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.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Judge Ends VTA Worker Strike A judge in Santa Clara County called an end to the VTA workers' three-week strike; an elderly fisherman from Oakland was pulled from the waters at Rodeo Beach Tuesday; and imported cars and car parts are about to get significantly more expensive thanks to Trump's 25% tariff.
Bay Area Sports SF Giants Season Preview: It’s the Dodgers’ World, Can Buster Posey Ruin It for Them? Giants legend and fan favorite Buster Posey is now running the team's baseball operations, but as the new season starts Thursday, he faces a challenging landscape where the defending World Champion bum Dodgers keep getting richer with superstar talent.
SF News SFPD Encourages More Ricci Wynne Sex Assault Victims to Come Forward In a sign that they clearly think “anti-crime” crusader and indicted child pornographer Ricci Wynne has plenty more skeletons in his closet, the SFPD is putting out a public dragnet asking that any of Wynne’s victims come speak to their investigators.
SF News Last Week’s Big 40-Arrest Raid at Market and Van Ness Produced Exactly Zero Criminal Charges A much-publicized March 19 drug bust at Market and Van Ness got plenty of headlines for resulting in 40 arrests, but in a much-less reported development, absolutely none of the people arrested will face any criminal charges.
SF News Purported 'Zizian' Follower Enters Not Guilty Plea In Vallejo Murder Maximilian Snyder, one of seven members of a strange, cult-like group with Bay Area origins who are currently in police custody for a series of seemingly linked crimes, made another court appearance on Wednesday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Food Network Celeb Stephanie Izard's New Sunnyvale Restaurant Opens Monday Valley Goat, the much-anticipated Bay Area debut restaurant from multi-hyphenate chef and food-world celebrity Stephanie Izard, will open its doors in Sunnyvale on March 31.
SF News Woman Charged With Stealing $56,000 Worth of Merch From SF Sephora and Luxury Eyewear Stores A 22-year-old woman stands accused for her alleged role in an organized theft ring that plucked a total of $56,000 in merchandise from local Sephora and high-end sunglasses shops, and was on supervised release at the time of the thefts.
