Business & Tech Report: Uber Has Sexual Assaults Reported on the Platform Every Eight Minutes A new exposé into the sexual assault problem on Uber shows that an assault is reported by an Uber driver or passenger every eight minutes, and that the company has intentionally been dragging its feet on letting women request women drivers.
SF News 20-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Murder Outside San Jose Nightclub A 20-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a man outside a San Jose nightclub in mid-July, and a second woman has been arrested on suspicion of being an accessory.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Muni Adds Buses to Some Lines During Morning Rush Hour The SFMTA is beefing up some bus lines in the morning based on ridership data; a teenage boy was shot overnight in East Oakland; and the family of a man shot by Richmond police says that he had mental health struggles.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Grass Fire in Benicia Shuts Down Many Lanes of I-680 Francis Ford Coppola has been hospitalized with a heart issue; experts say AI has already eliminated 10,000 jobs in 2025; and a three-alarm grass fire managed to shut down both directions of traffic of I-680 in Benicia.
SF News Gifford Fire Grows to 82,600 Acres In Southern California, Threatening Over 800 Structures The massive Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now on track to be one of the largest wildfires in recent fire seasons in California, and is just 7% contained as of Tuesday.
Business & Tech Apple Sues the New Apple Cinemas at 1000 Van Ness, Claiming Trademark Infringement Not even one month after the movie theater chain Apple Cinemas took over the vacant 1000 Van News theater, the computer company Apple, Inc. is suing them over their name, saying that it’s meant to deceive consumers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Amid Fallout Over Influencer Insult, Changes Afoot (and Possible Closure) at Beloved Hayes Valley Sushi Spot After a dustup with a microinfluencer a couple weeks ago over his new restaurant, chef and restaurateur Luke Sung may also be stepping away from or closing his popular, 17-year-old sushi restaurant Domo.
SF News Nine-Year-Old Girl Attacked and Bitten by Sea Lion at Monterey Peninsula Beach A sea lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was taking a surf lesson at Monterey County’s Asilomar State Beach, though the young surfer is doing just fine, except for a few sea lion-bite puncture wounds.
SF Politics Many Americans Dislike Trump and Newsom, But They Hate Elon Musk More, According to Gallup Poll It's fairly bad news for California Governor Gavin Newsom that he has quite a bit of ground to make up if he plans to run for president in a couple years, according to a new Gallup poll. But Americans really don't like Elon Musk anymore.
Arts & Entertainment Rooky Ricardo’s Record Shop Owner Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer Lower Haight record shop Rooky Ricardo’s has survived 38 years under the ownership of Dick Vivian, but Vivian is now battling Stage 3 pancreatic cancer and receiving chemotherapy, and the shop’s only going to be open on weekends for now.
SF News Richmond Police Shoot and Kill Man Who Was Allegedly Wielding Knives and Threatening People Police in Richmond shot and killed a man Monday night while responding to an incident where that man reportedly had multiple knives and was threatening to kill people inside a Richmond home.
SF News Alleged Underground Club In Outer Sunset Busted For Possible Sex Crimes, Drugs San Francisco police executed a search warrant early Monday and engaged in a subsequent standoff with the occupants of a building on Noriega Street in the Outer Sunset that was apparently hosting illegal activities.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Cal Fire Water Tanker Crashes In Napa County Today's the day those speed cameras around SF begin issuing fines; a Cal Fire water tanker rolled over in Napa County Monday; and the Times got a disturbing look inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Parents of Missing Fremont Teen Seek Private Investigator The Fremont parents of a runaway 16-year-old are seeking help hiring a private investigator; a man was shot while backing out of a driveway in Oakland on Sunday; and a manhunt in Montana enters a fourth day.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Instagram-Famous Dog Brixton Is Battling Cancer, Faces Mounting Medical Bills Perhaps San Francisco’s most recognized dog on the social scene, a party-hopping 11-year-old golden retriever named Brixton, has been diagnosed with lymphoma, and is looking at a very costly fight for recovery.
SF News Another Pair of Bay Area Parents Arrested In Fentanyl Death of Toddler A Napa mother has been charged with murder and a father has been charged with child endangerment in connection with the August 2024 death of their three-year-old son.
Arts & Entertainment MC Hammer Sued by Bank That Claims He’s $76,000 Behind on His Car Payments Oakland-born rapper MC Hammer may have a problem that’s “2 legit” for even him to quit, as Chase Bank has sued him for failing to make payments on a $115,000 Land Rover that he bought in 2023.
SF News Pair of Oakland Women Arrested for Assault and Carjacking In Healdsburg Two female suspects from Oakland are in custody following an alleged assault, robbery, and carjacking on Sunday evening at a Healdsburg park in which they allegedly kidnapped a husband and forced him to drive them home after assaulting his wife.
SF Politics SF Sheriff Gets Blowback Over Puzzling Endorsement of MAGA Crusader for Governor The registered-Democrat and relatively left-leaning SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto shocked the political class with his unexpected endorsement of a hard-right MAGA firebrand for governor, but says it’s just because the two of them are friends.
Arts & Entertainment SF-Based Empire Records Wants to Add Rooftop Concert Venue to Its Downtown Building Local record label EMPIRE, which is getting ready to throw a 15th anniversary bash in Civic Center next month, just announced a proposed new rooftop concert venue atop One Montgomery Street.
Arts & Entertainment Following Cancellation of Sunset Night Market, a Half-Size Night Market Is Returning In September The cancellation of the popular Sunset Night Market was a disappointment to business owners and residents alike. But now a community group is organizing a new, smaller-scale version of the Irving Street event.
SF News ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers on Shotwell Street Not Really Discouraging the Sex Trade There A group of fed-up Shotwell Street residents has dropped their lawsuit against the city for not doing enough to clean up the street-level sex trade, but they still say the city is not doing enough to clean up the street-level sex trade.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Grateful Dead Celebration Fills Up SF Hotels Many SF hotels were all full thanks to the Dead & Company shows; Gov. Gavin Newsom is hosting some Texas lawmakers who are trying to thwart redistricting back home; and a car fire in Castro Valley led to a serious vegetation fire.
SF News Lisa Ling Says Sister Laura’s 2009 Capture Was Planned, Perhaps So Kim Jong Il Could Meet Bill Clinton During a recent talk in Walnut Creek, acclaimed journalist Lisa Ling revisited the 2009 capture of her sister Laura and fellow journalist Euna Lee in North Korea while working for SF-based Current TV. Ling says North Korea planned it from the start.
SF News Of Course the SFPD Busted a Guy Outside Dead & Company Show With 100 Nitrous Oxide Tanks Dead & Company fans missed out on some extra party favors this weekend after San Francisco police say they caught a Philadelphia man with about 100 nitrous oxide tanks and balloons near Golden Gate Park Saturday night.
