SF News Aquarium of the Bay’s Ex-CEO Goes Nuclear With Lawsuit Full of Wild Allegations Over His Ouster The former CEO of Bay.org George Jacob resigned in May amidst reports of lavish spending, but he’s hitting back with a ferocious new lawsuit claiming staff tried to secretly sell shark blood to Disney, and wanted to release all the animals back into the ocean.
SF News Trial Begins For Alleged Serial Killer Accused In Cold Case East Bay Double-Murder From 1986 David Misch, a man who's been imprisoned for murder since 1990, has yet to be tried for three homicides that took place in the Bay Area in 1986 and 1988. But one of those trials just kicked off on Monday in Dublin.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Newest Park Just Opened Right Next to Chase Center, Featuring Steel Beams From the Old Bay Bridge SF’s newest park has some retro charm in the form of benches and beams from the disassembled old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, as the $32 million Bayfront Park just opened Tuesday right next to the Chase Center.
SF News Male Pedestrian Killed By Dump Truck In SF's Parnassus Heights A pedestrian was killed Tuesday morning at the intersection of Parnassus Avenue and Stanyan Street, in a collision involving a dump truck.
SF News Sister of Accused Killer Nima Momeni Describes 'Amicable' Night Between Her Brother and Bob Lee Monday was a big day of testimony in the trial of Nima Momeni for the April 2023 killing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee, and one in which the jury heard the first-hand account of sister Khazar Momeni about the final hours of Lee's life.
SF News NAACP Lobbies for Release of Man Who’s Already Supposed to Be Out of Santa Clara Jail Carlos Harris has already served a 20-year sentence for a crime he says he did not commit, and a judge ordered his release from Santa Clara County Jail last week. But thanks to bureaucratic red tape, the jail can not release him.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Peskin Says He Declined Ranked-Choice Alliance With Breed Mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin says he "politely declined" a ranked-choice alliance with London Breed; Pacifica police find a stolen vehicle inside another stolen vehicle; and the Oakland Zoo's last elephant has arrived in his new home.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Runner Recreates Chappell Roan Album Cover on Strava Vallejo police are seeking help solving a fatal shooting this morning; Bay Area artist Ruth Asawa gets posthumous White House honor; and an SF runner recreates Chappell Roan's album cover using the Strava app.
SF News New SFUSD Interim Superintendent Maria Su Makes First Public Remarks Since She Was Hired Friday After a whirlwind weekend that saw SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne resign Thursday and Dr. Maria Su installed as his interim replacement Friday, Su was introduced Monday and spoke publicly for the first time since her appointment.
SF News Car Crashes Into 48 Muni Bus In Noe Valley Causing Multiple-Vehicle Collision, Muni Driver Hospitalized There was a multiple-vehicle crash just before noon Monday in Noe Valley, as one car hit a 48-Quintara/24th Street Muni bus and several other cars, and the Muni driver has been hospitalized.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Coffee Chain Andytown Expands With Eighth Location In Financial District It's not every day that we have stories of new businesses opening in downtown San Francisco, but it has, in fact been happening. And now Andytown Coffee Roasters is expanding with a new cafe on Front Street.
SF News Two Oakland PD Officers Arrested for Driving Under the Influence — While on Duty We’ve seen police officers arrested on DUI charges before, but not while they were on the job. Yet it has come to light that two Oakland Police Department officers were arrested for DUI while they were on duty in 2023.
SF News Keller Fire 90% Contained, All Oakland Hills Residents Return Home The scary Keller Fire which broke out Friday afternoon was a cause for traumatic memories for some longtime Oakland hills residents of the firestorm of 1991, the 33rd anniversary of which was on Saturday.
SF News Highway Patrol Copter Rescues Elderly Man Stranded on Mount Tam Hike He Couldn't Finish A man described as “elderly” took a hike in Mount Tamalpais State Park Saturday that he became too exhausted to finish, and late Saturday night, he was rescued by a California Highway Patrol helicopter.
SF Politics New Chronicle Poll Has Daniel Lurie Edging Ahead of London Breed, Thanks to Second-Choice Votes While Mayor London Breed has a tiny lead in first-choice votes in the latest Chronicle poll, Daniel Lurie pulls ahead in second-choice votes, and Aaron Peskin has surprisingly leapfrogged Mark Farrell for third place.
SF News Khazar Momeni, Sister of Nima Momeni, Testifies for Second Day In Brother's Trial Khazar Momeni arrived in court for a second day of testimony Monday, when potentially she will answer more questions from prosecutors as well as the defense team.
SF News [Update] Two Teens Found Safe After Going Missing After East Bay Homecoming Dance A pair of 15-year-olds went missing Friday night and are likely together, but authorities have described them as "at risk" and put a broad alert across the Bay Area for their safe return to their families.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Car Fire In East Bay Spreads to Hillside A car fire along I-580 in Castro Valley Sunday spread to nearby vegetation; the final evacuation orders from the Oakland hills fire were lifted Sunday evening; and today is the last day to register to vote online in California.
SF News Sunday Links: Kamala Harris Is Taking a Solemn Tone As Election Draws Near Kamala Harris has changed her tune in recent weeks; San Jose's Rotary Club has unveiled a new mobile health clinic; and professional skateboarders made an unexpected appearance in Twin Peaks
SF News Ricky Pearsall to Play Today Against Chiefs, Just 7 Weeks After Being Shot His return likely will help the team better manage the absence of starting receiver Jauan Jennings, who is out this week with a hip injury.
SF News A New Group of Silicon Valley Techies Are Now Trying to Build A North Bay Village The project, named Esmeralda, says it is completely separate from the similar "California Forever" proposal from Solano County.
SF News Saturday Links: Keller Fire 50% Contained, Firefighters Still At High Alert The Keller Fire in Oakland is mostly extinguished; an SF-based nonprofit says it has the "special sauce" needed to fix the Tenderloin; and Muni looks to finally move its software off of floppy disks.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Berkeley Hills Residents Urged to Evacuate Over Fire Risk Evacuation advisories have been released for the Berkeley Hills over fire concerns; Sonoma County's Measure J has led to political ads on milk cartons; and a startup is claiming it can connect people through dreams.
SF Politics Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Endorses Sheng Thao Recall, and Maybe Never Liked Thao That Much Anyway Previous Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf came out swinging in favor of recalling current mayor Sheng Thao on Friday, which may not be surprising, as Schaaf had always endorsed Thao’s rival Loren Taylor.
Business & Tech Feds Probing Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ Mode After Pedestrian Killed, Plus Multiple Other Crashes Amidst several reports of Teslas in “Full Self-Driving” mode having crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one crash that killed someone, a federal road safety agency is now investigating whether the Tesla technology might be to blame.
