SF News Day Around the Bay: More Than Half of Americans Want Better AI Safeguards, Says Poll SF's first televised Lowrider Parade is happening Saturday; a man slid to his death while descending Mount Shasta; and a Pew Research poll found that 53% of Americans want more government protections surrounding AI in their daily lives.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Busting Out Those Vintage Buses Again for Muni Heritage Weekend Those rain and lightning storms seem like they will miss the Bay Area; Jon Stewart is back on ‘The Daily Show’ tonight apparently to avenge Jimmy Kimmel; and the old-time buses and street cars are back for Muni Heritage Weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jimmy Kimmel's Show Yanked Off Air Over Kirk Shooting Comments A man was stabbed Wednesday outside the Daly City BART station; the suspect in a hit-and-run rampage in Berkeley has been ID'd; and Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show has been pulled off the air "indefinitely" over comments he made Monday about the Charlie Kirk shooting.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Trying to Sell TikTok to His Buddies at Oracle and Andreessen Horowitz Coachella has already announced its 2026 lineup; a survivor of the Napa crash is speaking out for the first time; and Trump is trying to engineer the sale of TikTok to basically some of his highest-rolling donors.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Announces All-Out War on Liberal Groups BART says it will only do computer upgrades on weekends now; Trump, via JD Vance, declared all-out war on liberal groups today in frighteningly vague terms; and it's going to be even hotter around the Bay on Tuesday than it was on Monday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawmakers OK Bill to Rollback Cannabis Tax to 15%, Awaiting Newsom’s Approval Valkyries Coach Natalie Nakase was awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ and Vs guard Veronica Burton received ‘Most Improved Player;’ nasal sprays containing azelastine may help prevent contracting COVID-19; and the state excise tax on cannabis could go back down to 15% from the current 19% soon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Uh-Oh, Brock Purdy Is Injured, Could Be Out for Up to Five Weeks A dead body was found Thursday morning in the Berkeley Marina; an East Bay elementary school has a flea infestation; and Brock Purdy is out this Sunday and maybe longer with multiple injuries.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two More Victims Found In India Basin Shooting The number of victims in Tuesday's India Basin shooting has risen to six; Kamala Harris turns on Biden and others in her new book; and a 'person of interest' is reportedly in custody in today's assassination of Charlie Kirk.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers Finally Cut Kicker Who Almost Lost Them the Game Sunday An Oakland police raid at a liquor store put an elementary school on lockdown; Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies seized 500 pounds of meth; and the 49ers cut Jake Moody after two very discouraging seasons.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two-Headed Snake at Berkeley Pet Shop Dies The two-headed snake on display at a Berkeley pet store has died at age one; a Hindu temple in Dublin was burglarized; and Washington was abuzz about the release of Donald Trump's 2003 birthday drawing and note to Jeffrey Epstein.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hawaii Joins West Coast States in Vaccine Initiative Oakland celebrates Pride on Sunday — it's in front of City Hall this year; 50 years ago today a Manson follower tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in Sacramento; and Hawaii has joined California, Oregon, and Washington in creating a unified vaccine policy in the absence of CDC support.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Is This Weekend, Kicks Off Tonight Supervisor Joel Engardio has a new scandal bubbling up at a very bad time; rumors are swirling that Senator Alex Padilla is running for governor; and Bernal Heights Outdoor cinema returns Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Men Charged In 2023 Bayview Shooting of Dirtbiker Two men have now been charged with murder in connection with an August 2023 drive-by shooting of a dirtbiker in SF; the Mexican national soccer team had their truck burglarized in Oakland; and a judge sides with Harvard in war with Trump.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two United Airlines Planes Collide at SFO, No Injuries Former SF Symphony director Esa Pekka-Salonen has three new jobs; Aaron Peskin is threatening a ballot measure against Mayor Lurie’s rezoning plans; and two United Airlines planes clipped each others’ wings at SFO.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Children’s Fairyland Celebrates 75th Birthday This Weekend Ariana Grande’s national tour will kick off in the Bay Area; college football is officially back underway; and Oakland’s Children’s Fairyland has its 75th birthday party and parade on Labor Day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Cause Possibly Identified Investigators may have identified a possible cause of the Pickett Fire near Calistoga; Victor Aenlle testifies in the San Mateo Sheriff hearing; and the SF school board rejects a proposed Mandarin-immersion school.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Potrero Dive Bar Thee Parkside May Be Forced to Close, as Building Changes Hands Taylor Swift got engaged to her football man; Katie Porter is rising in the 2026 governor’s race polls, and a sale of the building has Thee Parkside worried that the bar will be kicked out soon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Smoke Likely to Spoil Some of the Grape Harvest Sheryl Davis, the disgraced former head of SF's Dream Keepers initiative, is still hanging around City Hall; Recology had a small fire this morning; and smoke from the Pickett Fire is likely going to cause smoke taint for some vineyards' entire harvests.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Australian Bank Fires, Rehires Staff After Chatbot Fails Spectacularly The Pickett Fire in Napa County was at 7% containment on Friday afternoon; the vermin-infested Cupertino Whole Foods that shut down in April is still closed; and an Australian bank had to hire back the employees it fired when its new chatbot bombed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Celebrate 20th Anniversary, Party Planned for Saturday The California redistricting measure is officially coming to your November 4 ballot; Lil Nas X was arrested and may have overdosed; and the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps celebrate their 20th anniversary on Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Auction to Sell Off Mall Delayed Again The auction to offload SF's half-empty mall has been postponed for a seventh time; there's plague in South Lake Tahoe again; and people with those HOV/EV stickers won't be able to use the carpool lanes as single drivers starting in October.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ESPN Cancels Colin Kaepernick Documentary, Likely to Placate Trump A missing week-old SF baby has been found safe; we’re getting video of Diana Ross complaining about the sound at Stern Grove; and ESPN just pulled the plug on a Spike Lee docuseries about Colin Kaepernick.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Thunderstorms Predicted In Parts of CA This Week A body was found while a homeless encampment was being cleared in San Jose; a heatwave this week could bring monsoonal lightning to parts of the state; and Original Joe's in Walnut Creek had to close just days after opening due to a kitchen fire.
SF News Day Around the Bay: This Weekend is SF’s Last 8 pm Sunset of 2025 BART will stop charging you $6.40 for entering and leaving the same station; a South SF cop who shot a heavy metal guitarist will not face charges; and Saturday is the last time the sun will set at 8 pm for about the next seven months.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo County May Ban Whip-Its Two Tesla drivers involved in a shooting in Newark on Tuesday were in some road-rage fight; San Mateo County supervisors are looking to ban nitrous oxide; and Taylor Swift just made a big announcement.