SF News Day Around the Bay: New Falcon Living on Berkeley's Campanile Tower Named After Archie Williams A former Contra Costa County deputy has taken a plea deal in a felony case; Biden told supporters to stay focused on the fight against Trump at an LA event; and the new male mating with falcon Annie on the Berkeley campus has been named Archie, following a naming contest.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom on a Blitz Pushing Prop 1, a Statewide $6.4B Mental Health Bond Remember Gavin’s Newsom’s old “Care Not Cash” phrase? He’s dusting off that rhetoric with the new phrase “Treatment Not Tents,” in hopes of pushing California voters to pass his $6.38 billion mental health bond.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Che Fico to Open New, Unnamed Restaurant In Mission Rock Development We now have news of another high-profile restaurant tenant for one of the previously unclaimed ground-floor spaces in the new Mission Rock development, and it's the folks behind Che Fico.
SF News Long-Stalled Plan to Build Affordable Housing on Top of Chinatown’s New Asia Restaurant Back in the Works A 2017 idea to build a large affordable housing complex on top of New Asia restaurant in Chinatown has just been rebooted, and the plan would convert New Asia back into the banquet hall it used to be.
SF News SFMTA Takes No Action on Changing Valencia Bike Lane, Despite Its Ongoing Controversies Despite a new lawsuit and a claim that SFMTA might move the Valencia Street bike lane back to the curbside, the agency’s board made no changes to the controversial bike lane at Tuesday’s meeting.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A16 Opens New Roman-Style Pizza Outpost at SF's Ferry Building The new openings continue at San Francisco's Ferry Building, and popular Marina District Italian restaurant A16 has just opened A16 La Pala, specializing in Roman-style pizza al taglio and paninis.
SF News Supporters of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Push Back on Recall Campaigners, Comparing Them to 'Right-Wingers' Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao held a press conference Wednesday to announce a state grant supporting a street-ambassador program, but protesters were on hand calling for Thao's recall, and the event turned into a shouting match.
SF News Guy In ‘White Power’ T-Shirt With Swastika Tries to Hijack Walnut Creek City Council Meeting With Antisemitic Rant Walnut Creek is one of many cities that ended remote public comment because of racist Zoombombs, so one of the racist Zoombombers showed up in person at Tuesday’s meeting in hopes of blaming it all on Jewish people.
SF News After Pushback From Chinatown Residents, Breed Cancels Plan For Sober Living Facility at Hotel North Beach Less than two weeks after announcing plans to convert the Hotel North Beach into the city's first sober living facility for formerly homeless people, SF Mayor London Breed has canceled those plans due to community objections.
Business & Tech Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Hit With Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Over Fatal 2023 Plane Crash A private plane belonging to Google co-founder Sergey Brin crashed off Half Moon Bay last year, killing both pilots onboard, and one pilot’s widow is now suing Brin and Google for allegedly making improper modifications to the plane and obstructing the crash investigation.
SF News Swedish Crown Princess Visits San Francisco to Open New Consulate Crown Princess Victoria, the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, visited Sacramento, Palo Alto, and California on a diplomatic trip to strengthen relations between the state and country.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Santa Clara Shooting Victim Was Three-Year-Old Boy The victim in Tuesday's shooting in Santa Clara was a three-year-old boy and the suspect is the mother's boyfriend; Katie Porter came out swinging for Adam Schiff in their final debate; and a bit more rain may be passing through today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tech CEOs Who Left SF Are Curiously Moving Back to SF Apple has officially debunked the idea that you should put a water-damaged iPhone in a bag of rice; some anti-Israeli graffiti has turned up at Lake Merritt; and plenty of tech bros who made a big deal of leaving SF are now moving back to SF.
SF Politics New Poll Shows Steve Garvey In Second Place In Senate Race, Which Is Bad News for Katie Porter and Barbara Lee A brand new poll shows a very definite top two in the upcoming top-two primary for Dianne Feinstein’s former Senate seat, with Adam Schiff well in the lead, but Republican Steve Garvey solidly in second place, which is trouble for Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sonoma County Is Getting Its First Shake Shack Next Week As Shake Shack continues its California expansion, the first outpost of the burger chain is opening in Santa Rosa on February 29.
SF News SF Under Flash Flood Warning As Water Seen Bubbling Up From Manholes in Cow Hollow and Hayes Valley Multiple parts of San Francisco were experiencing urban flooding of various degrees Tuesday afternoon after some major downpours.
SF News The Drive-Thru ATM at Diamond Heights Plaza is Gone, Because Someone Tried to Steal It A recent attempt to rip the ATM out of the parking lot at the Diamond Heights Safeway was unsuccessful, but the thieves damaged the machine so badly it had to be removed. Yet Bank of America insists they will replace the ATM.
Business & Tech Why Did Musk's 'Free-Speech Absolutist' X Platform Take Down New Account From Alexei Navalny's Widow? It is hard to say where we are in the evolution/devolution of Xitter under the leadership of Elon Musk. But in the absence of a robust human team dealing with content moderation, odd contradictions in policy are bound to occur.
SF News Yet Another Gaza Protest Shuts Down Major SF Financial District Intersection After pro-Palestine protesters briefly blocked an SF Central Freeway onramp Monday afternoon, the protesters were back at it Tuesday morning, shutting down an intersection at Market and Montgomery streets.
SF News Boston-Bound United Flight Out of SFO Makes Emergency Landing After Piece of Wing Flap Tears Off A Boston-bound flight out of San Francisco Monday evening experienced a scary mid-flight situation after a visible chunk of a wing flap tore off, necessitating an emergency landing in Denver.
SF News Three California Lawmakers Introduce New Tough-on-Retail-Crime Bill Aimed at Smash-and-Grab Thefts There’s a flurry of new proposed California legislative bills that would chip away at Prop 47, including one intended to lock up people identified as “professional retail thieves.”
SF News Weather Warnings Issued for Marin and Sonoma as More Severe Storm Cells Arrive This latest storm system isn't done with us yet, and Tuesday morning came with a special marine advisory to look out for possible waterspouts and a severe thunder cell off the Point Reyes coast.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Fatal Shooting Leads to Arrest at Santa Clara Apartment Complex There was a fatal shooting early Tuesday at the Riley Square Apartments in Santa Clara; thousands lost power last night amid a severe thunderstorm in Santa Rosa; and you can expect more periods of moderate to heavy rain today as the last of the storm system passes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gaza Ceasefire Protest Blocks Central Freeway In SF A protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza spilled onto the Central Freeway at Octavia Boulevard in SF; a 16-year-old girl who was missing in SF has been found safe; and the 19-year-old son of a former YouTube CEO died on the UC Berkeley campus last week.
Bay Area Sports Giants Bring Back ‘The Panda’ Pablo Sandoval For Now the Third Time Do you still have your Pablo Sandoval “panda hat” from ten years ago? You may be able to put it to good use, as the Giants have just re-signed Sandoval to a minor-league contract, though with no guarantees he’ll play again in the big leagues.
