SF News Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Chico Murder-For-Hire Case Where She Paid in Bitcoin A 2016 murder-for-hire case in Chico has resulted in a five-year prison sentence for the woman who ordered the dirty deed, and moreover, the hired “killer” merely took her money in Bitcoin and did no actual murdering.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF Marathon Breaks Participant Record Elon Musk has swapped out all the birds and projected an "X" on Twitter HQ last night; the San Francisco Marathon had its most participants ever on Sunday; and neighbors are trying to block a homeless housing hotel project in Millbrae.
SF News Martinez Refinery Releases Coke Dust (Again), Raising Concerns from Residents Martinez residents were alarmed that the Martinez Refining Company released coke dust, a byproduct of petroleum refining, for the second time in two weeks, after a major release of several tons of spent catalyst last year with potential public health risks.
SF News Mystery Buyer Acquiring Vast Land Near Travis Air Force Base Puzzles Government and Local Officials The investment group Flannery Associates has become the largest landowner in Solano County, but the government and military don't know the identity of the buyer and if there are "foreign interests" involved.
SF News Sunday Links: Elon Musk Plans to Remove All Birds from Twitter Logo and Platform Anchor Brewing's parent company confirmed it's considering the offer from employees who want to buy the brewery as a co-op; SF City Hall saw a rally to support the UPS union's planned strike on Saturday; and Elon Musk is taking the birds out of Twitter's branding.
SF News Video: Car Flies Over Sanchez Street Stairs, Lands On Roof, Occupants Flee A car, possibly stolen, took a leap off the stairway at Sanchez and 19th streets on Saturday, landing on its roof — and miraculously it appears no one was seriously hurt.
SF News Man Fatally Shot in San Francisco's Tenderloin Neighborhood Friday Night The shooting happened on Friday around 6 p.m. near the University of San Francisco Law Library, the fourth fatal shooting in the Tenderloin of the year.
SF News Series of Fires Along I-580 in East Alameda County Investigated As Arson Multiple fires broke out early Saturday morning along an eight-mile stretch of I-580 near the Altamont Pass, and California Highway Patrol confirmed that they were deliberately set.
SF News Saturday Links: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Reopened Saturday Morning After 17-Hour Standoff The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is open again after negotiators were able to talk a person literally down from the ledge; watch out for road closures and runners as the SF Marathon begins; and the outgoing Antioch Police Chief won't testify in the trial over officers' racist texts.
Arts+Events Sam Smith's Bay Area Takeover: Oakland Arena (8/27) & Chase Center (8/28) Date: Sunday, August 27, 2023, 7:00 PM Venue: Oakland Arena Date: Monday, August 28, 2023, 8:00 PM Venue: Chase Center in San Francisco Sam Smith and Jessie Reyez ticketmaster.com Get
SF News Day Around the Bay: Eastbound Lanes of Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Blocked by Emergency, Jamming Traffic Traffic's bad in Marin because the CHP closed the lower Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to respond to a person in a mental health crisis; human remains were found next to a bridge in Alameda; and the Bay's Spare the Air alert is extended through Saturday.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two in Year-Old Fatal Lower Haight Shooting, DA Abruptly Releases One of Them A case that had appeared to have gone cold has heated up for San Francisco police, as they just arrested two suspects in a June 2022 Lower Haight shooting. But DA Brooke Jenkins has released one of the suspects, “pending further investigation."
SF News Hollywood's Strike Reaches Silicon Valley: Writers, Actors, and Activists Picket Netflix HQ in Los Gatos Amid the nationwide SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strike, writers and actors including Sorry to Bother You's Michael Sommers protested Netflix's office in the South Bay Thursday.
Bay Area Sports Women’s World Cup Watching Parties Kick Off Friday Night at Outdoor SF Venues It’s soccer on a jumbotron time again, as the Women’s World Cup starts Friday night with USA vs. Vietnam, and several matches will again be broadcast at the East Cut’s The Crossing, Embarcadero Plaza, and Golden Gate Park.
SF News Deplorable Vandals Damage Historic Lotta’s Fountain Landmark in Downtown SF There’s a lotta history to the 147-year-old Lotta’s Fountain at Market and Geary Streets, though vandals have torn off one of its cast iron florets, but the SF Arts Commission is promising a quick fix.
SF News Mammoth Mountain Extends Ski Season All the Way Through August 6 This year’s record snowfalls are still reverberating in a good way, as Mono County’s Mammoth Mountain ski resort just announced they’ll allow skiing and snowboarding all the way out until August 6.
Arts & Entertainment Deal Reached For Extra Weekend of Concerts After Outside Lands 2024, as West Side Supervisors Drop Opposition The extra weekend of shows from the promoter of Outside Lands, starting next year, had faced opposition from the Supervisors Connie Chan and Joel Engardio, but Another Planet Entertainment has hammered out a deal that’s changed both of their minds.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Tony Bennett Has Died This weekend’s heat wave could see parts of the East Bay hit 100 degrees, some jokers had their way with the Valencia Street bike lane signs, and “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” singer Tony Bennett has died at age 96.
SF News Day Around the Bay: No, You Cannot Listen to the Taylor Swift Concerts From the Parking Lot Without a Ticket The Oregon wildfire is prompting another Spare the Air day Friday, Netflix subscriptions have surged since they killed password-sharing, and Santa Clara police will not allow you to hang out in the Levi's Stadium parking lot and listen to the Taylor Swift shows without a ticket.
SF News Squatter Breaks Into South SF Home, Makes Huge Mess Before Eventual Arrest A 43-year-old man broke into a South San Francisco house on Saturday, and stayed 14 hours, eating the occupants’ food, wearing their clothes, and taking a bath without draining the tub, before eventually being arrested.
SF News Four Arrested for April North Beach Shooting That Killed One, Injured Four Others The first reported North Beach shooting in years was in late April near “strip club row,” and SFPD has now arrested four suspects, one of whom was also shot during the incident.
SF News Antioch Police Chief Abruptly Announces Retirement Amid Racist Text Scandal Ahead of legal proceedings set to begin this Friday over the Antioch Police Department’s racist texting scandal, Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford unexpectedly announced his retirement on Wednesday.
SF News Anchor Brewing Co. Employees Now Trying to Buy the Brewery, Make It A Worker-Owned Co-Op There’s yet another bid for the bankrupt, 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co., and the call is coming from inside the house, as brewery employees are launching a seemingly longshot bid to buy the company.
SF News SFPD Arrests 'Prolific Burglary Suspect' Tied To At Least 18 Robberies Across Town 29-year-old Patrick Potter has been arrested and charged with a five-month spree of burglaries, including allegedly stealing a haul of Chromebooks from a second grade classroom.
SF News New Sandwich Shop Owner In Upper Haight Punched In Face, Wants Justice Three months into owning a sandwich shop in the Upper Haight, business owner Peterson Harter says he was sucker-punched in the face Wednesday afternoon when he confronted a suspect who was urinating outside his store.
