SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Admin Erases Bi History From Stonewall Site After Earlier Trans Omission Berkeley Flea Market vendors are still setting up outside the Ashby BART station on the weekends; a worker was killed during Thursday's raid at Glass House Farms in SoCal; and references to bisexual people have been erased from the Stonewall Memorial site.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Want to Design One of Those ‘Hearts in SF?’ Here’s Your Chance That big NASCAR race at Sonoma Raceway is this weekend; an immigrant activist who Trump jailed for 104 days is suing for $20 million; and this is your chance to design one of those famed “Hearts in San Francisco.”
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Is Updating Its Floppy-Disk-Based Train Control System Muni is beginning the $700M project to upgrade its antiquated train-control system; a planned new nightclub in the Castro has been scrapped; and Sam Altman says he feels just "fine" about Mark Zuckerberg poaching his employees.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Killed in Yolo County Fireworks Explosion Were SF Locals The latest corpse flower bloom is underway; Matt Haney’s ‘4 am Last Call’ bill might get killed by a committee chair; and two of the seven people killed in last week’s NorCal fireworks explosion had attended SF’s Buena Vista Horace Mann school.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Protesters Gather Outside Sam Altman's House Protesters showed up at Sam Altman's SF home on Sunday; a 37-year-old Oakland man was shot at his own Fourth of July party; and parts of Golden Gate Park will start to be closed off starting July 23 as Dead & Co. and Outside Lands setups begin.
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.
