SF News Humpday Headlines: Tsunami Threat Passes The tsunami threat has passed without any damage on the California coast following Tuesday's Russian earthquake; a man was found shot in his car in Oakland; and five Planned Parenthood clinics in CA will remain closed.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: It's Almost Officially the Wettest July on Record In SF SF is on track to record the most measurable rain ever in July; a new study suggests a wildfire in Berkeley could result in deadly gridlock; and song satirist Tom Lehrer has died at age 97.
SF News Sunday Links: Northern California Safeway Workers Win Last-Minute Deal to Avert Strike A man who jumped from a rope swing into the Russian River is presumed dead; the federal government has released over $6 billion in previously frozen education grants after weeks of backlash; and the Safeway strike was averted after a tentative deal.
SF News Saturday Links: Nurses, Parents Protest Kaiser’s Pause on Trans Youth Surgical Care The Safeway strike deadline has been extended; ICE detained all the adults at SF immigration court without children on Friday; and Kaiser staff rallied in SF on Friday over the company's recent pause on gender-affirming care for youth.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Arrest Made In East Bay Freeway Shootings A 33-year-old Antioch man has been arrested in connection with two freeway shootings on Tuesday; the person who died on a Turkish Airlines flight to SFO has been ID'd; and an unexplained arrest occurred at an Oakland school.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SoMa Offices Filling Up Again The street closures in Golden Gate Park have begun ahead of back-to-back concert weekends; the Chronicle food critics are filing dueling reviews of State Bird Provisions; and tech startups are moving back into SoMa.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Napa Father Faces Murder Charge for DUI Crash That Killed Son Two people were found dead of gunshot wounds in an East Oakland apartment; a Napa father has been charged with murder for a DUI-related crash that killed his son; and San Jose again ranks high on unaffordability list.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Person Drowns at SF's Aquatic Park A man's body was pulled from the water at SF's Aquatic Park Monday night; a San Jose man with Chinese dual citizenship has pleaded guilty to stealing sensitive defense secrets; and a hotel in the Delta says 37 of its peacocks were stolen.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: The Bay Area Is Having Its Mildest Summer In Decades This summer has been unusually cool for much of the Bay Area, so far; three people died on rivers in NorCal on Saturday; the Gilroy Garlic festival returns, in smaller form, on Friday.
SF News Sunday Links: Japanese American Activists Lead Protest Against Proposed ICE Facility at FCI Dublin The drivers of six sports cars were caught racing over 100 mph on SF freeways last weekend; a man was rescued from the water near SF's Ferry Building; and hundreds showed up to an ICE protest at FCI Dublin led by Japanese-American activists.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Woman Shot While Walking Dogs In East Bay A woman was fatally shot while walking her dogs in San Leandro; a man who was suffering from a gunshot wound collided with a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy; and Trump says he's pulling high-speed rail funding.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Senate Votes to Rescind NPR, PBS Funding A fire broke out Wednesday night in Oakland's Chinatown; San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan says he uses ChatGPT to write speeches; and the Senate voted overnight to claw back $1 billion in funding for NPR and PBS.
SF News Humpday Headlines: COVID Summer Surge Is Happening A summer surge of COVID cases is underway in the Bay Area; budget airline Avelo, which is now doing deportation flights, is ending all commercial service in California; and police in Greece continue seeking out the gunman who killed a Berkeley professor.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Rally for Local Tattoo Artist Threatened By ICE A 30-y-o Bay Area man who has been here since he was 6 got a restraining order against ICE but now has his day in court; DA Brooke Jenkins addresses local antisemitic incidents; and a look into the root causes of the homelessness epidemic in LA.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Fire In Fillmore District Leaves One Critical A Sunday night fire in the Fillmore District left one person in critical condition; a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in East Oakland; and someone hacked Elmo's Xitter account and started spewing hate speech.
SF News Sunday Links: Young Black Riders Take the Reins at Historic Bill Pickett Rodeo in Castro Valley Around 300 teens wreaked havoc on a Brentwood mall in the East Bay; a paraglider was rescued after they lost control and crash-landed at Daly City's Mussel Rock Park; and the national Bill Pickett Rodeo honors Black cowboy culture in the East Bay.
SF News Saturday Links: Federal Judge Issues Restraining Order Blocking Race-Based ICE Raids Some South Bay high schools are working to educate students about using AI tools ethically while curbing cheating; former Emeryville mayor John Bauters is now a contestant on reality show, 'The Snake'; and a federal judge has blocked ICE from conducting indiscriminate raids.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Earthquake Rumbles Off the CA Coast A 3.4M earthquake struck this morning about 50 miles from Eureka, under the Pacific; Richmond just saw its first homicide of the year; and it's Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven stores.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Dumpster Fire Spreads to Excelsior Building A dumpster fire spread to a residential building in SF's Excelsior this morning; trash collectors are on strike in over a dozen Bay Area cities; and Napa police seek the public's help in a homicide investigation.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Nvidia Becomes First $4 Trillion Public Company A 12-year-old and a 17-year-old have been arrested for a string of ATM armed robberies in Livermore; the feds are suing CA over its trans athlete policy; and Nvidia is now the world's first $4 trillion public company.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Goes 25 Days Without a Homicide Oakland police are touting a drop in violent crime in June; San Jose police hold a news conference about the arrest of one of their own; and the death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 104.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF Tourism Business Looking Slow This Summer Business was abnormally slow at Fisherman's Wharf and elsewhere in SF over the holiday weekend; firefighters halted a 30-acre wildfire in San Jose Sunday night; and a man was shot at the Antioch BART station.
SF News Saturday Links: PG&E Launches $50M Relief Program to Help Customers with Overdue Bills Giants legend Tim Lincecum was spotted in SF’s Noe Valley this week; eight people were shot early Saturday at a Philadelphia bar — two are in critical condition; and PG&E is helping customers catch up with overdue bills with a $50 million relief initiative.
SF News July Fourth Constitutional: Expect Fog to Mar the Fireworks In SF The SF fireworks at Fisherman's Wharf will likely, again, be obscured by fog; a citywide scavenger hunt that happened last summer is happening again; and Trump said something antisemitic and then claimed ignorance of the term.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Heat Dome to Scorch Parts of CA Next Week A "heat dome" will bring warm temps to much of the state next week; and Oakland man was shot chasing after a car thief early Thursday; and Tesla sales continue to take a hit because of Musk's politics.