SF News Bombshell Testimony Comes Three Weeks Into Murder Trial of Former Mr. Bungle Band Member Theobald "Mylo" Lengyel has been on trial since September 4 for the December 2023 murder of his girlfriend, Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, in Capitola. And this week, a witness took the stand who only reached out to prosecutors after reading about testimony in the trial so far.
SF News BART’s New ‘Evasion-Proof’ Fare Gates Apparently Not Completely Evasion-Proof The supposedly unjumpable new BART fare gates are certainly deterring fare evasion, but some determined scofflaws are still finding ways to get through them without paying.
SF News SF Man Identified as Dead Three Years Ago Turns Up Alive, Family Is Flabbergasted The SF Medical Examiner's Office declared a 50-year-old Tenderloin resident dead of an overdose in May 2021, sending his daughter the man’s ashes. But it turns out those were someone else’s ashes, the man was still alive, and the family is going through quite an ordeal.
SF News In Murder Trial of Bob Lee Stabbing Suspect Nima Momeni, Defense to Claim Lee Had 'Flash of Aggression' The much anticipated trial of Nima Momeni for the April 2023 murder of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee is getting ready to begin, and the defense team has laid out more of their argument for why they say their client is innocent.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Stabbed In SoMa A man was left with life-threatening injuries after a Tuesday night stabbing on Natoma Street in SF; a Pleasanton woman has been charged with her boyfriend's murder over a year after it occurred; and a landmark clock on Market Street is in need of serious repair.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tonight’s Full Harvest Moon Will Also Have a Partial Eclipse It’s the 165th Anniversary of the original Emperor Norton declaration; Oakland police arrested a journalist covering an encampment sweep; and tonight’s full moon will come with plenty of extra magic (if we can see it).
SF Politics Leaked Document Reveals the Secrets of Billionaire-Funded TogetherSF, of ‘That’s Fentalife’ Fame The local pressure group and political action committee TogetherSF has $17 million of SF Standard owner Michael Moritz’s money and an agenda to stoke rage and “community dissatisfaction,” according to internal documents that were just leaked to the press.
SF News Supervisor Ronen Proposes City Fund to Pay Workers Ripped Off by Wage Theft Around 14,000 SF workers get stiffed by wage theft every year. Supervisor Hillary Ronen just introduced one of her last proposals before she leaves office, which would be a $500,000-a-year fund to pay workers who never got paid by their employers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Korean Steakhouse From Globally Prolific Chef Coming to Union Square A Korean steakhouse with a location in Los Angeles, ABSteak, from acclaimed chef and Iron Chef America competitor Akira Back, is opening in Union Square's Hotel Fusion next month.
SF News SF City Attorney Files for Injunction to Immediately Stop Oakland Airport's Use of Its 'Confusing' New Name The City of San Francisco has now filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against the Port of Oakland over the name change of Oakland Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
Business & Tech Instagram Tightens Up Protections on Teen Accounts, Adds Major Restrictions for Users 16 and Under After years of criticism over online bullying, ads that stoke depression, and predators chasing teens on the platform, Menlo Park-based Instagram is tightening up the controls over what teens can see when they log in.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Cliff House Won't Reopen This Year Due to 'Unanticipated Repairs' Some unexpected infrastructure problems with the Cliff House building have caused a delay in its reopening, and the new operators are now aiming for 2025 to reintroduce their new concept for the place.
SF Politics Sheng Thao Will Skip Tie-Breaking Vote on City Contract to Business Associate of Possible FBI Probe Target Confronted with the very messy optics of steering millions of dollars to someone whose business partner may be a target of the very same FBI investigation that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may be a target of, Thao is choosing to merely duck the vote.
SF Politics Trump Panders to Libertarians, Says He'd Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Donald Trump is again making promises to constituents that he may or may not keep, believing it's politically expedient to tell some libertarian crypto bros that he would pardon Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if he became president again.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Bolinas Beach Closed Due to Human Waste A woman was killed Friday after falling out of a vehicle doing donuts in San Jose; Pleasanton police catch suspect with loaded ghost gun; and most of Bolinas Beach is closed due to an urgent public health concern.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Rolls Out Fleet of Mobile Security Cameras SF just rolled out some new mobile security cameras for "high-crime zones"; two planes crashed in mid-air in Tahoe; and the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair just celebrated its 45th edition on Sunday.
SF Politics Guy Who Bought Kamala Harris’s Old SoMa Condo Now Renting It Out on Airbnb The former South of Market home of presidential nominee Kamala Harris has now been transformed into a Kamala Harris-themed Airbnb, though it will cost you a minimum of $6,000 to stay there.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Corgi Con Celebrated Its 10th Anniversary Saturday at Alameda County Fairgrounds A couple thousand corgis and their human companions unleashed corgi magic at the Alameda County Fairgrounds for the tenth anniversary Corgi Con Saturday, and made short work of many different contests where they competed fur prizes.
SF News 50 Years Ago Today, BART's Transbay Tube Opened For Business It's been 50 years since BART began shuttling passengers under the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco. And with a recent seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube complete, the agency is celebrating the big anniversary today.
SF News Man Rushed to Hospital After His Leg Gets Trapped Under a Muni Bus A man somehow ended up with his leg trapped under a Muni bus at Geary and Masonic over the weekend, and was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Protesters Gather at SF Hall of Justice as Golden Gate Bridge Gaza Protesters Appear In Court Some of the 26 individuals who are facing criminal charges stemming from a Tax Day protest in April that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours made court appearances on Monday, and were joined by activists protesting their prosecution.
SF News Dreamforce Kicks Off Tuesday With Celebrity Speakers, Largest Crowd Since 2019 Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference, which these days is all about AI, is set to bring in about 45,000 attendees when it kicks off Tuesday in SoMa, which is the biggest crowd it's had since the pandemic.
SF News SFUSD Delays School Closure Announcement Until Sometime in October Wednesday was going to be the big day when the SF Unified School District would announce which schools they’re going to close. But in a surprising Sunday afternoon statement, they said they’re putting off that announcement “until October.”
SF News One Person, Two Cats Rescued In Tenderloin Apartment Fire One person and two cats had to be rescued from a fire escape Sunday evening after an accidental kitchen fire spread inside a top floor apartment in SF's Little Saigon neighborhood.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Suspect In Second Attempted Assassination of Trump Was Known to Media Ryan Routh, the suspect arrested for possibly trying to assassinate Donald Trump, was a known, passionate supporter of Ukraine; Salesforce gives money to SF schools for AI education; and Jane's Addiction cancels reunion tour after onstage fight.
