SF News Now Gavin Newsom Claims California Has Eliminated Its Budget Deficit, Is Back in Surplus Times Governor Gavin Newsom says last year’s $68 million budget deficit is now completely erased, and he claims the state is running a surplus again, though he won’t say how much of a surplus.
SF Politics Barbara Lee Takes a Formal Step Toward a Running For Mayor of Oakland Recently retired Congresswoman Barbara Lee has just opened a campaign account for a run for Oakland mayor, and she's reportedly close to making a final decision about whether she will seek the job.
Arts & Entertainment Popular SF Artist Pete Doolittle, Known For Making Paintings Out of Discarded Windows, Has Died Pete Doolittle’s paintings of cartoon-version robots and animals have been hanging in San Francisco homes and bars for decades, but the longtime SF artist passed away Thursday morning at the age of 47.
SF News Supervisor Matt Dorsey Calls for 100 ‘Mass Arrests’ Every Night In Mid-Market Area The crowds of drug dealers and users along Sixth Street have SF Supervisor Matt Dorsey proposing 100 arrests every night for “drug-related lawlessness,” though we clearly do not have the police officers and jail capacity to follow through with this.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fresh-From-the-Boat Crab Sales Begin With Long Lines at Pier 47 The commercial Dungeness crab season finally kicked off this past weekend, after a now familiar two-month delay, and San Franciscans turned out in force on Sunday to buy some of the first catch from the boats.
SF News Alleged Serial Bar Tab-Skipper ‘Jared’ Arrested and Detained at a Red Lobster In San Bruno The infamous dine-and-dasher known around SF as “Jared” was arrested and detained for once again skipping on a bill, though he has since been released, and bartenders be warned that he is currently a free man.
SF Politics Inauguration of Daniel Lurie as SF Mayor on Wednesday to Include Civic Center Ceremony, Chinatown Celebrations A changing of the guard takes place this week at San Francisco City Hall, and the festivities around the mayoral inauguration will be going on all day Wednesday.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: It's January 6th Once Again VP Kamala Harris will help to certify Trump's Electoral College win today in DC; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down; and SF native Ali Wong took home another Golden Globe.
SF News Sunday Links: Man Arrested For Shooting at Homeless Shelter An arrest has been made for a shooting at a homeless shelter from last night; A hit-and-run in the Portola has left one person dead; and the Warriors are strongly pursuing an unexpected trade target.
SF News SoMa Shooting Leaves One Critically Injured A shooting Saturday evening in SoMa prompted an emergency alert from the city and left one person with serious injuries.
SF News Richmond District Gas Leak Forces 15 People to Shelter Within Muni Bus, Leaves 2200 Homes Without Power No injuries have been reported so far.
SF News Saturday Links: Funding Secured for New Traffic Lights Near Great Highway New traffic lights are coming to the Great Highway; More details about the security guard shot outside the Union Square Dior store by police; and two neighborhoods are set to get SF's first curbside electric charging stations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Unveils PR Team Mayor-elect Lurie just unveiled his new PR team; Supervisor Matt Dorsey is emphasizing a Sixth Street cleanup; and the veteran behind the Cybertruck explosion apparently wrote a manifesto detailing his despair in the days leading up to the incident.
SF News KGO Legend Ronn Owens Suffering from Cancer, Heart Trouble, and Parkinson’s Disease, Turns to Crowdfunding Ronn Owens was a KGO AM radio staple for nearly 50 years in San Francisco, though retired in 2021, and is now facing enormous medical bills from four bouts with cancer, a heart condition, and a more than 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
SF News Monkey in a Onesie Seized in Madera County DUI and Pot Bust, Transported to Oakland Zoo for Care The CHP pulled over a suspected drunk driver Monday night in Madera County, and discovered the driver in possession of several pounds of illegal marijuana, and a baby spider monkey in a onesie. The monkey has now been transferred to the Oakland Zoo for medical care.
SF News SFPD Refuses to Say Where They've Placed Those 400 Automated License Plate Readers All Over Town The new armada of automated license plate readers in SF are taking three million surveillance photos every day, but the SF Police Department is being cagey about disclosing where the hundreds of cameras are located.
SF News Oakland, Facing a Budget Crisis, Will Temporarily Close Two Fire Stations Oakland will be temporarily closing two fire stations for the next six months, a move that is part of the city's broader plan to address a looming $129 million dollar budget deficit.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Barcelona Bar Star Pops Up In SF Horn Barbecue is headed to Sacramento now as well, the Castro is getting a women's sports bar, and Oakland's Bombera wins an East Bay honor, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Prosecutor Outrage Ensues as Serial Car Burglar Gets Probation After Long String of Car Break-Ins In SF 27-year-old Robert Sonza was in court Thursday for a series of car thefts and gun charges dating back to 2019, having been given probation and then reoffending each time. Yet an SF Superior Court judge gave him probation yet again, despite more than a dozen arrests.
Arts & Entertainment Thousands Turn Out for Toro y Moi DJ Set at Downtown First Thursdays In case you missed it, singer, songwriter, and producer Chaz Bear aka Toro y Moi was the headliner at Downtown First Thursdays last night, and a major crowd showed up for the day-after-New-Year's-Day event.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Berkeley Woman Reports Attempted Kidnapping A Berkeley woman says two people tried to kidnap her son while they were walking on the street; the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf reopens Saturday; and California's population grew for the second consecutive year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF-Based Car Rental Company Linked to Both New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks We’re learning new details about the New Year’s gas station homicide in the Mission District; a large-scale public menorah in Oakland was defaced for the second year in a row; and the two New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas both involved cars from an SF rental company.
Business & Tech Turns Out Blind People Really Love Taking Trips in Waymo’s Self-Driving Robotaxis Here’s one demographic that does not loathe the robot cars driving around San Francisco, as blind people have rave reviews for Waymo’s dedicated features to accommodate people with visual impairments.
Business & Tech SF’s First On-Street, Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are Coming to Duboce Triangle and Dogpatch People who don’t have garages can have a hell of a time finding a place to charge their electric vehicle, but hundreds of new SF curbside charging stations are in the works, and the first few will be in Dogpatch and Duboce Triangle.
SF Politics Daniel Lurie Names Paul Yep as New Public Safety Chief The new Lurie administration will include a new "czar" of public safety who will oversee SF's police and fire departments, in addition to other public safety-related agencies, and Thursday they announced their pick.
