SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 23andMe Lays Off 40% of Workforce Alameda County is getting set to open its first CARE court next month; 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce; and a light storm is on the way tomorrow.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Connie Chan Keeps Board of Supervisors Seat Supervisor Connie Chan will hold on to her District 1 supervisor seat; I-80 was closed near Donner Lake today due to a snow squall; and the Walgreens at 24th and Potrero looks like it got smashed into overnight.
Business & Tech AI Flub May Be Behind Mattel’s ‘Wicked’ Dolls Promoting Porn Website on Packaging Something bad happened that made Mattel’s new line of dolls for the upcoming film “Wicked” accidentally promote a link to a porn website. Funny, this happened just months after Mattel started designing its packaging with an AI tool from San Jose-based Adobe.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Argentinian-Italian Spot Morella Debuts In the Marina The former Dorian space is coming alive again, and after a significant remodel, it reopened over the weekend as Morella, and Italian restaurant with Argentinian influences.
SF Politics Moderates Flip SF Board of Supervisors’ Progressive Majority, But Breed Gets One More Chance to Tip the Scales Current election results show the SF Board of Supervisors has flipped to a slight moderate majority, but we may not be talking enough about how Mayor Breed will get one more free appointment to the board on her way out.
SF News Santa Cruz Boy, Now a 25-Year-Old Man, Who Killed 8-Year-Old Neighbor Maddy Middleton, Begins Trial to Determine His Fate Adrian Gonzalez, who has been jailed for nine years now for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a girl who lived in the same Santa Cruz apartment complex as him, heads to trial this week to determine if he should remain incarcerated.
SF News Giant Oakland Apartment Fire Displaces 13, Thick Smoke Was Visible for Miles A Fruitvale District fire early Sunday afternoon destroyed one residential building and damaged another, displacing 13 residents in the two-alarm fire whose smoke was visible from nearly five miles away.
Business & Tech Zoox to Begin Testing Their Funny Looking Robotaxis In SoMa Amazon-owned robotaxi concern Zoox, which is the only autonomous vehicle company to date that has put purpose-built taxis on the road that don't have steering wheels or driver's seats, is rolling out more test vehicles on the streets of SF.
SF News Prop K Has Passed, Whether Sunset District Residents Like It or Not An SF debate that’s been raging since early in the pandemic has just been settled at the ballot box, as a two-mile stretch of the Great Highway will indeed go car-free, because the measure Prop K now has enough votes to pass.
SF News One Person Fatally Shot In or Around Historic Roadside Bar In Sonoma County A person was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Ernie's Tin Bar, a small, 101-year-old bar at a crossroads in rural Sonoma County, just outside Petaluma, famous for its prohibition of using cellphones inside.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Nancy Pelosi Visits Glide Nancy Pelosi made an appearance at Glide Memorial Church's Sunday service; Oakland Unified announced the mergers of 10 schools; and there was a Dev Patel lookalike contest in Dolores Park.
SF Politics Dean Preston Concedes SF District 5 Election His loss reflects a recent rightward swing throughout the city, where moderate candidates have found success across the ballot at the expense of progressives.
SF News Peskin-Authored Prop E Passes with 52% of Vote The measure will create a task force to study potential ways San Francisco could cut down its byzantine network of commissions, which will have a study period lasting up to two years.
SF News Struggling 49ers Secure Win Over Buccaneers in Closing Seconds The San Francisco 49ers clinched a 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this afternoon, thanks to a clutch field goal from kicker Jake Moody.
SF News Sunday Links: Prop K Passes, Despite Opposition of Sunset Residents Prop K passed, despite protests from Sunset District residents; Supervisor elections remain tight; and a new state climate regulation could increase gas prices dramatically.
SF News Eight-Hour Standoff in Antioch Ended in Arrest on Friday The Antioch Police Department, in a statement posted on Facebook earlier today, said that officers were initially dispatched in response to a reported domestic incident around 3:45 pm.
SF News Saturday Links: Peskin Lost Mayoral Race, But Scored Victories Elsewhere Aaron Peskin won't be Mayor, but he still has wins from this election; Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo tried to kill a story critical of a political ally; and the first Biden-Trump transition meeting will happen Monday.
SF Politics Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Recalled, and So Is DA Pamela Price, as the Chronicle Is Calling Both Races With the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao leading by a massive percentage, and in the absence of anyone else making the call, the SF Chronicle is calling the race for the recall proponents. Same, too, for the recall of DA Pamela Price.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chan, Mahmood Pull Ahead In SF Supervisor Races Connie Chan took the lead and Bilal Mahmood expanded his lead in their respective races for SF Supervisor; Pleasanton Police seized 11 pounds of marijuana; and President Trump had some harsh words on Truth Social for Gavin Newsom.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: A Fancy Wine Tasting Spot Reopens, and the Fillmore Gets a New Soul Food Spot Nia Soul Cafe opens in the Fillmore, a new Mexican-Italian spot has arrived at the Transit Center, and three holiday-themed Mistletoe bar pop-ups are popping up in different neighborhoods in December, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment The First Tahoe Ski Resort Is Open, and the Rest Have Announced Their (Approximate) Opening Dates Pow! The powder of Mount Rose ski resort officially opened to skiers for the season Friday, and a flurry of other ski resorts have announced their prospective opening dates for the weeks to come.
SF Politics That Prop L Rideshare Tax to Fund Muni Looks Unlikely to Pass, Because Another Measure Cancels It Out The tax on rideshares that was supposed to help dig Muni out of its deficit is cruising to a big win, but will probably never take effect, because it conflicts with the Prop M business tax measure which is winning by even more.
Arts & Entertainment Broadway Vet Carolee Carmello Makes a Phenomenal 'Kimberly Akimbo' at the Curran Theater The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2023, Kimberly Akimbo, is already on tour. And in an opening night performance at San Francisco's Curran Theater on Thursday, star Carolee Carmello brought down the house in the hard-to-pull-off lead role.
Arts & Entertainment That ‘Let’s Glow’ Holiday Projection Mapping Display Is Indeed Coming Back Downtown for 2024 “The largest holiday projection mapping festival in the country" is returning to downtown San Francisco for the fourth consecutive year, and this year will have a boozy open-container party for one night of its ten-night run.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi Regrets There Was No Open Primary, Points Finger at Biden For Not Stepping Aside Earlier The blame game among Democrats had already begun Tuesday night as election returns began signaling a return to power for the outraged orange egotist. And House Speaker Emerita has already given an interview to the New York Times revealing her feelings.
