SF Politics Richmond City Council Spends Seven Hours Debating, Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza and Palestine Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting went past 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, as the council passed a resolution “affirming Richmond's support and solidarity” for Gaza and Palestine, with a highly charged public comment session that went for almost five hours.
SF News Jewish-Owned SF Ice Cream Shop Smitten Vandalized, Tagged With Pro-Palestine Messages A 3 a.m. vandalism job on the Valencia Street ice cream shop Smitten left windows broken and “Free Palestine” graffiti on the storefront, and it may not be a coincidence that the store is Jewish-owned.
SF News Thieves Swipe ATM From Clooney’s Pub, Then Crash Into SFPD Car A brazen Monday morning robbery at Clooney’s Pub at Valencia and 25th streets ripped off their ATM and some liquor from the establishment, then the suspects crashed into an SFPD patrol car. They’re still at large, but the SFPD has a vehicle description.
SF Politics Republican Senator Decries Conditions Around Federal Building In SF, Says It Should Be Closed The general squalor and drug use around the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building has one senator from Iowa now suggesting it ought to be "shuttered for the foreseeable future."
SF Politics State Issues Scathing New Report on San Francisco's Arduously Slow Process for Approving New Housing It's not new news, but a state agency has issued a report confirming that SF's approvals process for new construction is the slowest of any other city in the state.
SF Politics Hot Mic Appears to Catch Peskin Saying ‘That Guy’s a Horse’s Ass’ at Supervisors Meeting A hot mic moment at Tuesday’s SF Board of Supervisors meeting seems to show board president Aaron Peskin saying “That guy’s a horse’s ass” in response to a public commenter’s critical remarks.
SF Politics In Surprise Meeting With Xi Jinping, Newsom Talks Fentanyl, Encourages Xi to Attend APEC Summit California Governor Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and was reportedly greeted warmly after meeting with several other senior Chinese officials.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Alaska Pilot Gets Additional Federal Charge Two men were shot at an Oakland homeless encampment Tuesday; the SFPD is investigating the kidnapping of a four-year-old girl; and the pilot accused of trying to bring down an Alaska Airlines jet has been charged in federal court as well as Oregon state court.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Report Says Cruise ‘Withheld’ Accident Footage, Leading to Company's SF Suspension The Giants will hire Bob Melvin as their new manager, Oakland’s First Fridays is going on a temporary hiatus, and a bombshell report alleges that self-driving car company Cruise got their operations suspended in SF because they withheld accident video from state regulators.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Can Serve Liquor Upstairs at the Castro Theatre After Board of Supervisors Approval What might have been the final battle over Another Planet Entertainment’s makeover of the Castro Theatre ended with a whimper, as the SF Board of Supervisors quickly approved their plan to serve liquor on the second floor of the storied theater.
SF News Vallejo Police Arrest 'Red Bull Thief,' Who Allegedly Stole $15K Worth of Vodka, Red Bull, and Other Goods Police in Vallejo have arrested an alleged repeat offender who targeted the same store for repeated thefts, and his favorite things to steal, police say, were cases of Red Bull and bottles of vodka.
SF News $4 Million Campaign to Boost SF's Image Kicks Off With Ad Highlighting Challenges, Innovation, Pelosi A well-funded PR campaign for the city of San Francisco, one of a few that have been launched in recent months with the aim of rehabilitating the city's much-maligned image on the national stage, has just released a slick video.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Season Preview: The Chris Paul Experiment Brings Title Hopes Back to Golden State Your Golden State Warriors tip off the 2023-24 season Tuesday night in Kevin Durant’s first game before Warriors fans since he left town, but the blockbuster trade for future Hall of Famer Chris Paul will likely determine whether these Warriors can be NBA champions again.
SF News Anderson Cooper Spots Berkeley Native Being Held Hostage by Hamas In Video We at least have a confirmed sighting of Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin still alive after being taken hostage by Hamas in Israel, as CNN’s Anderson Cooper realized he had video footage of Goldberg-Polin in captivity while he was interviewing the hostage’s parents.
Business & Tech California DMV Suspends Cruise Robotaxis From Operating In SF, Indefinitely One of the two companies operating driverless taxis in San Francisco will no longer be able to do so, after the DMV has suspended their permit allowing them to take passengers without a test driver present.
SF News [Updated] Alaska Airlines Pilot Makes First Court Appearance; Feds Say He Was Doing Mushrooms When He Interfered With the Plane The off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut off fuel to the engines of an SFO-bound commuter jet on Sunday, endangering the lives of 83 people, is set to make his first court appearance today in Portland.
SF News Would-Be Thief Shot and Killed While Trying to Rob a Gun Store in Livermore A 28-year-old man is dead after entering a Livermore gun shop wearing a mask, wielding a hammer, and trying to steal a gun, as the shop owner fired two rounds on him in an outcome that shouldn’t have been unexpected.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Muni Had a Brief Meltdown The Muni Metro had some sort of major software issue Tuesday morning during rush hour; pending home sales are at a six-year low in SF; and the 49ers are on a losing streak after Monday's loss to the Vikings.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Thieves Steal Hundreds of Puppets From Touring Show Thieves stole a U-Haul truck containing over 500 handmade puppets from a touring show in SF; a suspect was arrested for a Monte Rio homicide on Sunday; and SF restaurateurs discuss their anxiety amid declining business.
Business & Tech Microsoft Trying to Dump Office Space at SF’s ‘Trump Tower,’ 555 California Not even a month after Microsoft announced they opened an “AI Co-Innovation Lab” at 555 California, the tech giant is now trying to lease off the space at the building that is, infamously, partially owned by Donald Trump.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Arab Film Festival Postponed, Organizers Say ‘This Does Not Feel Like a Moment of Celebration’ The 27th Arab Film Festival was slated to kick off November 10 at the Castro Theatre, but as the death toll in Gaza has passed 5,000, organizers have announced they don’t feel this is the time for a film festival.
SF News Alaska Airlines Pilot Arrested For Trying to Bring Down Plane Lives In Pleasant Hill, Described as 'Family Man' The Alaska Airlines pilot currently in custody in Portland over a Sunday evening incident — in which he allegedly tried to shut down a plane's engines while off-duty and riding in the cockpit — is being described by neighbors as "normal" and a "family man."
SF News Eight Abducted Children Found In Shasta County, After Mom Allegedly Swiped Kids From Foster Parents An Arkansas mother of eight children, who apparently lost them all because of battery charges, allegedly abducted all eight to get them back. She was found with the children early Saturday morning, 2,000 miles away in NorCal’s Shasta County.
SF News SF Woman Details Airbnb Nightmare of $300,000 In Water Damage by Guests In Viral Social Media Post That $3 million in damage protection that Airbnb offers hosts isn’t all it's cracked up to be, according to a viral Twitter thread of an SF Airbnb host, who says the short-term rental company is leaving her on the hook for hundreds of thousands in damages.
SF News Man In His 20s Shot at 16th and Mission BART Plaza A person was shot Monday morning in the BART plaza at 16th and Mission streets in San Francisco, and police were advising everyone to avoid the area.
