SF News Jeremy Boivin, Who Figured In Bob Lee Murder Trial, Says Momeni's Sister Apologized for Assault Accusation Jeremy Boivin, the friend of Bob Lee who was a pivotal figure in the prosecution's theory of Nima Momeni's motive to attack Lee, went on camera in a Dateline special about the case to clear his name after Khazar Momeni accused him of assault.
Business & Tech Meta Bringing the Axe Down With an Estimated 4,000 Layoffs Worldwide Today The Super Bowl hangover day is particularly rough at Facebook’s parent company Meta, as nearly 4,000 employees are learning that they’ve been pink-slipped today, though it’s unknown how many Menlo Park employees are getting the boot.
SF News SFMTA Reverses, Backs Off From Issuing Tickets for 'Daylighting' Parking Violations A plan to begin issuing $40 tickets for parking along unmarked curbs due to a crosswalk "daylighting" law has been nixed, with the SFMTA acknowledging that it might be unfair to force drivers to pull out their own tape measures.
SF News Office-to-Housing Conversion on Back Burner at Warfield Building, Which Just Sold With New Plans Afoot The Warfield Building is not the Warfield Theatre, though it’s right next door. And the Warfield Building is also unlikely to become downtown’s first office-to-housing conversion anytime soon, as the building just sold to a new owner who will instead make it an arts and media facility.
Business & Tech SF-Based Telehealth Startup Hims & Hers Gets Negative Attention From Congress After Super Bowl Ad You may have seen a prominent ad that aired during the Super Bowl Sunday for the weight-loss meds known as semaglutides that can be ordered inexpensively as non-FDA-approved compounds through SF-based Hims & Hers. Well, a pair of US senators are now crying foul.
SF News Potentially Powerful Storm Heads Our Way Thursday, Plenty More Rain In Store Get your steps in outdoors today and tomorrow, because come Wednesday, it's going to be wet again.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Mother and Child Struck By Car In Brisbane A mother and child were struck by an alleged DUI driver in Brisbane; two were hospitalized Sunday after a two-alarm structure fire in the Mission; and BART says ridership is up and crime is down thanks to more policing.
SF News Driver Fleeing Police Crashes Into Mission Parklet During Super Bowl, Injures Six Six people were injured — including two critically — after a car that was fleeing police crashed into a parklet outside The Napper Tandy in the Mission on Super Bowl Sunday.
SF news Developer Abandons Housing Plans, Puts Portola’s Historic Greenhouse Site Up for Sale San Francisco’s historic 770 Woolsey St. is back on the market after a failed housing plan, frustrating community efforts to turn it into an urban farm. Its future remains uncertain.
Arts & Entertainment AIDS Memorial Quilt On Exhibit At SFO Through January 2026 Six sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at SFO for the next year, along with objects and photographs from the National AIDS Memorial.
SF News Sunday Links: Sebastopol Smash-And-Grab Thief Steals Candy, Leaves Trail For Police SFPD announced a $250,000 reward in a 2006 unsolved murder case; an East Bay chiropractic school professor is being sued by students for alleged sexual misconduct; and authorities race to investigate an Alaska commuter plane crash that killed ten people.
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Iconic 'Worm' Logo Turns 50 Muni is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its beloved “Worm” logo, designed by Walter Landor of the esteemed Landor Associates. Landor also worked with big name clients such as Levi’s, Fed Ex, and Coca-Cola.
Arts & Entertainment Compton's Cafeteria Site Receives Two Official Historic Landmark Designations Compton’s Cafeteria, site of the 1966 trans uprising, is now the first U.S. historic site recognized for its role in the transgender movement, earning state and federal landmark status last week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Keep An Eye Out For Hog Island Oyster Co. During Tomorrow's Super Bowl Hog Island Oyster Co. will be featured in Google’s Super Bowl ad, showcasing their mix of sustainable farming and AI-powered tools for streamlining operations and enhancing customer service.
SF News Saturday Links: CDC Publishes, Then Promptly Deletes, Update On Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats And Humans Iconic programmer and hacktivist Aaron Swartz has been honored with a marble bust; schools in at least ten states have closed due to flu surge; and tons of thousands of food is going to waste in Houston due to the USAID pause.
Arts & Entertainment World Premiere Play 'The Thing About Jellyfish' Dazzles at Berkeley Rep Ali Benjamin's acclaimed 2015 young-adult novel The Thing About Jellyfish has now been adapted for the stage, and Berkeley Rep hosted the play's world premiere this week.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Google Removes Pledge From Its Website That It Won’t Use AI For Weapons Or Surveillance Bob Geary, 1980s ventriloquist cop, has died; Trump dumped 2.2 billion gallons of water from two California lakes last weekend; and a Wisconsin Democrat is set to introduce a bill called “Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy.”
SF News SF Zoo’s Last Remaining Male Gorilla, Oscar Jonesy, Has Died at Age 43 San Francisco and the SF Zoo’s gorilla preserve are mourning Thursday's death of 43-year-old Western Lowland gorilla Oscar Jonesy, who died unexpectedly following a medical procedure.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Cassava Returns as Tiny Cafe The Cassava team is back with a new downtown cafe, Smoke Soul Kitchen debuts next week in the Bayview, and a new bar and restaurant has moved into the former Starline Social Club in Oakland, all in This Week in Food.
SF News It’s On: San Francisco Sues Trump Administration Over Sanctuary City Crackdown SF City Attorney David Chiu is leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration for targeting sanctuary cities, and Chiu’s odds may be good, because his office brought the same lawsuit against Trump in 2017 — and won.
SF News Lawsuit Filed Against Hercules Cops Who Tased a Man Who Suffered Epileptic Seizure A civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the Hercules Police Department and three officers over an April 2024 incident in which the officers forcibly restrained and tased a 21-year-old man who had just suffered his first-ever grand mal seizure.
SF News Development Delayed at Vacant Mission and 22nd Lot, Concerns Owner Is Profiteering Off Deadly 2015 Fire A 2015 fire at 22nd and Mission Streets fueled a theory that landlords were torching their own properties for profit. The site still sits empty and neglected, and the SF Planning Commission just delayed a plan for its notorious landlord to make that handsome profit.
SF News Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Makes First Appearance In Federal Court Recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made her first court appearance at a procedural hearing Thursday in federal court in Oakland, and the judge seemed to be throwing some shade in her direction.
SF News Vapor Room Owner Martin Olive Speaks After Being Shot Seven Times, Says He Did Not Know His Shooter Nearly two weeks after being shot on Ninth Street in front of his dispensary, Martin Olive is recovering well and giving interviews, and says he never met or interacted with the upstairs neighbor who tried to kill him.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Kids Keep Climbing on This New Sculpture In Hayes Valley A knife-wielding homeless man injured an SFPD officer in NoPa; Nima Momeni is due in court today to schedule sentencing; and people keep climbing on this new sculpture at Patricia's Green.
