Business & Tech Report: Hidden Cameras Rampant in Airbnb Units, Sexual Predators Allowed to Keep Hosting A new CNN report finds that Airbnb is receiving thousands of complaints a year about creepy hosts using security cameras to record their guests' intimate moments, and the company has allowed sex offenders to keep hosting, or even become “Superhosts.”
SF News South Bay Water Board Seeks to Make It Illegal to Camp Along Creeks, Waterways In the latest legal gambit to address homeless encampments in the Bay Area, the board of directors of Santa Clara Valley Water wants to make it illegal to camp in or along any of the 300 miles of creeks and waterways it manages.
SF News Orange Smoke Haze Could Be On Its Way to the Bay Area; Also, Inland Areas to Get More Extreme Heat This Week Another round of heat is coming Wednesday after a brief respite, though San Francisco won't feel too much of it. And wildfire smoke from far Northern California could end up hazing our skies as well.
Bay Area Sports Video: Stars Come Out for Willie Mays’s Celebration of Life at Giants Ballpark Everyone from Spike Lee to Bill Clinton to Barry Bonds and plenty more came out Monday for a star-studded two-and-a-half-hour tribute to the late Giants great Willie Mays at Oracle Park, paying a joyful homage to the “Say Hey Kid.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink And Just Like That, the Flintstone House Sushi Pop-Up Is Shut Down By Hillsborough's Town Council SFist called it last week when the story came out about a high-end omakase pop-up at the quirky Flintstone House down in Hillsborough: Sounds like owner Florence Fang, or the team working on the pop-up, did not seek any permits for this.
Sponsored Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka Set to Dazzle at Greek Theatre In what's shaping up to be a monumental sonic encounter, Another Planet Entertainment has announced the musical pairing of Grammy-winning artists, Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka. The event is slated for October 17, 2024, at the revered Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
SF Politics SF’s Moderate Candidates Duke It Out at Debate Peskin Skipped Because He Figured It Was Rigged Monday night saw another SF mayoral debate, this one largely dominated by the topics of crime and homelessness, but Aaron Peskin refused to show because he felt the organizers already had the fix in for Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie.
SF News Two Men Die By Drowning In Russian River In Four-Day Span Beware the deceptively strong underwater currents in the Russian River, because two young men have drowned in recent days while just trying to enjoy themselves and cool off in the river's waters.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Mother Grieves Second Child Lost to Gun Violence There is new information about a May 3 incident that may be linked to the unfolding Oakland scandal that ensnared the mayor; an Oakland mother talks about losing a second child in three years to guns; and those 13 teenage hikers near Tahoe have reunited with their families.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Rescued From Boat Fire Near Redwood City Two people had to be rescued from a boat fire in the Bay this afternoon; the Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County is threatening Neverland Ranch; and a White House press briefing turned into a shouting match today about Biden's health.
SF News Suspect Arrested In Fatal Shooting of Dacari Spiers, Victim In Notorious 2019 SFPD Brutality Case One man has been arrested for killing the central figure in a high-profile 2019 police brutality case that dominated SF headlines during the Chesa Boudin days, as SFPD has arrested a 43-year-old man for the June fatal shooting of Dacari Spiers.
SF News Toddler Dies After Fall Out of Mission District Apartment Window A 15-month-old boy who fell from a third-story window in the Mission District last week has died from his injuries.
SF News Large Blaze at Civic Center Residential Building Injures One, Displaces Three The charging of an electric scooter was apparently to blame for a one-alarm fire at Leavenworth and McAlister streets Monday morning, and while the blaze was out within an hour or so, one person was hospitalized and three more people were displaced.
SF News Two Conservative East Bay School Board Members Who Banned the Pride Flag Get Recalled A recall election last week decided the fates of two school board members in the Sunol Glen Unified School District who were elected during the pandemic, and they're out.
SF Politics Ninth Circuit Clears Way For San Francisco to Resume Encampment Sweeps Although the removal of homeless encampments had not completely stopped in San Francisco, a panel of federal appellate judges just ordered an injunction to be lifted that clears a legal hurdle to the city's efforts to clear illegal encampments.
SF Politics Sheng Thao’s Romantic Partner Now Appears Ensnared In FBI Investigation, Too The Oakland City Attorney may have some insights into what’s being investigated after the FBI raid on the mayor’s home, and Sheng Thao’s partner has been named. Oh, and a karaoke club with alleged drug sales and human trafficking just entered the scandal.
SF News BART Murder Suspect Undergoes Psych Evaluation, Misses Court Date A man accused of shoving a woman into a BART train last week and causing her death was missing from a scheduled court appearance Monday morning due to hospitalization.
SF News Royal Fire Near Lake Tahoe, Possibly Caused By Escaped Campfire, Burns 170 Acres A wildfire burning in the forest near Royal Gorge, west of Sugar Bowl and southwest of Truckee, has grown to 169 acres after breaking out Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two SF Giants Just Got Named to This Year’s MLB All-Star Team We have some new details on the Channing Tatum movie that’s been shooting near Golden Gate Park; a couple dozen East Bay parks that were closed for the heat wave have reopened; and the SF Giants just got a pitcher and outfielder named to the NL All-Star team for next week’s game.
SF News Dolores Hill Bomb Happens Despite Police Blockade, Moving One Block Over to Church The skaters and their fans would not be deterred on Saturday, and instead of doing the traditional hill bomb on the Dolores Street hill between 19th and 21st, they just bombed down Church Street from 20th.
SF News Sunday Links: Schiff Says Biden Must 'Win Overwhelmingly' or Step Aside Rep. Adam Schiff became the first California Democrat to publicly cast doubt on Biden's run; the heatwave has basically broken in San Francisco; and some hikers needed rescue from a cliff in Daly City.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Woman Killed In Oakland's Uptown A 29-year-old SF woman was fatally shot in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood Friday night; the SFPD continues to say they will prevent the Dolores Hill Bomb from happening; and a Lake County man was arrested for sparking a fire with his weedwacker.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New French Bistro Arrives In Downtown SF Bruno Chemel's Le Parc Bistrobar debuts near Union Square, Joyride Pizza opens on the Embarcadero with cocktails, and West Portal has a new Italian wine bar from the former La Ciccia team.
SF News Day After Independence Day Hangover Links: California Forcing Permanent Water Cutbacks Starting in 2027 Fourth of July fireworks brought mayhem to the Mission and grass fires to the East Bay; a large new wildfire near Yosemite has burned nearly 800 acres and forced evacuations; and California will be imposing strict new water restrictions starting in 2027.
SF News Independence Day Headlines: One Suspect Charged In Lake Merritt Shooting The heatwave has now been blamed for one death in the Bay Area; a 15-month-old child was critically injured falling out of a Mission District window; and one suspect has now been charged in the June 19 Lake Merritt shooting.
