SF News That One Block of Hayes Street Will Remain Car-Free for Another Year, But With Scaled-Back Hours A very small car-free street plan just got smaller, as the SFMTA voted this week to keep one block of Hayes Street car-free on the weekends, but with much more limited car-free hours.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Quince Set to Reopen In Three Weeks With Smaller Dining Room, More 'Personal' Menu From Chef Michael Tusk One of only three three-star restaurants in San Francisco, Quince, is reopening later this month following a renovation that was billed as lasting six months, but has stretched on for nearly eleven.
SF News Predictably, SFPD Bringing In Tons of Officers From Other Jurisdictions for APEC With a who’s-who of global leaders about to converge on San Francisco for the APEC summit, the Secret Service will be blanketing the city, along with officers from at least eight other outside law enforcement agencies to beef up the number of cops in town for the event.
SF News Federal Trial of Accused Pelosi Attacker David DePape Begins; Ex-Partner Gypsy Taub Suggests It's a Conspiracy The first of two trials for David DePape begins with opening statements today in federal court in San Francisco, as the man seen on video holding Paul Pelosi hostage last fall and hitting him with a hammer gets his first day in court.
SF News Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into SUV, Bike Bursting Into Flames In East Oakland A 32-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday afternoon in a fiery collision with an SUV on Oakland’s International Boulevard, while a mother and three teens in the SUV were hospitalized.
SF News Homeless Encampment Sweeps Begin In Downtown SF Ahead of APEC Predictably, the city is stepping up efforts to clear people off the streets in and around the security zone being set for the APEC leaders summit next week, and some of those being told to move are being told it's because of the summit.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Cruise Laying Off Workers A San Jose developer is trying to use the "builder's remedy" to downsize a major project; Cruise is laying off vehicle maintenance workers; and Bay Area resident Tracy Chapman made history at the CMAs last night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 'End Fossil Fuels' Banner Goes Up on Bay Bridge An 89-year-old woman was injured in a hit-and-run in SF's Cow Hollow; a banner went up ahead of the APEC conference protesting fossil fuels on the Bay Bridge; and apparently some Russians will be attending APEC as well.
SF News And Just Like That, UN Plaza Becomes a Skate Park In a matter of weeks, crews from the SF Rec & Parks Department transformed UN Plaza from the nexus of black-market chaos that it has been for at least a decade into a clean and lively skateboarding and table-tennis destination.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Throwing Big-Bucks SF Fundraising Event for Biden During APEC Don’t expect to be invited unless you’ve got ten grand laying around to spend, but Gavin Newsom is throwing a fundraising “super event” in SF for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at some point during the APEC summit.
SF News Mission Street Vending Ban Delayed, As the City Will Likely Be Busy Busting Vendors Near APEC The Mission Street vending ban is now delayed until after Thanksgiving, reportedly because of APEC, an event for which the city is determined to clear Fisherman’s Wharf of bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors.
SF News City Audit Finds Poor Coordination, Lack of Oversight Among SF Homeless Outreach Teams San Francisco has not one but 11 homeless outreach teams to provide services for people living on the streets, and a new city audit finds they don’t communicate with one another and often have poor oversight of their contracts and responsibilities.
SF News Five Years Ago Today, the NorCal Town of Paradise Exploded In Flames, Killing 85 Today, November 8, marks the five-year anniversary of the devastating Camp Fire, which claimed 85 lives, destroyed some 11,000 homes, and nearly wiped an entire community off the map.
SF News Cruise Recalling Self-Driving Robotaxis Nationwide, Amidst Report Vehicles Had Safety Issues Around Children While the recall appears temporary, Cruise is pulling all of its 950 self-driving robotaxis from the streets, and a separate report shows Cruise internal communications acknowledged safety issues around children and holes in roads.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Local Icon 'Dollarita Steve' Gets Promo Gig With Applebee's, Visits Fans In the Castro A viral video that came out of that minor earthquake we had ten days ago made a new celebrity out of local dudebro Steve Mazzari, who loves a few Dollaritas at Applebee's. And now Applebee's is paying him for his promotional services.
SF News Wintry Storm Could Make For a Wet APEC Week In SF A cold storm system taking shape this weekend over eastern Russia is likely to impact the entire West Coast of the U.S. by next week, but the full extent of the impacts remains uncertain.
SF News San Jose Man Who Lived In Meth Lab House Charged By Feds For Intentionally Bombing Two PG&E Transformers Thousands of San Jose residents lost power when PG&E transformers blew up this past December and January, and the feds are charging a 36-year-old man for doing the deed. Oh, and he was also allegedly running a meth lab.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SUV Struck By Amtrak Train In Oakland After Ignoring Signal An SUV that tried to evade a train-crossing arm was struck by a passing Amtrak train in Jack London Square; a person was struck and killed by a BART train last night in North Berkeley; and Democrats scored wins in multiple states on Election Night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Nine Arrested in Alleged Santa Clara County Sex Trafficking Ring Nextdoor is laying off 25% of their staff, BART is hyping another batch of seemingly encouraging ridership rebound numbers, and Santa Clara County prosecutors say they've busted a significant sex trafficking ring.
SF News Mayor Breed Pledges Major Police, Ambassador Presence to Keep Union Square Safe for Holiday Shopping City leaders held a press conference Tuesday to jointly discuss safety measures being taken for the upcoming APEC summit in San Francisco, and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season in Union Square.
SF News Ski Season Is Officially Here as First Tahoe Ski Resort Opens on Friday Lake Tahoe-area ski season has its first ski slope opening set for Friday, as Tahoe’s highest base elevation resort Mount Rose opens Friday, November 10, and more ski resort openings are scheduled for the weeks to follow.
SF News Oakland Police Internal Affairs Officer Kills Man He Says Shot at Him Tuesday Morning What sounds like it was a targeted attack on an Oakland police officer ended with a man fatally shot outside the headquarters of the Oakland Police Department's Internal Affairs division.
SF News Arrest Made, Severed Head Found In Gruesome Santa Rosa Murder; Victim Was Suspect's Grandmother The suspect in last week's gruesome murder and beheading in Santa Rosa has been found and arrested, and we now know the identity of the victim.
Business & Tech Dreamforce Is Indeed Returning to SF in 2024, Despite Marc Benioff’s Threat to Move Conference Elsewhere Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff will not move his company's Dreamforce mega-conference to Las Vegas or Austin or wherever, despite his own threats that he might, as he announced today that Dreamforce 2024 will remain right here in SF.
SF News Car Flies Into Two Other Cars and Then a House In Oakland, Possibly Pregnant Driver Hospitalized A reportedly speeding driver crashed into two cars and a house near the Oakland Coliseum Monday night, and while there are unconfirmed reports the injured driver might have been pregnant, it is confirmed by neighbors that the 911 response was awfully slow.
