SF News Day Around the Bay: Massive Google Development Approved in San Jose Google's huge proposed 4,000-unit "village" in San Jose got city council approval, the mother of a Tenderloin fentanyl addict staged her own protest/press event today, and five Sonoma governments reached a settlement with PG&E over the 2019 Kincade Fire.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Free Muni Passes Board Vote, Could Still Be Vetoed SF Unified says schools will reopen full time on August 16; one-bedroom rents in SF, Oakland, and San Jose just went up in May for the first time in 14 months; and we may be getting free Muni rides come July, but maybe not.
Arts & Entertainment Day Around the Bay: Oasis Gets a Sylvester Mural PG&E has struck a deal to sell its downtown SF headquarters ahead of a move to Oakland, a person was fatally shot in Oakland's Chinatown, and SoMa nightclub Oasis dedicated a new mural to disco legend Sylvester today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Newsom Signs Housing Density Bill Parts of the Bay Area are now in the "exceptional" drought tier, Napa County is looking for input in how to spend $26 million in federal funds, and Newsom signed a new density-zoning bill into law today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wind Gust Over 50 mph Recorded at SFO A house fire in Martinez caused excessive smoke and explosions on Wednesday with cars on fire too, very high winds are expected all night around the Bay, and you can now use Android phones to pay for BART and Muni.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Santa Clara County Joins 'Yellow' Tier Salesforce Tower reopened for some employees to return to work today, a labor union is calling out a COVID outbreak at a Public Works operations yard, and Santa Clara County has joined SF and San Mateo in the 'Yellow' tier.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Caltrans Clears Large Encampment Under SoMa Freeway After weeks of warning, a large homeless encampment was cleared from under the 101 overpass in SoMa this morning; Oakland police have arrested two young men in the slaying of Donald Stanifer last year; and Hillsborough police are investigating a burglary spree from Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Chief Apologizes for Last Week's Officer-Involved Shooting The California attorney general is taking over the case of the Vallejo police shooting of Sean Monterrosa, the SFPD is apologizing for an officer-involved shooting last week, and the Roxie is reopening with 'Cinema Paradiso.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Reopens For Weddings June 7 The family of a man fatally shot by a Napa sheriff's sergeant is suing, an 11-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested for a San Leandro assault on an elderly Asian man, and SF City Hall reopens for weddings and more on June 7.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo County Joins SF in 'Yellow' Tier New California AG Rob Bonta announced the creation of a Racial Justice Bureau, the family of the 25-year-old man killed on Polk Street Saturday say they're shocked at his murder, and San Mateo County just made it to the 'Yellow' tier.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF High School Seniors May Get to Return In-Person for One Day SF high school seniors may get brought back to a couple of schools for a day just so the district qualifies for some state funds, SFMTA introduces a new temporary bus line, and Mayor Breed proposes new "wellness teams" to join SF's street crisis teams.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Rebrands and Restructures Its Gang Task Force The SFPD Narcotics division has been conducting a lot of busts in Oakland, and SF jury acquitted a man in an August 2020 shooting in the Tenderloin, and Twitter has now banned 'From the Desk of Donald Trump.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Double Stabbing Had Serious Mental Health History, Prior Assault Arrest In SF The 54-year-old suspect in the stabbing of two elderly Asian women had been in SF's Mental Health Diversion Program until 2020, the necropsy of a fifth dead whale was found to be a ship strike, and Benecia is now giving out pizza to young people getting their vaccines.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Monterey Bay Aquarium Reopens Next Week A convicted sex offender was convicted of stalking an elderly woman in Napa County, yet another building under construction in Oakland has gone up in flames, and Trump has launched a new blog since he's not allowed to tweet.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Contra Costa County Invites Anyone to Come Get Vaccinated A standoff in Pinole ended peacefully Monday morning (though a dog was killed), Contra Costa County is telling everyone to come get vaccinated there, and PG&E will have a hearing on its probation violation on Tuesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Some Customers to Reduce Water Usage 10% The two people arrested for killing rapper Lil Yase aren't being charged, Gov. Newsom announced $6 billion in tax breaks for small businesses, and firefighters were dealing with a brush fire in the East Bay today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tony Gemignani Is Opening a Bakery and Bagel Business A decomposing body was found in the East Bay's Lake Chabot Regional Park, the Exploratorium is downsizing its staff, and a truck driver shortage may lead to gas shortages this summer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Schwarzenegger Wants Lots of People to Run In Recall The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds over the school's long-range development plans, a San Jose trans woman and popular performer was killed on Friday and her fans are in mourning, and far-right influencers are flocking to Twitch.
SF News Day Around the Bay: UC and CSU Planning to Require Vaccines Embattled school board member Alison Collins gets called out about apartment merger, a father and son were gravely injured by a possible DUI driver in Novato, and the Warriors are reopening the Chase Center in a "new normal" of protocols.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Supes Debate Housing-for-All Proposal Video has been released in the Danville police shooting of a homeless man, SF supervisors were debating a housing-for-all proposal that would probably mean more tent "villages," and Dandelion Chocolate workers are split on unionizing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Marin County Blames Missing Yellow Tier on Spring Breakers Prosecutors say that Kristin Smart's body was previously buried in Ruben Flores's backyard, a group of Wisconsin newspapers is suing Facebook and Google, and Marin County was denied the "Yellow" tier due to spring breakers with COVID.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Font Emulates Blocky Old SF Street Sign Typeface Marin County may move to the "Yellow" tier Tuesday, Apple is allowing Parler back in the App Store, and Elon Musk is insisting that the Tesla that crashed in Texas was not using autopilot.
SF News Day Around the Bay: No California County Is Left In the 'Purple' Tier Caltrain is halting service into San Francisco for two consecutive weekends, SF has a new chief medical examiner, and the last of California's 58 counties exited the "Purple" tier as of today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Prosecutor Says Kristin Smart Was Killed During Attempted Rape A 26-year-old SF man was arrested for creating child porn at a local daycare, Antioch is re-establishing a Chinatown more than a century after burning it down, and SF's first H Mart opens next week with a new food court attached.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Breed Proposes Meth Sobering Center In SoMa Supes Preston and Haney are still pushing for fare-free Muni this year, experts offer advice for those who have received the J&J vaccine (you're almost definitely fine), and London Breed has a new spot for a 30-bed meth sobering center in SoMa.
