Business & Tech New York Times Sues OpenAI, Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Content In what may prove a pivotal legal moment for the artificial intelligence industry, the New York Times has filed suit against OpenAI over the unauthorized use of years of journalistic content in the training of its generative AI models.
SF News Over 7,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power In San Francisco; Outage to Be Fully Resolved By Afternoon On Wednesday morning, an estimated 7,050 households and businesses lost electricity in the center of San Francisco, and as of late morning, over 1,000 customers were still without power.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Passed Its Cleanup Inspection — Barely — and Can Return to Black Rock Desert Next Year After downpours and mud floods led to a fair amount of abandoned matter on the playa after Burning Man 2023, the clean-up effort just barely managed to pass its federal inspection, and the event has the go-ahead to return to the Black Rock Desert next year.
SF News Fleeing Suspect, Police Chase Tuesday Evening Causes Multiple Injuries In SF A hit-and-run suspect who was fleeing from San Francisco police on Tuesday allegedly struck a car and a pedestrian as he tried to escape arrest, leading to multiple injuries.
SF News Humpday Headlines: BART Delayed After Body Found at Embarcadero Station BART service was temporarily disrupted Tuesday evening after a body was discovered at Embarcadero Station; a car fire in the Caldecott Tunnel caused some evening traffic; and the Michigan Supreme Court is letting Trump stay on the primary ballot.
SF News Boxing Day Around the Bay: Pizza Hut Laying Off 1,200 California Delivery Drivers The rain is expected to return Wednesday morning; a Los Altos strip mall is in danger of collapsing after a Christmas Day fire; and Pizza Hut is laying off California delivery drivers as a new state wage law is about to take effect.
SF News A New Grocery Store Likely to Replace Former Safeway Near Fisherman's Wharf We have an update on the beleaguered, mostly empty NorthPoint Centre near Fisherman's Wharf, at the edge of North Beach, and its adjacent apartment complex, and it's good news for those in the neighborhood who miss having a full-service grocery store.
SF News Muni Redesigns Their Train Seat Layout Yet Again, With Double-Seats and ‘Butt Dimples’ Barely two years after the last seat redesign, the new Muni light-rail fleet is getting another redesign for its seats, with more double-seating and the butt dimples intact to comfort your ‘back door.’
SF News Fault That Caused Massive 2014 Napa Earthquake May Be Far More Dangerous Than We Realize New geological research indicates that the West Napa Fault, which caused the destructive and deadly 2014 Napa quake, may be nine miles longer and potentially much deadlier than previously thought.
Business & Tech Lawsuit Over Twitter/X Employees' Unpaid Bonuses Moves Forward After Judge's Ruling A lawsuit brought by one former Twitter exec who stayed on with company following the Fall 2022 purge by new owner Elon Musk, claiming that Musk reneged on a promise of bonuses for all those didn't resign, is moving to trial.
SF News The Latest Barrier to New Bay Area Housing? PG&E Equipment Delays There are hundreds of otherwise ready-to-go housing units just plain sitting vacant across the Bay Area, because PG&E is backlogged on the electrical components needed to connect these units to their power grid.
SF Politics Sen. Laphonza Butler Says Being In the Senate Was 'Not on My Bingo Card,' Hopes to Create Space For Younger People In Congress Two months into her tenure, the new junior senator from California, Laphonza Butler, has offered a fuller explanation for why she decided she would not be running for a full six-year term next year.
SF News All Muni Fare Gates Will Be Open and Bus and Train Rides Will Again Be Free on New Year's Eve Riding Muni will be free again this New Year's Eve, giving you one less excuse for making poor choices and another option for getting home after partying this end-of-year holiday weekend.
SF News BART Police Arrest Man Menacing Riders With AR-15-Style Rifle on Christmas Eve It was a wild Christmas Eve on BART, as a man with a semi-automatic rifle was “bothering other riders,” until BART Police arrested him and had him hauled off to Santa Rita Jail.
Business & Tech Apple's Legal Woes Over Apple Watch Oxygen Monitor Leads to Device Removal From US Shelves, Biden Declines to Help The newest models of the Apple Watch have been pulled from shelves across the U.S. due to an ongoing patent-infringement legal battle with the maker of blood-oxygen monitoring technology.
SF News Post-Xmas Headlines: 49ers Disappoint In Loss to Ravens A Christmas morning encampment fire sent smoke billowing over downtown Oakland; a storm is on its way Wednesday so you should take down any outdoor decorations now; and the 49ers were a mess in their Xmas game against the Ravens.
SF News Christmas Monday Links: Outcry Over a Beloved Chain Fence By the Golden Gate There's been an outcry over a plan to remove an antique chain fence near the Golden Gate Bridge; 'Christmas Tree Lane' in Alameda was a major destination on Sunday; and George Gascon could face a tough re-election down in L.A.
SF News Bay Area Airports Report Dramatic Surge in Holiday Travelers This Year San Francisco International Airport saw a 14% increase in travelers this year compared to last year.
SF News Police Arrest 4 People After Union Square Pro-Palestine Protest Saturday SFPD arrested 3 adults and 1 minor in the aftermath of Saturday afternoon's protest in San Francisco’s downtown shopping district, in which one man with a "Free Palestine" sign climbed the giant Union Square Christmas tree.
SF News Christmas Eve Links: Food Truck Workers Injured In Stove Accident at Union Square Two boys ages 12 and 13 were killed Saturday in a hit-and-run in Antioch; three food truck workers were injured in their truck near Union Square in a stove accident; and the SFPD made 18 retail-theft arrests last week.
SF News Pro-Palestine Protester Climbs Union Square Christmas Tree In SF A protest in SF's Union Square Saturday seeking to disrupt the holiday shopping rush and call attention to the war in Gaza led to one protester climbing the Union Square Christmas tree.
SF News First Mountain Lion Spotted Going Through Santa Cruz Highway Wildlife Crossing: VIDEO Ten months after the Laurel Curve wildlife tunnel under Highway 17 through the Santa Cruz Mountains was completed, a mountain lion used the crossing for the first time.
SF News Homeless Man Accused of Attacking Ex-SF Fire Commissioner Acquitted of All Charges On Friday, an SF jury found Garrett Doty, the 25-year-old unhoused man accused of assaulting former SF fire commissioner Donald Carmignani with a metal pipe in April, not guilty, after his defense claimed self-defense.
SF News Saturday Links: New COVID Variant Spikes Cases in the Bay Area (Again) A new coronavirus variant, JN.1, is likely behind a surge in the Bay Area; the victim in Thursday's double stabbing in Pacifica was identified; and SF firefighters are competing for the best holiday decorated fire station.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Michelin Guide-Listed SF Eatery Le Fantastique to Close (For Now) The renowned Le Fantastique, located in the Civic Center area, won't reopen there after temporarily shutting down this summer; See's Candies is also closing one SF location; and the Antioch police were hit with a new federal lawsuit.
