SF News Holiday Hangover Headlines: Armed Robbery Caught on Camera In Oakland An ambush-style armed robbery of a cigarette delivery truck was caught on camera in Oakland; ghost kitchens continue to be a problem in some neighborhoods; and holiday traffic through SFO was still below pre-pandemic levels.
SF News Astronomical High Tides Prompt Coastal Flood Warnings in SF Sunday and Monday Tidal levels, expected to be one-third to half a foot above normal, could lead to minor flooding along SF and North Bay coastlines early this week.
SF News Coast Guard Conducts Multiple Rescues Across Bay Area Saturday, But One Man Still Missing Off Coast of Half Moon Bay Authorities have rescued or are currently searching for seven people in three separate incidents that involved dangerous coastal conditions.
SF News Sunday Links: Two Pedestrians Killed in Separate Fatal Caltrain Collisions Within 48 Hours A Caltrain hit and fatally injured a pedestrian in Brisbane Saturday, a day after another fatal incident in Redwood City; a suspect has been arrested for murder in connection with the body found at Crissy Field earlier this month; and the Monarch butterfly coastal migration is en route.
SF News San Francisco's Only Private Island, Red Rock, Hits the Market Again The uninhabited rocky outcropping in the middle of the SF Bay, divided among Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco counties, has been for sale for generations, and this time, it'll cost a cool $25 million.
SF News Saturday Links: Black Friday Brings Extra Police Patrols to SF Union Square An increased police presence will cover the popular SF shopping area this year after all the smash-and-grabs; salmon are spawning in Muir Woods' Redwood Creek; and a Caltrain fatally struck a pedestrian Friday afternoon.
SF News Fatal Shooting on Turk Street Leaves One Dead, Another Injured Around 4:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, police found two people shooting at each other on the streets of the Tenderloin, with one suspect ultimately dying from their wounds.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Three People Ram Car into Closed East Bay Store to Steal Merchandise Some freeze and frost warnings were issued for the North Bay this weekend; three people purposely crashed a car into a Pleasant Hill Kohl's to steal some stuff; and two people were arrested in Benicia for driving a stolen vehicle with a handwritten license plate.
SF News Post-Thanksgiving Weekend to Bring Chilly Temperatures, Sneaker Waves Temperatures will be dropping at night this post-holiday weekend and staying cold into next week, and there's an increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves at Bay Area beaches.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Three People Found Dead In BART Stations Three people were found dead in three different BART stations Wednesday night; three suspects ransacked a Kohl's store in Pleasant Hill after ramming a car into the front entrance; and Napa police are warning residents of scammers spoofing the department's phone number.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Jose Couple Charged In Toddler's Fentanyl Death Santa Clara County has its first case of parents being charged in the fentanyl-related death of a small child; the SFPD is stepping up its presence in Union Square; and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie is screening at the Castro Theatre next month.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Horn Barbecue Chef Speaks Out, Launches GoFundMe After Fire Destroys the Restaurant Despite its building being decimated by a fire and red-tagged, the hit West Oakland restaurant Horn Barbecue was still handing out free turkeys to those in need Wednesday afternoon. Chef Tyler Florence was on hand helping, while a GoFundMe campaign seeks to rebuild the place.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Upscale Cocktail Bar Moves In Upstairs From 123-Year-Old Bus Stop Saloon One of San Francisco's oldest bars, the 123-year-old Bus Stop Saloon in Cow Hollow, gains a swanky upstairs neighbor tonight, and it's called Left Door.
SF News Annual Alcatraz Sunrise ‘Unthanksgiving’ Happening Thursday, Colin Kaepernick Springing for Breakfast There will once again be a few thousand Indigenous people and allies on Alcatraz for the Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Thursday, and while Colin Kaepernick may or may not be attending, he’s providing food from a renowned Native American chef.
SF News The Sale of Anchor Brewing Company for Parts Is Underway The bankruptcy and closure of SF’s own Anchor Brewing Company is now in the inevitable auctioning-off-its-parts phase, with the brewery, its equipment, and its intellectual property all being sold separately, but some local beer preservationists are in the hunt.
SF News 20-Year-Old San Francisco Man Charged With Murder In Federal Court After Body Found at Crissy Field A suspect has now been arrested and charged in connection with a body that was found at the Crissy Field parking lot two weeks ago. And surveillance footage suggests it was a calculated hit.
Arts & Entertainment Billy Crudup Confirms His Acting Chops In 'Harry Clarke' at Berkeley Rep Storytelling, in the way of ancient bards around a fire, has been a dead art for centuries. And yet we occasionally see glimpses of it in the talents of certain performers, because as humans, we have always held this power, and held it in high regard when it's done impeccably well.
SF News The South San Francisco Hillside Sign Turns 100 Years Old Today The kitschy white letters declaring “South San Francisco The Industrial City” are celebrating their 100th birthday today, and it turns out you can hike right up to those letters and wish them a happy birthday.
Business & Tech Sam Altman Back at OpenAI as CEO, Most of Board Gets Replaced A little over four days after being ousted as one of the most highly visible CEOs in the Bay Area tech scene, Sam Altman has been reinstated as the top exec at OpenAI. And the board that ousted him has mostly resigned.
SF News Turkey Eve Headlines: Hayward Woman Charged With Murder of Husband A woman was killed in a three-way DUI crash on a Sonoma highway; a Hayward woman has been charged with a murder plot that killed her husband; and BART says shorter trains have made things safer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Academy of Sciences Rainforest Sphere Has Reopened A mom started a brawl at a children's basketball game in Concord; three teens stand accused of trying to rob a Union City dispensary; and the California Academy of Sciences’ Rainforest sphere has just reopened after a three-month closure.
Arts & Entertainment Protest Group Ends Boycott of Dickens Christmas Fair, Says Racism and Groping Allegations Addressed Performers of color said the Great Dickens Christmas Fair had become a bleak house of racism and groping incidents, and instituted a boycott of the fair the last two years, but they now have great expectations that fair organizers have addressed those concerns adequately.
SF Politics South Bay Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Announces She Will Not Run for Reelection Longtime Peninsula Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is planning to retire from the House next year, and she announced Tuesday that she will not be seeking reelection.
SF News Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donating $1 Million to Half Moon Bay Shooting Victims and Farmworker Housing The January mass shooting in Half Moon Bay exposed a secret underbelly of immigrant farm workers living in squalid on-farm housing, but a million-dollar donation from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s foundation will go to improving those workers’ living conditions.
Arts & Entertainment Despite Saying They'd Never Be Back After 2019 Dustup, Rolling Stones Schedule 2024 Levi's Concert The concert promoter of the Rolling Stones suggested four years ago that the band would be skipping Levi's Stadium on future tours, due to all of the hassles and last-minute rules it said the City of Santa Clara imposed on them. But they're coming back next year, anyway.
