SF News Day Around the Bay: Cop Who Shot Keita O’Neil Wants Case Dismissed, Blames Chesa Gallo Winery is laying off more than 350 people, the Bored Ape company admits their NFTs have no copyrights, and the ex-SFPD officer who shot and killed Keita O’Neil wants the case dismissed on the eve of his first hearings.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Another Frozen Waymo Car Caused Another Traffic Jam A judge has ordered the release of audio and video from the Paul Pelosi attack; the Half Moon Bay shooting suspect was arraigned; and we have another 'Waymo car froze and held up traffic' tale from last week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Justice Department Wants To Break Up Google Governor Newsom met with Monterey Park shooting hero Brandon Tsay, Kevin McCarthy is tossing East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee, and the Department of Justice wants to break up Google over its digital ad monopoly.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Dog Rescued From Under Rocks at Ocean Beach There may be more victims in the Half Moon Bay shooting from earlier today, Twitter is officially being sued by its Market Street landlord, and a dog was rescued from a curious predicament at Ocean Beach.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Announces Grants Of Up To $5,000 for Storm-Damaged Businesses UC Davis fired the prominent chemistry professor accused of raping a high school student, the wildly popular Dave’s Hot Chicken opens Friday in Oakland, and SF small businesses that suffered storm damage are now eligible for grants of up to $5,000.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Palace of Fine Arts Swan Dies at Age 28 Blanche, the 28-year-old Palace of Fine Arts swan, has died; a Nob Hill pot dispensary was robbed to the tune of $100K; and CB2 is closing near Union Square a year after Crate & Barrel also closed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 17 Cars Allegedly Broken Into In One Night In Cow Hollow The Warriors finally made their first championship visit to the White House since you-know-who left office, SFPD has released the identity of the woman killed by a fallen branch on Golden Gate Park, and Cow Hollow was hit by a rash of 17 car break-ins.
SF News MLK Day Around the Bay: Two Dozen Cars Get Flat Tires From Pothole on 101 Caltrain's NorCalMLK Celebration train ran for the first time in three years today, the CHP is seeking help identifying a suspect in a Jan. 1 hit-and-run in Concord, and at least 25 cars got flat tires from the same pothole on Highway 101 in Redwood City.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Defense Seeks to Disqualify SF DA From Troy McAlister Case The public defender for Troy McAlister is looking to get DA Brooke Jenkins and her staff disqualified from the high-profile case; SF's biggest landlord has defaulted on a loan; and a previously rejected condo project is back on deck in SoMa.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pedestrian Killed at 16th and Valencia A 64-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing the intersection of 16th and Valencia, Oakland appears to be losing out on a federal grant linked to the A's stadium site, and there will be a recount in the Oakland mayor's race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Storms Have Claimed At Least 17 Lives An SF gallery owner is going viral for spraying an unhoused woman with a hose, the Giants are now looking vindicated in the Carlos Correa mess, and the death toll stands at 17 in these two weeks of California storms.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo Takes In Second Orphaned Mountain Lion Cub Another mountain lion cub was found abandoned near Santa Cruz and brought to the Oakland Zoo, some spots to our south saw 10 inches of rain between last night and this morning, and Mary's Pizza Shack is closing several more locations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Public Works Sandbag Giveaway Resumes As Reinforcements Arrive Mayor Breed is getting some grief over storm preparedness, two below-ground theater venues found themselves completely flooded, and Public Works is handing out sandbags again after they ran out on Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Point Richmond and Niles Canyon Residents Evacuated Over Landslide Risks Alameda County officials strongly advised residents of Niles Canyon to evacuate Wednesday; 15 homes have been evacuated in Point Richmond due to a potential landslide occurring above them; and PG&E already had 25,000 customers without power at 4 p.m.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Brian Sabean Leaves the Giants For the NY Yankees That terrifying Tesla crash at Devil’s Slide is now considered to be intentional, feds have charged the man who was busted in the Tenderloin with nearly eight pounds of fentanyl, and architect of the Giants’ dynasty Brian Sabean is leaving the team’s front office to join the New York Yankees.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Newark Firefighters Attempt Rescue of Man Who Fell Into a Bin of Gypsum Powder The team behind Bistro Don Giovanni is opening a new Italian seafood place in Napa, the Castro’s Rooster & Rice location has closed, and firefighters in Newark pulled out a man who fell into a four-story bin of hazardous gypsum powder and he did not survive.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Suspects Arrested In 24th & Mission Shooting A 19-year-old and a 20-year-old have been arrested in connection with a fatal Dec. 18 shooting at 24th and Mission; a dramatic car chase ended with lanes closed on I-80 in Vallejo; and Muni has announced free service all night on New Year's Eve.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Storms Bring Enormous Waves, Flood-Related Traffic Jams To Bay Area What's shaping up to be the wettest last week of December in 17 years has brought three-mile-long traffic jams to the South Bay, 20-foot waves in the North Bay, and skiers getting turned away on the Tahoe slopes.
SF News Day Around The Bay: No Wood Fires For Christmas, As It’s Spare The Air Through Sunday A carjacking at Ocean View Park left a man shot, run over, and in critical condition, the Castro Indian restaurant Bhoga is soon to close permanently, and Spare The Air days are in effect through the weekend, so no wood fires for your Christmas.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Mandates Masks Again In All Government Buildings Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a powerful speech before Congress; Oakland has reinstated its mask mandate for government buildings; and Tesla is reportedly planning layoffs.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Condor Club Becomes First Topless Club To Get Legacy Business Status Prominent SF landlord Victor Makras managed to avoid jail time for bank fraud, Oakland college Holy Names University is closing after 154 years, and North Beach’s Condor Club is officially the first strip club on the SF Legacy Business Registry.
SF News Friday Links: The Legendary Savoy Tivoli Comes Alive Again In North Beach The victim in an accidental house fire Friday morning was an elderly woman; the state investigates John Muir Health hospital after four children's deaths; and the OG Boba Guys location closes for good after a months-long backlash.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Someone Tried To Bring A Gun Into SF City Hall You can now order another batch of free at-home COVID-19 tests, North Beach jazz bar Savoy Tivoli reopens today, and someone tried get a handgun through the metal detector at City Hall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Investigation Clears VTA of Negligence In Mass Shooting An outside investigation has cleared the VTA and its managers of negligence in missing warning signs of last year's mass shooting; Elon Musk is sending the mob after Yoel Roth now; and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Jose Eggo Factory Fined After Ammonia Leak An Eggo waffle factory in the South Bay has been ordered to pay $85K over an ammonia gas leak, Alameda High School has had two weird incidents with intruders on campus, and Elton John announced he's quitting Twitter over its new policies.