Business & Tech Zoox to Begin Testing Their Funny Looking Robotaxis In SoMa Amazon-owned robotaxi concern Zoox, which is the only autonomous vehicle company to date that has put purpose-built taxis on the road that don't have steering wheels or driver's seats, is rolling out more test vehicles on the streets of SF.
SF News Prop K Has Passed, Whether Sunset District Residents Like It or Not An SF debate that’s been raging since early in the pandemic has just been settled at the ballot box, as a two-mile stretch of the Great Highway will indeed go car-free, because the measure Prop K now has enough votes to pass.
SF News One Person Fatally Shot In or Around Historic Roadside Bar In Sonoma County A person was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Ernie's Tin Bar, a small, 101-year-old bar at a crossroads in rural Sonoma County, just outside Petaluma, famous for its prohibition of using cellphones inside.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Nancy Pelosi Visits Glide Nancy Pelosi made an appearance at Glide Memorial Church's Sunday service; Oakland Unified announced the mergers of 10 schools; and there was a Dev Patel lookalike contest in Dolores Park.
SF Politics Dean Preston Concedes SF District 5 Election His loss reflects a recent rightward swing throughout the city, where moderate candidates have found success across the ballot at the expense of progressives.
SF News Peskin-Authored Prop E Passes with 52% of Vote The measure will create a task force to study potential ways San Francisco could cut down its byzantine network of commissions, which will have a study period lasting up to two years.
SF News Struggling 49ers Secure Win Over Buccaneers in Closing Seconds The San Francisco 49ers clinched a 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this afternoon, thanks to a clutch field goal from kicker Jake Moody.
SF News Sunday Links: Prop K Passes, Despite Opposition of Sunset Residents Prop K passed, despite protests from Sunset District residents; Supervisor elections remain tight; and a new state climate regulation could increase gas prices dramatically.
SF News Eight-Hour Standoff in Antioch Ended in Arrest on Friday The Antioch Police Department, in a statement posted on Facebook earlier today, said that officers were initially dispatched in response to a reported domestic incident around 3:45 pm.
SF News Saturday Links: Peskin Lost Mayoral Race, But Scored Victories Elsewhere Aaron Peskin won't be Mayor, but he still has wins from this election; Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo tried to kill a story critical of a political ally; and the first Biden-Trump transition meeting will happen Monday.
SF Politics Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Recalled, and So Is DA Pamela Price, as the Chronicle Is Calling Both Races With the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao leading by a massive percentage, and in the absence of anyone else making the call, the SF Chronicle is calling the race for the recall proponents. Same, too, for the recall of DA Pamela Price.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chan, Mahmood Pull Ahead In SF Supervisor Races Connie Chan took the lead and Bilal Mahmood expanded his lead in their respective races for SF Supervisor; Pleasanton Police seized 11 pounds of marijuana; and President Trump had some harsh words on Truth Social for Gavin Newsom.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: A Fancy Wine Tasting Spot Reopens, and the Fillmore Gets a New Soul Food Spot Nia Soul Cafe opens in the Fillmore, a new Mexican-Italian spot has arrived at the Transit Center, and three holiday-themed Mistletoe bar pop-ups are popping up in different neighborhoods in December, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment The First Tahoe Ski Resort Is Open, and the Rest Have Announced Their (Approximate) Opening Dates Pow! The powder of Mount Rose ski resort officially opened to skiers for the season Friday, and a flurry of other ski resorts have announced their prospective opening dates for the weeks to come.
SF Politics That Prop L Rideshare Tax to Fund Muni Looks Unlikely to Pass, Because Another Measure Cancels It Out The tax on rideshares that was supposed to help dig Muni out of its deficit is cruising to a big win, but will probably never take effect, because it conflicts with the Prop M business tax measure which is winning by even more.
Arts & Entertainment Broadway Vet Carolee Carmello Makes a Phenomenal 'Kimberly Akimbo' at the Curran Theater The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2023, Kimberly Akimbo, is already on tour. And in an opening night performance at San Francisco's Curran Theater on Thursday, star Carolee Carmello brought down the house in the hard-to-pull-off lead role.
Arts & Entertainment That ‘Let’s Glow’ Holiday Projection Mapping Display Is Indeed Coming Back Downtown for 2024 “The largest holiday projection mapping festival in the country" is returning to downtown San Francisco for the fourth consecutive year, and this year will have a boozy open-container party for one night of its ten-night run.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi Regrets There Was No Open Primary, Points Finger at Biden For Not Stepping Aside Earlier The blame game among Democrats had already begun Tuesday night as election returns began signaling a return to power for the outraged orange egotist. And House Speaker Emerita has already given an interview to the New York Times revealing her feelings.
SF Politics Daniel Lurie Sweeps Into Mayor’s Office Promising ‘Change,’ But It’s Unclear What His Administration Will Look Like The Mayor-Elect of San Francisco Daniel Lurie is still a walking question mark in many respects, but there are some educated guesses on how the wealthy heir and nonprofit executive is going to govern and try to fulfill his campaign promises.
SF News Police Arrest SF Man After Gunfire Incidents Near UC Berkeley, Discover Arsenal In His Home The Berkeley Police Department has arrested a San Francisco man in connection with multiple shooting incidents on October 26 in which no one was reportedly injured. And when they served a warrant at his home, they found a lot of weapons.
SF News Former Mr. Bungle Musician Theobald Lengyel Gets 25 Years to Life for Girlfriend's Murder Theobald "Mylo" Lengyel was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in Santa Cruz Superior Court for the December 2023 murder of Alice “Alyx” Herrmann at her home in Capitola.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: CHP Surge Extended In Oakland Governor Gavin Newsom has extended the CHP surge effort to battle crime in Oakland; an arrest has been made in a vehicular homicide in Fairfield; and the FBI is investigating a wave of racist text messages.
SF Politics London Breed Concedes Mayoral Election as Lurie Maintains Lead In Ballot Update; D1 Race Is Dead Even Daniel Lurie continued to have a comfortable lead in the ranked-choice tally for San Francisco mayor, and while incumbent Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin made some small gains, Breed announced she has already conceded the race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chronicle Projects Jackie Fielder Has Won the District 9 Supervisor Seat More than 10,000 people have been evacuated amidst the Mountain Fire in Ventura County; the prosecution rested in the Bob Lee stabbing trial; and Jackie Fielder is being projected as the winner for Hillary Ronen’s supervisor seat.
SF News Alleged Hayward Drunk Driver Leads Highway Patrol on 90 MPH Chase With Four-Year-Old In Car Today’s Darwin Award nomination goes to a woman allegedly driving in Hayward at twice the legal DUI limit, going 90 miles an hour, and apparently had her four-year-old daughter in the car at the time.
