In SF Snarls Traffic A wrong-way injury crash involving at least three cars shut down much of southbound 280 in SF; Bob Lee stabbing suspect Nima Momeni's sister reportedly had multiple drugs in her system during a November crash; and Santa Rosa police are seeking a shooting suspect from an incident last week.
