SF News New Year's Day Headlines: Apartment Fire Extinguished In Potrero Hill SF firefighters put out a fire overnight in Potrero Hill; the suspect in Monday's animal cruelty case has been charged; and there was a major fire tragedy at a Swiss Alpine bar during NYE celebrations.
SF News New Year's Eve Headlines: Person of Interest In IHOP Shooting Shoots Himself A person of interest in the East Bay IHOP shooting allegedly shot himself in front of police; a UCSF expert warns about a spike in flu; and three hikers have died on Mt. Baldy in Southern California in recent days.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Big Rig Overturns In Livermore A big rig overturned on an on-ramp in Livermore this morning; the fight over Trump's H-1B visa fee moves to an appeals court; and Santa Clara is getting excited about this weekend's Niners-Seahawks matchup.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Downtown Oakland Building Burns for Second Time A building in downtown Oakland suffered a fire for the second time this year; a 4.7M earthquake in far northeastern CA was felt in Sacramento; and some siblings helped rescue a family from a fire in Menlo Park.
SF News Sunday Links: 6,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power in Another Storm-Related Outage A body was found in Monterey Bay near where missing swimmer Erica Fox disappeared; Bay Area tech pioneer Andrew Ng says AI isn’t replacing humans any time soon; and around 6,000 households lost power Saturday following the massive days-long outage earlier in the week.
SF News Saturday Links: Shark Smacks Surfer in Marin County, Leaves Imprint on Surfboard Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges will increase by 50 cents January 1; a hiker in the South Bay was found safe after he went missing for twelve hours the night of Christmas Eve; and a shark smacked a surfer’s board from below in Marin, but the surfer wasn't injured.
SF News Boxing Day Constitutional: 120K Bay Area Households Lost Power on Christmas Day Waymos went out of service in SF again on Christmas Day; Mayor Lurie continues his airing of grievances with PG&E, and that utility also struggled with the storms Thursday with more than 120,000 Bay Area customers losing power.
SF News Xmas Links: Flood Warnings Issued Across the Bay San Francisco and multiple other locales remained under flood warnings Christmas morning; multiple major roadways were closed due to flooding including westbound Highway 24; and some drivers were reportedly stranded overnight on Donner Summit.
SF News Christmas Eve Morning Links: Beware the New GrubHub Email Bitcoin Scam PG&E warns of further outages during the storm; a developer seeks to build new housing in Stinson Beach; and a scam email went out to GrubHub users asking them to send Bitcoin.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Power Finally Restored to All Areas of SF The lights are back on for the remaining 3,800 PG&E customers without power as of Monday night; traffic was snarled for hours on I-880 Monday due to a big rig overturning; and Union Square has some big new sidewalk bollards.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Happy (Belated) Solstice A medical emergency was disrupting BART service at Fruitvale Station early Monday; a flood advisory is in effect in San Francisco; and last night was the longest night of the year.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Also Had a Huge Outage on December 20 in 2003, Starting at the Same PG&E Substation If you bought gas from any Bay Area 7-Elevens recently, make sure you weren't charged 100 times what you paid; the SF immigration court is down to four judges from 21; and a third of the city also lost power 22 years ago, also on a Saturday, December 20.
SF News Saturday Links: San Ramon Hit With 18 More Earthquakes Friday As Part of Historic Swarm A driver died after they hit a tree and their Tesla caught fire off Highway 17 in the South Bay; an angry dog owner pulled a gun on someone at a Vallejo park; and San Ramon experienced another swarm of earthquakes Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: San Ramon Sees the Most Earthquakes In 50 Years A flood watch is in effect for the Delta due to heavy rain; the suspected Brown University shooter was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; and San Ramon has seen 38 small earthquakes so far this month, the most in a cluster in 50 years.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Crocker-Amazon Hit-and-Run Leaves One Dead A hit-and-run on Mission St. near the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood left a pedestrian dead; Wednesday was the first day of measurable rain in 26 days; and Trump and Epstein's long friendship centered on discussing and trading women like trophies is very well documented.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Approves $103M In Budget Cuts Oakland's school board approved vague cuts totaling $103M but faced criticism from one board member; a former Kohl's in Fremont could become an H Mart; and Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is set to make his first court appearance in LA.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SUV Crashes Through Front of Redwood City Store A BMW SUV crashed through the front of an ACE Hardware store in Redwood City Monday evening; San Ramon saw another small earthquake this morning; and there will be no more free parking meters on Sundays in Oakland in the new year.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Newsom Hires Fired CDC Officials Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found murdered in their LA home, and their son was arrested; Newsom has hired two former Trump health officials; and protesters marched in the Mission over the jailing of animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg.
SF News Sunday Links: CalRx, California’s Affordable $55-a-Month Insulin, to Hit the Market in January The Bay Area is about to get wet after a dry first half of the month; at least two students who escaped Saturday’s Brown University shooting had been involved in previous school shootings; and California’s generic insulin brand will be available as soon as next month.
SF News Saturday Links: Caltrain Launches Electric Holiday Train, Wins ‘Fastest Growing Transit Agency’ Congressional candidates Connie Chan, Saikat Chakrabarti, and Scott Wiener attended a youth climate justice talk; last-minute shoppers can rejoice in this hyperlocal gift guide; and Caltrain’s popular Holiday Train sold out very quickly but spectators can still watch it go by Saturday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Immigration Court Down to Seven Judges From 21 A Vallejo woman was found killed in her apartment and her husband has been arrested; a San Rafael man was arrested for allegedly exposing himself on a hiking trail; and SF's immigration court is down from 21 judges to seven.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Pedestrian Struck By Recology Garbage Truck A pedestrian was struck and injured by a Recology truck in Hayes Valley; the deal to purchase the former Oceanside Center site in the FiDi is nearly complete; and a group of juvenile burglars is apparently terrorizing several East Bay cities.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Clipper Readers Start Taking Regular Cards Today Today is the day that Clipper card readers start taking regular debit and credit cards; an Oakland man was gunned down in his car; and teachers in West Contra Costa County have ended their strike after five days.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Asian Art Museum Returns Looted Thai Statues SF's Asian Art Museum is repatriating some looted statues to Thailand; yesterday's earthquake swarm in San Ramon totaled 10 small quakes; and SF's RV parking crackdown is off to a slow start.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: BART Sees Yet Another Messy Monday Commute BART's Red and Green lines were both out of service causing major delays Monday morning; another swarm of small earthquakes struck San Ramon; and Paramount is launching a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.