SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Some Commutes Have Gotten Slightly Longer on City's West Side A new analysis finds that some drive-times have lengthened after the closure of the Great Highway; a small protest blocked the entrance of an ICE office Sunday; and Le Marais Bakery in the Castro was robbed again.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Litquake, Drag Bingo, Roller Disco, and Circus Bella Last week: SF is searching for a new Drag Laureate, SoMa's getting the “Four Seasons of bathhouses,” and Rikki's, the Castro's first women's sports bar, is open. This week: Roller disco, drag bingo, Circus Bella, and more.
SF News Chaotic Swim Start at Escape From Alcatraz Race Leaves Triathlete Paralyzed, at Least One Other Injured The organizers of the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon are facing scrutiny after a chaotic start to the 2025 race on June 1 resulted in at least two serious injuries, including a catastrophic spinal injury that left one athlete paralyzed.
SF News Bay Area Joins Millions Nationwide in Record-Breaking ‘No Kings Day’ Marches Against Trump Tens of thousands gathered across the Bay Area on Saturday as part of the nationwide “No Kings Day” protests, opposing the Trump administration on his 79th birthday. The demonstrations, potentially the largest in U.S. history, coincided with Trump's military parade in DC.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News [Update] Suspect Arrested Following Manhunt In Minnesota, Lawmakers Shot Minnesota is reeling after a politically motivated shooting on Saturday left State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband dead, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife critically wounded. The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, was the subject of a two-day manhant before being arrested Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Bold Films, Pride Hikes, Show-Tune Karaoke, and Skateboarding Legends This week’s mix of culture, nature, and flavor includes queer hikes, show-tune karaoke, booza ice cream, an Oakland-based wine company, Lake Temescal swims, Foster City Eichler homes, SF skate history, and bold films at BAMPFA.
SF News Journalists Report Being Shoved, Restrained by SFPD During Protests Ahead of ‘No Kings’ San Francisco police are facing criticism for detaining multiple journalists, including two UC Berkeley students, during recent protests against federal immigration raids, raising urgent concerns about press freedom ahead of the anti-Trump protests planned for this weekend.
SF News Saturday Links: At Tahoe Trial, Former Lover Says Ex-MLB Player Admitted to Shooting Wife’s Mom A Florida man nabbed at SFO was convicted of wire fraud after posing as a flight attendant to score free flights; the CA Farm Bureau is condemning ICE raids targeting farmworkers; and the Tahoe murder trial of ex-MLB player Daniel Serafini has brought new details to light.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Venture Capital Firm Fined $215M Over Russian Oligarch Funds A Flywheel taxi flipped over in Civic Center on Friday morning; four detainees escaped from a New Jersey ICE facility during a riot that broke out over hunger and poor conditions; and a local firm was fined for managing a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s investments.
Arts & Entertainment Frameline Film About Supreme Court Case Expected to See That Exact Supreme Court Decision Arrive During Frameline Chase Strangio is the first transgender attorney to argue a case before the US Supreme Court. Strangio’s story is told in a documentary at next week’s Frameline film festival, and the court’s decision is also expected to come down during Frameline.
Arts & Entertainment 'Co-Founders' at ACT Is a Joyously Oakland-Centric Hip-Hop Musical About Startup Culture Screens are everywhere in 'Co-Founders,' the inventive, tech-centric, Bay Area-set new musical that just had its world premiere Thursday at ACT's Strand Theater. And, just maybe, it presents a vision for how technology will integrate into the musical theater we see produced in the coming years.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Acclaimed Team From Maum Opens New Peninsula Spot Ciaorigato opens its doors in the Tenderloin, Toy Boat comes back to life in the Richmond, and a Michelin-star husband-and-wife team resurfaces with a new spot in Menlo Park, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Trump Administration Deports Livermore Man to Mexico, Even After Federal Judge Ordered Him to Be Kept Here Miguel Angel Lopez has lived in the Bay Area for 27 years, and is father to three US citizens. But the “law and order” Trump administration has ignored legal orders to let him stay here, and he was just deported to Mexico.
SF News With Large Looming Anti-Trump Protest Saturday, Lurie Vows Major Arrests If There’s Any Violence or Vandalism SF streets will be packed with people protesting Trump and ICE at Saturday’s “No Kings” rally, but in a Friday press conference with Mayor Lurie, Sheriff Paul Yamamoto declared “Our jails are prepared to accept guests with no reservations.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One of the Coolest Tucked-Away Bar Spaces In the City Comes Alive Again Near Union Square In some very good news for fans of the former Benjamin Cooper and its cozy, hidden-from-the-street space near Union Square, it has reopened as a new bar with a similarly sexy vibe.
SF News With Appeal Options Nearly Exhausted, Elizabeth Holmes Seeks Two-Year Sentence Reduction Two years into her already reduced, nine-year prison sentence, convicted healthcare fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has put her lawyers to work again in the hope of getting her sentence reduced by another two years due to her upstanding behavior as an inmate.
SF Politics After Getting Shoved to Ground and Handcuffed by Feds, Senator Alex Padilla Goes on Media Blitz California Senator Alex Padilla is getting newfound stardom after he was shockingly wrestled to the ground and handcuffed at a DHS press conference Thursday, and the little-known, soft-spoken senator just got a much higher-profile.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Another Medical Emergency at North Berkeley BART A second medical emergency in five days at North Berkeley BART disrupted train service Friday morning; a meth-laced greeting card was intercepted at Santa Rita Jail; and 'Luigi: The Musical' opens tonight.
SF News National Guard Presence to Remain In LA Into Next Week After Ninth Circuit Blocks Lower Court Order A federal judge issued a restraining order Thursday and declared President Trump's move to federalize the National Guard in Los Angeles "illegal," but two hours later, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit temporarily blocked that order.
SF News Day Around the Bay: PG&E Online System ‘Upgrade’ Knocks Untold Number of Customers Out of Their Accounts Trump signed his measure today blocking California’s electric vehicle mandate; Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has of course been delayed again; and PG&E’s so-called “upgrade” of their online system has locked a ton of customers out of their accounts.
SF News Last Month's BART Fire at San Leandro Was Actually a ‘Systemwide’ Issue, and Could Happen Again at Any Station BART officials are revising their explanation of why a fire broke out on the tracks of the San Leandro station and affected service for days, and the problem is apparently a “systemwide” issue that could come up again at any of the 50 BART stations.
SF News Federal Judge Says Berkeley Can Sweep Large Homeless Encampment, But That People With Disabilities Can Stay A mixed bag in a new legal ruling about a big and contentious Berkeley homeless encampment, as a judge says the encampment can be swept, but people with disabilities camping there are allowed to stay put and leave their stuff.
SF News Weekend Likely to Stay Cool With Sunny Friday Afternoon Forecast; Next Week May Be More of This June Gloom It's been a colder-than-average June thus far in San Francisco, with a stubborn marine layer that barely clears much of the city in the afternoons, keeping temperatures a few degrees below average.
Arts & Entertainment Before There Was Pride: William Gedney's Pre-Stonewall Photos of Queer Men In San Francisco The work of queer photographer William Gale Gedney (1932-1989) went under-appreciated during his lifetime, which was cut short by AIDS, though in recent years his photographs of life in the Haight-Ashbury just before the Summer of Love have resurfaced thanks to a 2021 book of his work.
