SF News Monterey Chef Indicted For $4 Million In COVID Relief Fraud Scheme A chef and caterer based in Monterey is in hot water with the feds over an alleged $4 million that he bilked from the government during the pandemic, which prosecutors say he used to buy real estate in Belize and fund a new business venture.
SF News Vintage 1956 Muni Bus Delighted Transit Nerds This Weekend at Duboce Park The good folks at Muni busted out a 1950s-era Muni Mack bus this weekend, and let transit lovers hop onboard and enjoy it in its fully restored glory, as part of a “120 years of SFMTA” exhibit happening over that the Harvey Milk Photo Center.
Bay Area Sports Eminem, Matt Bomer, Ted Lasso's Cristo Fernandez Among the Celebrities at Sunday's 49ers Game Eminem was there to cheer on his beloved Detroit Lions, and he reportedly flipped off some Niners fans. But most of the other celebs in attendance Sunday were part of the Faithful.
SF Politics Pelosi Calls on FBI to Investigate Alleged Links Between Russia and Pro-Palestine Protestors Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi made a curious charge without evidence on a Sunday talk show, saying some pro-Palestine protesters are “connected to Russia” and called on the FBI to investigate the financing of the protests.
Business & Tech X and Other Platforms Restrict Searches for ‘Taylor Swift’ As Deepfake Pornography of Her Goes Viral Graphic AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift have snowballed on social media platforms from X to Meta to Reddit, exposing the limits of their content moderation and lack of legislation.
SF News Body Found on BART Tracks Near Balboa Park A body was found early Monday in the BART trackway near Balboa Park Station, and this caused some delays with the first trains running through the area Monday morning.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Balmy Days, Then a New Storm The Mission erupted in celebrations much of Sunday night after the 49ers' win; St. Francis hospital was on lockdown after a gun incident; and we may see record-warm temperatures today and tomorrow before Wednesday's coming storm.
Bay Area Sports The San Francisco 49ers Are Headed to Their Eighth Super Bowl, and Taylor Swift Will Be There The matchup that the local media has been hoping for the past couple of weeks, between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, has come to pass. And San Francisco celebrated Sunday night.
SF News SF District Attorney Staffer Fired After Sending Offensive Email to DA Brooke Jenkins About Her ‘Panties’ A victim advocate in the San Francisco District Attorney Office’s sent District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and the entire office an email Friday morning asking what color panties she had on, leading to his immediate termination.
SF News Sunday Links: 49ers Fans Can Enjoy Game on Warmest, Driest Sunday in Months, But Rain Coming Next Week Enjoy the warm reprieve from the rain this weekend; you can see the Niners game at these watch parties around the Bay; and Oakland celebrated its annual Lunar New Year Festival Saturday.
SF News Get Ready For Crazy SF Traffic Sunday, With Highway Off-Ramp Closures and Bus Line Changes For The 49ers Game Streets around popular celebration spots in the Mission could close if the 49ers win, prompting Muni service shifts, and south SF freeway ramps could also close to reroute heavy traffic.
SF News Iconic SF Documentary, 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,' Is Back In Theaters For Its 20th Anniversary The Roxie is hosting the remastered film for a limited release this week, and you can still get tickets.
SF News Saturday Links: Missing Woman Found Stranded on Gondola Overnight at Tahoe Ski Resort A woman reported missing had gotten stuck on a gondola at Heavenly ski resort for 15 hours; SF ballot measures about police are raising eye-popping amounts of funds; and a Vallejo woman under arrest for stealing a car also allegedly stole a patrol car.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jeffrey's Toys, SF's Oldest Toy Store and Inspiration for Pixar Movie, Announces Closure It's the end of an era for the 86-year-old store, which inspired the Emeryville-based Pixar's Toy Story; employees at City Lights Bookstore are unionizing; and PG&E reached a $45 million settlement for its role in the Dixie Fire.
SF News Army Corps of Engineers Unveils Plan to Raise the Embarcadero as Much as 7 Feet for Rising Sea Levels Since we as a society are basically giving up and letting climate change happen, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port of SF have released their plan to raise SF’s shoreline by as much as seven feet in response to the inevitable climate floods.
SF News Cruise Offers Mea Culpa In Form of Third-Party Report on October 2 Robotaxi Disaster Self-driving taxi company Cruise, owned by General Motors, has released a report by a third-party law firm which they say will "help both Cruise and the industry learn from the incident, strengthen protocols, and improve technology."
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Get Some Cult-Favorite Fried Chicken Straight From Brooklyn A very popular Brooklyn fried-chicken pop-up is popping up in SF and the North Bay next month, Beer Week is on the horizon, and 7 Adams gets a Chronicle review, in this week's Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment Documentary About Legendary North Beach Topless Dancer Carol Doda Hits Theaters In March A documentary about San Francisco's famed, pioneering topless dancer Carol Doda (RIP), which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival last fall, will be getting a theatrical release.
SF Politics DA Brooke Jenkins Has a Challenger This November, And It’s Someone Who She Once Fired Former SF Assistant DA Ryan Khojasteh was fired by Brooke Jenkins right after she was appointed in July 2022. Now he’s declared he’s running to unseat her in the November 2024 election.
SF News Phoenix Hotel Property Hits Market For $15M, Could Be Redeveloped as 450 Residential Units The beloved, retro, SoCal-motel-feeling Phoenix Hotel, which has always been a charmingly out-of-place oasis in between Civic Center and the Tenderloin, may not be long for this world as the property has just hit the market for $15 million.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wiener Proposes New Downtown Booze Zones Where You Can Walk Around With To-Go Drinks State Senator Scott Wiener has introduced new legislation to create "Entertainment Zones" to help San Francisco's downtown with its economic recovery, activating certain designated areas where people would be free to roam with their booze.
SF News Someone Is ‘In Custody’ In Connection With Bernal Heights Car Fires — But They’re Not In SF There’s been a development in the case of four cars torched in Bernal Heights on New Year’s Eve, as someone, somewhere is in custody in connection with the investigation. But they’re in custody elsewhere “for an unrelated matter,” according to SFPD.
SF News Suspect In Crissy Field Murder Heard In Jailhouse Phonecall Saying Victim 'Deserved' to Be Killed The 20-year-old sex worker who was arrested in November for a murder that took place in the Crissy Field parking lot was allegedly heard confessing in a jailhouse call to her mother, and she sounded remorseless about the crime.
Arts & Entertainment The LED Forest ‘Entwined’ Has Now Sprouted Up at Civic Center, Too ‘Entwined’ is still shining nightly at Golden Gate Park, but some of its pieces have just branched out to UN Plaza, and these shrub sculptures will be lit up there every night for up to two years.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Man Paroled In Murder Case Involving Toddler A man was fatally shot in a Rohnert Park parking lot Thursday night; another man was shot and injured during an attempted robbery in Oakland; and a man convicted of the 2000 beating death of a 3-year-old in SF is being paroled.
