SF News Berkeley Advocates for Homeless Up In Arms Over Roped-Off ‘For Customers Only’ Section at BART Plaza A very Berkeley story out of Berkeley this week, as a little restaurant plaza outside the BART station has roped off one area with signage saying “For Customers Only,” and advocates for the homeless population are furious over the move.
SF News Sister of Murder Suspect Nima Momeni Allegedly Seen With Whip-its In Her Car Before Crash The story of Monday's Tenderloin crash in which Khazar Momeni, the sister of Bob Lee murder suspect Nima Momeni, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run, has taken on some added detail.
SF News Car Bursts Into Flames on 24th Street in the Mission District A white BMW somehow caught fire and was consumed in flames shortly before 8:30 Friday morning, and while the fire was significant, there are reportedly no injuries nor was there damage to other vehicles or structures.
SF News Atmospheric River to Miss California and Soak Pacific Northwest; Big Rains Might Be Weeks Away An atmospheric river over the Pacific had been forecast, at least a week or so ago, to bring a lot of early December rain to California, but things have changed.
SF Politics Curiously Tan Gavin Newsom Holds Up Well In Fox News Debate With Sean Hannity and Ron DeSantis Fox News stacked the deck against Gavin Newsom in his Thursday night debate with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity, but a calm, collected Newsom scored the night’s best zingers.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: The House Expelled George Santos The House has expelled George Santos for being a messy, likely criminal charlatan; a pedestrian was killed overnight in a downtown Oakland hit-and-run; and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has died at age 93.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Northern Lights May Be Visible in Northern California Tonight Former San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo looks like he’s running for Rep. Anna Eshoo’s seat, Beyonce’s 'Renaissance' movie is premiering tonight, and the famed aurora borealis Northern lights may be visible tonight in northern California.
SF News Bribery Scandal In Fisherman’s Wharf: Nick's Lighthouse Owners Charged by FBI With Trying to Bribe Port Officials The good news is that established restaurateurs hope to take over the vacant Pompei’s Grotto and Lou’s Fish Shack. The bad news is they allegedly tried to bribe port officials with $19,000 to do so, and one of the port officials was actually an undercover FBI agent.
SF News BART Police Identify Man Who Got Into Transbay Tube, Causing Two-Hour Systemwide Shutdown It's not entirely clear why it took two hours to resolve the situation Wednesday night that left downtown SF BART stations massively crowded, and the entire system paralyzed. But BART police have identified the suspect.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eight Delicious Hot Toddies and Winter Drinks to Seek Out This Season at San Francisco Bars It's officially hot cocktail and mulled wine season, and we have a quick guide to eight of the best examples that SF bars and restaurants have to offer.
Arts & Entertainment Valencia Street Nightclub Amado’s Has Closed Permanently, Owner Blames New Center Bike Lane Eight-year-old Valencia Street bar Amado’s apparently closed for good over the weekend, with the owner blaming the street’s new center bike lane. To add insult to injury, the SFMTA just delayed its evaluation of possible changes to that bike lane.
Business & Tech Kara Swisher Slams Elon Musk's 'F U' to Advertisers as the 'Meltdown' of an 'Adult Toddler' Tech writer and podcaster Kara Swisher didn't mince words in condemning the behavior of Elon Musk Wednesday evening at the New York Times' DealBook Summit.
SF News Multiple Data Sources Say Retail Theft Is Declining In San Francisco SFPD is hailing it as proof that their crackdown is working that both internal and external data show a decline in San Francisco retail theft, though it’s not yet a long-term trend, and the findings could just be statistical noise.
SF News Supervisor Proposes Expanding ‘Homeward Bound’ Program That Buses Homeless Out of SF An 18-year-old program that offers free bus tickets out of town for unsheltered people to reunite with family is not so well used anymore, but mayoral hopeful Supervisor Ahsha Safai wants to bolster and expand the Homeward Bound initiative.
SF News Attorneys for Bob Lee Murder Suspect Nima Momeni Look to Move Trial Out of San Francisco In a court hearing Thursday in which a trial date was expected to be set for murder suspect Nima Momeni, the defense team has filed a motion for a change of venue.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Man Climbing Power Lines Shuts Down Caltrain Caltrain service into SF was halted Thursday morning due to a guy climbing power lines; a 14-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with organized retail thefts in SF; and the California Forever team had its first town hall in Vallejo last night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Major BART Delays After Person Walks Into Transbay Tube Another person got into the Transbay Tube and it was causing major BART delays Wednesday evening; a 42-year-old UPS employee in Oakland has been charged in a murder; and federal prosecutors have indicted the SF driver who allegedly killed pro cyclist Ethan Boyes in the Presidio in April.
Business & Tech Elon Musk to Fleeing Advertisers: 'Go F**k Yourselves' Well, the countdown clock may be ticking to X CEO Linda Yaccarino's predictable departure from the platform formerly known as Twitter. Company owner and virtual CEO Elon Musk has just told skittish advertisers "Don't advertise."
Bay Area Sports Warriors Sue SF-Based Developer for Allegedly Not Paying the Bill for Their Luxury Box Suites Developer Mosser Companies is allegedly $4 million in arrears on their luxury suites at the Chase Center, and the team-owned arena managers are taking them to court for the unpaid bills.
SF Politics In a Blast From the Past, Former SF Supervisor Mark Farrell Indicates He Might Run for Mayor Apparently there’s some purported campaign to draft former District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell to run against London Breed in the 2024 mayoral race, and polling suggests he’d have a good shot at winning the increasingly crowded race.
SF News Sierra Club Comes Out Swinging About Proposed New City Backed by Billionaires In Solano County The Solano County chapter of the Sierra Club held a press conference Tuesday to express their opposition to a proposed plan, revealed in August, to build a new city east of Fairfield — a project that currently has the name California Forever.
SF News Lengthy Times Piece About SF Fire Commissioner Assault Case Tries to Counter 'Doom Loop' Narrative The New York Times is, somewhat recently, trying to counter the "doom loop" narrative about San Francisco that the SF Chronicle first promoted, and that the Times itself contributed fodder to earlier in the year.
Arts & Entertainment Another Movie Theater Bites the Dust: The Regency 6 Cinema In San Rafael More tragic endings for Bay Area film fans, as San Rafael’s Regency 6 Cinema apparently closed permanently on Sunday, as the sluggish rebound from COVID claims another longtime Bay Area movie house.
Arts & Entertainment Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig to Kick Off Awards Season In SF at SFFILM Awards; Also Nicolas Cage to Be Honored Barbie auteur Greta Gerwig and star Ryan Gosling will be coming to San Francisco for next week's SFFILM Awards, and the star-studded event will also include a lifetime achievement award being given to actor Nicolas Cage.
SF News SF Man Sentenced to Four Years In Prison for Selling Guns, Meth, and Ecstasy to Undercover Informant 36-year-old Trajordon Svarda pleaded guilty to selling six illegal guns and about 300 grams of meth and ecstasy to an undercover informant, and was sentenced to 52 months in prison, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
