SF Politics Loren Taylor Leads In Early Tally of Oakland Mayoral Election — But It's Ranked Choice and Quite Close Former City Councilmember Loren Taylor had a small early lead over Barbara Lee in the initial ranked-choice tally in Tuesday's special election for Oakland mayor, but this may not mean anything.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Valero to Shut Down Benicia Refinery Valero is planning to shut down its Benicia refinery by next year; SF's return-to-office figures continue to trail other cities; and the Warriors eked out a win to land a spot in the playoffs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Big Rig Flips Over on Highway 29 and Snarls Calistoga Traffic The Cal football team’s star running back is leaving through the transfer portal; the Cloverdale murder-suicide victim has been identified; and a semi truck accident has highly complicated matters for Calistoga drivers.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Woos Trump-Hating Canadians To Come Visit California in New Ad Campaign As anti-Trump sentiment sweeps Canada over the whole tariff chaos, California Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to sweet-talk Canadians into visiting blue-state California, either because we’re losing tourism dollars, or maybe just to irritate Trump.
SF News SF Pride Catching Some Flack for Turning Down Request to Make Deported Makeup Artist Grand Marshal We may have another SF Pride controversy like the Chelsea Manning grand marshal fiasco in 2013, as some activists say they’re being denied requests to make deported makeup artist Andry Jose Hernández Romero this year’s honorary grand marshal.
SF News Billionaire Who Bought Up Part of Fillmore Street Promises New Theater and All-Day Diner Neil Mehta, the venture capitalist who we learned last year was the mystery buyer of the former Clay Theater and multiple retail properties on Upper Fillmore Street, says in a new podcast interview that he only wants the best for the neighborhood.
SF News Car Fire Blocks Multiple Eastbound Lanes of Bay Bridge A car towing a small motor home caught fire on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge Tuesday afternoon, creating a traffic snarl that backed up into San Francisco.
SF News Another Appraiser Who Undervalued Black and Latino Couple’s Home Ordered to Pay $75,000 It’s a story we’ve heard before, and is apparently still happening from time to time, as a Black and Latino couple had their Oakland home appraised for $250,000 less than it was worth, but now the state is forcing the appraisal company to pay the couple $75,000.
SF Politics Sup. Jackie Fielder Challenges City Policy That Limits Shelter Stays For Families A progressive supervisor is taking on San Francisco's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, as well as the moderate-majority board she sits on, with new legislation that could prove politically difficult to oppose.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fort Point Beer Co. Merging With Santa Rosa’s HenHouse, Moving Operations Up North SF’s famed microbrewery Fort Point Beer Company won’t be an SF microbrewery anymore, as it’s merging with Santa Rosa’s HenHouse Brewing Co. and moving all its operations up to Sonoma County.
SF News Man Fatally Shot In Tenderloin, Near Powell BART Station A fatal shooting occurred Monday evening just a block away from Market Street and the Powell Street BART station, and a suspect was quickly taken into custody.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Polls Open In Oakland's Mayoral Election We might know by tonight who the next mayor of Oakland will be; a man required rescue from a cliffside near Marshall's Beach in SF; and a homeless man in San Luis Obispo won $1M on a scratcher.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Has Arrested Over 750 Homeless For Illegal Camping Over 750 people have been arrested for illegal camping in SF since last summer; OpenAI may be closing in on 1 billion users; and the Trump administration now wants to completely gut the State Department.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Stun the World by Picking Obscure Lithuanian Player Justė Jocytė In Their First WNBA Draft There’s finally a big name on the roster of SF’s women’s pro basketball team (kind of?), as the Golden State Valkyries just shocked the women’s basketball world by selecting Lithuania’s Justė Jocytė with the No. 5 overall pick at Monday’s WNBA Draft.
SF News Decapitated Animals Found Stashed in Bags at Fremont Amtrak Station A grisly discovery at the Amtrak station in Fremont, as police found the remains of two animals Sunday that were decapitated and mutilated so badly that veterinarians cannot even identify the species of the animals.
SF News Muni Subway Service Halted and/or Delayed After Person on Tracks at Castro Station A situation at Muni's Castro Station Monday afternoon involving a person in the trackway is likely to delay both inbound and outbound service in the Muni Metro tunnel.
Arts & Entertainment Haight Street’s Club Deluxe Is Indeed Reopening Again, New Owners Claim After a couple of years of on-again, off-again reopening announcements, Upper Haight swing bar Club Deluxe says its reopening is back on again, with a couple new owners taking the reins and promising not to change anything.
Business & Tech Meta Faces the Antitrust Lawsuit Mark Zuckerberg Never Wanted The FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Meta, focusing on Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp over a decade ago, kicked off in federal court Monday morning, and Mark Zuckerberg is testifying.
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Theater on the Verge of Buying Its Building, Launches ‘Capital Campaign’ The 113-year-old Roxie Theater just might be around for another 113 years, as the movie house has been secretly working on a deal to buy the theater outright, and they’re launching a fundraising leg of that campaign to complete the deal.
SF News East Bay Media Center Burns In Monday Morning Fire The nonprofit East Bay Media Center on Addison Street in downtown Berkeley was heavily damaged in a fire Monday morning that led to the evacuations of some neighboring apartments.
Business & Tech Hackers Reprogram Peninsula Crosswalk Signals to Mock Elon Musk and Zuckerberg Pedestrians expecting to hear normal crosswalk commands in Silicon Valley are instead hearing prank voices of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg saying things like “F***, I'm so alone,” as some joker has hacked those cities’ crosswalk systems.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Couple Found Dead In Cloverdale A couple was found dead in a possible murder-suicide in Cloverdale; several lanes of the San Mateo Bridge were closed Monday morning after a car fire; and Green Day's pyrotechnics lit a palm tree on fire at Coachella.
Arts & Entertainment Things To Do This Week: ‘Love Isn’t Blind’ Comedy Dating Show, Featuring Silent Bachelors This week, 4/13-20, we present a few stand-out events among a huge roster of Earth Day, Easter, and 420 festivities, including Nerd Nite, a Tenderloin walking tour, a comedy-dating show, and a spirituality and psychedelics conference.
SF News Man Shot by Berkeley Police During Domestic Violence Standoff Berkeley police shot a domestic violence suspect after responding to reports of a woman screaming for help on Sunday morning. The man allegedly threatened officers with a gun and is now in critical condition.
Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Susan Kare, Designer Of Mac’s Earliest Icons — And Its Friendly Aesthetic In this week’s roundup, SFist pays tribute to Susan Kare, the groundbreaking designer of Mac’s early icons; Jorge Leon, the mastermind behind Oakland’s thriving sports scene; and Matthew Kraft, a social worker who received “Child Protector of the Year.”
