SF News Meet the ‘Builder’s Remedy’ Baron of California, Who’s Influenced Housing Battles Statewide One developer in Beverly Hills has become the poster child for the “builder’s remedy” free-for-all in the current housing wars, but surprise surprise, he does not even intend to build the projects that he’s suing cities to get approved.
SF News SFMTA to Upgrade Bus Lane Ticketing System, Expects to Raise Number of Fines by 500% SFMTA plans to implement $15.6 million in upgrades to its red bus lane ticketing program, which consists of two officers manually reviewing video footage and issuing around 20 citations per day. The new system is expected to help them generate about 100 per day.
SF News SF Sheriff’s Office Hit With New Scandal of Officers Allegedly Taking Video of Women's Strip Searches Nearly 20 women just filed a claim against the city saying that SF Sheriff’s deputies recorded their strip searches on video while laughing, with some deputies even threatening to post the video online.
SF News SF’s Beleaguered Former Westfield Mall Now Actively Kicking Out Its Few Remaining Tenants A very small number of shops has scraped by to survive the death spiral of the mall known as the San Francisco Centre. But now the mall's new owners are reportedly kicking out those couple-few remaining stores, too.
SF News CHP Investigates Thursday Shooting on I-580 in Oakland, Seeking Information From Public A shooting occurred on Interstate-580 in Oakland Thursday morning, leading to the closure of all eastbound lanes for thirty minutes as the California Highway Patrol investigated. Authorities spoke to a victim and a witness, but no injuries were reported.
SF Politics State AG Rob Bonta Dragged Back Into Sheng Thao Scandal, With Claims There Is ‘Compromising’ Video of Him A witness in the Sheng Thao investigation claims there is “compromising” video tying state Attorney General Rob Bonta into the whole mess, which may be a hogwash claim, but Bonta has spent about $500,000 on lawyers to defend himself.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Officially Launches Campaign for California Governor Liberal East Bay Congressman and one-time presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is joining the increasingly crowded race to become the next governor of California.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BART Service Impacted By Vandalism In East Bay BART service was halted between Hayward and Berryessa this morning due to apparent vandalism; the boyfriend of a woman who went missing in Santa Cruz is denying involvement; and there's a MAGA "invasion" event being planned at Disneyland.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Zoo Giving Up All of Its Remaining Chimpanzees Trump’s DOJ probe into Adam Schiff might be falling apart; we’ve now got solid national weather forecasts for Thanksgiving week travel; and the SF Zoo will become chimp-less as they lose their last three chimpanzees.
Arts & Entertainment Mammoth Mountain Opens Ski Season, But Heavenly, Boreal, and Northstar Just Delayed Their Openings Mammoth Mountain opened its ski resort today, and Mount Rose opens Friday, but a slew of Tahoe ski resorts have pushed back their openings indefinitely because there’s just not enough snow at the moment.
Business & Tech DoorDash Wins Its Appeal to Test Food Delivery Drones in the Mission, and the Teamsters Aren’t Happy Delivery platform DoorDash bought a warehouse at 16th and Folsom to test delivery drones, but the Teamsters challenged their permit on zoning grounds. Now the drones will fly, after the SF Board of Appeals shot down the Teamsters' appeal.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Scallion Fry Bread and Hot Honey Chicken at Arquet The bustling new restaurant Arquet has opened its doors in the former Slanted Door space at the Ferry Building. And Chef Alex Hong has gone from cooking subtle and delicate prix-fixe plates to bold and inspired, craveable modern dishes.
Bay Area Sports Don’t Look Now, But There’s a Giant Floating Soccer Field In San Francisco Bay With the National Women’s Soccer League Championship looming on Saturday in San Jose, the league is trying to make waves of publicity with a floating soccer field on a container ship that’s currently stationed in San Francisco.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Castro Bar Rikki's to Host Lesbian Pie-Eating Contest It won't be the first lesbian pie-eating contest in all the land, but it will be the first that we know of in San Francisco, when Rikki's hosts the event this weekend.
SF Politics Lurie’s Reported ‘Short List’ for District 4 Supervisor Appointment Becomes Public After the bungled Beya Alcaraz appointment for District 4 supervisor, Mayor Lurie reportedly has a short list of candidates he’s considering as the new replacement, and thankfully, they are all more experienced than his last pick.
SF Politics Connie Chan Officially In, London Breed Out In Race For Pelosi's House Seat The race to fill Nancy Pelosi's big shoes in Congress just gained an official candidate and lost another who hinted at a run two weeks ago.
SF News Infant Hospitalized In SF After Apparent Fentanyl Overdose An infant was taken to the hospital in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon following an accidental fentanyl overdose, and two adults linked to the overdose were arrested.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Another Small Earthquake Rattles San Ramon A 3.2M quake rumbled under San Ramon Thursday morning, part of a 10-day swarm; I-80 in Solano County is getting an express toll lane; and the rain that passed through this morning should be the last for a bit.
SF News Day Around the Bay: More Bay Area Residents Slip Into Poverty The SFUSD has made interim Superintendent Maria Su permanent; a possible kidnapping at UC Berkeley was deemed a hoax; and a new report finds the percentage of Bay Area residents living in poverty on the rise.
SF News Martinez Mother Accused of Stabbing and Killing Her Own 19-Year-Old Daughter There was a fatal stabbing Tuesday afternoon at a Martinez apartment complex, and police say that a 36-year-old woman stabbed and killed her 19-year-old daughter after “a physical altercation.”
SF News ICE Agents Show Up Near West Oakland Elementary School, Resulting in Car Chase and Irate Parents Parents dropping off their kids at Hoover Elementary School got a rude surprise in the form of ICE agents in the vicinity, with a car chase and crash resulting, and now the parents are banding together to prevent any ICE arrests.
SF News Jack London Square Loosens Zoning to Attract More Businesses, and They’ve Already Got a Dave & Buster’s Coming There’s long been a rule that businesses at Jack London Square can only be those for tourists or maritime pursuits. The zoning is now changed for businesses that appeal to locals, in hopes of reviving the plaza.
SF News Two Men Killed By Trains In Separate Oakland Incidents In Less Than 24 Hours In a tragic coincidence, two men were killed in train collisions in unrelated incidents Tuesday and Wednesday, and one was a homeless man in East Oakland.
SF News Yet Another Safeway Site, In Mission/Bernal, Slated For Possible Redevelopment With Housing SF-based developer Align Real Estate does, in fact, have a larger strategy to redevelop Safeway properties in the city and turn them into multi-story residential complexes with retail on the ground floor, including replacement Safeway stores.
SF Politics Very Wealthy But Completely Uncharismatic Tom Steyer Now Running for California Governor A crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom in the 2026 governor’s elections just got more crowded, as SF’s own liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has joined the race, in an announcement where he declares, “Bullsh*t, man!”
