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.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Tickets Still Haven’t Sold Out, Just Ten Days Before Event It’s the first time in 14 years that Burning Man hasn’t sold out before the event, and tickets are still available with T-minus ten days until the gates open, after last year’s mucked-up nightmare where people couldn't leave.
SF News 70 Misdemeanor Cases In SF Being Thrown Out Over Lengthy Delays; Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Blame Judges A raft of criminal cases, at least one of which involves the death of two pedestrians in San Francisco, are being tossed out after an appellate court ruling that chided the city's courts for still using the pandemic as an excuse for unconstitutional trial delays.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Shakes' 50th Anniversary Season Saved By Last-Minute Fundraising Drive A September production of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' is full-steam ahead at the California Shakespeare Theater, after an emergency fundraising drive launched in July succeeded in covering a $350,000 budget shortfall.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Famed Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City to Close, Amidst Don Ed Hardy’s Ongoing Health Issues The renowned 47-year-old tattoo parlor Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City will be closing at the end of 2024, as its legendary founder Don Ed Hardy is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
SF News Former Go-Go Dancer and Adult Film Performer Sentenced In 2017 Killing of Boyfriend In Hayes Valley A man who was accused of murdering his boyfriend inside the apartment they shared in Hayes Valley in late 2017 has taken a plea deal, and he's been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
SF News Woman Vows to Sue SFPD For Violent Jaywalking Arrest That Left Her With a Concussion, Separated Shoulder A mother of five was roughed up in a recent jaywalking arrest, and now there’s video of the incident, so she says she's going to sue SFPD for leaving her with a concussion and a separated shoulder.
SF News Rome-Bound Flight Out of SFO Diverts For Second Day In a Row There's been some bad luck on nonstop United flights to Rome out of SFO this week, with two now having had to divert after takeoff for different reasons.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Body Found Near Potrero Avenue CHP officers found a body Wednesday night not far from SF General; the SF firefighters' union is backing Mark Farrell for mayor; and Colin Kaepernick is apparently thinking about becoming an NFL coach.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alamo Drafthouse Opening New Bay Area Location Tech giant Cisco is laying off around 6,000 employees; Nancy Pelosi says she is losing sleep over the fact that President Biden is mad at her; and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is opening a new location in the Bay Area.
SF Politics $20 Billion Bay Area Affordable Housing Bond Killed Off at Last Minute, As It Seemed Unlikely to Pass What would have been the biggest housing bond in California history has already been yanked off the ballot three months before the election, and Bay Area voters will not be voting on a $20 billion affordable housing bond in November’s elections.
SF News East Oakland Residents Create Their Own Renegade Barriers to Stop Sideshows, City Promptly Removes Them Tired of sideshows and reckless driving, residents of Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood put tires filled with rocks and dirt in their streets as a deterrent. The City of Oakland quickly removed them.
SF News SF Sees Lowest Number of Overdose Deaths In a Single Month Since 2020 It's a promising sign for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in San Francisco, as for the second month in a row the city counted a decreasing number of unintentional drug overdose deaths.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nopa Chef Opening New Counter-Service Seafood Restaurant at Ferry Building Nopa chef-owner Laurence Jossel is teaming up with fishmonger Joe Conte to open a new seafood restaurant and fish market at the Ferry Building, and it's called Nopa Fish.
SF News Woman Shot and Killed in Oakland Identified, Was Mother of Eight Confronting Alleged Drug Dealers We now know the identity of the woman who was fatally shot in East Oakland last Wednesday, as 33-year-old mother of eight Maria Ramos was shot while attempting to confront a group of alleged drug dealers.
SF News Suspect In San Mateo Stabbing of Woman That Was Streamed on Facebook Deemed Incompetant to Stand Trial The Pacifica man accused in the July 2023 stabbing of a woman inside an apartment in San Mateo has been declared mentally incompetant to stand trial.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Moves Forward With Plans For Davies Expansion, Even Though They Have Budget Problems Despite a current budget shortfall, the San Francisco Symphony is nonetheless contemplating a major redesign and expansion of Davies Symphony Hall in the coming years.
SF News Two-Alarm Wednesday Morning Fire Displaces Nearly 40 Residents in Oakland Chinatown While the two-alarm fire on Oakland’s Ninth Street was contained pretty quickly after starting around 5:30 am Wednesday morning, the building no longer has power, and 38 residents are currently without a place to live.
SF News Humpday Headlines: United Flight Bound for Rome Diverted to Sacramento A Rome-bound flight out of SFO was diverted to Sacramento for unknown reasons; a person was fatally shot on Wood Street in Oakland; and SF political figure Jon Jacobo has been released from jail to house arrest.
