SF News Fresh Heatwave on the Way, Maybe Not as Hot as Last One Another heatwave is taking shape that will bring more triple-digit temperatures to some inland areas, especially toward Sacramento and the Central Valley, and it should be pretty nice in the city for that Dirtybird rave on the Embarcadero.
Business & Tech Salesforce Work-From-Home Party Is Over, Employees Required to Be in Office Three to Five Days a Week SF’s largest private employer Salesforce is bringing the hammer down on its pajama-clad workers who’ve gotten used to remote work, as the company will start requiring employees to work three to five days a week in the office, and they’ll be monitoring security badge scans.
SF Politics Billionaire David Sacks Takes His Turn Bashing San Francisco at RNC It wouldn't be a Republican convention — hell it wouldn't be a day at Fox News — without someone using "San Francisco" as a symbol for all that is wrong with Democrats and the Left. And at this year's Republican National Convention, it was billionaire David Sacks's turn at the podium.
SF News Doctors and Users Explain Why Fentanyl Users Are Hunched Over So Often We’ve all observed the tell-tale sign that someone is high on fentanyl in that they’re bent over and frozen in the so-called “fentanyl fold,” and a new Chronicle report speaks to medical experts and users about why this happens.
SF Politics Now Adam Schiff Is Calling For Biden to Drop Out Representative Adam Schiff, who is running for one of California's Senate seats in November, is joining the small but growing chorus of Democrats calling on Biden to step out of the race.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Supervisors at War Over Police Pension Ballot Measure San Jose police have confirmed that the father is a suspect in the death of three-year-old Ellie Lorenzo; SF supervisors Hillary Ronen and Aaron Peskin are at odds over a ballot measure; and friends of Tan DaGod say she was targeted in Saturday's shooting.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers’ Star Receiver Brandon Aiyuk Demands to Be Traded The Sunset Night Market is getting ready to double in size; a big political fight just broke out between Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Aaron Peskin; and the 49ers’ leading receiver Brandon Aiyuk has requested a trade amidst a contract standoff.
SF News SFPD Seeks Suspect Who Violently Attacked Disabled Person After Harassing a Waymo Vehicle A person SFPD described as "cognitively impaired" suffered a fractured skull in a recent late-night attack where the suspect also tried to start a fight with a self-driving Waymo, and the police are seeking the brown-haired male suspect seen here.
SF News Spec House In Russian Hill, Bought By Sam Altman For $27 Million, Declared a 'Lemon' In New Lawsuit A house that notably sold well below a sky-high asking price in 2020, designed by a renowned SF architect but heavily renovated to the point that the developer was fined by preservationists, is now the subject of a new lawsuit because of its many reported defects.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Claims He’s Moving X Headquarters to Texas, Because He’s Mad About a New Trans Rights Law Just days after we learned that Xitter is trying to sublease its entire mid-Market headquarters, Elon Musk says he’s moving the company to Texas, and claims it’s because of a new California law about the rights of trans kids.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Huge New Food Hall From Momofuku Alum Coming to Presidio Tunnel Tops A large restaurant space in the Presidio Tunnel Tops park that has been sitting empty has found a taker, and it's an alum from the acclaimed Momofuku restaurant group.
SF News Strict New Wildfire Law Might Ban Plants and Bushes Within Five Feet of Homes in Wildfire-Prone Areas California fire officials are considering implementing a sweeping ban on bushes, brush, or any combustible materials within five feet of homes in areas considered high risk for wildfires.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Slanted Door Space In Ferry Building to Become Big New Destination Restaurant and Bakery From Sorrel Team There's a taker for the prominent anchor restaurant space at the Ferry Building that was officially vacated by The Slanted Door this spring, and it's a new concept from the Michelin-starred team behind Sorrel.
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.
