SF News Former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Announces Run For City Council In his latest bid to regain a position in city government, former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong has announced that he is now running for a city council seat in November.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Sheriff's Excercise Involving Pepper Spray Sickens Elementary School Students A San Francisco man was arrested in Pacifica for burglarizing businesses; an SF Sheriff's Dept. exercise involving chemical agents impacts kids at a nearby school; and Shasta Lake has filled up for the second year in a row.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo Welcomes Three New Baby Bison A new French bistro has opened in the Castro’s former Catch space; Noe Valley businesses are up in arms over some upcoming street construction; and three new baby bison are now strolling with their herd at the Oakland Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theatre’s New Cocktail Bar Plans Coming Together, Supervisors OK Their Liquor License Request It’s still up to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control whether Another Planet Entertainment gets the liquor license they want for the Castro Theatre, but the SF Board of Supervisors recommended they do so, and we got a look at their application.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] North Beach's Park Tavern to Be Reopened Former Partner In Restaurant, With Original Chef The ex-husband of Park Tavern owner Anna Weinberg, James Nicholas, has signed a lease to take over the restaurant's space in North Beach, and it will be reborn as Park Tavern this fall.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Matt Haney’s ‘Cannabis Cafe’ Bill Cruises to State Assembly Approval Assemblymember Matt Haney’s latest attempt to bring Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes to California just overwhelmingly passed the state Assembly, and hopes to avoid getting vetoed by Gavin Newsom as it was last year.
SF News House Fire Near Alamo Square Potentially Linked to Racist Threats A house fire that broke out on the same block as the famed Painted Ladies gutted a two-unit building, and it happens to be the home of a longtime neighborhood dog-walker who was recently targeted with racist threats.
Business & Tech Can We Talk About How Creepy and Meta It Is That OpenAI Made a Voice Assistant That Sounds a Lot Like Scarlett Johansson? Did OpenAI think it was cool to try to turn 'Her' into reality with the help of voice actor Scarlett Johansson?
Business & Tech Pixar Hit With Layoffs Affecting 14% of Its Staff As parent company Disney pushes for budget cuts, Pixar Animation Studios is going forward with some previously announced layoffs, primarily impacting staff working on series production for Disney+.
SF News 13-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Fatal Stabbing at San Leandro Safeway A 13-year-old boy is facing murder charges over a fatal stabbing that occurred at the San Leandro Safeway on Bancroft Avenue, and San Leandro police arrested the young suspect while he was at school.
SF News [Update] USF Starts Clearing Gaza Encampment, Protesters Mad Because They Claim They Said They’d Leave Willingly There is a clear difference of opinion between the University of San Francisco and the last remaining Gaza encampment protesters there, as the protesters agreed to move out on Monday, but the university started hauling their tents anyway.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Turbulence Kills One and Injures Dozens On Singapore Flight One person died in a fiery crash in Fremont this morning; over 70 people were injured and one man died on a Singapore Airlines flight in a severe turbulence incident; and Half Moon Bay farmworkers are getting a payout.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Falcon Name Finalists Now Up For Vote OpenAI is pulling a voice chat assistant that sounded a lot like Scarlett Johansson; the only queer bar in the FiDi is finally reopening; and four sets of finalists have been named in the voting contest to name the newest brood of peregrine falcon chicks at UC Berkeley.
Business & Tech Waymos Waylaid In Their Lot After Robbery Suspects Ram Into One at 14th and Folsom An unoccupied Waymo was reportedly hit in a hit-and-run collision early Monday just outside the Waymo dispatch lot at 14th and Folsom streets, and the suspects had apparently just stolen a car in SoMa.
SF News Report: SFPD Skirting SF’s Facial Recognition Ban by Just Farming Requests Out to Other Police Departments A new report in the Washington Post says the SFPD is still using the facial recognition tools that it was banned from using five years ago, by just sending requests to other cities' police departments that are still allowed to use those tools.
SF News Nearly Entire Staff at Bay Institute Up and Quits Over a Book Being Published Without the Authors' Consent An academic controversy has torn apart the 43-year-old environmental nonprofit the Bay Institute, with nearly the whole staff quitting because the president is publishing a book against their wishes.
Arts & Entertainment Bradley Cooper, José Andrés, and Cameron Diaz Among the Celebs Confirmed for BottleRock Culinary Stage The Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage will once again host a bevy of celebrities and celebrity-chef talent throughout the upcoming BottleRock weekend in Napa.
SF News Feds Pony Up $3.4 Billion for Caltrain Extension to Salesforce Transit Center, Which Is Now Being Called ‘The Portal’ The high-speed rail expansion connecting the Fourth and King streets Caltrain station to the Salesforce Transit Center just got a major boost, as the Federal Transit Administration just kicked down $3.4 billion to make the project a reality.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Giant ‘Dune’ Sandworm Wins the Day at Bay to Breakers, Amidst Many Other Hilarious Costumes The San Francisco Sunday morning tradition of Bay to Breakers reared its drunken head again for the 113th annual running of the race, with Dune, Barbie, and Tesla Cybertruck-themed costumed ridiculousness packing the streets.
SF News Man Ejected From Vehicle Located on Remote Sonoma County Cliff After Car's Crash Alert A seriously injured driver was rescued Sunday after his vehicle's crash-alert system notified authorities of the location of his car, which had gone off a cliff on the Sonoma County coast.
SF News David DePape to Be Resentenced Due to Federal Judge's Error, Sentence Unlikely to Change David DePape, the 44-year-old man convicted in the October 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi and sentenced last week in federal court, will see another sentencing hearing later this month due to a court error.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Downtown Oakland Shooting Leaves One Dead A 36-year-old man was shot while driving in downtown Oakland early Monday; one block in the Marina sees the city's most calls about blocked driveways; and Sam Altman says he can't eat out in public anymore.
SF News Sunday Links: Wildfire on Yerba Buena Island Stops Bay Bridge Traffic for Two Hours Saturday Afternoon Firefighters responded to a grass fire in an uninhabited part of Yerba Buena island around 2:30 p.m. Saturday; there's a new exhibition on puppets at the SF Public Library; and a Bay Area grandma swam from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands.
bay to breakers Get Ready for Bay to Breakers Takeover: All the Street Closures to Expect this Weekend The street closures you can expect from the starting line at Howard and Main all the way to the Great Highway at Ocean Beach.
SF News Saturday Links: Horseback Riding in Golden Gate Park Shut Down After Allegations of Mistreatment of Animals The SF Parks Department revoked the permit for the company providing horseback riding services at Golden Gate Park; a 78-year-old SF man with dementia is missing; and the Transamerica Pyramid is undergoing renovations.
