SF News Saturday Links: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Break California Real Estate Record With Most Expensive House Purchase Jay-Z and Beyoncé reportedly paid $200 million for a massive Malibu house on the beach; Twitter is facing another lawsuit and city investigation around trying to force its employees to sleep in its office; and it's tide pool season in SF.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Nevada Lawmakers Balk at A's Dollar Ask Nevada lawmakers only want to give the A's half of the funding they are seeking for their new Vegas stadium; that new toll has been approved for Highway 37 in Sonoma County; and a reminder of which streets are closing for Bay to Breakers.
SF News Thursday Morning, What's Up: BART Paying Out $4.4M In El Cerrito Shooting Case BART is settling a case involving a BART police shooting in Feb. 2020; Hayward police are seeking a man accused of killing his ex-wife last week; and accused Bob Lee killer Nima Momeni is due to be arraigned.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Former Apple Employee Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets Oakland police are seeking two suspects and a victim in a possible kidnapping; a panel discussion was held in the Mission District Tuesday about the Banko Brown shooting; and a former Apple employee has been charged with stealing autonomous car trade secrets.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: One Injured In Shooting Near Jefferson Square There was a shooting Monday evening on the 1200 block of Eddy Street; the suspect in that deadly wrong-way crash on I-280 has entered a not-guilty plea; and the Merced River is expected to reach flood stage in the Yosemite Valley this week.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland Teachers' Strike Ends The Oakland teachers' union announced a tentative deal and has called off their strike; SF Mayor London Breed says her car was broken into last year; and Sup. Rafael Mandelman plans to oppose the 'fixed seating' update for the Castro Theatre's landmark language.
SF News Sunday Links: Investigation Finds Former Cupertino Mayor was 'Abusive,' Refers Him to Santa Clara District Attorney An independent investigation into Cupertino city government found that former Mayor Darcy Paul exhibited "abusive and controlling behavior;" a fatal shooting happened Friday in the Bayview; and Bay Area home prices are rising again after several months of stalled values.
SF News Saturday Links: Lakers Defeat Warriors in Game 6 Friday, Ending Warriors' Playoff Run The Warriors' championship hopes are dashed, and the performances and ages of the players have fans questioning; Oakland saw four separate shootings Friday; and pandemic-time immigration law Title 42 has been lifted.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Two Earthquakes Rattle Northern Plumas County A pair of earthquakes within 12 hours of each other have rattled Plumas County; the SF Chamber of Commerce brought on Amazon as a sponsor for Small Business Week; and Newsom has come out against cash payments for reparations.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Crab Fishermen Test New Whale-Friendly Pots The Oakland teachers' strike stretches into its sixth day; SF crab fishermen are testing a new pot design that could reduce whale entanglements; and a new study suggests Australia's brush fires four years ago may have contributed to our triple La Nina seasons.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SoCal Pooch Wins Best In Show at Westminster Dog Show The SF Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to urge the DA's office to release the Banko Brown shooting video; Sonoma County officers engaged in a high-speed chase that ended with a crash; and a Palm Springs-based petit basset griffon Vendéen won Best in Show at Westminster last night.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: New Images Show Tulare Lake Growing Near Corcoran A San Francisco man is facing peeping-tom charges stemming from a hidden camera; there was a strange mercury spill at the Martinez Amtrak station; and new satellite images show Tulare Lake growing in the Central Valley.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Rally For Justice For Banko Brown Includes More Calls to Release Video A large group rallied again Sunday outside the Market Street Walgreens where Banko Brown was shot; a man was found dead in a North Oakland motel; and SF's average high temperature for the first week of May was the coldest in 50 years.
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.
