SF News Parking Vigilante Paints Fake ‘No Parking’ Curbs In Richmond District as Daylighting Laws Kick In As the new daylighting laws preventing parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk are in effect, SFMTA has not painted all of the necessary curbs red. So some joker went and painted some counterfeit red “no parking” curbs, but got the dimensions completely wrong.
SF News Serial Killer David Misch Breaks Out Into Song During Sentencing For 1986 Murders of Two East Bay Women Convicted serial killer David Misch was likely just trying to get himself kicked out of the courtroom Tuesday when he broke out into song as he was forced to listen to family members talk about the loss of two women he killed in 1986.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SUV Crash Damages BART Third Rail In Pittsburg Service was halted on part of BART's Pittsburg/Antioch line this morning following a fatal car crash on the tracks; the Hughes Fire now exceeds 10,000 acres; and Netflix is raising its prices again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Wildfire Consumes 8,000 Acres North of LA The Hughes Fire, which broke out near Santa Clarita this morning, has already burned over 8,000 acres; Sonoma State announces they're cutting athletics, eight academic programs amid a budget crisis; and Trump issues a possibly empty threat toward SF officials.
Business & Tech Conspiracy Theories Fly as Meta Users Find Themselves Suddenly Following Trump and JD Vance Millions of Facebook and Instagram users were shocked to find that they were suddenly following Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Melania Trump, but the company insists it was just the normal switching of official accounts that happens for every presidential transition.
SF News Early Morning Fire Displaces Four at the SRO Formerly Known as the Hotel Diva A 1 am apartment fire Wednesday morning on the second floor of the former Hotel Diva has left four people displaced, though no one was injured.
SF News Stanford Drops Disciplinary Case Against Student Journalist Covering Gaza Protest A Stanford student who was covering the occupation of the university president's office by pro-Palestinian protesters last year for the campus newspaper when he was arrested alongside those protesters has been cleared of wrongdoing, at least by the school.
SF News San Jose Police Arrest Trio Linked to Nearly 80 South Burglaries, Mostly Targeting Asian Households Three men have been arrested in connection with a slew of home burglaries in several South Bay cities, and authorities estimate the value of goods stolen around $1 million.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Fumes as $500 Billion AI Data Center Investment Comes From Sam Altman and Not Him The completely unproven and unreliable AI sector says it’s going to build $500 billion worth of data centers with Trump’s blessing, and with AI safeguards now repealed, that’s a lot of deepfake porn to produce. But Elon Musk is mad that he’s not in on the action.
SF News Victim In Sunday Crash Identified as 27-Year-Old Computer Engineer Who Was Previously Hit In Different Crash The man killed Sunday when his car was violently struck by other vehicles in a multi-car crash on Sixth Street in SoMa was previously involved in a crash that was the result of a high-speed police chase.
SF News Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Kingpin of the Bitcoin Drugs-and-Murder Online Market Silk Road In another sop to the libertarian crypto bros, President Trump has pardoned the San Francisco founder of the Silk Road online drug marketplace, indicating Trump’s increasing fondness for crime among the cryptocurrency crowd.
SF News Family of Woman Shoved In Front of BART Train Sues BART The family of Corazon Dandan has filed suit against the BART agency for wrongful death, alleging that the transit system was aware of the threat posed by the man accused of shoving Dandan in front of a moving train last July.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Father and Son Who Drowned Near Half Moon Bay Identified A father and son who died after being pulled into the ocean by a rip current near Half Moon Bay have been ID'd; local chefs mourn Charles Phan; and immigrants are now worried about sending their kids to school.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Books Inc. Files for Bankruptcy, Will Close Berkeley Store We’re getting more information on Sunday’s mass-casualty crash in SoMa; Vans has closed its Marina District store; and the 174-year-old Bay Area bookstore chain Books Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and will close its Berkeley location.
SF News San Jose Police Union Exec Gets Probation for Dealing Opioids, SF Officer Who Robbed Rite-Aid Resurfaces Two high-profile examples of Bay Area law enforcement personnel being on the wrong side of the opioid trade are back in the news, just with lighter sentencing than what law enforcement usually clamors for in the newspapers.
SF News Local Billionaire and Onetime Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Plans to Build Stunning Mansion In Sea Cliff Plans have been approved for a striking modern mansion to be built on property with sweeping Golden Gate views that is currently occupied by a nearly 90-year-old home in SF's Sea Cliff neighborhood, and the owner is Tom Steyer.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Charles Phan, SF Chef Who Elevated Vietnamese Cuisine For American Diners, Dies at 62 Slanted Door chef-owner Charles Phan, the celebrated Vietnamese American chef who first brought modern, elevated versions of Vietnamese dishes to San Francisco three decades ago, has died at age 62.
Business & Tech SF-Based Hims & Hers Healthcare Company, Founded By Owner of New West Portal Doughnut Shop, Donates to Trump Inauguration Hims & Hers Health, the SF-based telehealth startup founded by Andrew Dudum, just kicked $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund, perhaps because they're concerned about the administration's future plans when it comes to mail-order drugs.
SF Politics Bay Area Trans Community Braces for Civil Rights Onslaught After Trump Remarks ‘There are Two Genders, Male and Female’ Donald Trump’s inaugural speech seemed to be an opening salvo of war against the trans and non-binary communities, who are gearing up for legal attacks on their passports and driver's licenses, and the potential for widespread discrimination.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Returns Home to California, Volunteers In LA Kamala Harris flew home to Los Angeles Monday night, onboard an Air Force flight commanded by an all-female crew, and today she began volunteering and visiting firefighters who have been battling the wildfires there.
SF News Bloomingdale's to Close at SF Centre, Ushering In Further Bleak Days for Beleaguered Mall This is not news that anyone wanted to hear today about San Francisco and its downtown recovery efforts, but following in the footsteps of major retailers Nordstrom and Macy's, Bloomingdale's is shuttering its massive SF store.
SF News Federal Employees Ordered Back to Office Five Days a Week, Including in SF One of Trump’s Day One executive fiats was to order all federal employees back to the office five days a week, which seems more like an attempt to manufacture excuses to fire career civil servants who are not Trump loyalists.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Bonta and Other AGs Sue Trump Over Birthright Citizenship Order 18 attorneys general are suing Trump over his birthright citizenship order that flouts the constitution; the NY Times Editorial Board excoriates Trump over the Jan. 6th pardons; and the Fancy Food Show is coming back to SF.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect ID'd In Deadly SoMa Multi-Car Crash The suspect driving the Tesla that caused the deadly crash on Sixth Street Sunday has been ID'd; the fire at that Moss Landing battery station is still burning; and Marco Rubio has been confirmed as Secretary of State.
Business & Tech Big Tech Bigwigs Agree to Strict New EU Hate Speech Moderation Rules, But They’re Free to Just Ignore Them Xitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have signed on to a European Union agreement to prevent and remove hate speech from their platforms, which seems meaningless, because all of their CEOs and founders were at Trump’s inauguration today.
