SF Politics SF City Hall Cancels Contracts With Nonprofit That Had Improper Spending Scandal After the director of a city commission was found to be directing taxpayer-funded contracts to a man she lived with, City Hall officials have found what appears to be more self-dealing, and canceled their contracts with a controversial nonprofit.
Business & Tech Yes, Instagram Is Down, and So Are Other Meta Apps The Luigi Mangione memes have officially broken the internet. Meta was experiencing some sort of major "disruptions" Wednesday morning, which were causing outages on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Messenger.
SF News Fillmore Safeway to Close In Eight Weeks, Cites Shoplifting as Issue The beleaguered Safeway in the Fillmore, the planned closure of which was announced almost a year ago, now has a final closing date, and the company won't be negotiating this time.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Marin Child May Have Gotten Bird Flu From Raw Milk A child in Marin County with suspected bird flu may have gotten it from raw milk; a teacher in a Benecia school is facing trial for molesting children; and Kimberly Guilfoyle has been nominated as ambassador to Greece.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cruise Robotaxis Are No More, as GM Abandons Robotaxi Business Another day has passed with no Nima Momeni verdict; some hateful graffiti hit a Jewish student center; and GM is giving up the ghost on Cruise robotaxis and abandoning that line of business.
SF Politics Is This Why the FBI Raided Sheng Thao’s Home? Filings Allege High-Rollers Traded Campaign Donations for City Contracts A new set of filings allege that a recycling company and a security firm funneled nearly $300,000 to a Sheng Thao political operative in exchange for lucrative city contracts, and now that political operative may have flipped and could be cooperating with the feds.
SF Politics Adam Schiff Sworn In to Senate, Says He Doesn't Need Pre-emptive Pardon From Biden Congressman Adam Schiff is now Senator Adam Schiff, as he was officially sworn in Monday to cover the balance of the late Dianne Feinstein's term. And he says he doesn't just want to be known as a thorn in Trump's side.
SF News Accused Serial Killer David Misch Tells Odd Tale of Selling Cocaine to Woman Found Dead In 1986 Accused murderer David Misch may or may not have done himself any favors in taking the stand in his own defense Tuesday, in a murder trial that has been ongoing for six weeks, stemming from the deaths of two young women in 1986.
SF News SF on Track to See the Lowest Number of Homicides In 64 Years as 2024 Comes to a Close It looks like 2024 will be the year with the fewest murders in San Francisco since all the way back in 1960, as the city is three weeks away from likely recording its lowest homicide rate in 64 years.
SF News Healthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Was Reported Missing In San Francisco This Fall The suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, was thought by his mother to be living in San Francisco earlier this year, though it's not at all clear that he ever did.
SF Politics Oakland City Council Weighing Drastic Cuts as $130 Million Deficit Looms Layoffs, pay cuts, and reductions to the police and fire departments are all on the table in Oakland, as the City Council looks for ways to slash the city's budget as they confront a deficit of nearly $130 million.
Bay Area Sports Another Pickleball Dispute Arises Between Downtown SF Condo Owners and Fitness Club The "noise pollution" created by outdoor pickleball courts has once again made the local news, as a condo association in downtown San Francisco has filed a lawsuit over pickleball noise.
SF Politics Santa Clara Vice Mayor Resigns After Being Found Guilty of Perjury In 49ers Scandal A sitting Santa Clara City Council member and Vice Mayor of the city, Anthony Becker, was just found guilty of lying under oath about an illicit favor to the San Francisco 49ers ownership. He’s now stepped down, and he’s got prison time to worry about.
Arts & Entertainment Reinstallation of 'The Bay Lights' Has Begun on the Bay Bridge, Full Display Back This Winter Work to reinstall a new set of even-more-weatherproof LEDs for the 'Bay Lights' art piece on the Bay Bridge — the third time that the work has been installed since its initial debut in March 2013 — is now underway.
SF News Pedestrian Crash on Highway 101 Near SFO Snarls Early Morning Traffic A crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on northbound 101 near San Francisco International Airport left the pedestrian dead and all northbound lanes shut down for several hours early Tuesday.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Administrator Takes Over Alameda County DA's Office Royl Roberts, Pamela Price's administrative second-in-command, has temporarily taken over the Alameda Co. DA's office; that shattered BART entrance glass in downtown SF still isn't replaced; and gusty winds took down a large tree in Berkeley last night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former SF GOP Chair Named By Trump to Civil Rights Post Former SF GOP Chair Harmeet Dhillon has landed herself a plum post in the Trump Justice Department; the Bay Area Syrian community is celebrating the fall of the Assad regime; and a 5.8M earthquake on the Nevada border could have been triggered by last week's quake off the coast.
SF News 17-Year-Old Arrested After Crashing Truck Into Discovery Bay Security Booth, Killing Guard A 62-year-old security guard is dead, and his colleague seriously injured, after a teen crashed his truck into the security booth of a gated community late Friday night, and the teen driver is facing vehicular manslaughter charges.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink La Mediterranee Staying Put on Fillmore After All, With Lease Extension After Bout of Uncertainty The fate of 45-year-old Middle Eastern restaurant La Mediterranee was up in the air after a new controversial landlord on a buying spree bought its Upper Fillmore building, but the restaurant and owner jointly announced a four-year lease extension for the legacy business.
Arts & Entertainment ACT's 'A Whynot Christmas Carol' Deconstructs a Dickens Classic, to Evocative Ends There is no definitive stage version of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol,' just as there is no one definitive film version. And though ACT had a faithful and well loved version of its own that it staged for over 40 years, the company decided it was time for a change.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pebble Beach Food & Wine Announces Lineup of Celeb Chefs, Ticket On-Sale Dates Rub elbows with Giada De Lauretiis, Maneet Chauhan, Jonathan Waxman and others at Pebble Beach Food & Wine in April 2025, with ticket pre-sales beginning today.
Arts & Entertainment Original Singer of 'Golden Girls' Theme Makes Surprise Appearance at 'Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes' In SF 'The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes,' an annual tradition from a quartet of SF drag queens going back 17 years, returns this holiday season in much fancier digs than where it began. And Friday's opening included a surprise guest.
SF News Woman Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries After Fall From LUMA Hotel in Mission Bay A woman fell or leapt from the 17-story LUMA Hotel in Mission Rock Saturday afternoon in what police currently believe was a suicide attempt, though she instead appears to have crashed into an awning and suffered life-threatening injuries.
SF News Man Arrested In Connection With Healthcare CEO Slaying Spent Time In Bay Area A man whom New York police are describing as a "strong person of interest" in last week's murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been arrested in Pennsylvania and identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione.
SF News German Shepherd Gives Birth to Seven Puppies on SF Whale Watching Boat An SF whale watching boat tour took an unexpected direction Sunday morning, as the boat’s resident German shepherd suddenly went into labor and produced seven little puppies as the boat was setting sail.
