SF News Thanksgiving Eve Headlines: The Travel Crush Continues The accused Colorado Springs shooter is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is bracing for a post-holiday surge of patients, and Bay Area airports are bracing for big crowds.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: We Could Be In For Another Pretty Sunset The SFPD announced two arrests in a May homicide in the Mission District, Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed again, and a "leak" of moisture amid a high-pressure system could make for some dramatic sunset clouds this eve.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF LGBTQ Community Mourns With Colorado Springs A candlelight vigil Sunday in the Castro brought out mourners for the Colorado Springs shooting, the family of Alexis Gabe had their own vigil for her in Amador County, and the UC worker strike enters its second week.
SF News Sunday Links: Sheng Thao Ekes Out Razor-Thin Lead in Oakland Mayor's Race COVID experts continue recommending testing and mask-wearing ahead of Thanksgiving, SF’s Deck The Halls pop-up bar returns next week, and City Councilwoman Sheng Thao is narrowly leading Loren Taylor in the Oakland mayor’s race.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Masks Recommended Again Amid LA COVID Surge The health officer in Los Angeles County is "strongly recommending" indoor masking as COVID surges again, Lisa Gillmor has won the Santa Clara mayor's race, and a very ill bear cub has come to the Oakland Zoo.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Early Morning Crash Near Pittsburg Claims Five Lives A wrong-way crash on Highway 4 in Pittsburg killed all five people involved, the Berkeley police union president is now on leave over a text scandal, and Nancy Pelosi is announcing "future plans" today in the House.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Musk Gives Twitter Employees New Ultimatum Elon Musk has given all Twitter employees until 5 p.m. tomorrow to commit to being "hardcore" or leave, a beloved community activist and urban farmer was brutally beaten in the Tenderloin, and Matt Mahan's lead grew in the San Jose mayor's race.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Sideshow Law Helped San Jose Police Make Huge Bust The UC academic worker strike moves into its second day, an equipment problem on BART led to smoke and delays in SF, and San Jose police deployed a new tactic and the city's newish sideshow law to issue over 700 citations over the weekend.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: San Jose Mayor's Race Still Too Close to Call The race between Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan for San Jose mayor is still close with Mahan in the lead, some contractors at Twitter were let go over the weekend, and the US Postal Service is investigating some ballots found by the side of a road in the South Bay.
SF News Sunday Links: Looks Like SF Will Have a Rain-Free Week Ahead Dozens of completed ballots were found near Highway 17 in Santa Clara, mostly clear skies are in the forecast for SF next week, and it looks like Democrats will hold control of the Senate — with the House majority still on a knife edge.
SF News Saturday Links: New Count Shows LA Has Comparably More Unhoused Individuals Than Bay Area A small earthquake shook the East Bay, a massive strike of 50,000 UC employees is expected Monday, and one recent count shows Los Angeles has proportionally more people suffering from homelessness than the Bay Area.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Elizabeth Holmes Now Asking for 18 Months of Home Confinement A two-vehicle crash in Visitacion Valley caused injuries and damage to homes, Elizabeth Holmes's attorneys are now making a plea for leniency in her sentencing, and Lauren Boebert has gained a small lead in her congressional race.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Loren Taylor Extends Lead In Oakland Mayor's Race Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor remains poised to be the city's new mayor, Musk makes it clear that remote work is over at Twitter, and all this rain has meant that fire season is probably over.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Rob Bonta Keeps AG's Job; Malia Cohen Is CA Controller All the Dems won the big state races in CA including Sen. Alex Padilla, AG Rob Bonta, and obviously Gov. Gavin Newsom; Loren Taylor appears poised to be Oakland's new mayor; and overall the "red wave" predicted by Republicans did not come to pass and things don't look so grim for Democrats.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Judge In Elizabeth Holmes Case Denies New Trial Elizabeth Holmes has been denied her new trial and will be sentenced next week, a 37-year-old Brisbane man has been charged in death of a man he allegedly punched and knocked to the ground in North Beach, and the morning rain caused some minor flooding around the Bay.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Teen Party Shakes Up Quiet Mill Valley An unruly party of 100 to 200 teenagers caused a ruckus in a shopping center parking lot in Marin, parents of seven-year-old twins were killed in a Redwood City crash, and Kathy Griffin had her Twitter account suspended.
SF News Sunday Links: $1.1M Powerball Ticket Sold in Bay Area The owners of sandwich company Sandy’s plan on opening a physical eatery soon, the fatal multi-victim car crash in Redwood City Friday left two children parentless, and a winning $1.1M Powerball ticket was sold in San Leandro.
SF News Saturday Links: Expect Light Drizzles and Rain Showers Across Bay Area Today Two people were killed in a Redwood City car crash last night, San Francisco was slicked with rainfall again this morning, and Original Joe's is planning on opening an East Bay location in 2024.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Charges Filed In Fatal Beating at 7-11 David DePape will have a preliminary hearing date set today, security is high at the Pelosi home now that Paul is back recovering, and the man accused in a fatal beating at a Visitacion Valley 7-11 has been charged with murder.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: More Charges Pile Up For SF Serial Stalker The SF DA's Office filed more charges against serial stalker/groper Bill Hobbs, an SF supervisor is vowing more security at the Excelsior Safeway where a shooting occurred, and half of California's 10 biggest cities are electing new mayors.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SFPD Appears to Be Making More Stops and Arrests Under New DA A study of the first three months since Brooke Jenkins was appointed DA finds that SFPD officers are making more stops and arrests, Washington High teachers are staging a sickout, and the break-in at the Pelosis' was caught on camera but no one was watching.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Newsom Blames Fox News for 'Creating the Culture' That Led to Pelosi Attack The motive in the killing of Oakland dentist Lili Xu was allegedly financial, Newsom denounces Fox News and its culture of hate villainizing Democrats, and Trump has spoken out calling the attack on Paul Pelosi "a terrible thing" but saying crime in SF is "worse than Afghanistan."
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Prescribed Burn Sends Smoke Into Bay Area An 800-acre prescribed burn in Humboldt County sent a lot of smoke into the North Bay, DA Brooke Jenkins corrected some misinformation about the Pelosi attack, and a man was injured in a shooting near the Balboa Park Safeway.
SF News Sunday Links: Mountain Lion Takes Stroll Through San Mateo Neighborhood in Broad Daylight Valencia Street is getting a new Korean snack bar, a mountain lion was spotted roaming around a San Mateo neighborhood Friday morning, and... have you checked out Menlo Park's floating "yellow brick road” yet?
SF News Saturday Links: 'Major Medical Emergency' Causes System-Wide Delays on BART A BART train was evacuated Friday due to a “major medical emergency" that led to a 20-minute delay across the network, San Jose police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a grandmother and her grandson, and there’s a pumpkin carving event today at the Mission Arts Center.