SF News Day Around the Bay: Victims of Two SF Pedestrian Collisions ID'd The victims of two recent pedestrian collisions, one a hit-and-run, in SF have been ID'd as elderly women; Swarovski is leaving the SF Centre mall; and Zoox is building a big car plant in Hayward.
SF News Hey, That Valencia Bike Lane Re-Do Is Finally Finished, With the Bike Lanes Back on the Curb Side Not many people liked the unconventional center-running Valencia Street bike lane the street had for a year and a half, so SF City Hall decided to move the lanes back to the curb. Now the work’s done, and the bike lanes are back on the side of the street.
SF News Grocery Chain Smart & Final Reportedly Makes Bid for Shuttered Fillmore Safeway Space Smart & Final has made a pending and not-final offer to move into the vacated Fillmore Safeway grocery store, but Safeway’s not talking about whether they’ll take the deal, and there are whispers that other grocers may make their own bids too.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Evicting Longtime Castro Coffeeshop and Nail Salon, Likely for Box Office Space for Castro Theatre It's been confirmed that two longtime businesses on the 400 block of Castro Street, Castro Coffee Co. and Castro Nail Salon, are being evicted in June by new building managers Another Planet Entertainment (APE).
SF News Trump Was Very Clearly Watching 'Escape From Alcatraz' on TV When He Wrote His Dumb Tweet And just like that, we have confirmation of the likely source of President Trump's Sunday whim to reopen Alcatraz — which will never happen — and it's the Clint Eastwood classic 'Escape From Alcatraz' from 1979.
SF News SF Supervisors Hold Their Noses, Approve Yet Another $91 Million In Overtime for Police and Sheriff’s Departments The SFPD overtime gravy train will continue running, as on Tuesday, the SF Board of Supervisors very begrudgingly appropriated another $91 million in overtime for both the police and sheriff's departments, after years of similar massive overtime requests.
SF News SFO Travelers Hit With Delays Due to Mess In Newark A major East Coast airport hub, particularly for United Airlines, has been in the throes of an air-traffic control staffing shortage that has led to cascading delays and cancellations around the country.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jules, the Brick and Mortar Version of the Hot Pizza Pop-Up, Sets an Opening Date in the Lower Haight We finally have an opening date for Jules, after a bit of delay, in the former Iza Ramen space in the Lower Haight.
SF News Dr. Oz Pops Into SF’s Mission District, Visits Senior Care Facility and Actually Says Nice Things About It Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Dr. Mehmet Oz was in SF’s Mission District and Tenderloin, of all places, this week, with a visit and glowing remarks about a senior care facility on 30th Street.
SF News SFPD Chief Bill Scott Is Stepping Down — Did Lurie Push Him Out? San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after an eight-year tenure at the SFPD, following months of rumors that Mayor Daniel Lurie might be looking to make a change at the top of the department.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Shot In Downtown Oakland Two people were shot on Franklin Street in downtown Oakland Tuesday afternoon; Netflix seems to be weathering the economic storm quite well; and Joe Biden just gave his first interview since leaving office.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Once-Hot 23andMe Closing SF Office, Laying Off 250 Employees Oakland is planning to sweep one of its biggest homeless encampments next week; a 41-story office tower may be built at the site of a FiDi fire station; and the now-bankrupt 23andMe is closing up shop in SF.
SF News Now-Sober Frank Somerville Has Gotten Completely Buff, Apparently Has a Batman Tattoo After a spectacular fall from grace that included two arrests in the same night, longtime KTVU anchor Frank Somerville is looking amazing, clearly has been working out, and is now sporting a Batman tattoo on his surprisingly muscular right arm.
SF News On Real ID Eve, Bay Area Airports Say You Can Still Travel With Your Old ID — Just With Lots of Extra Hassle The new Real ID law kicks in at airports across the nation on Wednesday. Authorities now say you can still board a plane with your older ID, but TSA will pull you aside and give you the runaround, so get to the airport a heck of a lot earlier.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin-Starred Osito Reportedly Closing Due to Rent Dispute A seemingly successful restaurant with Michelin-level accolades, chef Seth Stowaway's Osito, will be closing after this weekend, due to the high rent on the space, Stowaway says.
SF News Founders of OneTaste, the Cult-y SF Orgasm Group, Begin Federal Trial In NY The co-founders of SF-based female-orgasm evangelism group/"wellness startup" OneTaste, Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, are on trial in New York for labor-law violations, and that trial began on Monday.
SF Politics Conservative Supreme Court Justices Once Again Do Injustice to Trans Service Members The Supreme Court has, once again, dealt a blow to transgender people serving in the United States armed forces, allowing President Trump's executive-order ban to stand while its constitutionality is being broadly questioned by lower courts.
Business & Tech Levi’s Sues NY-Based Clothing Distributor, Alleging Massive Counterfeit Jeans Operation If your Levi’s jeans label says they are from “SANS FRANCISCO CAL,” there is a good chance these are counterfeit Levi’s jeans, and now Levi’s is suing the New York-based apparel distributor they claim has sold nearly a hundred thousand of these fakes.
SF News United Airlines Jet Clips Wing of Another at SFO, Emergency Crews Respond There was a minor plane whoopsie at San Francisco International Airport Monday night when a United Airlines jet pushing back from the gate clipped the wing of a nearby plane.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Play First-Ever WNBA Preseason Game at Chase Center Tonight; Tickets Start at Just $14 The historic first-ever exhibition game of SF’s new women’s NBA team the Golden State Valkyries tips off at 7 pm Tuesday night. It’s streaming online (for a price), but tickets are shockingly affordable by Chase Center standards
Arts & Entertainment Beck Joins Outside Lands Lineup as Single-Day Tickets Go On Sale Another Planet Entertainment, the organizer of Outside Lands, announced a major new addition to this year's lineup on Tuesday, as well as the day-to-day lineups, just ahead of single-day tickets going on sale.
SF News Sideshows Have Made It All the Way Out to the Sunset, and Residents Are Pissed Sideshows, the dangerous, impromptu car-spinning gatherings that were once the purview of East Bay communities alone, have been moving across the bridge in the last couple of years, especially on warm weekends.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Teen Stabbed Near Balboa Park BART's San Bruno Station was closed Tuesday morning due to a medical emergency; a teenager was stabbed Monday near Balboa Park in an apparent attempted robbery; and Coffee Bar downtown had a rodent issue.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Zendaya and Colin Kaepernick Stun at Met Gala Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting on Arkansas Street; the Portola fest sounds like it's readying a lineup announcement; and Zendaya and Colin Kaepernick were among the guests at the Met Gala Monday night in New York.
SF News SF Population Dipped Slightly In 2024, Even as California’s Population Grew The state of California gained more than 100,000 residents last year according to new statewide numbers, but San Francisco is not part of that growth, having lost a little more than 3,000 residents.
