SF News Day Around the Bay: Students From CSU Campuses Begin Hunger Strike Over Gaza, Defense Ties Students from Cal State campuses began a hunger strike demanding the CSU system continue divesting from defense contractors; an activist is working to prevent payment processors from funding racist campaigns; and a Soviet-era spacecraft is on its way back to Earth after 53 years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Look Out for California Highway Patrol’s New ‘Camouflage’ SUVs A NorCal man was sentenced for running a $38 million stolen catalytic converter ring; A Pinole high school baseball coach was suspended over racist taunts; and CHP hopes to fool reckless drivers with their new ‘camouflage’ SUVs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Victims of Two SF Pedestrian Collisions ID'd The victims of two recent pedestrian collisions, one a hit-and-run, in SF have been ID'd as elderly women; Swarovski is leaving the SF Centre mall; and Zoox is building a big car plant in Hayward.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Once-Hot 23andMe Closing SF Office, Laying Off 250 Employees Oakland is planning to sweep one of its biggest homeless encampments next week; a 41-story office tower may be built at the site of a FiDi fire station; and the now-bankrupt 23andMe is closing up shop in SF.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Zendaya and Colin Kaepernick Stun at Met Gala Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting on Arkansas Street; the Portola fest sounds like it's readying a lineup announcement; and Zendaya and Colin Kaepernick were among the guests at the Met Gala Monday night in New York.
SF News Saturday Links: Driver Tosses Grenade Out Car Window While Fleeing CHP In North Berkeley The founding guitarist from Bay Area death metal band Possessed was killed by police during a standoff over a tree debris dispute; the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Walnut Creek on Saturday; and a driver fleeing CHP threw a grenade out of a car window.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Electric Jeep Catches Fire While Charging At Google Campus, Spreads To Other Cars A Boston man was arrested in the Bay Area for smuggling Irish nationals into the US; a boat containing 30 humanitarians, including Greta Thunberg, was reportedly attacked by Israeli drones; and four vehicles were destroyed on Google's campus.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF’s Free Outdoor Movie Screenings Have Been Canceled for 2025 A UC Berkeley animal rights activist has become a cause célèbre for “liberating” four factory-farm chickens; $100K a year now qualifies as “low-income” in SF; and the much-loved outdoor movie series Sundown Cinema is canceled this year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Warehouse Fire Sparked In Oakland Firefighters were battling a warehouse fire on Oakland's waterfront that sent thick smoke across the city; a Walgreens in the Mission is bearing a large pharmacy burden; and Trump insists in a new interview that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has an MS-13 tattoo.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Betty White Postage Stamps Have Arrived We’re now learning that Monday’s South San Francisco police shooting may have been over a tree-trimming dispute; Berkeley City Council passed another one of those Gaza resolutions; and the Betty White forever stamps are now arriving at SF post offices.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Bibliophiles Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day Saturday As Amazon Holds Overlapping Sale A former San Bruno elementary school teacher was sentenced to 25 years in prison for molesting four of his students; Cornell removed Kehlani from its Slope Day lineup due to her pro-Palestine views; and Amazon is holding a major sale the same time as Independent Bookstore Day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Supervisor Wants Homeless Shelters Spread Out Evenly All Over Town The California Bar is red-faced over an AI screw-up on their recent bar exam; Real ID might get delayed again because DMVs nationwide are a mess; and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood wants more homeless shelters in districts other than his own.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 87-Year-Old Woman Injured In Fillmore Hit-and-Run An 87-year-old woman was seriously hurt and a hit-and-run collision in the Fillmore; the parents of the 19-year-old girl killed in that Piedmont Cybertruck crash are suing; and YouTube turns 20 years old.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Custody After Brutal Unprovoked Easter Sunday Attack In Castro A famed nude beach in San Mateo County is being preserved; a Berkeley man who got whooped by an older woman at a Tesla protest has since been shot by police; and there was a brutal sucker-punching in the Castro Sunday but a suspect is in custody.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Armed Robbery Chase Ends In Shooting In San Jose A fifth dead gray whale has washed up in the Bay; Barbara Lee gave her first press conference as mayor-elect; and a police chase of an armed robbery suspect from Concord to San Jose ended with a suspect shot and injured.
SF News Saturday Links: US-Born Citizen Detained In Florida Has Been Released Cole Valley's first night market was a big hit on Thursday; San Jose police are searching for a missing teen; and a Georgia man who was detained by ICE in Florida has been released.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Parking Meter Prices to Increase by 25 Cents an Hour Oakland schoolteachers are threatening to strike again; famed road stop Pea Soup Andersen's could be razed for condos; and SF parking meters are getting a 25-cent-per-hour rate hike.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Consumer Confidence Oddly High People are grousing once again about how long it takes to count votes in an Alameda County election; Warriors coach Steve Kerr makes a political statement; and Zoom had a massive outage today, as you may know.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Big Rig Flips Over on Highway 29 and Snarls Calistoga Traffic The Cal football team’s star running back is leaving through the transfer portal; the Cloverdale murder-suicide victim has been identified; and a semi truck accident has highly complicated matters for Calistoga drivers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Has Arrested Over 750 Homeless For Illegal Camping Over 750 people have been arrested for illegal camping in SF since last summer; OpenAI may be closing in on 1 billion users; and the Trump administration now wants to completely gut the State Department.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Record-Breaking 79-Year-Old Orinda Woman To Run In Her 39th Boston Marathon A 79-year-old retired nurse from Orinda is running her 39th Boston Marathon in a row; Elon Musk got brutally ridiculed during a gaming livestream; and Record Store Day is this Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Google Gets Sued for Unlawfully Harvesting Data on Schoolchildren A grass fire is wreaking havoc in the Oakland Hills; this weekend’s Coachella festival will stream some of its biggest live acts for free; and Google is getting sued for using the tools they donated to schools to spy on and track the children.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 45-Foot-Tall Nude Woman Rises at Foot of Market Street Violent crime is down in SF at a much more significant rate than elsewhere in the US; stocks rebounded because Trump predictably backed down on his tariff threat; and that giant nude woman sculpture is in the process of getting installed at Embarcadero Plaza.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Lines Up Millionaires in Hopes of Revitalizing Downtown Trump’s largest tariffs go into effect at midnight; the 45-foot nude woman statue is now being installed at the Embarcadero; and Lurie has called in a bunch of CEO buddies to help supercharge the moribund downtown scene.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Assistant SFPD Chief Announces Retirement A 26-year-old San Francisco woman died Saturday from a skiing injury at Palisades Tahoe; Assistant SFPD Chief David Lazar is retiring; and SF non-profits say they are being hurt by Dream Keeper grant cuts.
