SF News City of Antioch Agrees to Pay $4.6M Settlement to Resolve a Bounty of Police Misconduct Cases A whole raft of Antioch Police Department scandals, including illegal steroid dealing, coordinated K-9 dog attacks, and credential fraud, are getting resolved out of court with a $4.6 million settlement for 23 victims.
Arts & Entertainment Take Advantage of Union Square's Winter Walk for Last-Minute Holiday Shopping The street closure and holiday festival on Stockton Street known as Winter Walk is back on, and it will be running through Christmas Eve, if you're planning to get any last-minute shopping done in Union Square.
SF Politics Republicans Could Seize Advantage In California Governor's Race If Too Many Democrats Run We're about to enter one of the kookiest election years in California's 175-year history, with a bevy of Congressional seats up for grabs, and a wide open governor's race that already has too many Democrats in it.
Business & Tech SF-Based Instacart Now Under Scrutiny Over Their AI Price-Adjusting Tool A recent study found Instacart was charging some shoppers up to 23% more for the same items from the same stores in an AI experiment, and now the Federal Trade Commission is looking into the matter.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: San Ramon Sees the Most Earthquakes In 50 Years A flood watch is in effect for the Delta due to heavy rain; the suspected Brown University shooter was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; and San Ramon has seen 38 small earthquakes so far this month, the most in a cluster in 50 years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Castro French Bulldog Theft Suspect Arrested, but ‘Hank’ the Dog Still Missing The Mayor of Richmond is in hot water over some ill-advised Facebook posts about the Bondi Beach shooting; SF City Hall held its always-clever holiday bakeoff, and the accused thief of French bulldog Hank has been arrested.
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Is the Latest Big SF Super Bowl Performance Added to That Weekend's Packed Schedule We have yet another big SF Super Bowl live performance added to the Super Bowl weekend of February 6-8, and it’s a Dave Chappelle show at the Chase Center February 7, so who knows, maybe Elon Musk will show up and get booed again.
Arts & Entertainment The San Francisco Giants Organization Is the New Owner of the Curran Theatre The Curran Theatre has just changed hands for the second time in fifteen years, and its new owner is the SF Giants, led by Giants President and CEO Larry Baer. But programming is likely to remain the same.
Arts & Entertainment These Are the Last Seven Shows at Oasis Before It Closes Permanently on New Year’s Eve The last show at treasured drag bar Oasis is New Year’s Eve, but that show is completely sold out. There are still other Oasis shows over the next 11 nights, though, where you can pay your respects and get that final Oasis experience.
Arts & Entertainment Block Party on Ellis Street Thursday Night Expected to Draw Large Crowd A recently launched block party known as Third Thursdays on Ellis Street is happening again tonight, just in time for Union Square holiday happenings, and there will be a DJ there.
SF Politics Lurie Violated City Law by Keeping Records of Trump Phone Call Secret, City Committee Says SF residents still don’t know what happened on that phone call where Mayor Lurie talked Donald Trump out of sending federal troops into SF, and a panel of SF’s Sunshine Ordinance Task Force says Lurie is breaking the law.
SF Politics Oakland City Councilmember Gets Backlash for Flipping Off Audience During City Council Meeting An Oakland City Council meeting about Flock cameras was already pretty testy, but Councilmember Ken Houston flipped it off even more by giving the finger to an audience member while the meeting was in progress.
SF Politics Palo Alto City Council to Take Up Legislation to Clamp Down on Billionaire Compounds A Palo Alto city councilmember is introducing some unusual new legislation today that is aimed squarely at the billionaires in the city — ahem, Zuckerberg — who have spent years gobbling up formerly middle-class homes and assembling compounds that undergo years of endless construction.
SF News Suspect Arrested for Arson at SF State Jewish Center A suspect has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson fire at Hillel House near the San Francisco State University campus on December 5.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Crocker-Amazon Hit-and-Run Leaves One Dead A hit-and-run on Mission St. near the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood left a pedestrian dead; Wednesday was the first day of measurable rain in 26 days; and Trump and Epstein's long friendship centered on discussing and trading women like trophies is very well documented.
SF News Day Around the Bay: UCSF Expands Again In Mission Bay UCSF closed a deal to buy a former pharmaceutical headquarters in Mission Bay; last week's fire on Golden Gate Ave near Market was caused by an explosion; and the surviving Reiner siblings have broken their silence.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Radio Announcer Greg Papa Returning to the Booth, as His Cancer Is in Remission It’s a ‘Touchdown, San… Fran… Cisco!’ over lymphoblastic leukemia, as legendary football announcer Greg Papa’s cancer is in remission, and he’ll be back to calling a Niners game in just 11 days.
Arts & Entertainment Jello Biafra Is Auctioning Off His 1989 Toyota Celica as a Fundraiser for Record Label Alternative Tentacles If you can’t spend your holidays in Cambodia, maybe consider spending your money on the 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible that ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra has been driving for the last 30 years, as it is up for auction.
SF News Woman In Viral Hayes Valley Bar Fight Video Was Arrested For Public Intoxication, Has Now Lost Job The very public shaming that has followed a Santacon weekend video of an extremely drunk and belligerant patron, and her date, engaging staff and fellow patrons in physical fights at Hazie's in Hayes Valley, has culminated for now in the woman being fired from her job.
Business & Tech California Might Ban Tesla Sales for 30 Days Over Deceptive ‘Autopilot’ Marketing A state judge ruled that Tesla can’t sell or manufacture cars in California for 30 days over false advertising claims about their ‘full self-driving’ mode. But the California DMV cut Tesla some slack, giving them 60 days to fix the ads.
SF News Castro Dog Dad Seeks Public's Help In Finding Dognapped Frenchie, Hank A man's French bulldog was stolen outside of a Castro bar last week and remains missing, and the dog's owner is seeking help from the public in locating the dognapping suspect.
Arts & Entertainment YouTube to Become Exclusive Broadcaster of the Oscars, Starting In 2029 The Academy Awards will be departing network television and heading to YouTube under a new deal struck with the Alphabet-owned, San Bruno-based company, marking a major shift for the nearly 100-year-old awards show.
SF News You May Want to Leave Early For Xmas Travel as Storm Takes Aim at Bay Area Next Week A quintessential Pineapple Express plume of moisture coming from Hawaii, aimed at the Bay Area, is likely to bring significant rainfall early next week. And anyone who was planning to travel Sunday or Monday for the Christmas holiday may want to consider contingency plans.
SF News Allegedly Drunk Driver Stops at Hercules Fire Station to Ask for Directions, Promptly Gets Arrested for DUI An Oakland man stopped at a Hercules fire station to ask for directions, and staff quickly surmised he was drunk, and also driving on a license suspended for a previous DUI. Oh, and they also found a baggie of meth in his sock.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Approves $103M In Budget Cuts Oakland's school board approved vague cuts totaling $103M but faced criticism from one board member; a former Kohl's in Fremont could become an H Mart; and Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is set to make his first court appearance in LA.
