SF News Parents and Grandmother Face Kidnapping, Assault and Other Charges Following Alleged Abduction of Toddler The parents of a two-year-old Oakland girl, as well as her maternal grandmother, have now been charged with kidnapping, assault, and more stemming from an alleged abduction that took place last week.
SF News At Least Two Detained In Unusual ICE Action at Federal Court In SF Immigration attorneys are outraged by a highly unusual set of arrests that occurred inside a federal courthouse in San Francisco Tuesday.
SF News SFO-Bound United Flight Aborts Takeoff In Beijing After Engine Catches Fire Another week and another disturbing story about airline safety. A United Airlines jet had to abort its takeoff in China Monday after one of its engines caught fire on the runway.
SF News Two Killed, One Injured In Vallejo Homeless Encampment Shooting One person has been taken into custody after three people were shot, two of them fatally, at a long-running encampment near Highway 37 in Vallejo on Monday night.
SF News Dead Body Found In SF Bay Near Pier 15 Police and other first responders were in the area of the Exploratorium and Pier 15 Tuesday morning following the discovery of a body floating in the Bay.
SF News [Update] Pedestrian Struck and Killed By Vehicle In SF's SoMa District A pedestrian was struck and fatally injured by a vehicle early Tuesday morning at 10th and Harrison streets in San Francisco's SoMa District.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Dispensary Near Tesla Dealership Offers Discount Joints to Protesters Japantown’s Japan Video and Media is closing today; the brutalist and fugly Vaillancourt Fountain appears further doomed; and a pot dispensary near the SF Tesla dealership enticed customers with 20% discounts to anti-Elon protesters.
SF News Man In Wheelchair Fatally Stabbed on Muni In SF’s Bayview-Bernal Heights An elderly man in a wheelchair was fatally stabbed aboard a Muni bus in SF’s Bayview District near the edge of Bernal Heights on Sunday afternoon. The suspect was arrested nearby and is now in custody.
SF News Ocean-Cleaning Sailboat ‘Kaisei’ Sinks in Oakland Estuary at Alameda Dock A well-known environmental research vessel sank Sunday evening while docked in the Oakland Estuary. No one was onboard, and firefighters worked to contain the nearly 400 gallons of diesel that was onboard.
Arts & Entertainment BottleRock Culinary Stage Brings Big Chef Energy, Plus Serena Williams and Her Daughter Making Nachos Apart from the music acts gracing six different stages at BottleRock in Napa over the weekend, the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage was filled with plenty of big-name celebrity chef talent, and other celebs sometimes awkwardly making small talk.
SF News Police Seeking Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Mother and Child In SF's Richmond District San Francisco police are seeking the driver of a white SUV that allegedly struck and injured a mother and child who were on bicycles in SF's Richmond District on Saturday.
SF News Memorial Day Headlines: BART's Green Line Is Back Online BART's Green Line service was restored one day ahead of schedule; nine people had to be rescued from a sinking sailboat in SF Bay; and the Mission District came alive with Carnaval over the weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: SF LGBT Center’s Building the Block House Party This weekend: Scenes from Carnaval and Chinatown Pride. Last week: A BART wedding, a Muni tram, a Seth Rogan rom-com, and AI bots on the fritz; This week: book festival, menstrual dignity day, pro-wrestling, and SF LGBT Center block party.
SF News California Fifth Graders Take On Harmful ‘Sephora Kids’ Skincare Trend, Challenge Lawmakers CBS News California’s Julie Watts and her daughter’s fifth grade class investigated the harmful “Sephora Kids” skincare trend aimed at tweens and helped bring attention to AB 728, a bill that passed a committee 4-2 but was quietly killed in Sacramento.
SF News Mother and Daughter Arrested After Infant Dies at Unlicensed Monterey Daycare Following the death of a 3-month-old infant, a Monterey County mother and daughter have been arrested for allegedly running an unlicensed daycare out of their residence.
SF News Sunday Links: 1975 Murder Convict Arrested for Child Porn, Narcotics, and Gun Possession Amazon-backed AI model, Claude Opus, attempted to blackmail engineers; local film industry leaders hope two new proposed state bills will increase production in SF; and a Vallejo ex-con was arrested for child porn.
SF News ICE Presence at Bay Area Immigration Courts Alarms Advocates ICE agents were seen in the hallways and waiting areas of courthouses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Concord throughout the past week. One man was reportedly arrested outside the Concord court on Wednesday.
SF News Carjacking Attempt in SF Sparks Bay Bridge Police Chase, Ends in Berkeley Arrests A carjacking attempt in SF’s Potrero Hill on Friday afternoon led to a police pursuit across the Bay Bridge and ended with the arrest of three suspects in Berkeley around 2:00 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons Leads Oakland Arts Renaissance This week: Filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons spotlights Oakland stories; Dr. Veronica Jow bridges dance and medicine; softball star Nina Pototo shines; and we honor lives well lived — Federal Glover, Rob Reich, and Dorothy Fisher Anderson.
SF News Saturday Links: Tree Falls During Diablo Valley College Graduation, 12 Injured Alameda is testing for toxic algae after dogs have gotten sick and died from local lagoons; the pilot in the San Diego plane crash was unaware the runway lights and automated weather system were down; and a tree fell during Diablo Valley College’s graduation ceremony, injuring 12.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Officials Say Stay Out of Water at Ocean Beach Over the Weekend At least 12 people were stabbed at a Hamburg train station; Stanford students are on day 11 of a hunger strike over the school’s ties to Israel; and officials warn residents to stay out of the water at Ocean Beach following recent deaths and multiple rescues.
SF News Trump Still Barreling Forward With Certifiably Insane Plan to Reopen Alcatraz as a Prison President Trump’s Federal Bureau of Prisons officials insist they are moving forward with their out-to-lunch scheme to reopen the tourist site Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison, despite that this is all galactically unrealistic.
SF News Muni’s Boat Tram and Other Vintage Streetcars Begin Their Summer Return to Service Today Oh boy! The streetcar known as Boat Boi is among the vintage Muni streetcars that will be back in action for the summer months starting today, and there’s a real-time map where you can track which of your favorites are running, and where.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Beloved Mission Rooftop Bar Reopens, and It's Cuban Now Regalito's replacement is on deck, El Techo reopens next week as a Cuban spot, and Niku Steakhouse is reopening after a fire, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Drug Smugglers Sneaking Synthetic Marijuana Into Jails By Soaking It Into Fake Legal Papers Santa Rita Jail and other prisons across the state are on high alert that a potent synthetic cannabis substitute is being smuggled into their jails, soaked into completely fake legal documents that the prisoners can just shred up and smoke.
