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.
SF News Kindergartner Believed Paralyzed In Butte County School Shooting Has Just Shown Movement In His Feet Five-year-old Elias Wolford was shot in the December 4 Oroville school shooting, and has had no movement in his legs since. But on New Year’s Eve, his family announced he was able to wiggle his foot, indicating his legs may eventually recover.
SF News First Half of January Looking Very Dry For Bay Area, After Brief Friday Rain San Francisco and the Bay Area are in for some light rain Friday as a weak new cold front moves in from Alaska, but then we're looking at an extended dry period, which isn't great news for anyone starting ski leases up in Tahoe.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro Is Getting a Women’s Sports Bar In the Former Copas Space SF’s first dedicated women’s sports bar is coming to the Castro District on Market near Sanchez Street this year, and will probably become the go-to place to watch the Golden State Valkyries’ WNBA games.
SF News One Man Dies, Woman and Child Injured In Possible Domestic Incident In Bernal Heights; Two Injured In SoMa Shooting A man died and a woman and toddler were shot and injured Thursday morning not far from the parking lot where the Alemany Farmers' Market is held, in Bernal Heights.
