SF News Mike Tyson’s Celebrity-Branded Marijuana Gets Recalled Statewide Because It Has Mold In It Another black eye for boxer Mike Tyson’s attempt to become a marijuana mogul, as the California Department of Cannabis Control has ordered a statewide recall of two of his “Undisputed” cannabis flower products.
SF News Legal Mission Street Vending Site Being Shut Down for Lack of Customers When City Hall banned vending on Mission Street, it offered two alternative sites for legal vendors. But now the city is shutting one of them down, because no one ever goes there.
SF News SF Man Charged With Hate Crime Over Attack on Three Chinese-American Nonprofit Workers A racist provocation in Russian Hill was caught on video that showed three Chinese-American nonprofit workers being harassed by a passerby, and the passerby now faces assault and hate crime charges.
SF News COVID Hospitalizations Hit Historic Low In California Given how life has been going the past few years, it would be unwise to declare anything with certainty like, "The pandemic is finally, truly over." But the hospitalization stats in California show that COVID isn't what it used to be.
SF News Someone’s Trying to Make a San Francisco-to-LA Overnight Train Happen Again There’s another attempt underway for an SF-to-LA overnighter that would compete with airline travel, this time a train service, which has made progress on getting access to the existing train tracks the trip would require.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Minnie Bell's Soul Movement Opens Next Week In the Fillmore Get ready for rosemary fried chicken and the gooiest mac and cheese when acclaimed East Bay chef Fernay McPherson debuts the first San Francisco location of Minnie Bell's Soul Movement next week.
SF News Here's Why a Two-Story Houseboat Was Being Towed Across the Bay This Week A two-story house — actually a houseboat — was seen floating across San Francisco Bay during Monday's solar eclipse, and it captured the imagination of many who wondered where it had come from and where it was headed.
SF News Lower Nob Hill Mosque Vandalized, Congregants Harassed At Least Twice During Ramadan An individual was caught on security camera smashing the windows of the Masjid Al-Tawheed mosque on Sutter Street last week, and reportedly returned again Tuesday to harass the assembled congregants.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Downtown SF Crunch Fitness Closes After 30 Years A three-story Crunch Fitness on New Montgomery Street in SF has closed after 30 years; Oakland native Zendaya talks to Britsh Vogue about her early start in Hollywood; and video shows a whale off Pacifica with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Librarians Rally For More Security at Local Branches An Oakland woman has been charged for setting another woman on fire; California courts have sided with a Trumper who wants to run for two offices at once; and librarians at local SF branches held a rally demanding more security.
SF News State Audit Blasts California for Spending $24 Billion on Homelessness, But Not Tracking Whether Much of It Works A new report from the California State Auditor finds the state has spent $24 billion on homelessness since 2018, only to see things get worse, and dings the state for not keeping track of whether much of this money is even accomplishing anything.
SF News Oakland Man Charged With Hate Crime For Threatening and Screaming Epithets at Gay Couple A 60-year-old Oakland man is now facing hate-crime charges for criminal threats and vulgar statements he made to a gay couple who are his neighbors, and there is video showing him threatening to kill them if they didn't move within two weeks.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Monk’s Kettle Closing Its Mission District Location, Moving to Rockridge The 16-year run of Mission brewpub Monk’s Kettle is coming to an end on 16th Street, but they’re moving to a larger spot in Oakland’s Rockridge. And they’ve got choice words for the role delivery apps played in their SF location’s demise.
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Concert In Golden Gate Park After Outside Lands Will Feature Alt-Metal Bands System of a Down and Deftones There will just be one extra day of music this year on the weekend after Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, and the metal-heavy lineup was just announced.
SF News Newsom Says Highway Patrol Has Seized 42 Pounds of Fentanyl In the Tenderloin Alone This Past Year One year into Governor Newsom sending California Highway Patrol officers into SF in a fentanyl crackdown, he’s touting that they’ve seized 42 pounds of fentanyl just in the Tenderloin, and insists that crime is down significantly in SF.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Is at War With the Brazilian Judiciary Now Brazilian politics are, like America's, in a volatile and divisive place. And Xitter is reportedly being weaponized in ways that violate Brazilian law — which does not have complete protections for free speech. So Elon Musk is basically threatening to shut down all operations in the country.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink IKEA-Adjacent Saluhall Opens Thursday: Will SF Clamor For Vegan Tacos and Soft-Serve? The IKEA-affiliated Ingka Centres collaborated with a British hospitality firm to create a new paradigm for the mall food court. Will cocktails, Scandinavian pastry, and abundant plant-based options bring in crowds?
SF News SF Deputy Sheriff Arrested and Charged for Allegedly Stalking, Strangling Ex-Girlfriend A 49-year-old SF deputy sheriff is currently in custody for what’s alleged to be a seven-month pattern of violence, stalking, and use of surveillance devices on his estranged partner.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 15 Cats Abandoned Outside East Bay Hospital A pedestrian was killed crossing the 101 freeway near SFO; 15 cats and kittens were dumped outside Kaiser's San Leandro hospital; and a downtown SF post office might get named after Dianne Feinstein.
SF News Day Around the Bay: First Republic Branches All Becoming JP Morgan, or Closing The Parkmerced standoff with a barricaded man was resolved peacefully; SF-based First Republic Bank will cease to exist as of Memorial Day weekend; and the Kimpton Alton Fisherman's Wharf hotel has been surrendered to its lender.
SF News Hulking Eyesore at Mission and 21st Streets Finally Gets Plans to Be Rebuilt as Art Gallery, Retail Space The three-story husk of a building at 2551 Mission Street has been vacant and accumulating graffiti now since 1987, but efforts to transform it into art galleries and retail spaces are finally showing some progress.
SF News Early Monday Morning RV Fire In SF's Bayview Spreads to Nearby Warehouse Before Being Extinguished An RV fire broke out around 2:30 am Monday morning on Newhall Street in the Bayview District, and quickly spread to an adjacent warehouse. The fire was extinguished within a half-hour, but the RV is obviously totaled.
Arts & Entertainment Missy Elliot Announces Summer Tour With Busta Rhymes and Ciara, Coming to Oakland in July Get your freak on when Missy Elliott comes to the Oakland Arena in July with Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland, as tickets go on sale this week for Misdemeanor’s first tour in 20 years.
SF News SF City Attorney Threatens Lawsuit Over Plan to Add 'San Francisco' to Oakland Airport Name The situation has heated up a week after Port of Oakland officials suggested they wanted to rebrand Oakland Airport by adding "San Francisco Bay" to its name. Now San Francisco is threatening legal action.
SF News Biden Taking Another Crack at This Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Thing After his original plan to forgive $400 billion in student loan debt was shot down by the Supreme Court, President Biden is embarking on a renewed effort that would wipe out substantial amounts of student debt for 23 million Americans, and cancel that debt outright for some.
