SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Zoo Getting a New Male Gorilla From the Louisville Zoo There will of course be SFPD DUI checkpoints this holiday weekend; yet another new SF block party debuts on July 4; and the SF Zoo is getting a new male gorilla to replace Oscar Jonesy who died in February.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mexican and Honduran Soccer Fans Fear ICE Presence at Levi's Stadium An SFMTA employee is being accused of major ethics violations; Mexico plays Honduras at the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Levi's stadium but fans fear ICE showing up; and a judge deals a blow to Trump's order on asylum seekers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lafayette’s Long-Shuttered Park Theater to Reopen With a $12 Million Renovation The lottery is open for the Pointer Sisters-Lyrics Born show at Stern Grove; a Cotati DUI suspect was pulled over with 70 empty beer cans in his vehicle; and Lafayette’s Park Theater that closed 20 years ago is set to reopen with a big renovation.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFUSD Opts For Less Controversial Ethnic Studies Curriculum The SF school district is opting for an off-the-shelf ethnic studies curriculum amid controversy; fears of ICE raids cause some CA cities to cancel July 4th celebrations; and the suspect in the shooting of two firefighters in Idaho was a transient living out of a vehicle they told him to move.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign to Break Ground in 2026 The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband took place today — while their accused killer appeared in court; someone died after falling off a cliff near Devil’s Slide; and the Harvey Milk Plaza revamp is scheduled to start in 2026.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Recology Rates Going Up By Nearly 25%, Starting in October Barry Bonds is getting a statue at Oracle Park; there’s an IMAX screening of the Grateful Dead concert movie coming to SF; and Recology will be jacking up your rates by almost 25% in a phased approach beginning October 1.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Francisco's Map, Explained Today was "Budget Day" at SF City Hall as the new budget gets finalized; the Trump Dept. of Ed is holding California's feet to the fire over trans athletes in school sports; and an aggressive black bear was euthanized in the Tahoe area.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ‘Suspicious’ Package Shuts Down Customs Building Near Jackson Square The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously, in an initial vote, to remove the sheriff; Trump’s airstrikes on Iran apparently weren’t all that successful; and a suspicious package forced the closure of an SF US Customs and Border Protection building.
SF News Day Around the Bay: US Bombings Expose Divisions In Local Iranian American Community The three men who died jumping into a waterfall in Placer County have been identified; the US bombings in Iran expose divisions in Bay Area Iranian American community; and people are being robbed at ATMs in Pleasanton.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mahmoud Khalil to Be Released After Months in Immigration Custody Pope Leo XIV urged Silicon Valley execs to prioritize human wellbeing in their technology; a San Rafael City Schools board trustee was suspended following his arrest for child molestation; and former Columbia student and legal resident Mahmoud Khalil is set to be released Friday evening.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Heavy Wind Gusts Knock Over Valencia Street Parklet There’s a couple BART station closures in the East Bay this weekend; a fire in Brentwood damaged multiple homes; and today’s heavy winds just plain knocked over the parklet at Valencia Street’s Radio Habana Social Club.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Conducts Multiple Tenderloin Drug Busts The SFPD made 25 arrests in coordinated drug raids in the Tenderloin; John Fisher is selling the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team; and there are still tickets for the SF Gay Men's Chorus Pride Concert this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo Inches Into a Couple More Peninsula Cities (But Still Can’t Go to SFO) The “People’s March” is returning for 2025 but not at the same time as the Pride Parade; a prisoner who escaped from FCI Dublin in 1994 was finally arrested; and Waymo is now operating in six more cities along the Peninsula.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pride Banner Vandalized at East Bay Church A Pride banner was slashed with a knife outside a Pleasant Hill church; Trader Joe's is now the cheapest grocery store in SF (besides Grocery Outlet); and a new operator is about to reopen the movie theater at 1000 Van Ness.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Venture Capital Firm Fined $215M Over Russian Oligarch Funds A Flywheel taxi flipped over in Civic Center on Friday morning; four detainees escaped from a New Jersey ICE facility during a riot that broke out over hunger and poor conditions; and a local firm was fined for managing a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s investments.
SF News Day Around the Bay: PG&E Online System ‘Upgrade’ Knocks Untold Number of Customers Out of Their Accounts Trump signed his measure today blocking California’s electric vehicle mandate; Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has of course been delayed again; and PG&E’s so-called “upgrade” of their online system has locked a ton of customers out of their accounts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Home of Man Killed By South SF Police Robbed By Opportunist Suspects Burglars targeted the home of Brian Montana, the man shot by South SF police in April, and his widow; the FBI is looking for a woman they say led an aggressive skirmish during an ICE protest in Concord; and the entire board of the Fulbright Scholarship program has resigned because of Trump meddling.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Now Lurie Takes His Turn Trying to Crack Down on RV Dwellers Manny’s got tagged and vandalized pretty hard during Monday’s ICE protests; the killer of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey has been paroled; and Mayor Lurie is taking his stab at clearing the RV dwellers out of SF parking spaces.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Delfina Closes For the Night Due to Mission Protest The VTA is looking for a new contractor for the San Jose BART tunnel; RFK Jr. has removed all the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee; and at least one SF Mission District restaurant is closed for the night amid the anti-ICE protest in the neighborhood.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF’s Booksmith Drops JK Rowling Titles Over Anti-Trans Fund Meta was found to be hosting ads promoting AI-powered “nudify” deep-fake tools; mid-2000s fave Digg is trying to make a comeback; and SF’s Booksmith is no longer carrying JK Rowling’s books due to the author’s ongoing attack on transgender rights.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Lost $150 Billion In Value Today Amidst Trump-Musk Spat Mayor Daniel Lurie surprisingly slammed the Twitter tax break; a new trove of unearthed Sly and the Family Stone recordings is coming out this summer; and Tesla lost $150 billion in value just today over that whole hilarious Trump vs. Elon skirmish.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Vintage View of SF's Market Street In the Mid-1960s The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is taking a formal step toward removing the sheriff; the Trump administration has returned a wrongfully deported Guatemalan man; and a nice bit of video surfaces of 1960s-era Market Street.
SF News Day Around the Bay: E-40 Drops a New NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Bay Area Goes Nuts An Antioch grandfather pleaded not guilty in that shooting death of his toddler grandson; Meta is buying a bunch of nuclear power to run its AI; and E-40 proves he’s absolutely still got it in his new NPR Tiny Desk concert with an eight-piece band.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Emergency Work on Richmond Bridge Slows Traffic Roadwork closed several lanes of the Richmond Bridge Monday; a suspect in a fatal shooting in the South Bay appears to be on the run; and a couple dozen Bay Area cities are on the Trump administration's list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" they want to target.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former Team USA Swimmer to Take on Full CA Coastline in 2026 The Pink Triangle installation is set to return next week for its 30th Pride celebration; residents of Musk's Starbase, Texas, were told they might lose their property rights due to new zoning; and a former Olympic swimmer plans to swim the entire CA coast in 2026.
