The Empty Homes Tax that SF voters approved in 2022 is in limbo because landlord groups sued, but Supervisor Jackie Fielder wants to explore possible amendments allowing the city to collect the tax if the courts allow it prior to their final decision.
Hillsborough police are offering a $100K reward for information about a shooting suspect; Gavin Newsom is interviewing Steve Bannon on his podcast; and the Union Square Nintendo store now has an opening date.
The SFPD has moved its Mobile Command Unit No. 2 from Civic Center to 16th & Mission; staff at SF's regional Dept. of Education office for civil rights enforcement was locked out today; and a $20K reward is being offered in a case of a sea lion beheading in Bodega Bay.
The March Madness “Sweet Sixteen” and “Elite Eight” games will be at the Chase Center in two weeks, and you might want to jump on the single-game tickets that are currently $200-$2,500, as those prices are likely to absolutely skyrocket.
The $15 million renovation of the Castro Theatre has now ballooned to a $35 million renovation, and this news comes on the heels of learning that the theater’s reopening will be delayed by anywhere from four to six months minimum.
A 26-year-old San Francisco man is in jail after being charged with 24 counts including second-degree commercial burglary and petty theft, in connection with 21 separate incidents at Walgreens and CVS stores.
A Richmond man has been charged with murder in a January shooting that left a 42-year-old man dead, and the victim was reportedly a romantic rival of the suspect.
Here’s the latest from the department of government inefficiency: the Van Ness Tesla showroom that’s been the site of Elon Musk protests also lacks its permit approvals, though it seems the Department of Building Inspection just dropped the ball.
San Francisco firefighters responded to Pier 14 Wednesday morning after a report of a body found in the Bay.
It's not your imagination. You're hearing the term "atmospheric river," which was not a thing on weather reports a couple decades ago, much more often each year in part because these weather events are happening more often.
Both Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee were sharp and well-prepared for Tuesday night’s Oakland mayoral debate, and both crafted arguments that somehow the other was the bigger enabler of the alleged corruption under former mayor Sheng Thao.
A woman was stabbed and left with life-threatening injuries Tuesday evening on a T-line Muni train in San Francisco's Bayview District.
Police are seeking a male suspect in a brutal beating outside the Castro Theatre; DOGE cuts are shutting down the Bureau of Land Management office in Ukiah; and the China Beach bathhouse renovation is finally getting underway.
Scott Peterson got roughed up in a prison fight; the stock market had another dismal day under Trump; and Eli’s Mile High Club may have to shut down after the city forced them to close off their back patio.
Japantown’s Korean spa Imperial Day Spa is the latest bathhouse facility with an uproar over where transgender patrons fall in its gender policy, though right before a planned Monday protest, the spa announced it would just go with customers’ chosen gender identity.
Plans for a residential tower at 10 South Van Ness Avenue have just gotten slightly taller as permit applications were just filed, and the building has grown by over 100 units since the last plans we saw in the fall.
The Highway Patrol’s investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.
Lord Stanley, the Upper Polk restaurant that returned to form two years ago after a pandemic spent doing takeout and hosting pop-ups, has announced its closure — in part because its latest chef is leaving town.
The newest places you can catch Waymo robo-rides are the Silicon Valley cities of Los Altos, Palo Alto, and Mountain View, which makes sense, as Waymo was born in Mountain View.
Stonestown Galleria has scored another win that is all but guaranteed to draw crowds, and that's a Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers location, the first to arrive in San Francisco.
A new office tower, which would be the first to be built in the Financial District since 2018 and would include the first five-star hotel to be constructed in the city in three decades, is moving along at 530 Sansome Street, with a developer who's bullish about downtown's future.
Just days before the Great Highway is set to become a full-time car-free zone, a new lawsuit is trying to hit the brakes on the car-free conversion, saying that last November’s Prop K vote was unlawfully placed on the ballot.
A group of student athletes is suing Sonoma State over the decision to cut athletics programs; arson is suspected at Phil Lesh's former San Rafael venue Terrapin Crossroads; and Santa Clara County health officer Dr. Sara Cody is retiring.
Much like she did getting out ahead of the race for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat in early 2023, former Congresswoman Katie Porter is jumping ahead of presumed candidate Kamala Harris in announcing her bid for the governor's office in 2026.
Two Sonoma County schools were locked down after a reportedly "credible threat' from a parent Monday morning; Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor have raised similar sums in the Oakland mayor's race; and Beauty Bar in the Mission is finally reopening.
