SF News Saturday Links: Giants Shut Out Dodgers 4-0 in Game 1 Victory The Giants quite handsomely beat the Dodgers 4-0 in last night's playoff game opener, a falling tree injured four firefighters battling the KNP Complex fire, and Golden Gate Park will again host a forest of LEDs this winter.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Fleet Week Air Show to Roar Over SF All Day Hundreds of giant sequoias have likely died in wildfires in recent weeks, the Blue Angels and the Fleet Week air show kicks off at 10 a.m., and SF will welcome its first cruise ship to dock in 18 months on Monday.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Infamous Antioch Dive Bar Destroyed By Fire A new report suggests the Millennium Tower fix continued despite warnings about the building sinking faster, infamous Antioch dive ABC Rendezvous Bar went up in flames this morning, and life expectancy for U.S. men has dropped by two years due to COVID.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Unified School District Faces State Takeover Bay Area health officers will be announcing a mask mandate update on Thursday, 6,000 PG&E customers lost power in Marin County this morning, and SF Unified is facing state oversight due to a $116 million budget shortfall.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Whole Foods Evacuated After Shooting Outside A shooting outside the Whole Foods at Lake Merritt led to the store being evacuated Monday night, SF General says 115 employees are currently off the schedule due to vaccine status, and Monday's winning $700M Powerball ticket was sold in California.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Instagram and Facebook Both Suffer Outages Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all suffered a major outage Monday morning; 10 people were injured when a car drove into the front of a convenience store in San Leandro; and the Giants clinched the NL West crown on Sunday.
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Spare the Air Alert Extended Into Today The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) extended Saturday's Spare the Air Alert to Sunday, two more small earthquakes rattled the Bay Area, and SF just recorded its second-driest water year on record.
SF News Saturday Links: 3.2M Earthquake Rattles East Bay Oakland recorded its 105th homicide of the year yesterday, the Women's March is expected to make its way to the Embarcadeo Plaza today, and a small earthquake struck on the Hayward Fault near San Leandro.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Justice Kavanaugh Has COVID Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19, the Oakland branch of the NAACP is calling for Frank Somerville's reinstatement at KTVU, and drugmaker Merck says it has an effective antiviral pill for COVID that halves hospitalizations.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Vast Illegal Pot Grow Shut Down In East Bay Congress is expected to pass a series of short-term spending bills to avert a shutdown today, Alameda County deputies seized over 100,000 marijuana plants from an illegal indoor growing operation, and the Windy Fire has already killed at least 29 giant sequoias in the Sierra.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Haney Says He's Running for Assembly SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera has officially been installed at the Public Utilities Commission, Sup. Matt Haney confirms he's running for State Assembly, and one of every eight acres in California has burned in the last 10 years.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Mountain Lion Chills In Daly City Backyard, Won't Leave Authorities were attempting to remove a mountain lion who appeared to just be snoozing in a Daly City backyard this morning, a former Theranos lab director gave more damning testimony, and SF State's campus was on lockdown due to a "non-specific threat."
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Facebook Pauses Development of 'Instagram Kids' Facebook is pausing development of its controversial 'Instagram Kids' app as it faces scrutiny in Washington, one Afghan family describes their harrowing journey to get back to the Bay Area, and the Grand Princess cruise ship is back at sea.
SF News Sunday Links: Air Quality Advisory Extended Through Monday As SoCal Wildfire Smoke Rolls Into Bay Area The Bay Area Air Quality Management District will keep the current Air Quality Advisory in effect until tomorrow, expect temperatures to cool as much as five degrees below average on Tuesday across the Bay Area, and… happy “Megahood2021” day.
SF News Saturday Links: KTVU's Frank Somerville Suspended Over Gabby Petito News Coverage Another SF resident was brazenly attacked in broad daylight, the Fawn Fire grew over a thousand acres overnight, and KTVU anchor Frank Somerville has been reportedly pulled from the air for wanting to point out that tragedies involving white women are usually more covered than those of BIPOC women.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Millennium Tower Tilt Likely to Cause Sewer Trouble The Fawn Fire in Shasta County has grown to 5,850 acres and has destroyed 25 homes, an early morning crash on the Bay Bridge caused major traffic, and a third batch of stimulus checks is coming from the state.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Dixie Fire Now 94% Contained BART service in the East Bay was delayed due to a fatality at Richmond Station, Oakland has declared a state of emergency over gun violence, and Fremont has canceled its big annual art and wine festival for the second year.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Southern California Keeps Sucking Up Water Amid Drought A new report looks at water conservation across all California cities, the SF Board of Supervisors just approved $200 million in SFMTA contracts for parking meters and trains, and Dreamforce is underway with multiple COVID safety checks.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: It's Going to Be a Hot Last Day of Summer Embattled school board member Alison Collins responds to the recall effort, there's an outbreak of kidney disease among California sea lions, and all large indoor events in the state now have to require proof of vaccination.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Giant Forest Mostly Safe as Other Sequoia Groves Threatened By Fire The sequoias of Giant Forest were successfully protected from flames over the weekend, a 22-year-old man was arrested at San Jose Airport after saying he'd swallowed an explosive device, and Pfizer says its vaccine works in kids 5-11.
SF News Sunday Links: Red Flag Warning Issued for Parts of Bay Area and NorCal That SpaceX mission ended safely Saturday night, the SFUSD opened four vaccination units for eligible school-age children, and the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area.
SF News Saturday Links: Two of Newsom's Kids Test Positive for COVID-19 Nine Oakland police officers were put on unpaid suspension for posting “racist and sexist” content on social media, Mayor Breed unapologetically defended her maskless Black Cat outing, and the California governor's office announced that two of Newsom’s four children tested positive for COVID-19.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Mayor London Breed Seen Maskless At Club Mayor London Breed was out with friends at the Black Cat on Thursday night (maskless), Contra Costa County is likely to begin requiring vaccines for all school kids 12 and up, and VTA light rail service comes back in full in San Jose.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Water Main Break Floods Crocker-Amazon A water main break on Wednesday flooded part of the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood, an autopsy reveals that a death in Berkeley was from a hit-and-run, and the Chase Center hosted its first full-capacity event in 18 months: a Tame Impala show.
SF News Humpday Headlines: How Many Points Did Newsom Prevail By? The CHP is seeking help finding a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian on 101 in SF, two landlords in Oakland are being made to pay $3.9M to the city, and the recall election results were even better than expected for Newsom.
