SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Tesla Has Yet Another Massive Recall The Washington state trooper who publicly quit over vaccine mandates has died of COVID, Tesla is doing yet another massive recall over a seatbelt chime, and Rudy Giuliani went on 'The Masked Singer'.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland City Council Approves Oscar Grant Day The Oakland City Council just made Feb. 27 Oscar Grant Day, PG&E just paid $1 billion more into its fire victim fund, and Stanford University says COVID infections are coming down on campus.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Some Oakland Teachers Threaten Hunger Strike Over School Closures Tensions are ramping up over proposed school closures in Oakland, the person killed in Saturday's hit-and-run in SF's Outer Sunset has been identified as a local Irish athlete, and Pete Buttigieg has a plan for the Port of Oakland's empty containers.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Muni Warns Of Major Delays Due to Staffing Issues Gunfire in East Oakland damaged some Comcast lines and led to a major cable outage during Sunday's football game, Muni delays are being caused by COVID-related staffing shortages, and demand for tests in SF is way down.
SF News Sunday Links: Hit-and-Run in SF's Outer Sunset Leaves One Dead SF police responded to a fatal car crash Saturday night at 46th Avenue and Lincoln Way, the Colorado Fire is now 90% contained, and Ghirardelli plans to renovate many of the chocolate shops inside the Fisherman's Wharf square this year.
SF News Saturday Links: More Luxury Retailers Are Coming to Union Square Chanel and upscale jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels have both snatched up new retail store locations in downtown SF, Santa Clara's Elk Lodge erupted in a fire Friday, and you can now get a third J&J shot in San Francisco — if you're eligible to receive one.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Big Rig at Fault In Deadly Richmond Bridge Crash The CHP has determined that the big rig slammed into the vehicle causing that fiery crash Wednesday, the wildfire near Big Sur has reached 75% containment, and San Jose has had an especially bad year for traffic fatalities.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: One Person Dead In Fiery Richmond Bridge Crash A fiery crash on the Richmond Bridge Wednesday night claimed one life and caused a massive traffic situation, a 76-year-old Colorado man will be arraigned today for a 1978 cold-case murder in SF, and the Moscone Center is hosting its first big conference in a long while.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Supes Approve New Eviction-Notice Law A triple-stabbing suspect in San Jose got killed in oncoming traffic, the abducted French bulldog in Castro Valley has returned safely home, and SF supervisors approved a new 10-day notice law for evictions that allows for correction of the eviction cause.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Carquinez Bridge Shut Down For 7 Hours By CHP The westbound Carquinez Bridge was shut down by police activity for seven hours Monday night, Bay Area dog owners are on edge after a string of armed dognappings, and 49ers fans are eager to turn SoFi Stadium "red" again.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Antisemitic COVID Conspiracy Flyers Appear In Pac Heights Some weird and antisemitic COVID conspiracy flyers have appeared in Pacific Heights, Monterey County residents are being told to boil their water due to possible wildfire-related contamination, and a Stockton woman escaped abduction.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Erupts in Cheers After Jaw-Dropping 49ers Victory in Divisional Playoff Game Another hit-and-run left a sixth person dead in San Jose, preparations for SF’s Lunar New Year parade are underway, and Saturday’s nail-biting game between the 49ers and Wisconsin's Green Bay Packers ended in a truly epic win for the NFL team (that left the city alive with revelries).
SF News Saturday Links: Wind-Fueled Wildfire Near Big Sur Visible in Santa Cruz A winter wildfire has burned over 150 acres since Friday night in Monterey County, Safer Together will have walk-up rapid antigen testing available this Sunday at 555 Franklin Street, and about 14,000 COVID-19 tests were just left sitting in bags inside a Pleasanton-based lab.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 49ers Watch Parties Could Spread Omicron There are COVID concerns as bars gear up for big football crowds tomorrow, a Tenderloin addict followed by a Chronicle columnist has died, and CA might let kids as young as 12 get vaccines with parental consent.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Police Shoot and Kill Armed Man at SFO There was an officer-involved shooting at SFO following a confrontation with an armed man that closed the BART station there, and police in Santa Rosa arrested a suspect following a standoff and hostage situation last night.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Santa Cruz Harbor Suffers $6M in Tsunami Damage Around 100 people gathered in Portsmouth Square Tuesday night to mourn the loss of NY subway-murder victim Michell Go, Santa Cruz Harbor saw significant tsunami damage, and fashion icon Andre Leon Talley has died.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: San Mateo County Leaves PPE Out In the Rain San Mateo County left $7 million in PPE out to get soaked in the rain, Kaiser workers protest the fact that they don't get MLK Day as a paid holiday, and a video has gone viral of a FedEx package being hurled at a door in SF.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Remembering MLK's Last Bay Area Speech There's a car caravan marking MLK Day in Oakland, a suspected DUI driver was arrested in Sonoma after a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy, and the Chronicle has a photo essay about Dr. King's last big Bay Area speech at UC Berkeley.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Fire Department Rescues Surfer at Kelly's Cove SF firefighters were deployed to Kelly's Cove after a group of surfers was spotted in distress, there's a startup that will pay Bay Area residents in cryptocurrency to monitor air quality readings, and a growing number of local companies are requiring employees to receive booster shots.
SF News Saturday Links: Tsunami Advisory Issued for San Francisco The National Weather Service issued a Tsunami Advisory for various parts of NorCal Saturday morning, SF Symphony’s performance schedule next week is TBD after members of the orchestra tested positive for COVID-19, and… the world’s oceans are hotter than they’ve ever been in recent history.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Schools to Stay Open Following Negotiation Between District and Unions The teachers' union got what they wanted and SF schools will stay open, Newsom commuted the sentence of a Pulitzer-nominated podcaster at San Quentin, and Sephora just inked a big office lease in downtown SF.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Suspected Car Break-In Crew Arrested In SF Three 19-year-old suspects observed breaking into cars by plainclothes SFPD officers were arrested last week, BART returns to late-night service on Sundays in Feb., and Bob Saget's death could have been COVID-related.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Elizabeth Holmes Sentencing Likely In September Sentencing for Elizabeth Holmes delayed until September pending Sunny Balwani's trial, recent storms flushed a lot of microplastics into the Bay, and China is suspending some flights into the country from SFO.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Sonoma County Issues Ban on Large Gatherings Sonoma County just became the first local county to issue new lockdown orders, Newsom is proposing a gas tax "holiday," and a San Jose NYE party has been identified as a likely super-spreader event.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Zynga Gets Acquired By NY-Based Game Maker Both Pfizer and Moderna say they're working on Omicron-specific vaccines, mobile game maker Zynga has been acquired by a New York company, and Klay Thompson made a triumphant return to the court last night — and Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider was in the stands.
