Arts & Entertainment Video: Watch Monday Night’s Lighting of the 100-Foot-Long Sea Serpent Sculpture In Golden Gate Park The largest public art installation in Golden Gate Park history was lit up and started breathing bubbles Monday night, as the 100-foot-long sea dragon sculpture called Naga now rules the roost over Rainbow Falls Pond.
Arts & Entertainment Jokers Pretend to Be Flight Attendants, Bring Beverage Cart on BART In something akin to a Burning Man performance, a trio of jokers dressed up like flight attendants and pushed a beverage cart through a BART train, with the logo saying BART Air.
SF News Delta Pilot Arrested at SFO Was Secretly Recorded Discussing Child's Abuse A Delta pilot who was pulled off a plane by local authorities and federal agents at SFO Saturday night is implicated in the sexual abuse of a young girl in the East Bay over multiple years, and the girl's mother was also allegedly involved.
SF News Gang of Deplorable Teen Girls Implicated In Multiple Attacks on SF Streets, Two Detained That attack by what appeared to witnesses to be a group of teenagers in Rincon Hill may actually have been a group of tween and teen girls out making mayhem, and now two girls have been cited in a separate attack.
SF News Victim In Oakland Underground Nightclub Shooting Identified as East Oakland Bakery Manager The man shot and killed early Saturday morning at an illegal nightclub in East Oakland has been identified as Fernando Castillo Rodriguez, a man in his early 20s who managed a bakery just two blocks from the shooting site.
Arts & Entertainment Tuesday Morning Topline: Nancy Pelosi Loved the Lady Gaga Show The Reno gunman's death toll rises to three; a Pleasanton shooting may have stemmed from an accusation of animal abuse; and Nancy Pelosi was seen having a good time at Lady Gaga's Chase Center show.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wag! Pet Care Company Enters Bankruptcy A Palestinian teacher who tried to come to the Bay Area last month has been killed; Wag!, the pet-care company, has filed for bankruptcy; and there was a shooting today outside the Manhattan headquarters of the NFL.
Bay Area Sports SF Giants Get Trolled Over Steph Curry Bobblehead That Looks Nothing Like Steph Curry Saturday’s “Steph Curry Day” promotion gave purported Steph Curry bobbleheads to thousands of fans, but you could forgive these fans for being confused and wondering who the heck this bobblehead is supposed to represent.
SF News Now Vanderbilt University Is Apparently Exploring a Downtown SF Campus Continuing on former Mayor London Breed's efforts to attract a university to create a new satellite campus in SF's still semi-vacant downtown, Mayor Daniel Lurie's office is reportedly in talks with Nashville-based Vanderbilt University.
SF Politics Trump Calls For Kamala Harris to Be Prosecuted as He Desperately Tries to Quash Epstein Furor Donald Trump’s latest slapdash attempt to change the topic from Jeffrey Epstein is his demand that Kamala Harris be prosecuted over some made-up $11 million payment to Beyoncé that completely never happened.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink In the Span of Two Days, Two SF Restaurants Have Windows Smashed In During Dinner Service In what seems like an unpleasant coincidence unless the suspect was the same in both incidents, two busy San Francisco restaurants saw their front windows shattered by unhinged individuals in the middle of dinner service last week.
SF News Gunman Shoots Five, Killing Two, Outside Reno's Largest Casino A gunman reportedly opened fire Monday morning just outside the entrance to the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, killing two people and wounding three others before being shot and wounded himself by police.
SF News Former ‘Monster In the Mission’ Affordable Housing Site Now Faces Appeal Over Housing the Formerly Homeless What appeared to be a fairy tale ending for affordable housing in the Mission District may still come unraveled, as now residents are fighting the project because they think the new tenants might be too low-income for their tastes.
Bay Area Sports 49ers QB Brock Purdy and Wife Welcome New Baby At the young age of 25, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is already a father, as he and his wife Jenna just welcomed baby Millie Joleen Purdy to the family over the weekend.
SF News One Shot and Killed at Illegal East Oakland Nightclub, Dozens Detained A night out at an illegal nightclub turned deadly and ended up with many being detained by police, as one person was shot at an underground club early Sunday morning in an East Oakland neighborhood not far from the Coliseum.
SF Politics Federal Judge Issues Order Blocking Trump Bill From Punishing Planned Parenthood A federal judge in Boston has just issued an order that indefinitely blocks the Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood, saying that the provision in the Big Beautiful Bill likely is unconstitutional retaliation.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ferry Building Fills Up Again as A16 Owner Announces New Restaurant In MarketBar Space The last large vacant space in the Ferry Building has a taker, and soon the downtown SF food hall will be fully occupied again for the first time since the pandemic.
SF News Delta Airlines Pilot Pulled Off Plane at SFO, Arrested on Child Porn Charges A Delta Airlines co-pilot was reportedly taken off a plane that had just landed at SFO on Saturday night by officers from multiple agencies, and he was reportedly arrested on charges relating to child sexual abuse material.
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.
Arts & Entertainment Temple SF Owner Buys Historic Oakland Greyhound Site for Event Venue, Housing The owner of SF’s Temple Nightclub has bought Oakland’s long-vacant Greyhound station. Plans include pop-up events, a rooftop bar, and eventually multifamily housing, years after ravers briefly took over the crumbling Beaux Arts building.
SF News Three Dead After Twin Engine Plane Crashes Near Point Pinos Off Monterey Coast A small twin-engine plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Point Pinos near Pacific Grove around 10:55 p.m. Saturday. All three people on board died. Recovery was completed Sunday morning as authorities launched an investigation into the cause.
Arts & Entertainment Gilroy to Host First-Ever Pride Event August 2 After Long Grassroots Effort and City Resistance After years of organizing and advocacy by local volunteers, Gilroy will hold its first-ever Pride celebration on August 2, featuring folklorico, drag performances, and community resources — a milestone in the conservative South Bay town.
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 Sausalito Neighbor Dispute Escalates With Fistfights, Food Tossing, and Restraining Orders A long-running neighborhood feud in Sausalito over a home remodel and an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) has escalated into heated arguments, police calls, restraining orders, viral videos, and accusations from both sides.
Business & Tech Local Tech Company’s AI Agent ‘Panics,’ Deletes Production Data, Then Hallucinates Cover-Up Replit, a Bay Area–based coding platform, made headlines after its AI deleted a live database during a “vibe coding” session. Investor Jason Lemkin says the cover-up attempt was worse, but he’s still using Replit after what he called “mega improvements.”
