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.
SF News Benicia Oil Refinery Caught Fire and Blazed for a Couple Hours Monday Morning The Valero Refinery in Benicia, accused of emitting hazardous chemical for decades, emitted some more Monday morning during a raging refinery fire, though the shelter-in-place order is lifted and the fire has since been put out.
SF Politics San Mateo County Supervisors Introduce Three-and-a-Half Month Process for Hearings on Whether to Remove Sheriff There will apparently be some sort of legal-style trial on whether to remove San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus that will drag on for months, but there’s some question on whether witnesses will be anonymous for fear of her retaliation.
SF News Man Stabbed, Possibly By Angry Ex, at UC Berkeley Overlook Parking Lot A young man was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkeley hills, on the UC Berkeley campus, but the individuals involved don't appear affiliated with the school.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shooting Inside Downtown Oakland Restaurant Leaves Two Injured Shots were fired inside upscale Creole and Cajun restaurant Pierre Pierre, in the Oakland Tribune building, leaving two injured and prompting the chef to say that the restaurant would likely be moving out of downtown.
SF News Motorist Flips $400,000 Lamborghini on State Route 9 Near Santa Cruz While the passengers suffered only minor injuries, the driver may be looking at a massive financial setback, as excessive speed appears to have been a factor in the totaling of a $400,000 Lamborghini Sunday near Santa Cruz.
SF News 79-Year-Old Peninsula Woman With Dementia Still Missing After Five Days Over 100 volunteers have logged over 3,000 miles in the last four days searching for 79-year-old Elaine McKinley, who went missing from her hiking group in Portola Valley on Thursday.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Win Big and Advance In Playoffs Thanks to Superstar Heroics of… Buddy Hield? Little-known Warriors supporting cast member Buddy Hield improbably bloomed into the team’s top scorer, for one night at least, giving Golden State a comfortable Game 7 win that sends them surging into the second round of the NBA playoffs.
SF News Wiener: Trump's Alcatraz Idea 'Absurd,' Would Be 'Domestic Gulag In the Middle of San Francisco Bay' Yet again, after all these years, the media is compelled to jump and respond to Trump's every mis-capitalized tweet from the toilet, and this time it was a ridiculous idea floated on Sunday to turn Alcatraz back into a federal prison.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: High Winds Expected This AM A scooter rider was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Oakland Sunday; a small earthquake rattled part of the North Bay this morning; and there's a high-wind advisory for parts of the Bay through 2 pm.
Arts & Entertainment Things To Do: Coffee Talk, Banned Book Bingo, AAPI Pop-Up, Silent Reading, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest This week, May 5–11, 2025: Hear the story behind Poorboy Coffee, play Banned Books Bingo, explore AAPI art at Levi’s Plaza, read silently at Bazaar Café, and dance to La Santa Cecilia at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival's opening show.
Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Berkeley Teen Takes On World’s Toughest Swims To Raise Money For Pediatric Cancer This week's notable humans are Maya Merhige, a Berkeley teen who completed her fourth Oceans Seven swim; Tim Friede, whose work self-injecting snake venom has aided crucial antivenom research; and Brighid Kohl, creator of an innovative anti-bullying and leadership program at her college.
SF News Marine Veteran Dies After Sedation in Hayward Police Custody During Mental Health Crisis Marine vet Nathan Hoang died in Hayward police custody after being sedated with midazolam during a mental health crisis. His case, disclosed 6 weeks later, raises concerns over sedative use and police response to psychiatric emergencies.
SF News Sunday Links: SFUSD Partially Ends Teacher Hiring Freeze, Launches 2025–26 Recruitment Musk's SpaceX site in Texas is now called the city of Starbase, which is already making moves to restrict public access to local beaches; Black Oakland business owners rally to support restaurant Pierre Pierre following a shooting there on Friday; and SFUSD has partially lifted its hiring freeze.
SF News Driver Killed In Multi-Car Crash On Bay Bridge Friday Night One man has died and another injured after a high-speed crash involving four cars on the Bay Bridge on Friday night. The crash temporarily closed westbound I-80 lanes near the incline.
SF News Oakland Teens Push School District To Act On Lead In Drinking Water Four Oakland high school students are demanding action on lead-contaminated drinking water in schools, saying it threatens the health and futures of thousands of youths. Their call echoes the lead crisis in SF’s Bayview-Hunters Point and the Mission.
Arts & Entertainment Art Thief Returns Stolen Sketch To SF’s Madrone Art Bar With Apology, Cash, And Handwritten Note After a night of questionable decisions and internet infamy, the Warriors fan who stole a watercolor sketch from Madrone Art Bar last weekend has returned the artwork—along with a $100 repayment and a heartfelt apology.
SF News Saturday Links: Driver Tosses Grenade Out Car Window While Fleeing CHP In North Berkeley The founding guitarist from Bay Area death metal band Possessed was killed by police during a standoff over a tree debris dispute; the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Walnut Creek on Saturday; and a driver fleeing CHP threw a grenade out of a car window.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Electric Jeep Catches Fire While Charging At Google Campus, Spreads To Other Cars A Boston man was arrested in the Bay Area for smuggling Irish nationals into the US; a boat containing 30 humanitarians, including Greta Thunberg, was reportedly attacked by Israeli drones; and four vehicles were destroyed on Google's campus.
Arts & Entertainment SF ‘May the 4th Be With You’ Star Wars Events in Full Force This Weekend, One ‘In a Gay Bar Not That Far Away’ San Francisco Star Wars fans won’t have to hang solo this weekend for the annual “May the 4th” Star Wars day, as several Star Wars events will cater to everyone from the little Ewoks and Jawas to the rebellious queers.
SF News Drug Much Deadlier Than Fentanyl, Carfentanil, Linked to Death In Santa Clara County The Bay Area has recorded its first death attributable to an overdose from a much more potent and deadly fentanyl analog, carfentanil.
Arts & Entertainment SF and Another Planet Entertainment Bringing Another Huge Free Dirtybird Rave Back to Embarcadero in June Outside Lands promoter Another Planet Entertainment is doing at least one more free concert in downtown SF this summer, as they have once again tapped EDM label Dirtybird Records to throw a one-day free DJ show at the Embarcadero on Saturday, June 14.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Hayes Valley Sees One Restaurant Open, Another on the Way The Rich Table team is expanding once more, there's a new restaurant in the former Petit Crenn space and it opened this week, and Daytrip Counter debuts next week in Oakland, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Sherri Papini Now Trying to Recant Confession, Says FBI Had It Wrong About Her Faked Kidnapping It maybe should not come as a surprise that convicted liar and self-kidnapper Sherri Papini, now out of prison, continues with the funny business with regard to her 2016 "kidnapping."
SF Politics Oakland Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee Announces Her First Batch of Transition Staff Appointments The Barbara Lee administration now has its first 16 official hires, and they include former SF City Controller Ben Rosenfeld, who held a similar transition job when Danel Lurie was sworn in as San Francisco Mayor.
