SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Grass Fire on Twin Peaks Got Very Smoky A two-acre grass fire that seems likely caused by illegal fireworks smoked up much of Twin Peaks Monday evening, the official fireworks show at the piers was predictably fogged in, and a three-year-old boy was shot and wounded sitting in a car in East Oakland Monday night.
SF News Fourth of July Rundown: SoMa Sushi Joint Quietly Shutters After Failed Lease Negotiations The team behind SF's firework show is putting together the last details this afternoon, a man was arrested on Friday for taking a sledgehammer to several cars in SF, and Kaisen Sushi at 71 5th Street suddenly closed for good after five years of serving fresh and cheap rolls.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Broke a Daily Rain Record Yesterday The Castro will have a new specialty grocery shop soon, an Oakland man was charged with dealing fentanyl in the Tenderloin, and less than a tenth of an inch of rain was recorded in downtown SF Saturday — but it was still enough to beat the record for that day.
SF news Saturday Links: SF Couple Fined Over $1.5K for Parking in Their Own Driveway SoMa's newest pizza joint is also serving up great Tiki drinks, Oakland will again open cooling and clean air sites this summer, and a San Francisco couple that's been parking in their driveway for almost four decades was recently fined over $1.5K by the City for doing so.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Missing SF Man Found Dead In Desolation Wilderness 32-year-old Jia Huang of San Francisco was found dead of an apparent drowning in Lake Aloha, a vigil was held in Oakland for the bystander killed in a crash early Sunday, and Gary Payton II may be headed to the Trailblazers.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland School District Moves Ahead With Closures The Rices Fire in Nevada County is being held at 900 acres, the body of a missing Oakland teenager has been found in waters of Alameda, and the Oakland school board voted for a third time to move ahead with closing or consolidating around 10 schools.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Wildfire Near Nevada City Grows to 769 Acres The Rices Fire has been burning since Tuesday in Nevada County and is now threatening over 500 buildings, SF street vendors of often stolen goods remain defiant in the face of a new crackdown, and Nancy Pelosi just received Holy Communion in Rome.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Abortion Rights Amendment Heads to November Ballot A 4.2M earthquake struck this morning in Lake County, one person died in a grass fire Monday in Sonoma County, and more than two-thirds of California lawmakers voted Monday to send a constitutional amendment to the November ballot enshrining abortion rights into state law.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Bicyclist Killed On Highway 1 Alameda County has lifted its broad mask mandate once more, a bicyclist was killed on Highway 1 near San Gregorio on Saturday, and the Supreme Court sides again with "religious freedom."
SF News Sunday Links: Stern Grove Headliner Cancels After Touring Party Becomes Stricken With COVID-19 Today's your last day to get free admission into SFMOMA for some "reflection and dialogue,” Liz Phair will be replaced by folk-rocker Ani DiFranco as the main act for today's Stern Grove concert, and… happy SF Pride Parade day (so plan your travels accordingly)!
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Lights Up in Celebration of Pride Weekend Various SF structures were glowing in all sorts of colors to honor this weekend's Pride festivities, a growing list of companies will now pay for employees' expenses traveling to states to receive legal abortions, and a stretch of the Pacific Ocean along SF is the coldest it's been in over a decade.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Welp, Roe v. Wade Is Dead Reactions are rolling fast after the conservative-led Supreme Court upended 50 years of precedent with Roe v. Wade, Paul Pelosi has been charged with two counts of DUI, and California was largely spared from wildfire despite 66,000 lightning strikes this week.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Supreme Court Issues Big Rulings On Guns, Miranda Rights The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun-control law in a ruling that could affect California, the man accused of stalking Justice Brett Kavanaugh pleaded not guilty, and delays continue on BART's Concord line.
SF News Humpday Headlines: BART Train Partially Derails Causing Minor Injuries A BART train partially derailed in Concord Tuesday due to heat-caused warping of a train track, a grass fire continues burning in San Mateo County, and permits have been revoked for a Pink Saturday event in the Castro just days ahead of it occurring.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: BART Saw More Riders Monday Than At Any Point In 27 Months BART saw around 200,000 riders for Monday's Warriors festivities, residents of 33 Tehama still have not been allowed home following flooding, and firefighters quickly tamped down a brush fire in Hunters Point Monday night.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF Preps For Warriors Mania SF has been cleaning up Market Street in preparation for the Warriors' victory parade, huge and chaotic sideshows shook up Santa Rosa on Saturday, and around 200,000 baby salmon were just released in to the Bay.
SF News Sunday Links: Four-Alarm Vegetation Fire in East Bay Now Under Control A small earthquake struck near Morgan Hill yesterday, CHP reported a fatal crash early Sunday morning on the Bay Bridge, and a large blaze burning near Covington Street and Marlow Drive in the East Oakland hills was contained this morning.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco SPCA Is Waiving Adoption Fees for Older Cats Too Saturday morning BART delays continue, a new Indian restaurant debuted on the Divisadero corridor, and SF's animal care center on 16th Street is now waiving adoption fees for dogs and cats seven years or older.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Revised Millennium Tower Fix Gets Sign-Off A revised plan to shore up the foundation of Millennium Tower has been approved by an independent panel, a bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in Oakland last night, and the SpaceX employees who wrote that open letter about Musk have been fired.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SF School Board Likely to Extend Lottery Admissions at Lowell Another Year The SF school board is having a special meeting to debate extending lottery admissions at Lowell High, bus drivers for the VTA say they're being targeted for attack, and former San Jose Mayor Norman Mineta will be laid to rest today.
SF News Humpday Headlines: California Marks One Year Since Pandemic 'Reopening' Depressingly, it's been one year since California "reopened" and declared the pandemic nearly over; an hours-long standoff ended in five arrests for child endangerment in Campbell; and two Bay Area counties see their COVID numbers spike again.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Britney's Ex to Face Felony Charges in Napa County A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in East Palo Alto last night, the 22-year-old anti-abortion activist who climbed Salesforce Tower last month just climbed a skyscraper in Oklahoma City, and Britney Spears's ex Jason Alexander is set to be extradited to Napa to face felony grand theft charges.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Google to Settle Wage-Disparity Suit for $118M Google is settling a five-year-old class-action suit brought by female employees over wages, the Muni bond appears to have failed by 1.5% of the vote, and Newsom says the Boudin recall was very "predictable."
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Temperatures Will Finally Start Cooling Down Today Today's your last day to visit the AIDS Memorial Quilt display in GGP, Yoji Sushi House's parklet was damaged after a car crashed into it Friday night, and cooler weather is returning to the Bay Area this morning.
SF News Saturday Links: SF Kicks Off Juneteenth Celebrations at City Hall With Community Events SF City officials and community members on Friday announced a series of community-led events to honor the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, we're having yet another warm-weather day in the Bay Area, and it looks like there’s going to be a Sriracha shortage this summer.