SF News Day Around the Bay: Jackson Street Starbucks to Close A downtown Starbucks is facing a looming closure; CashApp has agreed to a $255 million settlement; and pop megastar Lady Gaga was spotted in a very unexpected place.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tuesday Morning Tenderloin Apartment Fire Blamed on Scooter Battery The death toll now stands at 25 in the Los Angeles-area wildfires; a man was shot and killed at an East Oakland encampment; and a scooter battery is being blamed for causing a Tuesday apartment fire at Ellis and Hyde streets.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gov. Newsom Orders Inquiry Into L.A. Fires Gov. Newsom is ordering an investigation into the lack of available water to battle the LA fires; a beloved Oakland Zoo elephant recently died; and President Biden just issued temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Anti-LGBTQ Crusader Anita Bryant Has Died The Southern California fires are now nearly as large as San Francisco itself; Kohl’s is closing five Bay Area stores; and Anita Bryant, who famously took a pie in the face from a gay rights activist in 1977, has reportedly died.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Giants Have Signed Pitching Ace Justin Verlander The Palisades Fire is wreaking absolute havoc in Southern California; that long-promised ability to just tap your debit card to pay transit fare is being delayed indefinitely; and the Giants just acquired three-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Justin Verlander.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Unveils PR Team Mayor-elect Lurie just unveiled his new PR team; Supervisor Matt Dorsey is emphasizing a Sixth Street cleanup; and the veteran behind the Cybertruck explosion apparently wrote a manifesto detailing his despair in the days leading up to the incident.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF-Based Car Rental Company Linked to Both New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks We’re learning new details about the New Year’s gas station homicide in the Mission District; a large-scale public menorah in Oakland was defaced for the second year in a row; and the two New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas both involved cars from an SF rental company.
SF News New Year’s Eve Around the Bay: Muni Fares Are Going Up to $2.75 Tomorrow They’re predicting no fog for tonight’s fireworks display; the Chronicle ran down which SF neighborhoods get the most DUI citations; and your Muni fare is going up to $2.75 effective January 1.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Trump Asks Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Trump is hoping for a stay on the TikTok ban; homelessness surged across the country in 2024; and red wine sales in SF saw a sharp decline this year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFO Gets a New ‘Sensory Space’ for Neurodiverse Travelers Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie named a few more new staffers; the egg shortage is showing no signs of cracking for Bay Area grocers; and the SF International Airport just opened their new Sensory Room.
SF News Christmas Eve Around the Bay: Christmas Tree Retailer Clancy’s Faces Uncertain Future at Inner Sunset Home Bissap Baobab has at long last won their liquor license fight; Marina and Cow Hollow residents have clawed back some free parking; and the future does not look bright for the Inner Sunset Clancy’s Christmas Trees.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New SF Supervisor Sherrill Says Public Safety Is Number One Priority SF's newest Supe just laid out his priorities; Congress might have just barely averted a government shutdown; and it appears Party CIty's fun is about over.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Daniel Lurie Getting Credit for Ending the Marriott Hotel Strike SF State was placed on lockdown over a threat that did not pan out; a Mission District mural vandal suspect has been arrested; and Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie is getting some credit for helping end the Marriott hotel strike.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hyatt Regency Across From Moscone Center Surrendered Back to Its Lender The Bureau of Prisons will pay $116 million to FCI Dublin sex abuse survivors, the “black spatula” panic may all have been overblown; and the Hyatt Regency Downtown SF SoMa has been surrendered back to its bank.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Reportedly ID’ed Luigi Mangione Days Before He Was Arrested The Union Square holiday Winter Walk starts Friday; SFMTA won’t start issuing those “daylighting” parking tickets until March; and there are reports that SFPD identified accused CEO shooter Luigi Mangione days before he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cruise Robotaxis Are No More, as GM Abandons Robotaxi Business Another day has passed with no Nima Momeni verdict; some hateful graffiti hit a Jewish student center; and GM is giving up the ghost on Cruise robotaxis and abandoning that line of business.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Today Was DA Pamela Price’s Last Day on the Job Santa Clara’s vice mayor has been found guilty of perjury in a 49ers scandal; SF’s broken emergency sirens were useless when for once they were actually needed during the tsunami warning; and Pamela Price is officially no longer the Alameda County District Attorney.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Daniel Lurie Will Take a $1 Salary When He Becomes Mayor A woman was struck in an allegedly intentional Mission District hit-and-run; Wells Fargo is selling off its Financial District headquarters; and Daniel Lurie will be paid $1 a year when he takes over as mayor next month.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Giant Holiday Wine Barrel Tree Lighting Up in St. Helena Wednesday Former Rep. Katie Porter has filed for a restraining order against an ex-boyfriend; the long-vacant Lombardi Sports building in Russian Hill finally has a tenant; and the lighting of a 36-foot-tall wine barrel tree kicks off the holiday season Wednesday night in St. Helena.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Extreme Weather Forces Closure of Famed Redwoods Drive, Travel to Tahoe Not Advised The author of an iconic SF stairway book has died; there’s more damning evidence against the San Mateo County Sheriff; and the bomb cyclone is completely disrupting travel to NorCal and Lake Tahoe.
SF News Day Around the Bay: You Can Be Primus’s New Drummer, as They’re Now Accepting Applications Someone pulled the fire alarm at City Hall while a Board of Supervisors meeting was in progress today; San Mateo County supervisors are angling to remove their embattled sheriff; and Primus is holding open auditions where you could be their new drummer.
day around the bay Day Around The Bay: Oakland Headed Towards Bankruptcy Oakland is apparently on course for bankruptcy; A Victorian-themed fair is headed for the Cow Palace; and a significant amount of rainfall is headed for the North Bay.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Makes Arrest in Case of Car Ramming Into Union Square Dior Last Month SF-based The Onion just bought Alex Jones’s InfoWars in a bankruptcy auction; SF school closures may be prevented by the recent bond measure passage; and SFPD has arrested a suspect in that smash-and-grab at Dior last month.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Myrna Melgar Has Been Reelected as District 7 Supervisor Jerry Garcia’s voice has been sold to an AI firm for future use; Chyanne Chen remains barely ahead in the nailbiter District 11 supervisor race; but Myrna Melga has now flat-out won another term as District 7 supervisor.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chronicle Projects Jackie Fielder Has Won the District 9 Supervisor Seat More than 10,000 people have been evacuated amidst the Mountain Fire in Ventura County; the prosecution rested in the Bob Lee stabbing trial; and Jackie Fielder is being projected as the winner for Hillary Ronen’s supervisor seat.
