SF Politics Can Daniel Lurie Save Macy's? With the big tree-lighting ceremony in Union Square this week, the pall hanging over the celebration is the impending planned closure of Macy's, with this potentially being the last Great Tree lighting in the square, at least by Macy's.
SF News Could Muni Eliminate the Cable Cars? That’s on the Table, as the Agency Faces a Possible $320 Million Deficit Dark days loom for Muni after the failure of Prop L, an incoming Trump presidency, and a deficit as high as $322 million, so there’s talk of eliminating the cable cars, or axing some lesser-used bus lines outright.
SF News On Witness Stand, Nima Momeni Says a 'Bad Joke' Caused Lee to Suddenly Try to Stab Him Defendant Nima Momeni took the stand in his own defense Wednesday, in a move that could prove damaging to the defense, depending on how his cross-examination plays out.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFPD Chief Denies Retirement Rumors SFPD Chief Bill Scott says rumors of his retirement are "not coming from me."; the San Mateo County Sheriff spoke defiantly at a county board of supervisors meeting about not stepping down; and the UC system has a major budget shortfall.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Murder Suspect Tracked Down In Philadelphia The District 11 supervisor race in SF remains a matter of 200 votes; an Oakland murder suspect was tracked down in Philadelphia; and conservative attorney Ted Olson, who argued against Prop 8, has died.
SF News Entire Tamalpais High School Football Program Put On Probation Over Racist Incidents After undisclosed acts of football team racism toward Black members of the team, Tamalpais High School has put the whole football program on probation, and will forfeit all of the team’s remaining games if there’s another incident.
SF News All Hell Breaks Loose In San Mateo County: Sheriff Allegedly Dating Staffer, Used N-Word, Union President Arrested A full-blown R-rated soap opera has broken out at the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, as the sheriff is alleged to have hired her boyfriend to a position she created, and used the n-word. Oh, and the president of the county’s deputy sheriff’s union was arrested Tuesday.
SF News Oakland Sees First Homicide In Eight Weeks Despite the reputation that Oakland, and especially East Oakland, has for violent crime, the stats this year have trended downward. But there was one homicide Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, the first in almost two months.
SF News Surfers Not Stoked Over Proposed Ocean Beach Seawall to Protect Beach From Erosion A state commission is about to decide the fate of a proposed 3,200-foot underground seawall to protect a sewage tunnel on the southern end of Ocean Beach, but surfers say it would make the beach more dangerous not just for them, but for ordinary beachgoers too.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Bankman-Fried Story Getting Turned Into a Movie, Adapted By Lena Dunham We learn this week that Apple and A24 are moving forward with a film adaptation of writer Michael Lewis's book about Sam Bankman-Fried, and Lena Dunham has been tapped to write the script.
Arts & Entertainment Contemporary Jewish Museum In Downtown SF to Lay Off Much of Its Staff, Close for One Year or More San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum announced Wednesday that it is shutting down next month for "at least one year," saying that it is facing a severe budget shortfall and declining revenue.
SF News Nima Momeni Takes the Stand In His Own Defense In Bob Lee Murder Trial Accused killer Nima Momeni took the stand Wednesday morning to tell his version of events in the April 2023 killing of Bob Lee, claiming he turned the knife on Lee in self-defense.
SF News Sale of Oakland Coliseum May Be Going Sideways, as East Bay Politicians Dig In on Turf Wars The overall $250 million sale of the Oakland Coliseum is being held up by East Bay elected officials, who seem to want to do more due diligence on deals they’ve already agreed to. But the City of Oakland is getting stiffed on payments because of it.
SF News Pamela Price Charges Nine Deputies, Two Jail Staffers for 2021 Santa Rita Jail Death Maurice Monk was found dead in his Santa Rita Jail cell after staff had not checked on him in at least three days, and in her final weeks in office, Alameda County DA Pamela Price is charging nearly a dozen deputies and staffers with negligence in his death.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Arrested for Attack on Female Safeway Employee A female employee at the Ocean Beach Safeway was brutally attacked on Sunday; whooping cough is on the rise in the Bay Area; and Intel has brought back free coffee and tea for workers to "boost morale."
SF News Man Found Fatally Stabbed Near Embarcadero BART Station A man was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning on Market Street, and was found outside one of the entrances to the Embarcadero BART station, and a subsequent search for a suspect caused significant train delays.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Myrna Melgar Has Been Reelected as District 7 Supervisor Jerry Garcia’s voice has been sold to an AI firm for future use; Chyanne Chen remains barely ahead in the nailbiter District 11 supervisor race; but Myrna Melga has now flat-out won another term as District 7 supervisor.
SF News San Francisco Wins Preliminary Injunction to Block Oakland Airport From Using Its New 'San Francisco Bay' Name A federal judge has sided with the City of San Francisco, saying that San Francisco International Airport's trademark is likely being infringed upon by Oakland Airport's new name, which was chosen by the Port of Oakland's board this spring.
Bay Area Sports Klay Thompson Returns to Chase Center Tonight, This Time as a Warriors Opponent, In Big National TV Game Former Warrior Klay Thompson will get a hero’s welcome in his first return to the Chase Center Tuesday night, with fans sure to give him a standing ovation, all wearing commemorative Klay hats. But Draymond Green says, “I’m running through his chest.”
SF News Former Alameda County Officer Gets 50 Years to Life For Double-Murder In Dublin A ex-deputy in the Alameda County Sheriff's Department was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison for the 2022 murders of a Dublin couple inside their home.
SF News Friend of Nima Momeni's Sister Contradicts Her Testimony About Sexual Assault Under cross-examination Tuesday, the friend who was with Nima Momeni's sister on the day before Bob Lee's murder told prosecutors that Khazar Momeni has a tendency to exaggerate.
Arts & Entertainment Muni Launches Online Store Full of Muni-Branded T-Shirts, Hats, Hoodies, Mugs, and More Well, that’s one way to address a $214 million deficit. Muni just launched an online store, in time for the holidays, where you can buy Muni swag like t-shirts, hoodies, hats, socks, and even baby onesies.
Business & Tech UC Berkeley Chemists Announce Potentially Massive Discovery: A Powder That Captures Carbon From Air Chemists at UC Berkeley have just published details of a yearslong project to create a material that will effectively, sustainably remove carbon dioxide from the air, in what is potentially a major, Nobel-worthy breakthrough.
SF News Santa Clara High Student Dies by Suicide After Classmates Bullied Him for Being Homeless 14-year-old Jose Zamora’s short tenure at Santa Clara High School came to a tragic end last week, as the freshman took his own life after weeks of taunting for living at a homeless shelter and being raised by a single father.
SF News BART Knife Slashing Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder The suspect in last week's scary knife attack aboard a BART train in San Francisco is being arraigned today on attempted murder and other charges.
