SF News Day Around the Bay: Lost MC Hammer Tapes Discovered in Modesto Storage Unit Michael Bloomberg just gave $200,000 to re-elect London Breed; a San Leandro man has been sentenced to eight years for sex trafficking; and a trove of what appears to be lost MC Hammer tapes was discovered in a storage unit in Modesto.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jeffrey's Toys, SF's Oldest Toy Store and Inspiration for Pixar Movie, Announces Closure It's the end of an era for the 86-year-old store, which inspired the Emeryville-based Pixar's Toy Story; employees at City Lights Bookstore are unionizing; and PG&E reached a $45 million settlement for its role in the Dixie Fire.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muddy Waters Coffee House is Up for Sale Levi’s is laying off 10% of its corporate workforce right after spending big on Levi’s Stadium naming rights; Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe is changing his name; and the Muddy Waters on Valencia Street is on the selling block for $75,000.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Vandal Suspect Arrested for Doing $10,000 Damage to Restaurant That Hadn’t Opened Yet A widely TikTok-mocked office-to-condo conversion has actually sold; now even teenagers are getting jilted out of payments by the SFUSD payroll fiasco; and SFPD has arrested a suspect in this week’s vandalism of planters outside the restuarant Alora that's opening Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Caltrans Wants Your Name Ideas for Its New Snow Plows Last year's Caltrans snow plow name winners included "Scoop Dog" and "Snowbi Wan Kenobi;" former San Jose Mayor says the cost of the SJ BART project is too high; and $20K of bonsai trees were stolen from Oakland's Bonsai Garden.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Statue of Controversial ‘Colonizer’ Removed in Pacifica Another arrest has been made in the murder of the ex-cop providing security for a KRON4 crew; SF’s former Westfield mall is losing yet another tenant; and the controversial statue of a Spanish explorer has been removed in Pacifica.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Now the California DPH Says You Can Go to Work With COVID-19 The Supreme Court handed trans kids a surprise win on bathroom issues; China Live struck a deal so that it won’t be evicted; and the California Department of Public Health just puzzlingly said you can go to work with COVID-19 if you don’t have symptoms.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Five 49ers Make AP's 2023 NFL All-Pro Team Christian McCaffrey and Fred Warner were unanimously selected for this year's All-Pro team; a South SF man who ran a day care was arrested for alleged child sexual abuse; and the Hilton Financial District in San Francisco has defaulted on its mortgage.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Dungeness Crab Season Will Finally Begin Next Week Another avalanche hit Palisades Tahoe Thursday; former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf is running for state treasurer; and Dungeness crab season will finally begin on January 18 after many delays.
SF News Day Around the Bay: King Tides Set to Return Wednesday, Brace for Flooding Near Embarcadero SF has recorded its first flu death of 2024; the popular pop-up Bernal Bakery is getting a permanent brick-and-mortar home; and the King Tides are expected back in SF on Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Head of SF Mayor's Affordable Housing Office Announces Departure Eric Shaw, SF's director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, is resigning effective next week; there was a large residential fire in the Outer Mission Friday afternoon; and a hazmat incident in Fremont triggered a shelter-in-place.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sierra Nevada Snowpack at Just 25% of Its Usual Average Elon Musk had a snit over Green Day’s New Year’s Eve performance; that November state gambling initiative is getting ready to spend big; and the Sierra Nevada snowpack is at just a fraction of where it normally is in a new year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flood Advisory in Effect for Parts of Bay Area Until 9 P.M. Friday San Francisco is under dual flood and wind advisories all day Friday amid the stormy weather; the Haight's Blue Front Cafe is closing; and San Jose arrested five people in connection with an illegal gambling and prostitution operation.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gigantic Waves Rollick Bay Area Coast, Get Recorded in Stunning Videos Thursday’s high tidal surges caused evacuations in Marin County, inundated Santa Cruz and Capitola with floods, and nearly cost the life of a daredevil surfer in Pacifica, while eyewitnesses caught much of this on video.
SF News Boxing Day Around the Bay: Pizza Hut Laying Off 1,200 California Delivery Drivers The rain is expected to return Wednesday morning; a Los Altos strip mall is in danger of collapsing after a Christmas Day fire; and Pizza Hut is laying off California delivery drivers as a new state wage law is about to take effect.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Michelin Guide-Listed SF Eatery Le Fantastique to Close (For Now) The renowned Le Fantastique, located in the Civic Center area, won't reopen there after temporarily shutting down this summer; See's Candies is also closing one SF location; and the Antioch police were hit with a new federal lawsuit.
SF News Shortest Day of the Year Around the Bay: Not Much Snow in Tahoe This Christmas Santa Clara and the 49ers are in another dispute over that big Christmas Night game; a police chase rattled the Precita Park area last night; and the Christmas weekend snow depth at Tahoe will likely disappoint skiers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stonemill Matcha on Valencia Street Will Reopen Wednesday An encampment fire broke out under SF’s Central Freeway Tuesday; those Cruise robotaxi patches are unfortunately staying on the Giants' uniforms next season; and the popular Stonemill Matcha returns to Valencia Street Wednesday under new ownership.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hundreds of SFO Flights Delayed, Rain Floods Some SF Streets Monday’s rain caused notable flooding on a few SF streets; longtime SF favorite Jeffrey’s Toys says it’s in danger of closing; and more than 300 flights were delayed at SFO today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: West Oakland BART Station Hosts Test Run for 'Evasion-Proof' Gates BART says the trial run will last two weeks and passengers should expect delays; an SF judge ruled that an SF rapper jailed for murder who ex-DA Boudin wanted to can challenge his trial; and pro-Palestine protestors who shut down the Bay Bridge will face charges.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Winter’s First Spare the Air Day Is Friday The New York Times just discovered that crime is worse in Oakland than in SF, some Safeway and Target stores are ditching self-checkout, and wood burning is banned Friday because it’s a Spare the Air day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: That CVS In the Lower Haight Won’t Be Closing After All California’s Hispanic population is getting a lot more Dominican and Venezuelan; a Daly City music teacher has been charged with having a relationship with a 14-year-old student; and CVS has reversed course and said they will not close their Lower Haight store.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Retailers Closing Self-Checkouts to Prevent Shoplifting Safeways and Targets around the city have disabled their self-checkouts; Swifties are mad at Elon Musk; and the ex-SF Fire commissioner allegedly attacked by a homeless man didn't show up in court.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Holiday Tree Lighting is Tonight Another shooting in Las Vegas has left three people dead; SF synagogues are on edge in advance of Thursday night’s Hanukkah celebrations; and tonight’s SF City Hall holiday tree lighting will be livestreamed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jerry of the ‘Tom & Jerry Christmas House’ Has Died San Francisco office vacancy hit another all-time high; two long-planned residential towers at Fourth and Brannan have been redesigned yet again; and Jerry of the famed ‘Tom & Jerry House’ has passed away.
