SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Protesters Say DA Should Recuse Herself A group of authors sues Anthropic over its Claude chatbot; attorneys for 26 protesters charged for shutting down the Golden Gate Bridge are seeking the DA's recusal; and the SF-born oldest person in the world has died.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Major BART Meltdown Started With Smoke at MacArthur There was a smoke situation at MacArthur Station that delayed a lot of BART trains; the late-night honking Waymos are still honking; and Biden says his first goodby at the DNC.
Arts & Entertainment Nicolas Cage Cast to Star In Biopic About… John Madden? Boom! Amazon’s new movie about the life of former Raiders coach, football announcer, and video-game namesake John Madden has cast none other than the prolifically over-acting Nicolas Cage to star in the title role.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two New Restaurants From Chef Brad Kilgore Get Fleshed Out at the Transamerica Complex Things appear to be full steam ahead at the ongoing renovation of the Transameria Pyramid and an adjacent building that is being called Transamerica Three. And it's in that building that Miami-based chef Brad Kilgore is planning two new restaurants, with one being more of a daytime cafe.
SF News Man Charged With Burglarizing FBI Truck In SF, Trading the Stolen Gear for $20 Bag of Meth A man who allegedly stole thousands of dollars of gear from an FBI truck may not have realized the value of the equipment, as his charging documents say he sold a $1,500 ballistics vest from that haul for a $20 bag of meth.
SF News Retail Theft Crackdown Targeting Safeway Stores, Walgreens In SF Yields 61 Arrests San Francisco police have just announced dozens of arrests of retail-theft suspects in what they're calling a "blitz" operation aimed at curbing shoplifting in the city from several stores where they say it is rampant.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg Has Very Strange Statue Commissioned of His Wife I’ve heard of a “trophy wife,” but this is ridiculous — zillionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a towering, seven-foot-tall statue of his wife Priscilla Chan, depicting her in an aqua, sea-foam bluish-green hue.
SF News Man Required Rescue From Sewer Pipe Near Ocean Beach A man ended up trapped in a sewer pipe and calling for help Sunday, and San Francisco fire crews were successfully able to extricate him.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Tesla Semi Truck Catches Fire, Shuts I-80 In Sierra A Tesla electric big rig caught fire on I-80 in the Sierra; San Jose just had its 32nd pedestrian death this year; and it's back-to-school day in SF.
SF News The Bay's Sole Private Island Has Quietly Been Sold Red Rock Island, the San Francisco Bay's only privately owned island, is now off the market, according to real estate site TheRealDeal.
SF News Sunday Links: Union Square Car Crash Leaves Four Hospitalized A car crash in Union Square left four injured; Guy Fieri bought a prize pig at a youth auction; and there has been union-facilitated opioid smuggling in the San Jose police union.
SF Politics Willie Brown Says He'll Sue Trump If He Continues to Tell False Helicopter Story Former SF Mayor Willie Brown is now threatening legal action against Donald Trump over a story he told, involving alleged comments about Kamala Harris, and involving a helicopter having mechanical problems.
crime oakland Oakland Quadruple Shooting Leaves Two Dead Two people have died and two others were critically wounded this afternoon by a gunman, according to the Oakland Police Department. The violence, which authorities say arose from a verbal altercation, occurred somewhere on 83rd Avenue.
SF News Saturday Links: Gov. Newsom Signs Anti-Retail Theft Bill, But Controversy Still Abounds Gov. Newsom signed a bill that aims to crack down on retail theft; an Oakland bookstore that recently burned down has seen an encouraging crowdfunding campaign; and William Shatner is in the Bay Area this weekend.
Bay Area Sports This Weekend Is the Last-Ever A’s-Giants ‘Bay Bridge Series’ Before the A’s Leave Rich with history, the SF Giants and Oakland A’s ‘Bay Bridge Series’ will play out its final iteration on Saturday and Sunday, as the A’s will play in Oakland for only another six weeks.
SF News Major Shen Yun Exposé: Dancers Not Allowed to Get Treated for Medical Injuries, Paid Only $12,000 a Year The NY Times just dropped a massive exposé on our favorite butt of jokes Shen Yun, but there’s nothing funny about the fact that the troupe is sitting on more than $250 million, while paying its dancers $12,000 a year and forbidding them from getting medical treatment.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Thrive City to Thrive Some More This week on the SF food scene, Fikscue Craft Barbecue and Kayah by Burma Love are coming to the Chase Center's Thrive City, and The Brixton is revamping its food menu.
SF News Plea Deal Comes In Case of Murdered Oakland Maintenance Man; Trial to Come For Second Suspect A Sacramento man has pleaded no contest to the January 2023 murder of Julio Chavez-Montoya, a 63-year-old building maintenance man who lived in a downtown Oakland office tower.
SF News 24-Year-Old Jogger Attacked by Black Bear in Sierra Nevada, But Lives to Tell There was a very rare black bear attack on a human being on Monday in Tuolumne County, but the 24-year-old jogger who suffered the attack has since reportedly been released from the hospital.
SF News Special SFPD Unit Seizes Multiple Cars Linked to June Sideshow In San Francisco This spring and summer have been part of a very active season for sideshows on both sides of the Bay. And while some communities are passing new laws to crack down on these stunt-driving events, SF police have just seized several vehicles they say took part in one particularly wild sideshow in June.
SF News Digital, Smartphone Driver’s Licenses are Coming to California Allegedly “in the coming weeks,” you’ll be able to upload your California driver’s license and present it digitally in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, that is, if you consider getting your ID out of your wallet to be some terribly time-consuming task.
SF News Woman Killed In Solo Rush-Hour Crash on I-280 In Daly City A woman was killed after crashing into a tree along I-280 in Daly City on Friday morning.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Park Fire Reaches 49% Containment The Park Fire is now 49% contained; BART's board just voted on a contract to build a big new BART Police headquarters in Oakland; and San Jose State has converted a hotel in San Jose into a dorm.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Will Let You Put Your Driver's License on Apple Wallet or Google Wallet Renowned local chef Dominique Crenn’s Paris restaurant has closed after just a year; Mark Farrell got the highly coveted firefighters’ union endorsement in the mayoral race; and you’ll soon be able to flash your ID on Google Wallet or Apple Wallet.
SF News SF City Attorney Sues the Websites That Are Cranking Out AI Deepfake Pornography The first government lawsuit against websites and apps creating deepfake AI nude images of people is coming from right here in San Francisco, as City Attorney David Chiu is suing the top 16 purveyors of fake nude images created without the subjects' consent.
