SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Asking Rents In San Francisco Come Down Alameda County DA Pamela Price's office is being accused of violating the state's Public Records Act; Discovery Bay was rattled by another earthquake last night; and asking rents in San Francisco have come down compared to the same time last year.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Cluster of Earthquakes Rumble Off NorCal Coast There was a cluster of earthquakes overnight, beginning with a 4.1M, under the ocean off Eureka; a Napa teen experienced a life-changing snowboard accident last weekend; and Leap Day is special for one Oakland family.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Corpse Flower Blooms at Academy of Sciences The corpse flower comes into full bloom at the Academy of Sciences; the Chronicle has a history piece on the 77-year-old Macy's Union Square; and a new study finds that daily weed smoking greatly increases heart attack and stroke risk.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Port of Oakland Cranes From China Could Pose Cybersecurity Risk, White House Says California's now at 105% of its average rainfall for this winter, but LA is at 159%; some container cranes at the Port of Oakland, made in China, could pose a cybersecurity risk; and Macy's has plans to close 150 stores in the next two years.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: San Pablo Neighborhood Locked Down After Shots Fired A neighborhood in San Pablo was under a lockdown this morning; a Target store in Vallejo has been closed down after an arson incident; and BART set a new post-pandemic ridership record on Saturday.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Ukraine Rally in Downtown SF Marks Second War Anniversary It's a busy weekend, with the Lunar New Year Parade and Pro-Ukraine March taking place in SF Saturday, and the Black Joy Parade on Sunday in Oakland; plus, the SFPD officially approved a policy to reduce racially biased pretexts in police stops.
SF News Saturday Links: Lawsuit Over SF Homeless Encampment Sweeps Paused by Federal Judge The Supreme Court is reviewing a similar case against homeless sweeps in Oregon, so the SF-related one has been paused; Warriors Coach Steve Kerr was offered a record-breaking contract extension; and an Oakland institution, the dive bar Ruby Room, has been bought.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: PG&E Profits Soar After Rate Hikes PG&E profits soared in 2023 after hiking rates for customers; Biden attended another high-ticket fundraiser on the Peninsula before leaving the Bay Area; and a new poll finds Katie Porter and Steve Garvey in a dead heat for second place in the Senate race.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: AT&T Cell Network Has Major Outage CHP is investigating the death of a homeless man found on an I-80 onramp in San Francisco; the AT&T cellular network experienced a nationwide outage early Thursday; and Sen. Alex Padilla reintroduced the Housing For All Act.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Santa Clara Shooting Victim Was Three-Year-Old Boy The victim in Tuesday's shooting in Santa Clara was a three-year-old boy and the suspect is the mother's boyfriend; Katie Porter came out swinging for Adam Schiff in their final debate; and a bit more rain may be passing through today.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Fatal Shooting Leads to Arrest at Santa Clara Apartment Complex There was a fatal shooting early Tuesday at the Riley Square Apartments in Santa Clara; thousands lost power last night amid a severe thunderstorm in Santa Rosa; and you can expect more periods of moderate to heavy rain today as the last of the storm system passes.
SF News President's Day Headlines: More Rain and Possible Thunder Coming Through Trees were down all over the Bay on Sunday including on Highway 13 in Oakland; tornadoes are possible in the Central Valley today; and COVID and flu infections are on the wane around the region.
SF News Sunday Links: Steph Curry Narrowly Beats WNBA Star Sabrina Ionescu In First-Ever Cross-League 3-Point Competition The NBA's 3-point king beat the WNBA's 3-point queen in a shootout during All-Star Weekend; the historic Clay Theater was bought by a very mysterious buyer; and flood warnings are in place for the Bay Area during Sunday's storm.
SF News Saturday Links: BART Temporarily Suspends Red Line Service For Repairs, So Expect Delays BART is working on repairing the track between Richmond and Millbrae; a possibly 100-person fight broke out in SF after a high school basketball game; and President Biden is returning to the Bay Area to fundraise next week.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Marks One Year Without a Police Chief Oakland still has no police chief, one year after LeRonne Armstrong's dismissal; an employee of an SF sober living facility died of an overdose; and Joe Machin announces he will not run for president.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: East Bay Cities Form Crime-Fighting Task Force Law enforcement in East Bay cities from Richmond down the 880 corridor to Fremont are teaming up for a crime task force; SF City Hall had 'Winter of Love' celebrations on Wednesday; and there's an upzoning fight brewing in the Marina.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Pro-Palestinian Protest Briefly Blocks Golden Gate Bridge A dozen or so protesters briefly shut down the Golden Gate Bridge this morning; the influx of CHP officers in Oakland last week netted 71 arrests; and a person was struck and killed by a BART train at MacArthur Station.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Highway 1 In Big Sur Closed Once Again By Rockslide An SF Public Works truck struck a fire hydrant and caused some flooding in UN Plaza; a couple of rockslides have shut down a section of Highway 1 in Big Sur; and beware of online dating app scams around Valentine's Day.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: 49ers Fans Express Their Sadness, Hope After Loss Jubilation in SF and elsewhere died quickly Sunday night and the Mission went quiet after the 49ers' last-second loss; Sunday's earlier delays on BART were due to a dead body found on the tracks in Daly City; and high-speed chase follows a LEGO theft in Vallejo.
SF News Super Bowl Sunday Links: Game Day Festivities Kick Off in San Francisco Super Bowl LVIII is kicking off at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Las Vegas; there are watch parties all around SF for 49ers fans, Chiefs fans, and Taylor Swift fans; and BART service has been limited on Sunday morning amid police activity in SF.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Chinatown Celebrates Chinese New Year SF Chinatown will host a bevy of events to celebrate the Year of the Dragon; Alameda County announced new charges for suspects in the 2021 fatal shooting of TV news security guard; and UC Berkeley campus went on lockdown after reports of an active shooter Friday night.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Body Found In Oakland Identified A body found in late January in a canal in Oakland has been identified; a new progressive action group has launched in SF; and king tides return today around the Bay.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Pedestrian Killed On SF's Sixth Street A pedestrian was struck and killed early this morning on Sixth Street in SoMa; the power is still out for almost 13,000 PG&E customers after Sunday's storm; and the Supreme Court was hearing arguments today about Trump's eligibility for the Colorado ballot.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Sheriff Seizes 90 Cars From Sideshow, Wants to Destroy Them The sheriff in San Joaquin County wants to destroy all 88 cars that his deputies seized in a sideshow last weekend; a boy was killed in a freak accident at a Marin County school; and the power remains out for 35,000 PG&E customers.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 65,000 Still Without Power Around the Bay Just under 65,000 PG&E customers were still without power as of this morning; the man killed by a fallen tree in Santa Cruz County has been identified; and an appeals court has ruled that Trump is not immune from prosecution for January 6th.
