SF News Sunday Links: Women's March Attracts Hundreds to Downtown SF; Bay to Breakers Causes Massive Traffic Headaches Hundreds of people marched at the Women's March in San Francisco Saturday, a Sunday garage fire in Excelsior left at least one person injured and displaced seven, and downtown SF was a shitshow this morning with road closures from Bay to Breakers.
SF News Saturday Links: Don't Forget About Street Closures for Bay to Breakers Tomorrow Get ready for many road closures tomorrow for Bay to Breakers, BART and Muni are offering more services to meet the inevitable influx of race-day riders, and a mass shooting in Milwaukee Friday night left at least 17 people injured.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Millennium Tower Fix Hits Yet Another Potential Snag An underground wall could pose a problem for the ongoing Millennium Tower fix, SFO had a computer meltdown this morning, and Newsom's office is discussing "inflation relief" checks and a higher minimum wage.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Three Wildfires Break Out Around State Three fires are burning around the state after Wednesday's winds including one that's destroyed 20 homes in Laguna Beach, Catherine Stefani likely tops London Breed's shortlist for Boudin replacements, and a retail theft ring was busted in Pittsburg.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Woman on Scooter Killed In Tenderloin A 25-year-old woman on a scooter was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday, the SF school board approved far fewer layoffs than had been expected, and Elon Musk is hinting that he'll move Twitter out of the Bay Area because of "strong left bias."
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Marin Schoolkids Being Told They Should Mask Up Again Around 20 Marin County schools are having COVID outbreaks, Chesa Boudin did a prime-time interview with KRON4, and there was a Roe v. Wade town hall at Manny's on Monday night.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Armed Standoff In Emeryville Ends With Suspect Asleep Oakland police are investigating a body found in the hills near Tilden Park, the second victim in the Marin Headlands small-plane crash has been ID'd, and an armed standoff at an Emeryville hotel ended Sunday morning with the suspect asleep in the lobby.
SF News Sunday Links: Hundreds Convene at Powell Street BART Station in Support of Abortion Rights Saturday saw hundreds at Market and Powell streets supporting abortion rights, an adorable fox was rescued in Oracle Park, and Jill Biden paid Ukraine a surprise visit on Sunday — spending part of Mother's Day in Uzhhorod, a small war-torn city in the far southwestern corner of the country.
SF News Saturday Links: Arsonist Lights Fire Inside San Francisco Parklet Bartenders at Cow Hollow's The Blue Light watering hole recently extinguished a fire inside its parklet, Local Take in the Castro is moving locations, and FYI: Xanath Ice Cream on Valencia Street is, in fact, not permanently closed, after all.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Four Arrested For March Killing In the Mission Four people have been arrested in connection with a March fatal stabbing in the Mission, the VTA has approved the first construction contract for Phase II of BART's San Jose extension, and fish are dying around Clear Lake due to the drought.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Alameda Officers Cleared Again in Mario Gonzalez Case A review of the Mario Gonzalez death case commissioned by the city of Alameda has (sort of) cleared officers of wrongdoing, a man having a mental health crisis caused an hours-long traffic nightmare in the East Bay, and that Meta store opens next week.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Thousands Rally For Abortion Rights In SF and Oakland Matt Haney took the oath of office at the Assembly on Tuesday, thousands came out to march for abortion rights in SF and Oakland, and analyses are flying about the Supreme Court leak and what it could be hoping to accomplish.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Chief Justice Confirms Leak of Draft Opinion Overturning 'Roe' Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the authenticity of Alito's overturning-Roe opinion but insists it's not a final ruling, the leak is now going to be investigated, and a San Mateo County judge has ruled that Tiffany Li's wrongful death case settlement doesn't need to be kept secret.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Community Seeks to Restore Vandalized Castro Mural An Oakland police officer was injured in the course of a shooting incident in West Oakland, there is talk of new organizers trying to revive the Gilroy Garlic Festival, and a crowdfunding campaign seeks to restore the 'Hope for the World Cure' mural in the Castro.
SF News Sunday Links: Slow Parade Goes Unhurried Down SF's Lake Street in Support of Car-Free Corridors People rallied at Lake Street Saturday in support of making SF’s designated car-free streets permanent niceties, two small earthquakes rattled Sonoma County, and Nancy Pelosi has become the highest-ranking U.S. government official to step foot in Kyiv since the war in Ukraine began.
SF News Saturday Links: Only 15% of Eligible Californians Have Received Second COVID-19 Booster Oakland welcomed its first Black-owned collective storefront last weekend, the future of San Francisco's Financial District is looking pretty bleak, and just about 15% of eligible CA residents 50 and older have gotten their second COVID-19 booster.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Schools Closed Due to Strike Oakland teachers are striking today to protest the planned closure of multiple schools, a woman was shot at while confronting burglars breaking into her car, and two suspects have now been charged in the San Jose infant abduction.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Vegetation Fire Contained Near Altamont Pass A wind-whipped vegetation fire grew to 50 acres last night in eastern Alameda County, Twitter released decent earnings for the first quarter of 2022, and Alice Waters' new LA cafe has opened and isn't that exciting according to one Berkeley resident.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Suspects in San Jose Abduction ID'd The three suspects in Monday's kidnapping in San Jose have been identified, a 25-year-old man died while skiing at Palisades Tahoe, and Jeff Bezos made some kind of jab at fellow billionaire Elon Musk about his purchase of Twitter — on Twitter.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 92 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized in East Bay Bust The FBI and police in San Jose are frantically searching for an abducted infant, the Chronicle's Editorial Board took an unexpected against the recall of Chesa Boudin, and 92 pounds of fentanyl likely bound for SF was seized in a big bust in the East Bay.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland Teachers Plan Strike That District Says Is Illegal Thousands of nurses are on strike at Stanford Hospital today, Oakland teachers are planning a strike to protest school closures on Friday, and a Lassen County woman has a harrowing story of surviving on yogurt while stuck in the snow.
SF News Sunday Links: Fire at Popular South San Francisco Chinese Eatery Contained Firefighters put out a structural fire Saturday at Root Chinese Restaurant in South SF, “pro-planet" demonstrations are playing out across the Bay Area today, and April's smattering of Bay Area rainstorms didn’t help much in lifting the region out of drought conditions.
SF News Saturday Links: New Report Shows Bay Area Home Prices Have Skyrocketed Over 20% Since January Some homeowners are now paying 20% more on their mortgages than they would’ve just a few months ago, Golden Gate Pediatrics is preparing as the FDA gets closer to authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for children under five years old, and ICYMI: City Hall glowed green last night to honor Earth Day.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: LA Reinstates Its Mask Mandate for Transit Los Angeles County is reinstating its mask mandate for rideshares and transit starting today, a 21-year-old American Canyon man was arrested for human trafficking, and the CEO of Old Navy is stepping down after two years in the job.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Kristin Smart Murder Trial Moves to Monterey Co. A judge has decided that the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores for the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart will move to Monterey County, BART reversed itself about masks, and that lawsuit by the City of San Francisco against opioid makers and distributors begins Monday.
