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.
SF News Suspect In BART-Shove Killing Charged With Murder The 49-year-old homeless man suspected of pushing a 74-year-old woman into an oncoming BART train Monday night has been formally charged with murder.
Arts & Entertainment You Can Win Outside Lands Tickets By Helping Clean Dolores Park Saturday (Though It Might Be During the Dolores Hill Bomb?) Here’s a nice volunteer opportunity: You can win free tickets to Outside Lands by volunteering to help clean up Dolores Park this Saturday. But it will be sunny with a chance of riots and mass arrests, because the infamous Dolores Hill Bomb might be the same day.
Arts & Entertainment Those Pride Weekend Laser Cannons Will Be Back for July 4th Weekend, But They’ll Be Red, White, and Blue SF skies will be bedazzled with colorful lasers for the second weekend in a row, as the Pride Weekend’s big rainbow lasers will return as big red, white, and blue lasers, Wednesday night and through the rest of Independence Day weekend.
SF News Eviction By Sheriff Near Castro Neighborhood Leads to Shots Fired, SWAT Situation A tense police standoff was unfolding Wednesday afternoon in Corona Heights, near Buena Vista Park, where an eviction was reportedly taking place by the SF Sheriff's Department and the tenant allegedly fired a gun.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flintstone House to Open to Public as Stoneage Omakase, a High End Sushi Pop-Up Well, I didn't see this one coming! The quirky so-called Flintstone House down on I-280 in Hillsborough is going to open to the public for the first time this month as a high-end omakase pop-up with a Michelin-credentialed chef.
SF News Two SFPD Motorcycle Officers Hospitalized After Collision With Car in Potrero Hill A pair of SFPD officers on motorcycles were struck head-on by a car at around 5 pm Tuesday afternoon, with the car reportedly being that of an Uber driver, and both officers and the driver are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF Politics Newsom Heads to Washington For Governors' Meeting With Biden Amid widespread talk of Governor Gavin Newsom being a potential replacement candidate should President Biden decide not to run again in November, Newsom and a group of Democratic governors are headed to D.C. for a Wednesday evening sit-down with the President.
SF News 78-Year-Old Woman Charged With Four Counts of Vehicular Manslaughter in West Portal Crash That Killed Family The tragic March crash that killed a family of four will result in vehicular homicide charges against 78-year-old Mary Fong Lau, who was reportedly driving her SUV at double the speed limit, and in the wrong lane at that.
SF News Fast-Growing Thompson Fire Threatens Oroville, Prompts 28,000 Evacuations A wildfire that began Tuesday morning has grown to over 3,000 acres and is threatening the town of Oroville as it burns up to the edges of California's second-largest reservoir.
SF News Pre-Fourth Headlines: Heatwave May Last Over a Week This heatwave we're having could go on until the middle of next week if not longer; Oakland has been paying out loads of money in settlements over pothole-related injuries; and Brazilian and Colombian soccer fans came together Tuesday at Levi's Stadium.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Heat Wave Keeps Cooking, Wednesday Expected to Be Even Hotter The owners of that dog who attacked a three-year-old boy have spoken publicly; a 78-year-old woman has been charged in the West Portal crash that killed a family of four; and this current California heat wave might produce the hottest temperature ever recorded.
SF News Some Jokers Posted Signs In Union Square Saying ‘Stolen Goods Must Remain Under $950’ These unauthorized signs were apparently real and placed in Union Square, creating a viral uproar among people who believed the signs’ official-looking claim that "stolen goods must remain under $950."
