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.
SF News Oakland Man Accused of Trying to Sexually Traffic Woman Who Mistook His Car for Uber A man has been arrested and appeared in court Tuesday in Oakland to face a gun charge, but investigators say that he tried to force a woman he didn't know into prostitution earlier this month.
Arts & Entertainment 'Justice For Heklina' Protest March and Vigil Planned on Folsom Street Monday Following a march taking place in London to protest the apparent police bias that has held up the investigation into the 2023 death of SF drag legend Heklina, a similar march and vigil, with two "angry drag shows," will be happening here in SF.
SF News Water Main Break Leaves Bernal Heights’ Cortland Avenue With Sinkhole, Cars Diverted A block of Cortland Avenue at Moultrie Street is fully shut down to car traffic Wednesday morning after a water main ruptured, but 24-Divisadero buses are still running normal routes.
SF News Humpday Headlines: A Tesla Drive-In Movie Theater? A judge could decide the fate of the VTA workers' strike; The Atlantic has published all of the Signal thread from those Trump officials; and Elon Musk is looking to open a Tesla charging station that doubles as a 24-hour diner and drive-in theater.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Napster Still Exists, Somehow Just Sold for $207 Million A toxic algae bloom is killing sea lions all over the California coast; Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ emails are now creating bouncebacks because the mailbox is full; and the dead, dusty bones of Napster just sold for more than $200 million.
Bay Area Sports Stanford Fires Football Coach Troy Taylor After Bullying Scandal, People Want Them To Hire Andrew Luck The once-mighty Stanford football program just fired its coach amid a four-season tailspin, and some are clamoring for star quarterback Andrew Luck, who’s been recently hired to run the football program from an administrative standpoint.
SF News Watch: Older Woman In Berkeley Gives a Whoopin’ to Pro-Trump Counterprotester Who Tried to Stun-Gun Her The Bay Area’s latest viral video star is a woman who opened a can of whoop-ass on some young Trumper half her age after he tried to stun-gun her at a Berkeley Tesla protest Saturday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Mina Appears to Be Plotting a New Fine Dining Restaurant Where His Old One Used to Be In the Westin St. Francis There are few details and zero confirmations so far from the hotel or the MINA Group, but all signs point to an impending return of celebrity chef Michael Mina to the grand space off the lobby at the Westin St. Francis, after an ongoing renovation is complete.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Brucato, a New Restaurant and Distillery Tasting Room, Opening Next Month In the Mission A trendy new local maker of excellent amari — Italian-style, herbal digestif and aperitif liqueurs — Brucato Amaro, has set an opening date for their first tasting room, which is doubling as a full-service restaurant and cocktail bar.
