SF News Day Around the Bay: BottleRock Three-Day Passes Sell Out Fast SF-based Twitch is laying off a third of its staff; three-day passes for BottleRock have already sold out; and SF Animal Care & Control has a full shelter and is waiving adoption fees for dogs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: King Tides Set to Return Wednesday, Brace for Flooding Near Embarcadero SF has recorded its first flu death of 2024; the popular pop-up Bernal Bakery is getting a permanent brick-and-mortar home; and the King Tides are expected back in SF on Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Special Election Set For Kevin McCarthy's Seat SF health officials announced the season's first flu death; Gov. Newsom announced a May 21 date for the special election to fill Kevin McCarthy's House seat; and the wall around People's Park is nearly complete.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ‘Point Reyes Shipwreck’ May Soon Be Gone Another mass shooting at an Iowa high school killed a sixth grader and injured five others; London Breed is touting a decrease in SF crime over the holidays; and the so-called Point Reyes shipwreck could be gone from its Inverness beach before long.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sonoma Teens Caught Stealing Cow-Crossing Sign, Others A judge has ruled that DA Pamela Price has to recuse herself from prosecuting a former employee; the Valencia bike lane saw a significant drop in usage; and some Sonoma County teens got caught stealing road signs, because they got stuck in some mud.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sierra Nevada Snowpack at Just 25% of Its Usual Average Elon Musk had a snit over Green Day’s New Year’s Eve performance; that November state gambling initiative is getting ready to spend big; and the Sierra Nevada snowpack is at just a fraction of where it normally is in a new year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gigantic Waves Rollick Bay Area Coast, Get Recorded in Stunning Videos Thursday’s high tidal surges caused evacuations in Marin County, inundated Santa Cruz and Capitola with floods, and nearly cost the life of a daredevil surfer in Pacifica, while eyewitnesses caught much of this on video.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Rejects Police Commission's Candidate List A man was shot and possibly killed in the Tenderloin Wednesday morning; Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has rejected a list of three candidates for police chief; and there was a fire at the San Leandro Marina.
SF News Boxing Day Around the Bay: Pizza Hut Laying Off 1,200 California Delivery Drivers The rain is expected to return Wednesday morning; a Los Altos strip mall is in danger of collapsing after a Christmas Day fire; and Pizza Hut is laying off California delivery drivers as a new state wage law is about to take effect.
SF News Shortest Day of the Year Around the Bay: Not Much Snow in Tahoe This Christmas Santa Clara and the 49ers are in another dispute over that big Christmas Night game; a police chase rattled the Precita Park area last night; and the Christmas weekend snow depth at Tahoe will likely disappoint skiers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Judge Rejects 'Lenient' Plea Deals for Fentanyl Dealers A federal judge has rejected two recent plea deals for Tenderloin drug dealers; another federal judge has put a halt on California's concealed-carry gun law; and a Berkeley man is among those in a prisoner swap with Venezuela.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stonemill Matcha on Valencia Street Will Reopen Wednesday An encampment fire broke out under SF’s Central Freeway Tuesday; those Cruise robotaxi patches are unfortunately staying on the Giants' uniforms next season; and the popular Stonemill Matcha returns to Valencia Street Wednesday under new ownership.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hundreds of SFO Flights Delayed, Rain Floods Some SF Streets Monday’s rain caused notable flooding on a few SF streets; longtime SF favorite Jeffrey’s Toys says it’s in danger of closing; and more than 300 flights were delayed at SFO today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Winter’s First Spare the Air Day Is Friday The New York Times just discovered that crime is worse in Oakland than in SF, some Safeway and Target stores are ditching self-checkout, and wood burning is banned Friday because it’s a Spare the Air day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF District Attorney Says Homeless Should Be Made 'Uncomfortable' DA Brooke Jenkins said homeless people need to be "uncomfortable" in order to get them into shelter; the ex-cop in last weekend's standoff in the East Bay has been charged; and Hi Felicia owner Imana is closing Sluts wine bar and says she is unhoused.
SF News Day Around the Bay: That CVS In the Lower Haight Won’t Be Closing After All California’s Hispanic population is getting a lot more Dominican and Venezuelan; a Daly City music teacher has been charged with having a relationship with a 14-year-old student; and CVS has reversed course and said they will not close their Lower Haight store.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pedestrian Killed In SoMa Parking Lot A pedestrian was killed in a private parking lot in SoMa on Monday; a Clipper Card app meltdown stymied commuters; and X/Twitter now seems to be encouraging people to follow Alex Jones and other conspiracists.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bayview Homicide Suspect Arrested After Four Months at Large A suspect in an August homicide in the Bayview was spotted and arrested in the Fillmore; one man was taken into US Marshals' custody in the Mission today; and Palisades Tahoe just got 15 inches of new snow overnight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Holiday Tree Lighting is Tonight Another shooting in Las Vegas has left three people dead; SF synagogues are on edge in advance of Thursday night’s Hanukkah celebrations; and tonight’s SF City Hall holiday tree lighting will be livestreamed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jerry of the ‘Tom & Jerry Christmas House’ Has Died San Francisco office vacancy hit another all-time high; two long-planned residential towers at Fourth and Brannan have been redesigned yet again; and Jerry of the famed ‘Tom & Jerry House’ has passed away.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Break-Ins Go Down By Half In SF Oakland police are investigating a fatal shooting at a 7-Eleven today; a woman was fatally struck by a car in a Walmart parking lot in Mountain View; and SFPD data shows car break-ins down significantly this fall compared to last year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Northern Lights May Be Visible in Northern California Tonight Former San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo looks like he’s running for Rep. Anna Eshoo’s seat, Beyonce’s 'Renaissance' movie is premiering tonight, and the famed aurora borealis Northern lights may be visible tonight in northern California.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Major BART Delays After Person Walks Into Transbay Tube Another person got into the Transbay Tube and it was causing major BART delays Wednesday evening; a 42-year-old UPS employee in Oakland has been charged in a murder; and federal prosecutors have indicted the SF driver who allegedly killed pro cyclist Ethan Boyes in the Presidio in April.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Silicon Valley Bank (Sort Of) Back From the Dead, Leases SF Space From LinkedIn Valencia Street’s Stonemill Matcha is going to reopen, Oakland is getting a new minor league baseball team, and the bankrupt-but-acquired Silicon Valley Bank has agreed to leasing some space in the downtown SF LinkedIn building.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chevron's Richmond Refinery's Smokestacks Flaring After Power Outage Chevron's Richmond refinery was flaring from all its smokestacks Monday afternoon; a 28-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night in Oakland's Fruitvale; and a 9th Circuit judge says he resigned because of the Supreme Court's rightward shift.
