SF Politics Newsom Deploying National Guard to Support Local Food Banks, In Response to Government Shutdown In a political gesture to match Trump's own, many political gestures, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he was deploying the National Guard, like he did during the pandemic, to support food banks in California.
Arts & Entertainment Napa’s Blue Note Club Is Closing Permanently, But Teasing a Possible New SF Space The nine-year-old Blue Note Napa just announced they’ll close after a final show on New Year’s Eve, but the club’s top brass are dropping some notes that they may intend to open a San Francisco venue instead.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fisherman’s Wharf’s Oldest Restaurant Castagnola’s Will Reopen, After Settling Messy Lawsuit With the City The crab cocktail will flow again at Fisherman’s Wharf steak-and-seafood spot Castagnola’s, which has been closed since the pandemic and embroiled in a $1.1 million lawsuit over unpaid rent, but they’ve just settled that lawsuit.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Formally Announces Run for Congress, Ahead of Any Pelosi Decision State Senator Scott Wiener confirmed the news that was leaked last week that he will run for Nancy Pelosi's seat in the US House of Representatives, regardless of whether Pelosi plans to retire.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Serial Harasser Already In Jail In SF Serial harasser of women Bill Gene Hobbs was arrested in SF again Tuesday for violating his parole; South Lake Tahoe has chosen a new mayor; and we are now in the second-longest government shutdown in US history.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lurie Touts ‘Zero Arrests’ at SF No Kings Protests, Probably Hoping to Keep Trump’s Troops Out The 40-year-old Mission Street restaurant Mission Hunan is closing; the alleged mistress in a Walnut Creek double-homicide is facing more charges; and Mayor Lurie is hyping up the "zero arrests” at Saturday’s SF No Kings protests.
Bay Area Sports OMG, Now Anh Phoong’s Law Firm Is Putting Her Ads on the Sacramento Kings’ Jerseys This Year The NBA’s Sacramento Kings have “GOT-PAIN” on their jerseys this year, as Anh Phoong’s law firm has secured a space that her law firm’s logo will appear as the ad on the Kings’ jerseys all season long.
Arts & Entertainment Chris Stapleton to Do SF Show at Bill Graham on Super Bowl Weekend There will be a big concert in the middle of SF's Civic Center the night before Super Bowl Sunday in February, with headliner Chris Stapleton joined by at least one other artist, Grammy-winner Sierra Farrell, and other concerts TBA.
Business & Tech Palo Alto-Based Startup Admits Its ‘Smart Weather Balloon’ Likely Hit and Grounded a United Airlines Flight A Palo Alto startup that makes weather balloons admits it was “likely” their balloon that struck a United Airlines flight this past Thursday, cracking the windshield, injuring a pilot and forcing an emergency landing.
SF Politics SF City Attorney Vows Legal Action If Trump Sends In National Guard, Joins Amicus Brief at Supreme Court Mayor Daniel Lurie might be trying to avoid a verbal confrontation with President Trump, but City Attorney David Chiu came out swinging Tuesday about this National Guard business.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Season Preview: We May Have Steph Curry and Seth Curry on the Same Team Your Golden State Warriors tip off their 2025-26 NBA season tonight against the Lakers. And this year, they’ll likely have another Curry, as little brother Seth Curry is expected to join Steph Curry on this season’s Warriors roster.
Business & Tech Academy of Art, Which Assembled Huge and Controversial SF Real Estate Portfolio, Now Selling a Portion of That Portfolio It's a sign of the times for Academy of Art University, the San Francisco-based art college that once attracted students from all over the country and now has many of its students taking classes remotely.
SF News Serial Harasser Bill Gene Hobbs Apparently Out of State Prison, Back to Harassing Women on SF Streets SF’s most notorious serial groper and harasser is reportedly out of prison and back on SF streets, and was spotted Monday approaching women in the Castro and Dolores Park, often “yelling indecipherably.”
SF News Oakland Woman Describes Days of Torture, Rape, and Sexual Trafficking By East Palo Alto Man She Met Online An East Palo Alto man with multiple violent charges on his record, several of which involved assaults on women, allegedly met a woman on Facebook Dating in June and proceeded to kidnap, rape, brutalize, and sexually traffic her over a six-day span.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Vallejo Man's Bulldog Was Dognapped During Robbery A Vallejo man is offering a reward for the return of his stolen bulldog; a Daly City man was arrested in connection with a pair of assaults last week; and someone has been tucking transphobic messages inside books in a Noe Valley bookstore.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Says National Guard Can't Arrest Drug Dealers SF Mayor Daniel Lurie issues a new statement about Trump's National Guard threat; BART has not clarified what the 'equipment issue' was this morning; and police in Atlanta may have thwarted a mass shooting at the airport there.
SF News Trump Military Accident In San Diego Manages to Hit Highway Patrol With Artillery Shrapnel Yes, there were “live weapons over the freeway” on I-5 near San Diego Saturday for a JD Vance and Pete Hegseth party, but the show had to be called off early, as the artillery blew off prematurely and pelted CHP vehicles with shrapnel.
SF News Aggressive Sea Otter Possibly Back At It Stealing Surfboards In Santa Cruz A surfer had a run-in with a sea otter last week in the same vicinity that the infamous Otter 841 was menacing surfers and kayakers two years ago, in what turned out to be a hormonal reaction to being pregnant.
SF News BART Turning to ‘Community-Driven’ Workshops In Latest Attempt to Clean Up 16th and Mission As pretty much every attempt to reduce blight around the 16th and Mission BART station has failed, BART is now floating the idea of a “community-driven process” of meetings and workshops to revitalize the beleaguered station area.
SF News Castro Dispensary Owner and Legendary SF Cannabis Activist Terrance Alan Has Died Former Cafe Flore owner Terrance Alan started as a member of the “gay weed mafia” that won medical marijuana legalization in 1996, and co-founded the SF Entertainment Commission, but the Flore Dispensary owner has just passed away at age 73.
SF News Trump-Appointed Judges on Ninth Circuit Side With Trump, Allowing National Guard Troops to Be Sent to Portland The nightmare of Donald Trump wielding the National Guard as his personal army in cities where he claims, without evidence, that this intervention is needed, is going to continue for now, after a decision filed Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
SF News First Atmospheric River of the Season Might Bring Rain By Friday This La Nina season is shaping up to be an early and wet one already, and after last week's rain, more is heading toward Northern California as soon as Friday.
SF News Motorcylist Dies In Collision on I-80 In Emeryville One person died in a collision on the eastbound side of I-80 in Emeryville Sunday afternoon, which led to lane closures and a significant traffic backup.
Bay Area Sports Banged-Up 49ers Gang Bullies Their Way to 20-10 Win Over Falcons In Big National TV Game With many of the 49ers’ biggest stars out with injuries, running back Christian McCaffrey put the team on his back and racked up 201 yards just by himself, as the Niners pummeled the Falcons for a big 20-10 win.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Widespread Outage Linked to Amazon Web Services A number of online platforms were impacted by an Amazon Web Services outage early Monday; two consolidated lawsuits are ramping up against social media platforms; and the new iPhone is outselling the last model.
