SF News Sunday Links: A's and Giants Star Vida Blue Passed Away Saturday at Age 73 No cause of death for Blue was announced, but reportedly he had been battling cancer; the A's announcer who said a slur onscreen has been suspended; and the SEC is investigating First Republic execs for trading before the sale of the institution.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland A's Announcer Apologizes for Apparent Use of Racial Slur in Broadcast Friday Night The long-time announcer was calling a game between the A's and the Royals when he apparently misspoke and said what sounded like the n-word; a man was shot at the Van Ness Muni Station around 4 p.m. Friday; and the judge's offer for the guilty plea for the Los Gatos party mom is 17 years.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: WHO Declares COVID Emergency Over Three years and two months in, the WHO has declared the global COVID emergency over; the body of an Oakland man missing since Dec. 2021 was found in a barrel outside the city; and we can expect some more rain tonight into Saturday.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Castro Theater Owners Respond to Alternative Plan A driver "limped" away from a hit-and-run crash in the Mission last night; the Nasser family who own the Castro Theatre have rejected a proposal by a nonprofit group to keep it as more of a movie house; and May the Fourth be with you.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Defense Attorney In Bob Lee Case Begins Victim-Blaming After Toxicology Report Nima Momeni's defense attorney has begun victim-blaming over drugs found in a toxicology report; a 26-year-old man died in Santa Rita Jail last week after drinking tons of water; and a state appeals court just upheld California's ban on AR-15 rifles.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Your Late-Night Shows Might Be Gone For a Bit Expect some weird and turbulent weather today around the Bay; police are seeking suspects in a fatal shooting in Antioch; and the Writers Guild is officially on strike, and this means your late-night shows are likely going to airing reruns for a while.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Beloved Community Member Stabbed in Davis Eastbound Bay Bridge traffic was brought to a standstill by a crash Sunday night; autonomous vehicles continue misbehaving in SF; and two fatal stabbings in Davis may be linked, including one that killed a beloved community member.
SF News Sunday Links: Power Finally Back On In Financial District After Days-Long PG&E Outage A blackout starting Wednseday night hit over 9,000 people in four SF neighborhoods, and for some FiDi customers, only stopped yesterday; ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey criticized Elon Musk, saying "it all went south;" and Yosemite will reopen Monday.
SF News Saturday Links: Stanford University-Affiliated Preschool Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Homicide The 22-year-old preschool teacher was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old in Santa Cruz; a state appeals court ruled an SF woman can sue her vet after discovering her cat's euthanasia was painful; and Yosemite is closed for the next few days because of flood risk.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Power Outage Leaves Swath of Downtown SF In the Dark An underground vault fire appears to be to blame for a power outage impacting the FiDi, North Beach, and Nob Hill; First Republic Bank remains in serious jeopardy; and the nonprofit Castro Theatre Conservancy has released an ambitious plan for how they would run the theater if given the chance.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Bay Area Men Arrested After High-Speed Chase In Capitola A high-speed chase in Capitola ended in the arrest of four Bay Area men; another high-speed chase in Oakland ended in an arrest Tuesday; and Chief Justice John Roberts defends SCOTUS's ethics code in a letter to the Senate.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Richmond's Historic International Hotel Burns Down Nima Momeni's arraignment was scheduled today in the stabbing of Bob Lee but it's been delayed again; Great America is now requiring everyone under age 15 to have a chaperone; and Richmond's historic International Hotel, once a hub of Black labor organizing, went up in flames early Tuesday.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: G'Bye For Now, Tucker Carlson Supporters for Alameda Co. DA Pamela Price rallied on Sunday; there may be a clue about the mystery tenant negotiating for The Cliff House; and Tucker Carlson has "parted ways" with Fox News.
SF News Sunday Links: Armed Robbers in Walnut Creek Steal $100,000 in Jewelry from Victim in Parking Lot Armed robbers held up the victim in a Walnut Creek steakhouse parking lot; the Warriors-Kings Game 4 is set for Sunday afternoon at the Chase Center, with Draymond playing post-suspension; and California hit its EV sales goals, two years ahead of target.
SF News Saturday Links: Early Morning Shooting at Hayward Hookah Lounge Kills 2, Injures 2 The shooting, which was reported around 1:45 a.m., was believed to be targeted between two parties, at a hookah lounge that had recently been shut down for being a neighborhood nuisance;
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: One Injured In Bayview RV Fire One person was injured in the Bayview when an oven caught fire inside an RV; BART may have had one of its best ridership weeks in years; and Larry Elder is running for president.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 20,000 Stoners Expected to Crowd Hippie Hill For 4/20 20,000 people are expected to descend on Hippie Hill for 4/20; Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe says he fears for his safety amid a police scandal; and this morning's SpaceX Starship launch was a failure, but not an abject failure.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Thursday Could Be a Real Cluster In SF, Traffic-Wise Thursday afternoon could bring a bunch of car traffic to two ends of San Francisco; Oakland's City Council has voted to end the eviction moratorium; and the NBA has suspended Draymond Green for Game 3.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Los Gatos 'Cool Mom' Might End Up Pleading Guilty Los Gatos 'party mom' Shannon O'Connor has asked a judge what her sentence might be if she pleads guilty; Fruitvale residents in Oakland want more policing; and Southwest Airlines had another technological meltdown today.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two Restaurants In Sunset Robbed In One Night A man killed in a freeway shooting in Oakland last week has been identified; two Sunset District businesses were burglarized the same night last week; and a fresh cold front has arrived and will be bringing us a little more rain.
SF News Sunday Links: Possum Takes Up Home In Oakland A's Stadium Press Box the Sacramento Kings pulled ahead of the defending champions, the Warriors to win 126-123 Saturday; A possum has made the Oakland A's visitor's broadcasting booth its new home (and bathroom); and a body was found under a highway in San Jose Saturday.
SF News Saturday Links: Warrior-Kings Playoff Game 1 Ticket Prices Highest for Non-Final Ever The average ticket cost for Saturday's Warriors-Kings playoff game is $668; The Oakland Mayor's car was broken into near Lake Merritt Thursday night; and authorities are investigating after police shot two suspects in Newark, leaving one dead.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Contra Costa Co. DA Releases Report on Antioch Police Scandal A new report details the content of the Antioch police officers' racist texts; SF is adding a new transitional housing complex on Treasure Island; and RH is having layoffs up in Marin County.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Some Muni Metro Service to Be Impacted By Twin Peaks Tunnel Work The California state Senate evacuated the Capitol this morning due to a "credible threat"; Caltrans has been hard at work filling potholes; and service on the K and M train lines in SF will be impacted this weekend by tunnel work.
SF News Humpday Headlines: NPR Has Quit Twitter Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape was supposed to get a trial date but did not; NPR has quit Twitter over being labeled "state-affiliated media" by Musk; and PG&E is being blamed for cost overruns at affordable housing developments in SF.
