SF Politics SF Mayor London Breed Tries to Suggest Hope That Macy's Won't Actually Leave It's certainly not great news for Mayor London Breed's bid for reelection this year that another major department store is announcing its closure in the heart of SF. And now Breed seems to be hedging on the news.
SF News SF’s Former Biggest Landlord Veritas, Now Defaulting to the Tune of $1 Billion, Selling 762 More SF Apartments The local downfall of SF’s one-time biggest residential landlord Veritas Investments continues unabated, as they’re selling off more San Francisco properties, this time 23 buildings with 762 rent-controlled apartments.
SF News Retail Experts Weigh In On Macy's Union Square Closure, Saying Downtown Shopping May Be a Thing of the Past One of the main anchors of Union Square since 1947, Macy's, is going away in the next couple of years, and without it or anything of that scale to replace it, how long can Union Square remain a shopping destination?
SF News Macy's to Close Its San Francisco Union Square Flagship, In Huge Blow to City Retail Macy's announced plans today to close 150 of its "underproductive" stores nationwide, with 50 of them to close this year. And now we have confirmation that San Francisco's enormous — and often empty — store is among them.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink North Beach Mainstay Sam’s Burgers Gets Front Window Smashed By Rando Who Was Harassing Employees An irate and probably unstable person caused a ruckus at the popular North Beach burger spot Sam’s Burgers, smashing the shop’s front window by throwing a chair through it. Undaunted, Sam’s says it will reopen Tuesday.
SF Politics No Reparations For Now, But SF Supervisors to Vote on Formal Apology to Black Residents The formal apology to Black residents would be one of the first among major U.S. cities, but without any money on the table, it's difficult to see the resolution as more than symbolic.
SF News Someone’s Selling a Slot at the SF Columbarium on Facebook Marketplace You too can have your remains lie in rest at the famed SF Columbarium, as someone is now selling one of the niches there on Facebook Marketplace for a cool $38,000.
SF News Residents of Westside Neighborhoods In SF Meet With PG&E About Frequent Power Outages SF Supervisor Myrna Melgar organized a special meeting with PG&E Monday for residents of her district frustrated with the fact that they've experienced multiple power outages so far this year.
SF News SF City Leaders Hold Rally, Reiterate Plan to Prosecute Fentanyl Dealers For Homicide A plan that was announced last fall to begin prosecuting fentanyl dealers for homicide in cases of fatal overdoses is moving forward, and a law enforcement task force dedicated to the project is set to launch soon.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Port of Oakland Cranes From China Could Pose Cybersecurity Risk, White House Says California's now at 105% of its average rainfall for this winter, but LA is at 159%; some container cranes at the Port of Oakland, made in China, could pose a cybersecurity risk; and Macy's has plans to close 150 stores in the next two years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wrong-Way Crash On 280 In SF Snarls Traffic A wrong-way injury crash involving at least three cars shut down much of southbound 280 in SF; Bob Lee stabbing suspect Nima Momeni's sister reportedly had multiple drugs in her system during a November crash; and Santa Rosa police are seeking a shooting suspect from an incident last week.
SF Politics Sigh, Republican Group Trying to Recall Governor Gavin Newsom Yet Again The same group that blew $276 million in taxpayer money on the 2021 attempt to recall Gavin Newsom, only to get clobbered by 25 percentage points, has served papers for their attempt to recall Newsom yet again.
Arts & Entertainment Taylor Mac Returns to Bay Area Stage With a Devotional Four-Hour Song Cycle on Queer History "Don't try to understand it all," Taylor Mac said during Friday's performance of his latest, epic performance piece, Bark of Millions. "I wrote all of it and even I don't understand it all."
SF News Vallejo Sideshow Ends With Man Shot, Pickup Truck Torched, 7-Eleven Looted Sunday night saw a particularly lawless sideshow, even for Vallejo, as a man was shot, a pickup truck was set on fire, and a 7-Eleven was ransacked of its beer and lottery scratchers.
SF News Santa Rosa Man Arrested For Alleged Matricide, Arson In Mendocino County A 35-year-old Santa Rosa man is accused of fatally shooting his mother and setting her home on fire to cover up evidence last week, authorities say.
SF News Major Landslide Takes Out Cliffside Trail and Parking Lot In Humboldt County A landslide that has been ongoing since mid-January took a dramatic turn over the weekend, reaching all the way to a trailhead parking lot where some sightseers got dangerously close to the collapsing cliff edge.
SF News Sonoma Sheriff's Deputies Save Woman Drowning in Russian River, She Assaults Them Anyway A Russian River rescue mission went bizarrely Sunday, as a woman trapped in the river got violent with the very sheriff’s deputies and medical personnel who saved her life.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: SF's Chinese New Year Parade Celebrates the Year of the Dragon Firecrackers and lanterns lit up the streets Saturday evening as San Francisco celebrated the Lunar New Year with its annual Chinese New Year Parade.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle Launches Not-Particularly-Helpful AI 'Chowbot' For Food Recs Artificial intelligence and restaurant recommendations would seem like a pretty natural fit — at least in terms of crowdsourcing things with good reviews. But a new AI bot launched by the SF Chronicle seems to be pretty limited in its food intelligence so far.
SF News Neo-Nazis Turn to Crowdfunding Just So They Can Show Up to Make Racist Comments at City Council Meetings A character who showed up to make Nazi salutes at a Walnut Creek City Council meeting last week is actually part of a larger network of racist grifters who are starting to rely on crowdfunding to finance their antics.
SF News Calm Weather Week Will Switch Back to Possibly Intense Storm on Thursday You'll have a few more chances to get outdoors and enjoy some sunshine this week before Second Winter returns with more rain — and some major snow in the Sierra.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: San Pablo Neighborhood Locked Down After Shots Fired A neighborhood in San Pablo was under a lockdown this morning; a Target store in Vallejo has been closed down after an arson incident; and BART set a new post-pandemic ridership record on Saturday.
SF News SFPD Suspects An Arsonist Is Targeting Teslas After Two Catch on Fire in SoMa Police are investigating after they discovered two Tesla Model Ys on fire within a few blocks of each other in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood early Saturday morning.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Ukraine Rally in Downtown SF Marks Second War Anniversary It's a busy weekend, with the Lunar New Year Parade and Pro-Ukraine March taking place in SF Saturday, and the Black Joy Parade on Sunday in Oakland; plus, the SFPD officially approved a policy to reduce racially biased pretexts in police stops.
SF News Photo of SF Giants Player in New Official Uniform (And See-Through Pants) Goes Viral on Social Media A baseball reporter shared a picture of SF Giants' Casey Schmitt wearing the new MLB uniform on Thursday, and it left little to the imagination.
