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'Equipment Issue' Leaves 36,000 San Mateo Households and Businesses Without Power
A power outage was impacting a whole lot of people in San Mateo Thursday morning, and its cause is still a mystery.
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Business & Tech
SEC Gets In Parting Shot at Elon Musk, Sues Him For Swindling Investors by Hiding His Twitter Shares Purchase
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing Elon Musk of cheating shareholders out of $150 million by not disclosing his secret 2022 purchase of 10% of Twitter shares, as was legally required.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Fillmore Safeway, Nearly Depleted of Goods, Set to Become Desolate Eyesore for Likely Years to Come
With no definitive development plan on the table and zero city approvals, the Fillmore Safeway property is set to shutter on February 7 — if not sooner, because deep discounts have led to the store being almost emptied out of anything to sell.
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The Winter COVID Surge Did Not Materialize This Year, or At Least, It Hasn't Yet
Both the Bay Area and the whole nation are enjoying the lowest mid-January positive COVID testing rate in four years, and no discernible winter surge, though experts caution the surge could just come late.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: East Bay FBI Probe Lands at San Leandro Councilmember's Home
The FBI served a search warrant Wednesday at the home of a San Leandro city councilmember; Santa Cruz will decide about rebuilding that collapsed section of wharf by April; and Nancy Pelosi says she will not be attending Trump's inauguration.
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Day Around the Bay: Suspect Arrested In Marin After Dramatic Chase
Video shows a dramatic chase that ended with some wrong-way driving on 101 in Marin; an annual report on the economic health of cities shows bad news for SF; and three Hollister High students were killed in a crash Tuesday night.
Business & Tech
Walgreens CEO Admits Locking Up Items Was a Mistake: ‘When You Lock Things Up… You Don’t Sell as Many of Them’
On a quarterly earnings call, the CEO of Walgreens conceded that putting items behind lock and key has hurt the company’s sales, because no one wants to shop in a store where even the toothpaste is behind glass.
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Car Crashed Into Front of Dovre Club Wednesday Morning, But Bar Insists They Will Reopen ‘Soon'
A two-car accident resulted in a car ramming into the front of the Valencia Street bar Dovre Club. But the repair job is already well underway, and staff insist the bar will reopen “soon,” possibly even this week.
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Dozens of Shelter Pets Coming to SF SPCA From Los Angeles; Puppy Adoptions Currently Free
The San Francisco SPCA is getting ready to receive 30 dogs and cats from Southern California shelters that have been impacted by the wildfires there, and they are hoping to get more dogs adopted this week to make space.
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Mother of East Bay Girl Killed In Freeway Shooting Wants Stiffer Charges for Three Suspects
The three suspects linked to an April 2023 freeway shooting in the East Bay that took the life of a five-year-old girl were scheduled to appear in court in Alameda County Wednesday.
SF Politics
Elon Musk Repeats Tall Tale That SF Twitter Employees Were Threatened By Axe Murderer, SFPD Says It’s All Bunk
Dark MAGA’s premier San Francisco antagonist Elon Musk repeated his constantly changing story that his SF employees were threatened by an axe murderer, and that SFPD did “nothing.” SFPD points out that no such thing was ever reported to them.
SF Politics
Lurie Rolls Out Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance, But Supervisors’ Dissent Already Brewing
New SF Mayor Daniel Lurie introduced his "Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance" on Tuesday, but there’s already some pushback, as it hands out no-oversight money to department heads to create potential for Mohammed Nuru-type self-dealing.
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East Bay 'Scholar-Activist' Pleads Guilty to Firebombing UC Berkeley Police Car
An activist who appeared to be going on a spree of arson and fire-bomb attacks on the UC Berkeley campus last summer in protest of the university's treatment of pro-Palestinian activists now faces prison time for terrorism.
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Crocker-Amazon and Daly City Border Deemed the Only 'High' Fire Risk Areas in San Francisco
While SF's dense construction and cooler, often foggy climate doesn't seem particularly prone to the kinds of wind-driven wildfires we've seen devastate parts of Sonoma County, and now LA, there are a couple of areas that experts have pointed to as being moderate- and high-risk for fire.
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Humpday Headlines: Israel and Hamas Reach Ceasefire Deal
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal that includes the release of some hostages; 15 candidates are looking to replace Pamela Price as DA in Alameda County; and Biden readies his farewell address.
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Day Around the Bay: Tuesday Morning Tenderloin Apartment Fire Blamed on Scooter Battery
The death toll now stands at 25 in the Los Angeles-area wildfires; a man was shot and killed at an East Oakland encampment; and a scooter battery is being blamed for causing a Tuesday apartment fire at Ellis and Hyde streets.
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Mother’s Car Ends Up Trapped in Vallejo Gunfight, Four-Year-Old Daughter Seriously Injured
A mother driving in Vallejo found her car unwittingly in the middle of a gunfight Sunday night, when her four-year-old daughter was hit by a bullet, and is now in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Oakland.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Quince the Restaurant and Quince the E-Commerce Site Have Settled Out of Court
In a follow-up to a story from a year ago, we're learning that Michelin three-starred San Francisco restaurant Quince quietly dropped its legal fight against SF-based e-commerce company Quince.com, but the financial details are not public.
Arts & Entertainment
Brace Yourselves: SF’s NBA All-Star Game and Chinese New Year Parade Are on the Same Weekend In Mid-February
Get set for ramped-up security, surge pricing, price-gouging, and throngs of crowds, as both the Lunar New Year Parade and the NBA All-Star Game are in SF the same weekend February 14-16, and will double-team SF for perhaps the biggest tourism weekend in years.
SF Politics
Bay Area Japanese-Americans Warn About Trump Using Racist Law For Mass Deportations
Japanese Americans in the Bay Area and beyond are understandably upset about Donald Trump talking about reviving a 227-year-old law that was used to round up and incarcerate their relatives during World War II.
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Oakland 15-Year-Old Charged With Killing Neighborhood Father After Stealing His Son’s Scooter
A 15-year-old East Oakland teen allegedly shot and killed a father who confronted him for stealing his son’s scooter on the day after Christmas, and Oakland Police arrested and charged that 15-year-old on Monday.
Business & Tech
Meta to Lay Off Around 3,600 More Employees as It Faces 'Intense Year,' Zuckerberg Says
Fast on the heels of Meta's announcement that it is curtailing a significant subset of its social media operations — namely content moderation — the company says it is also going to trim its workforce by 5%.
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Man Allegedly Fires Gunshots at Muni Driver Near Oracle Park, Promptly Gets Arrested
A male suspect opened fire on a Muni driver at about 6 am Monday morning near the Fourth and King Caltrain station, though the driver was not hit by the gunfire, and the suspect was pretty quickly apprehended.
SF News
Tuesday Morning Topline: Fire Danger Worsens In Los Angeles
Winds are intensifying today in the LA area, creating more fire potential; the Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth is ongoing; and the family of a Berkeley man killed by police is suing.
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Day Around the Bay: DOJ Sues Airbnb Over Hosts With Anti-Child Policy
The DOJ is suing Airbnb over a policy that allows hosts to ban children under 12; a Kentucky man is accused of a road-rage incident over another driver's high beams in San Mateo; and a look back at SF's last mega-rich mayor.