SF News SF Steps Up Homeless Encampment Sweeps This Week — Will Homeless Just Ping-Pong to Other Blocks? San Francisco's ever-shifting strategy to address the crisis of homelessness shifts again this week to an aggressive effort to clear encampments off of streets and push individuals to accept shelter and/or substance abuse treatment.
SF News After Many Waymo Near-Collisions at School Crossings, Mayor Breed Vows to Hold Waymo's Feet to the Fire An NBC Bay Area report in May detailed that 25% of SF school crossing guards said they or their school children had nearly been hit by self-driving Waymos, and now Mayor Breed is promising to hold the Google subsidiary more accountable.
SF News Park Fire Arson Suspect Charged, Investigators Say He Was Drunk at Time of Fire's Start The Chico man suspected of sparking the Park Fire last week, which has burned over 380,000 acres of Northern California, has now been charged with felony arson and arson with aggravating factors.
SF News Popular Bookstore on Oakland's College Avenue Destroyed By Fire An early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a popular bookstore on College Avenue in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood, and displaced five people who lived upstairs.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SFPD Mourns Unexpected Loss of 29-Year-Old Officer A nine-year veteran of the SFPD, Luciano Ortega, died unexpectedly Sunday; a body found in the Oakland estuary is being considered a suspicious death; and "White Men for Harris" raises $4 million in one fundraising call.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Completes Sale of Coliseum The City of Oakland has completed the sale of its share of the Coliseum; a suspect was arrested for allegedly lighting brush fires on I-880 with a blowtorch; and Waymo has way more cars on the road than they did a few months back.
SF Politics JD Vance In Palo Alto Monday Night for Big-Bucks Trump Fundraiser Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be in the Bay Area for a fundraiser Monday night, with tickets as much as $50,000 per couple, but you can pay your admission in crypto.
SF Politics Trump-Like Rhetoric at Mark Farrell Event Raises Eyebrows, Farrell Quickly Disavows Host’s Remarks The host of a recent Mark Farrell fundraiser in the Marina went off on SF for “lawlessness and wokeism,” a description Farrell called “pretty compelling.” But now Farrell says he disagrees, and Mayor Breed is taking him to task.
Bay Area Sports The Giants Mark Midseason Fourth In NL West, But the Talent Is Shining Through Your San Francisco Giants have shown some promise after the All-Star break, despite the 53-55 record. It still may not be promise of being a playoff contender, given they are fourth in the National League West, and eighth in the Wild Card standings.
SF News Retrial Begins for Man Accused of Intentionally Setting 2021 Hopkins Fire In Mendocino County You may recall Mendocino County’s 2021 Hopkins Fire, which destroyed more than 250 acres and nearly 30 homes, and now a 23-year-old man is on trial for the second time for allegedly starting it, after his first trial was declared a mistrial.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Dorsey, Mayor Breed, Propose 'Cash Not Drugs' Plan to Encourage Sobriety A San Francisco Supervisor has some new proposed legislation that would pay an extra $100/week incentive to city welfare recipients if they are in substance-abuse treatment and succeed in staying clean.
SF Politics Elon Musk Shares Altered Deepfake Video of Kamala Harris, as Silicon Valley Bigwigs Go to War Over 2024 Election Twitter/X owner Elon Musk’s latest volley in the 2024 presidential campaign is a completely fake doctored video of Kamala Harris, clearly intended to deceive people, as the Trump-Harris election has Silicon Valley’s wealthiest tech bros at each other’s throats.
SF News Park Fire Continues Northward March, Threatens Shasta County Town About to enter is sixth day, the Park Fire in Northern California has now scorched over 562 square miles, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles, and it is the sixth-largest wildfire in recorded California history.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Term Limits for the Supreme Court? A 15-year-old girl was fatally shot in Hayward; the Point Fire in Contra Costa County is now 92% contained; and President Biden is set to give remarks about a push for term limits and stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court.
SF News Sunday Links: Delays and Disruptions In BART System Following Electrical Fire BART service was stopped at four Oakland stations and there were delays throughout the system extending into Sunday; the Park Fire is now 12% contained; and SF health officials are advising indoor masking again.
SF News Now the Bay Area Has Its Own Fire, as Point Fire in Contra Costa County Grows to Nearly 500 Acres There were evacuations Friday in Bay Point and Concord, as the Point Fire in Contra Costa County grew to more than 470 acres, but was 40% contained as of Saturday.
SF News Saturday Links: SF Marathon Set to Bring Street Closures, 31,000 Pavement-Pounding Runners This Weekend The Park Fire has now exploded to cover more than 300,000 acres; the minor league Oakland Ballers have a player revolt on their hands; and road closures galore loom for Sunday’s San Francisco Marathon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo Hauling Car Vandals Into Court The accused shooter in the Mission District barbershop shooting appears in court; two people were killed driving off a cliff at Devil's Slide; and Waymo is dragging the tire slasher and other vandals right to court.
Bay Area Sports New SF Giants Promotions Include VIP Cuervo Seats, Plus $1000 Championship Jackets There’s a new contest where you could win four VIP seats into Giants games from Cuervo tequila, and the Giants are also pushing commemorative jackets from their last World Series title, for about a thousand bucks.
SF News Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Gives First Public Interview, Says Musk Is ‘In a Ketamine-Fueled Haze’ Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s 20-year-old trans daughter, gave her first public interview following Musk’s attacks on her in a recent interview, and also took to social media to say that Musk is (zing!) “in a ketamine-fueled haze.”
SF News Park Fire Grows to 180,000 Acres, 134 Structures Confirmed Destroyed After barely 48 hours, the massive Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties has grown even more massive, adding tens of thousands of acres to its footprint every few hours.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Saison's New Wine Bar Makes a Splash In SoMa Saison's new SoMa wine bar has opened, a new Greek spot lands in the TenderNob, and Napa is getting its first Kansas City-style smokehouse and barbecue.
SF Politics Sheng Thao’s Boyfriend Also Had Phone Seized in FBI Raid, Questions Swirl About His Role in Her Administration We’re learning that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's boyfriend also had his phone seized amidst last month’s stunning FBI raids, and while that doesn’t mean he’s a target of the investigation, he sure seems to have some nebulous but powerful role in her office.
SF News SF Fire Chief Retiring After Five Years Due to 'Medical Issues' San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson announced Friday that she will retire at the end of next month due to “unforeseen medical issues.”
SF News Man Fatally Shot In Mission District Following Brawl Near 16th Street BART A 20-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening near the 16th and Mission BART station in SF's Mission District, in the second shooting to occur in that vicinity in two weeks.
