SF News Day Around the Bay: The Gold Club Denied in Their $2 Million PPP Loan Forgiveness Request President Biden is said to be inching closer to stepping aside; COVID levels are surging in California wastewater; and the Gold Club got stripped of their forgiveness of a $2 million PPP loan.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers’ Star Receiver Brandon Aiyuk Demands to Be Traded The Sunset Night Market is getting ready to double in size; a big political fight just broke out between Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Aaron Peskin; and the 49ers’ leading receiver Brandon Aiyuk has requested a trade amidst a contract standoff.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Grace Cathedral Laser Light Show Begins Again Tonight The FBI has unsealed their criminal complaint against an alleged Berkeley arsonist; we have fascinating new insights into how the neighborhood Dogpatch got its name; and the annual Grace Cathedral laser light show begins again Thursday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bay Area Company Takes Gold Medal at California State Fair Cannabis Awards Elton John was announced as the headliner for the big Dreamforce 2024 concert; Waymo and the rideshare companies might be taxed to save Muni; and a Bay Area cannabis company just won the gold medal at the California State Fair Cannabis Awards.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Heat Wave Keeps Cooking, Wednesday Expected to Be Even Hotter The owners of that dog who attacked a three-year-old boy have spoken publicly; a 78-year-old woman has been charged in the West Portal crash that killed a family of four; and this current California heat wave might produce the hottest temperature ever recorded.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Massive Heat Wave Heading Toward Bay Area Next Week SoMa’s Buzzworks bar is planning a rooftop expansion; Dr. Fauci popped in to San Francisco for a chat about the early days of HIV; and the year's biggest heat wave yet appears headed to California next week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mission Street Harley-Davidson Shop Has Closed An Alameda County prosecutors’ union voted “overwhelmingly” to endorse recalling Pamela Price; a new elementary school slated for Mission Bay might be nixed over budget problems; and SF’s only dedicated Harley-Davidson dealership has closed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Beloved Bob’s Donuts Is Getting a New Home on Polk Street Vandals destroyed an Oakland school garden planted by Steph & Ayesha Curry’s foundation; Elon Musk has yet another sexual harassment lawsuit on his hands; and the Polk Street Bob’s Donuts is moving to a different location after a landlord dispute.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Strike Averted, Operators Agree to New Contract A Visitacion Valley park is being renamed for an 89-year-old woman who was killed there; former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf has some skeletons in her political closet coming back to haunt her; and the potential Muni strike has been averted as the union just approved a new contract for operators.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yet Another Boeing Plane Has Mid-Air Mechanical Problems Flying Into Oakland Looks like more layoffs are coming at Twitter/X; the California legislature is poised to pass what they know is a completely bogus budget; and more Boeing airplane trouble as a plane did an inadvertent “Dutch roll” flying into Oakland
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers' Christian McCaffrey Gets ‘Madden 25’ Video Game Cover (and the Curse That Comes With It?) The SF Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Breed’s controversial police commission pick; billionaire Chris Larsen wants to give SFPD $1 million; and 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will grace this year’s popular ‘Madden’ video game cover.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trumpers Descend on SF for Rally, Met by Inflatable Trump Chicken We now know where that Union Square Nintendo store is going to be; San Franciscans are suddenly smoking less weed than they have in years; and MAGA masses are in the Marina to cheer on Trump — but they’re met by a giant Trump Chicken in a prison jumpsuit.
SF News Very Hot Day Around the Bay: All of the Berkeley Falcon Chicks Have Now Started Flying Today’s heat wave is likely to continue into Wednesday; a free grocery store is coming to the Bayview District; and all four of this year’s rapidly growing Berkeley falcon chicks have now taken flight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Clear Lake Algae Bloom So Large It Can Be Seen From Outer Space Both SF Four Seasons hotels are now on the market; a politically conservative Sonoma County real estate firm is facing a federal fraud investigation; and a Clear Lake algae bloom can now be seen from outer space.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Surfboard-Stealing Otter Resurfaces in Santa Cruz Some lane closures and street repairs will muck up traffic on part of 19th Avenue this week; an extremely rare whale was spotted near Point Reyes; and Santa Cruz’s infamous Otter 841 has reappeared and is taking over people’s surfboards again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Free Solo Rock Climber Sets (Another) Speed Record for Solo-Climbing on Yosemite's El Capitan Alex Honnold set a new solo speed record on the longest route on El Capitan, the Salathé Wall; police used less-lethal force on a man carrying around a rifle in the Bayview on Thursday; and Kaiser medical residents in NorCal are unionizing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Record Travel Volume Expected for Memorial Day Weekend Berkeley's famed baby falcons now have names from their naming contest; Alcatraz ferry boat drivers might be going on strike soon; and Memorial Day weekend travel volumes are expected to meet or exceed the all-time record.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo Welcomes Three New Baby Bison A new French bistro has opened in the Castro’s former Catch space; Noe Valley businesses are up in arms over some upcoming street construction; and three new baby bison are now strolling with their herd at the Oakland Zoo.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Gaza Protesters Agree to End Their Month-Long Encampment The 49ers’ 2024 schedule is being leaked in bits and pieces; Frank Somerville got community service instead of jail for his latest troubles; and UC Berkeley’s Gaza protesters have agreed to fold up their tents and go home.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bay Area Might Be Able to See Northern Lights Friday Night A rare solar storm could bring some visible Northern Lights to the corners of the Bay Friday overnight; Oakland is finally getting a new permanent police chief this weekend; and a fire in Japantown injured two people Friday morning.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Airport Went and Did It, Officially Approved ‘San Francisco' Name Change PG&E got their controversial “flat fee” rate change approved; a Piedmont man got no jail time for a fatal hit-and-run; and Oakland’s airport officially changed its name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.”
SF News Day Around the Bay: New COVID Variants Could Mean Possible Summer Surge Yet another tax code change could be headed for SF's November ballot; a large house fire displaced seven people near Oakland’s Laney College; and some new COVID variants might show up to spoil the summer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gov. Newsom Gets Federal Funding to Help With Big Sur Highway 1 Repairs Governor Gavin Newsom plans to reopen the collapsed portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur by Memorial Day weekend; a police standoff with a suspect in the North Bay has shut I-80; and you can adopt pets for free at SF and Berkeley shelters this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Popular LED Forest ‘Entwined: Elder Mother’ Has Closing Party Saturday The wife of the doctor who drove his family off a San Mateo cliff is asking the court for leniency; a big new UC Berkeley student housing complex will be given an Ohlone name; and Golden Gate Park’s beloved annual LED forest Entwined has its closing party Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Golden Gate Ferry Set to Resume Sausalito Service The Biden administration just eased marijuana restrictions nationwide; Sharon Stone has a new art show in SF; and the Golden Gate Ferry will resume service from SF to Sausalito on Wednesday.