SF News Frank Somerville Gives Full Interview to KRON4, Says He'd Like to Get Back to Anchoring Disgraced former KTVU anchorman Frank Somerville just gave his first full, on-camera interview since the events of 2021 that both tanked his news career and put him in serious legal hot water.
SF News Former KTVU Anchor Frank Somerville Speaks Publicly About Addiction Issues Nearly a year after a dramatic DUI incident in downtown Oakland that was caught on camera, former station anchor Frank Somerville is now talking publicly about the addiction issues and psychological state that in part brought an end to his days at KTVU.
SF News Leslie Griffith, a 22-Year KTVU News Reporter and Eventual Anchor, Has Died Bay Area news viewers from the 1990s and early 2000s have lost a longtime favorite, as former anchor Leslie Griffith’s family announced she passed away in Mexico on Wednesday.
SF News Frank Somerville's Official Replacement As Anchor Named at KTVU: Mike Mibach Following a strange year that included an on-camera slurring incident, an unexplained absence from the air, and then a very public DUI incident, local anchorman Frank Somerville has been officially replaced at KTVU.
SF News KPIX Anchorman Ken Bastida Retiring After 31 Years Another longtime face in Bay Area news media is leaving the anchor desk, and it's veteran KPIX anchor Ken Bastida. Bastida started at the station in 1990, and he's hanging up the suit and tie and retiring as of the end of October.
SF News Longtime KTVU Anchor Frank Somerville Returns After Abrupt Departure With No Explanation After a strange May 30 newscast in which he slurred words and seemed to lose the ability to read from the teleprompter, longtime KTVU anchor disappeared from the air to "focus on his health," and he reappeared with no explanation of his absence on Wednesday night's "10 O'Clock News."
SF News Longtime Bay Area Anchor Frank Somerville Off Air Since Slurred-Speech Broadcast On Sunday KTVU anchor Frank Somerville, one of the most recognizable of the Bay Area's news personalities having been on the air at KTVU since 1991, was pulled from a Sunday broadcast and has not returned since after slurring his speech on air.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco News Site Hoodline Acquired By VC-Backed Content Aggregator Since its founding as neighborhood blog "Haighteration" in the early 2010s, the news website that grew into the network known as Hoodline has become an invaluable resource for San Franciscans eager to stay
SF News Meteorologist Roberta Gonzales Out At CBS5? Say it ain't so, KPIX! Rich Lieberman has word that our favorite meteorologist and color-blocking fashion icon, Roberta Gonzales, is out at CBS 5. And she's going to be replaced (after 16 years!
misc Week Around the -Ists SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items
misc Week Around the -Ists Torontoist discovered their city's most ridiculous holiday lights setup, with 80,000 lights and two––two!––synchronized music routines. Naturally, they snagged a video. Chicago tragically loses one of its most recognizable neighborhood
Arts & Entertainment The Onion's Joe Randazzo What is the dumbest thing in the world? I am tempted to say nationalism, for the way in which it rallies people around a symbol they believe to be inextricably linked to their
SF News Paper Bag Coverage With stations like KTVU reporting live at the scene, don't be surprised to find Claudine Wong in your face as the checker bags your condoms, okra, and 2-for-1 enema packs. And if you
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Oh dead God: "Hearts in San Francisco" returns. Sweet cuddly baby Jesus, help us all. [Curbed SF] -- Prop A passed. And? [BeyondChron] -- Siamese Conjoined twins separated. Pft. Please. Wake us
SF News Happy Colts/Pats Sunday This whole thing has been widely entertaining because it's become a veritable issue-- we've heard it discussed on KNBR, on local news, and several blogs. The hilarious part is that it seems like
SF News Even In Sacto They Fear Migden Back On The Roads Just after the Britney Spear/drug test bit, y'all. Also, when did the local news start getting all flippant and cinéma vérité? And in Sacramento, no less! Thanks, Julia, for passing this along
misc Week Around The -ists After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did a little research and found that Massachusetts bridges could use a little help. But Bostonist brightened up considerably when they discovered they could drink themselves silly
SF News Sao Paulo's Congonhas Airport Plane Crash Last night’s crash killed all of its 180-plus passengers onboard.
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next, oh.... the SF Weekly. Matt Smith finds out that Don Fisher got arrested for getting 15 year old girls drunk (when he was 19). The power of investigative journalism, folks! ....and HA!
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Borderline YES!!!! Thank you, CUIP-SF, for passing along your YouTube clip of the guy singing his pro Ed Jew version of Madonna's Borderline at the public comment session of yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting!
SF News Political Junkie: Gavin's Back (Ow!) Oh, Chris Daly's going to have a with this one for his own blog -- the Chronicle Local News Blog gleefully reports that, at Sunday's Celebrity All-Star game at AT&T Park,
SF News Day Around The Bay --Check out Ross Mirkarimi's Gavin hair! Didn't someone else try this too? --When is a dognapping a terrorist act? (Hint: animal rights activists may be involved). --Apple TV isn't doing so well --Tapioca
SF News The Warriors: Just Livin' the Dream Warrior Nation, can it get any better? Seriously. After Golden State's tenacious, gutty, and spirited come-from-behind 103-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night in the O-rena, the Warriors have taken a 3-1
SF News The Presses: Stilllllllllllll Stopped. Can you believe we're going to be on the teevee AGAIN? It's CBS this time, tonight at probably 5:30, 6:30, and 11. The lesson here: if you want a ticket to
SF News The Presses: Stopped. So now that our Muni caterwauling has landed us on all the major local news stations (Fox doesn't count), let us compare their approaches. NBC offered to drop by our house after work;