SF News City Council Considers Renaming West Oakland Intersection After Former Black Panther Elaine Brown Elaine Brown, former chair of the Black Panther Party and founder of dozens of revolutionary programs, might be getting a West Oakland intersection named after her.
SF News Woman Struck at Geary and 39th Has Died, Marking the Third Pedestrian Death of 2025 A 77-year-old woman who was struck by a driver at Geary and 39th Avenue on March 14 died from her injuries on Thursday. There have been three pedestrian deaths in SF so far in 2025.
Arts & Entertainment Richmond’s Alysa Liu Wins Gold at Women’s World Figure Skating Championships, the First US Winner In 19 Years 19-year-old Alysa Liu, who grew up in Richmond, won the gold and earned a standing ovation at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Friday night, ousting previous three-time world champion, Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.
SF News Saturday Links: OpenAI’s Viral Studio Ghibli Generator Takes Dark Turn With White House ICE Meme The White House used ChatGBT's Studio Ghibli generator to create a whimsical image of a real ICE arrest; there's a pronatalist matchmaking conference in Austin this weekend; and Canadian-Asian supermarket, T&T is coming to SF in 2026.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Red Flags Abound As Fyre Fest 2 ‘Changes Locations,’ Authorities Say No Paperwork Was Ever Filed Organizers say Fyre Fest 2 is still happening in a couple months, even though Mexican authorities said no paperwork had been filed; Musk’s xAI has acquired X, officially “intertwining” the two; and Sex Pistols tickets go on sale April 4.
SF Politics Latest Proposed California Ballot Measure Named After Luigi Mangione Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione could be immortalized in California law even if Trump sends him to the electric chair, as a ballot effort is underway to create an insurance measure called the “Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act.”
Arts & Entertainment After Legion of Honor ‘Cake Picnic’ Sells Out Instantly, Renegade Cake Picnics to Pop Up All Over Town Saturday There was plenty of finger-pointing when Saturday’s Legion of Honor Cake Picnic sold out the instant tickets went on sale, but now those fingers can run through the frosting at a number of rival cake picnics happening at the same time Saturday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oh, No: Tartine Investor Involved In Elon Musk's LA Diner/Drive-In Project Well, it's been a minute since Tartine Bakery was making headlines for its unionization dispute. And now that everything associated with Elon Musk has the stink of Trumpian Republicans, a Tartine partner getting in bed with Musk is not a good look.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Fillmore Gets a New Patisserie The massive new Korean food complex Jagalchi just debuted in Daly City, a fancy new French patisserie is open in the Fillmore, and Kennedy's Indian Curry House and Irish Pub has finally closed for good near Fisherman's Wharf.
Arts & Entertainment Now Valencia Street is Getting a Night Market Too, And Yes It Will Be Boozy The night markets that have been such a hit in the Sunset, Castro, and Chinatown are now coming to Valencia Street, with a new series of monthly “second Thursday” parties where bars will be able to sell to-go cocktails.
SF News SFMTA Board to Vote on Oak Street Bike Lane, Other Improvements Next Week A long-delayed project to add a protected bike lane and improve pedestrian safety along the south side of the Panhandle on SF's Oak Street looks to be moving forward, with a final vote at the SFMTA board meeting Tuesday.
SF News SF Law Firm at Forefront of Fighting Back Against Trump’s Attempts to Punish Legal Industry As Donald Trump’s executive orders target law firms that have taken on his administration, many big firms are cowering and backing down. Others are doubling down on their mission, like one here in San Francisco that's fighting the legality of ICE raids.
SF News Matthew Muller, Kidnapper and Rapist In the 'American Nightmare' Story, Sentenced to Two More Life Terms Matthew Muller, the man convicted in the 2015 kidnapping and rape of a Vallejo woman that became a national story in part because of the cops' mishandling of it, was sentenced Friday to two more life terms for two home invasions that occurred in the South Bay years earlier.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 'Tesla Takedown' Events Planned Around Bay Protests at Tesla dealerships are happening across the country today; Gov. Newsom issued an executive order to expedite the undergrounding of power lines; five Kohl's stores are closing around the Bay.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Giants Win Opening Day Game With Ninth Inning Home Run The waterfront Chevys in Emeryville might become a Benihana; that 'Bigballs' DOGE kid has a history of cybercrime; and you’ll want to see this video of the Giants winning their opener with a two-run, ninth inning homer.
Business & Tech Billionaire's Row Mansion Sells For $26.5 Million After Nine Months On Market Those in the luxury real estate business in San Francisco are excited that one of the highest-end properties on the market just traded hands for the first time, and for a relatively high price.
SF News SF Lyft Driver Found Guilty of DUI on the Job, After Running Into Motorcycle and Fighting With Bystanders An SF Lyft driver with twice the legal BAC limit hit a motorcycle, got into a physical fight with people in front of the Roxie Theater, and tried to drive away. Today he was found guilty on these charges.
SF News Double-Homicide Being Investigated In Santa Cruz Mountains After Bodies Found In Pickup Truck The bodies of two men were found in the bed of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains Tuesday, near a park that is popular with hikers, and at least one of the bodies has been identified by a family member.
SF News Despite Strike Ending, VTA Trains Won’t Run Friday, Because Thieves Stole So Much Copper Wire It will not be a smooth resumption of service for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority trains after their workers’ strike ended Wednesday, because thieves stole so much copper wire off the tracks that the trains can’t run again until next week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight Beer Bar Toronado Allegedly Being Sold to Crypto Guy Who Wants to Attach a Coin to the Brand There appears to be a buyer for Lower Haight beer mecca Toronado, though the deal may not have gone through yet and hasn't been confirmed by both parties.
Arts & Entertainment First-Ever Miss Chinatown Pageant Winner Is About to Celebrate Her 100th Birthday Penny Wong has been Chinatown royalty ever since 1948 when she won the first-ever Miss Chinatown Pageant, and now she’s gearing up to celebrate her 100th birthday.
Arts & Entertainment SOMA Nights Kicks Off Thursday With Dance Party, Promotions on Folsom Street Bars, restaurants, and retailers on Folsom Street between 7th and 10th streets are having a multi-block party Thursday night, with drink specials, vendors, and a DJ dance party on an alley.
SF News Yuba County Police Officer Shot and Killed, As Was Suspected Drug Kingpin, in Massive Raid It’s the first time in more than 100 years that a police officer in the Yuba County city of Marysville was killed in the line of duty, as a Wednesday morning raid led to a shootout that killed an officer and suspected drug dealer.
SF News Wintry Rains Return, With Possible Soaking Coming Next Week Your little warm-weather respite was just that, and the Bay Area will be plunged back into the rainy-season grays for the next few days with a few spots of sun, and more rain on the way.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Hercules Town Hall Focuses on Police Treatment of Epileptic Man Residents of Hercules are angry about their police department's treatment of an epileptic man last year; one person was killed in a multi-car crash involving a big rig in the East Bay this morning; and Kristi Noem is in El Salvador touring a prison holding migrants.
