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.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Attorney to Try to Toss Out Dolores Hill Bomb Civil Case SF is trying to get a class-action civil case thrown out that was brought by teens arrested for the Dolores Hill Bomb last year; the Joe Simitian/Evan Low recount is down to one vote again; and another United Airlines jet had to divert to SF, this time over smoke in the cabin.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFMTA to Do 'Intensive' Sweep For Parking Violations In May The SFMTA is going to be doing an "intensive" crackdown on parking next month; an East Bay rapper has been charged with robbery and false imprisonment; and Redwood City is looking to permanently ban cars from a section of Broadway.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Zookeeper Chased By Grizzly Bear In Near-Miss Incident Some SF Zoo staffers are complaining about problems with safety at the zoo; the suspect in the early April shooting death on Mission Street has pleaded not guilty; and buses were seen leaving FCI Dublin today, transferring prisoners out.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Political Activist Faces Fresh Sexual Assault Allegations, Promptly Resigns A new giant discount store has opened on Mission Street; Tadich Grill was curiously left off the Chronicle’s “Top Classic SF Restaurants” list; and a well-known progressive community organizer has resigned amidst a report detailing sexual assault accusations from three more women.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Victims Shot In Napa May Have Been Teen Girls The two female victims in a Saturday shooting in downtown Napa may have been no older than 15; a man's body was found in the Berkeley Marina Saturday; and the Oakland Coliseum concessionaire has warned workers against talking publicly about the A's departure.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Temple SF Nightclub in SoMa Announces It’s Closing Permanently Robotaxi company Cruise is trying to get its permits to operate in SF again; a Richmond man has been charged for last week’s fatal Mission Street drive-by shooting; and SoMa’s Temple SF will close for good on May 25.
SF News Day Around the Bay: See a Superbloom of California Poppies In the East Bay An arrest has been made in connection with a deadly crash near Concord last weekend; longtime Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer is retiring; and you can head to some parks in the East Bay to see superblooms of California poppies.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Librarians Rally For More Security at Local Branches An Oakland woman has been charged for setting another woman on fire; California courts have sided with a Trumper who wants to run for two offices at once; and librarians at local SF branches held a rally demanding more security.
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.
