SF News Woman In Viral Hayes Valley Bar Fight Video Was Arrested For Public Intoxication, Has Now Lost Job The very public shaming that has followed a Santacon weekend video of an extremely drunk and belligerant patron, and her date, engaging staff and fellow patrons in physical fights at Hazie's in Hayes Valley, has culminated for now in the woman being fired from her job.
Business & Tech California Might Ban Tesla Sales for 30 Days Over Deceptive ‘Autopilot’ Marketing A state judge ruled that Tesla can’t sell or manufacture cars in California for 30 days over false advertising claims about their ‘full self-driving’ mode. But the California DMV cut Tesla some slack, giving them 60 days to fix the ads.
SF News Castro Dog Dad Seeks Public's Help In Finding Dognapped Frenchie, Hank A man's French bulldog was stolen outside of a Castro bar last week and remains missing, and the dog's owner is seeking help from the public in locating the dognapping suspect.
Arts & Entertainment YouTube to Become Exclusive Broadcaster of the Oscars, Starting In 2029 The Academy Awards will be departing network television and heading to YouTube under a new deal struck with the Alphabet-owned, San Bruno-based company, marking a major shift for the nearly 100-year-old awards show.
SF News You May Want to Leave Early For Xmas Travel as Storm Takes Aim at Bay Area Next Week A quintessential Pineapple Express plume of moisture coming from Hawaii, aimed at the Bay Area, is likely to bring significant rainfall early next week. And anyone who was planning to travel Sunday or Monday for the Christmas holiday may want to consider contingency plans.
SF News Allegedly Drunk Driver Stops at Hercules Fire Station to Ask for Directions, Promptly Gets Arrested for DUI An Oakland man stopped at a Hercules fire station to ask for directions, and staff quickly surmised he was drunk, and also driving on a license suspended for a previous DUI. Oh, and they also found a baggie of meth in his sock.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Approves $103M In Budget Cuts Oakland's school board approved vague cuts totaling $103M but faced criticism from one board member; a former Kohl's in Fremont could become an H Mart; and Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is set to make his first court appearance in LA.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car on BART Tracks in Castro Valley Causing All Manner of Evening Commute Problems A giraffe at the Oakland Zoo has died; Mayor Lurie is giving condo owners a lucky break on their new sprinkler requirement; and a car on the BART tracks has halted BART traffic into the Castro Valley station.
Business & Tech Sam Altman Posts Slutty AI Photo of Himself as Fireman to Promote ChatGPT Images 1.5 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is now maybe taking a page out of Elon Musk's and Trump's playbook, and posting a cheeky AI-generated photo of himself as a sexy calendar firefighter to Xitter.
Arts & Entertainment SF Might Name an SF Street After Claude the Albino Alligator, and You Can Help Pick Which Street The late albino alligator Claude now has a City Hall effort afoot to name a street in Golden Gate Park after him, and there's a public poll to help decide which street will become “Claude the Albino Alligator Way.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video of Drunken Tirade and Physical Assaults at Hayes Valley Bar on Santacon Day Goes Internationally Viral A drunken tirade and ensuing scuffle involving a San Francisco woman and her boyfriend and what appears to be the entire staff of Hayes Valley restaurant-bar Hazie's has now made it to TMZ.
SF News Los Gatos 'Party Mom' Shannon O'Connor Finally on Trial After Multiple Delays, Rejected Plea Deal Yes, infamous Los Gatos "party mom" Shannon O'Connor, whose case involving supplying teenagers with alcohol and coercing them into sex dates back almost five years, is finally facing trial.
SF News Feds Arrest Four People for Allegedly Plotting a New Year’s Eve Bombing Attack in Southern California This FBI image claims to show four people testing bombs they allegedly intended to detonate at “multiple US companies” on New Year’s Eve, but all four were arrested and taken into federal custody this past weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Looks Like the Bay Lights Will Be Coming Back On In March 2026, Though Maybe a Little Later The famed Bay Bridge LED installation the Bay Lights is expected to be lit back up again in about three months, which will not be in time for the Super Bowl, but will expand the dazzling illuminated display to both sides of the bridge.
SF News Faith Leaders Arrested After Dozens Chain Themselves Outside SF Immigration Court A group of protesters from interfaith groups arrived Tuesday in the predawn hours outside the federal facility at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco where immigrants arriving for immigration court dates have been summarily swept into detention facilities since May.
SF News Three People Stabbed on SF's Sixth Street, Suspect Arrested There was a triple stabbing Monday night on Sixth Street in San Francisco's South of Market area, and all three victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SUV Crashes Through Front of Redwood City Store A BMW SUV crashed through the front of an ACE Hardware store in Redwood City Monday evening; San Ramon saw another small earthquake this morning; and there will be no more free parking meters on Sundays in Oakland in the new year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Explosion at Gas Station Rocks Mission District An explosion occurred Monday afternoon involving an underground gas tank at the Shell station at 16th and Guerrero; there was a swarm of small earthquakes centered near The Geysers this morning; and the LAPD has confirmed son Nick Reiner was "responsible" for his parents' deaths.
SF News 11 People Hospitalized With Injuries After Cable Car Accident on Nob Hill 15 passengers were injured Monday when a cable car on California Street came to an abrupt stop, and 11 people were taken to the hospital, though it does not seem that any of the injuries were serious.
SF News Heads Up, BART Fare is Increasing by 6.2% Starting on January 1, 2026 Wait, didn’t BART just raise their fares on January 1 this year? Yes they did, and they’re going to do it again on January 1, 2026, the second consecutive New Year’s Day fare increase for the cash-strapped transit system.
Arts & Entertainment Prolific Local Gingerbread Artist Recreates SF's Iconic Painted Ladies Talented and painstaking San Francisco gingerbread artist Peter Williams creates ever more ambitious architectural wonders out of gingerbread every year, and this year's is no exception.
SF Politics Federal Court Hearings Start Today For Republican Attempt to Overturn Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 Redistricting After voters overwhelmingly approved Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot measure last month, Republicans are looking for a do-over in court to halt the new maps, as the GOP fears a blowout in the 2026 midterm elections.
SF News Families In Homes Destroyed By Gas Explosion Identified, Three Remain Hospitalized The East Bay family living in a home where a gas explosion occurred Thursday has been identified by family members who say they "lost everything they owned" in the blast.
SF News ‘Straight Outta Hunters Point’ Filmmaker Kevin Epps Found Not Guilty of 2016 Murder, But Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter In a packed SF Superior Court room, SF filmmaker Kevin Epps was found not guilty of the murder of his one-time brother-in-law, but was still found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, which comes with a three- to eleven-year prison sentence.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Couple Behind Dalida to Open Elevated Mexican Spot, Maria Isabel, In February The married team of Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, who opened the hit Mediterranean spot Dalida in the Presidio in 2023, have now revealed details about their second project, which we first learned about earlier in the year.
