SF News Sunday Links: Small Airplane Crashes Into Lake Tahoe Saturday, Two Passengers Rescued by Nearby Boaters Tahoes is already busy this Fourth of July weekend with summer skiers and a small plane crash; BART is slowly reopening certain station bathrooms, including Embarcadero and Berkeley; and East Bay lakes are seeing a toxic algae bloom.
SF News Saturday Links: Draymond Green Signs 4-Year, $100M Contract to Return to the Warriors Star forward Draymond Green rejoins the Warriors from free agency; July 1, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the 101 California Street mass shooting, which killed eight; and gunfire erupted in downtown SF at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Supreme Court Nixes Biden's Student Debt Relief, Sides With Anti-Gay Web Designer The Supreme Court's conservative majority issued two more crappy decisions that pleased Republicans; United's fiasco continues causing cancellations and stranded passengers at SFO; and Apple just bought an office building on the cheap in Cupertino.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Women Targeted For Robberies In Noe Valley Women walking with cellphones and kids are reportedly being targeted for robberies in Noe Valley; a former Google exec is running for Feinstein's Senate seat; and the Supreme Court has, predictably, struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SFMTA Gets $30M Grant From Feds for EV Stuff Those "safe and sane" fireworks are out there for purchase again; the former CELLspace site will become the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center next year; and the SFMTA just got a $30M federal grant for electric buses and charging stations.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Revised California Budget Bails Out Public Transit to the Tune of $5 Billion A major heat wave is expected for the coming July 4 weekend, a bizarre and unidentified creature has been spotted in Lake Merritt, and Gavin Newsom has backtracked somewhat on slashing public transit funding.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Pride Weekend Comes Off Without a Hitch Pride meant BART was very busy on Sunday, and so was the Castro; a suspected drunk driver drove off a Santa Cruz cliff; and a mother suspects her toddler was sickened by contaminated sand at Stinson Beach.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Pride Parade Draws a Crowd of Hundreds of Thousands The pride parade took an extra weight this year amid rising anti-LGBT legislation; the Dyke March also continued its historic tradition of taking to the streets; and Petaluma is the home of the newly-crowned world's ugliest dog.
SF News Saturday Links: 20th Annual Trans March Friday Night Kicks Off SF Pride Weekend Hundreds of participants gathered for the Trans March, where organizers honored Banko Brown; BART's ridership has the lowest return of any major mass transit system in the U.S.; and the National Women's Soccer League team coming to the Bay in 2024 doesn't know what city it's going to yet.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Man Shot and Killed Near Powell Street BART The pushback continues over Ron DeSantis’s Tenderloin video, two Oakland twins were drafted consecutively in the NBA Draft, and a man was shot and killed Thursday night near the Powell Street BART station.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Coast Guard Finds 'Debris Field' Near Titanic Wreck Site CHP is investigating another freeway shooting in Oakland; a bystander injured in the June 9 Mission District shooting describes the experience; and the Coast Guard reports finding a 'debris field' near the Titanic wreckage site.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Mayor Speaks Out About Shootout Near Pier 39 Mayor London Breed spoke for the first time Tuesday about Sunday's shootout, calling it "very isolated"; we now have a suspect name from the black SUV involved; today is the first ever Muni Safe Day Out.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Hunter Biden Takes a Plea A crash involving two big-rigs snarled traffic this a.m. on I-80 in Richmond; five teens were arrested Sunday in San Mateo County for armed robbery; and Hunter Biden just pleaded guilty to tax and gun charges.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two Die In Music Festival Shooting In Washington 22-year-old Javier Campos, the suspect in the Mission District shooting ten days ago, was in court in Santa Cruz County; two people were killed at the Beyond Wonderland EDM festival Saturday; and four were displaced in an early morning fire in Oakland.
SF News Sunday Links: 4.4-M Earthquake Shakes Mendocino County Saturday Night The earthquake around 9 p.m. Saturday night caused no injuries; Police arrested 11 people for shoplifting over 125 items in a Milipitas mall; and a man was attacked with a pickax in San Carlos.
SF News Saturday Links: Hateful Anti-LGBT Protesters Try to Spoil Pride Night at Giants-Dodgers Game in LA It's not clear if the demonstrators were against the Pride Night or the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence who were invited to the game; almost all of the Capp Street barriers have been destroyed; and there's a Juneteenth festival happening in the Fillmore District today.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Residents Near 24th Street on Edge After Shooting Neighbors around 24th Street still uneasy after last week's shooting; a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Chesa Boudin; we're in for some more weather whiplash this weekend.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Person of Interest Detained In Mission Shooting Javier Campos, the person of interest wanted in connection with Friday's shooting in the Mission, has been detained; accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape was back in court Wednesday; and two Americans were found dead in a Baja California motel.
Bay Area Sports Humpday Headlines: A's Fans' Reverse Boycott Packs Stands, and the A's Won Around 28,000 Oakland A's fans packed the stands in a "reverse boycott" Tuesday night; the A's stadium financing plan moved forward in the Nevada legislature; and apartment rents are down slightly across California.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Two Men Have Shootout Near Precita Park Gov. Gavin Newsom went on Fox News for the first time in 13 years to spar with Hannity; two men were seen in a shootout in Bernal Heights Monday; and a warming trend is slowly moving into the Bay Area
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SFO Employs First Cat In Its Wag Brigade There was a standoff outside the Coliseum BART station on Sunday that shut down the station briefly; Reddit users are in revolt over a new policy around third-party apps; and SFO is employing its first cat in the Wag Brigade.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Celebrated Its First Official Juneteenth Parade The first-ever downtown SF parade had dancers, a marching band, cowboys, and low-riders; Anchor Brewing is cutting national distribution to focus only on selling in California; and a Novato man whose dad was a victim of the Unabomber speaks.
SF News Saturday Links: SF Public Defender and Taxpayers Granted Right to Sue Over COVID Courtroom Closures A state appeals court gave the go-ahead to the SF public defender to sue over excess wait times for trials for criminal defendants; A San Jose groom tragically died on his dream Hawaii honeymoon; and the Millenium Tower is leaning even more than before.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Transit Protesters Shut Down Octavia Off-Ramp Protesters shut down the intersection of Octavia and Market on Thursday over transit funding; Frank Somerville has been formally charged after his Berkeley arrests; and the BART board has voted to increase fares again.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Air India Plane From Russia Lands at SFO That ferry flight from Air India taking stranded SFO-bound passengers out of eastern Russia has made it back safely; the Temecula school board is doubling down on calling Harvey Milk a "pedophile"; and the El Nino season is arriving early.