SF News 24-Year-Old Woman Charged With Intentionally Running Down and Killing Vacaville Police Officer The Vacaville Police Department is mourning the loss of 32-year-old Officer Matthew Bowen, who was struck from his motorcycle and killed last week by a woman who was not only allegedly intoxicated, but is also accused of intentionally running Bowen down.
SF Politics Elon Musk, Now All In For Trump and Pledging $180M to a Republican PAC, Will Get to Use X to Do Trump's Bidding Maybe it's all because he has a trans kid who won't speak to him, or maybe it's because it's not macho to vote Democrat anymore because fuck democracy. But Elon Musk has now gone all in for Trump, and that's further reason to feel doomed about this election.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Netting Finally Complete There was a ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of the suicide-prevention nets on the Golden Gate Bridge; new CA law prohibits school policies about informing parents of pronoun changes; and more on the Ellie Lorenzo case.
SF News Day Around the Bay: One-Year-Old Boy Who Initially Survived Shooting In Alameda Has Died The one-year-old boy who survived his father's alleged shooting rampage in Alameda last week has died from his injuries; the elderly man who killed a cyclist with his car in SF will not serve any jail time; and 49ers great Jerry Rice told a reporter at a golf tournament, "I will f--- you up!"
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Entertainment to Throw Free Concert on Sunday In Embarcadero Plaza Fulfilling their agreement with SF to put on three free concerts in the city this year, Another Planet Entertainment is doing just that at Embarcadero Plaza, with a daytime electronic music show from the Dirtybird kids on July 21.
SF Politics SFMTA Wants to Put a Bike Lane in Chinatown, Chinatown Leaders Not at All Happy With the Idea Right after the SFMTA’s embarrassing need for a do-over on the Valencia Street bike lane, the agency is now pushing for a bike lane in Chinatown. But Chinatown community groups don’t want it, and say the idea “just doesn’t make sense.”
SF Politics SF Mayoral Candidates Keep Wanting to Be Seen Around Firefighters, Fire Department Reportedly Getting Sick of It All five major candidates running for Mayor of San Francisco are putting on a full-court press chasing the SF firefighters’ union endorsement, but the candidates’ very frequent visits to local fire departments may be burning their chances of winning brownie points.
SF Politics JD Vance, a Onetime San Francisco Venture Capitalist Who Compared Trump to Hitler, Is Named as Trump's Running Mate As the Republican National Convention gets underway in Milwaukee, and as President Trump prepares to give a video address to discuss the attempt on his life Saturday but purportedly trying to deliver a "uniting" message, he has just formally announced his pick of running mate: Ohio Senator JD Vance.
SF News One of the Two Marin County Men Imprisoned for a Cop Killing In Rome Released to House Arrest After Appeal The long, complicated saga of the two young men from Marin County who found themselves at the center of an international crime story five years ago has resolved, in part, for one of them — but this isn't making the victim's wife very happy.
SF News In Goodwill Gesture, Gavin Newsom Sending More Than 60 State Police to Republican Convention In the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Governor Gavin Newsom is sending five dozen Highway Patrol and state police officers to help keep the calm at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
SF Politics Trump Flags Come Out in Lafayette After Assassination Attempt on Trump A small rally covered a Lafayette highway overpass with Trump flags and a small handful of Trump supporters, with Saturday’s attempt on Trump’s life continuing to resonate across the Bay Area.
SF News Woman Fatally Shot In Oakland Saturday Identified By Friends as Local Rapper Tan DaGod A 27-year-old woman who was reportedly shot and killed at a grand opening party for a beauty supply shop in North Oakland has been identified as up and coming local rapper Tan Da God.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Trump Documents Case Thrown Out That Trump-appointed judge in Florida has dismissed the classified documents case against him; a crash in Contra Costa County leaves one dead; and lawsuits have come to light from UCSF lab workers near the Hunters Point Shipyard.
SF News Sunday Links: Missing Fremont Girl Found Dead The missing three-year-old from Fremont, Ellie Lorenzo, was found dead in San Jose; Nancy Pelosi condemns the assassination attempt on Trump; and Steve Garvey traveled to Israel for some reason.
SF News Saturday Links: Three-Year-Old Fremont Girl Missing After Death of Father A three-year-old girl from Fremont is missing after her father was found dead in SF; the Alameda man who killed his family made a court appearance; and Dr. Ruth has died at age 96.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Laurene Powell Jobs Just Bought a $70 Million SF House Billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs just set a real estate record on Billionaire's Row; smoke from a laptop caused a plane evacuation at SFO; and a fire in West Oakland displaced 20 people and left one person dead.
Business & Tech World’s First Commercial Hydrogen-Powered Ferry Spotted on the Waters of the SF Bay Today A ferry boat fueled entirely by hydrogen and oxygen hit the waters of the Bay Area Friday morning, and the zero-emissions boat will start carrying passengers on July 19, free of charge for the first six months.
SF News Heat Wave in Santa Clara County Now Blamed for 19 Deaths Since July 1 The temperatures have been above 90 degrees pretty much every day of July in Santa Clara County, and the marathon heat wave is believed to be responsible for 19 people dying from the heat there since July 1.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Ceviche and Po'Boys and Oysters, Oh My Oakland's Temescal has a new oyster bar, Cow Hollow sports bar Final Final has new owners and will be getting a slight makeover, and a new ceviche and michelada shop is opening next week in the Bayview.
SF News Pac Heights Getting Speed Bumps to Deter Sideshows, Because Yes, There Are Sideshows in Pac Heights A rash of recent sideshows in the tony neighborhood of Pacific Heights has led the city to install speed bumps to prevent the motor mayhem at Divisadero and California streets.
SF News As Rainbow Family Camp Departs, Hippies Say It's Not Cool How California Treated Them This Year A confluence of factors, including heightened fears and risks of wildfires in a national forest that has seen several devastating ones in recent years, led to an outsized response from local and federal authorities to the arrival of the Rainbow Family campout this year.
SF News Marin County Kid Who Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini During Crazy Crime Spree Granted Parole After 12 Years The kid, now a 29-year-old man, who rappelled into a luxury car showroom in San Francisco in 2011 and drove off with celebrity chef Guy Fieri's yellow Lamborghini, and then later fired a gun at romantic rival, was granted parole on Thursday.
Business & Tech Elon Musk’s Twitter/X Now Looking to Sublease Entire Market Street Headquarters It could be a sign of financial trouble for Musk’s Twitter, and it’s definitely a bad sign for downtown SF’s office space recovery, that the social media company just put all 800,000 square feet of its Ninth and Market headquarters up for sublease.
SF News Charges Filed Against Suspected BART Station Kidnapper On Friday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that charges had been filed in the case of an alleged kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl that took place at a BART station last week.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: AT&T Customers' Cell Records Exposed In Breach All AT&T cell customers likely had their call and text records breached; that Australian businessman found in an SF hospital may not have met with any violence after all; and California's mountain ranges could see dry lightning strikes this weekend.
