SF News Tropical Storm Hilary Hits Burning Man, Gates Closed Until at Least Noon on Tuesday Don’t bother leaving for Burning Man today if you have an early-arrival pass, because Black Rock City is largely underwater, and the flooding has forced the temporary closure of the event’s front gate until 12 noon Tuesday at the earliest.
SF News Smoke From NorCal Fires Beginning to Impact Bay Area Air Quality It's that time of year again, and wildfire smoke primarily coming from lightning-caused fires that broke out last week in far Northern California is now starting to impact air quality in the Bay Area.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink NoPa's Automat Closing After Less Than Two Years A well-received cafe, bakery, and restaurant in the NoPa neighborhood with Michelin pedigreed talent behind it, which had received a ton of advance press prior to its delayed 2021 opening, is closing its doors after just 21 months.
SF News Sunday Saw Three Separate Homicides in Oakland During a 15-Hour Period It was a deadly Sunday in Oakland, as the city saw four separate shootings and three homicides in a 15-hour period, though police believe all of the shootings are unrelated.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Palm Springs, Other Desert Cities Cut Off By Floods California's desert cities are isolated by flooding roads following Tropical Storm Hilary; only one death from the storm has been reported so far in Mexico; and Scott Wiener is shelving a bridge toll hike he proposed to help transit agencies' budget woes.
SF News Recall Effort of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Kicks Off A movement to recall Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price took a step forward as a group called "Save Alameda for Everyone (SAFE)" filed official paperwork this week to recall Price, who has faced escalating criticism for her approach to criminal justice.
SF News Tropical Storm Hilary Makes Landfall in Southern California Sunday, With Heavy Rains, Landslide Risk, and Evacuations Hilary made landfall Sunday morning on the Baja California peninsula and is expected to continue north throughout the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday.
SF News Sunday Links: Brawl Breaks Out Among Fans at Levi's Stadium During 49ers Preseason Game Saturday There's a video of a big fight between 49ers and Broncos fans in the stands of Saturday's preseason game; the North Bay is under an air quality advisory Sunday from wildfire smoke; and there's a new searchable database for every SF city employee's earnings.
SF News Cyberattack on Popular Property Listing Software Throws Bay Area Real Estate Market into Chaos Hackers breached a crucial real estate listing software from the Rapattoni Corporation earlier this month, and Bay Area realtors are feeling it — but there's no foreseeable fix yet.
SF News SFPD Investigating After Fatal Shooting Near Mission Soccer Field Friday Officers located the gunshot victim on the 2400 block of Harrison Street, near John O’Connell Tech soccer field, around 3 p.m. Friday, but the victim soon died from injuries. No arrests have been made.
SF News Saturday Links: Baja-Bound Hurricane Hilary Downgraded to Category 3, But Could Still Bring Catastrophic Flooding The tropical storm is forecast to track north along the Baja peninsula Saturday and cross the border near Tijuana on Sunday; Cupertino's Lehigh Cement Plant is closing for good; and Martinez police shot and killed a suspect in a dispensary burglary Friday.
SF News California DMV Steps Into Autonomous Taxi Debate, Tells Cruise to Halve Its Fleet In SF After a series of concerning incidents involving Cruise autonomous vehicles, the California Department of Motor Vehicles issued an order late Friday asking Cruise to reduce its fleet of AVs in San Francisco.
SF News Day Around the Bay: MLB Suspends San Francisco Giants Manager Gabe Kapler for One Game Kapler has been suspended for the Giants-Braves series opener after returning to the dugout when he was ejected; SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin wants to re-sponsor city-wide emergency sirens; and President Biden is coming to California for vacay.
SF News Feds Detail Charges Against Antioch, Pittsburg Cops: Dealing Steroids, Siccing K9 on Suspects, Faking College Credits We now know that ten Antioch and Pittsburg police officers were arrested in Thursday’s FBI raids, and on top of the racist text messages, we have allegations of steroid dealing, intentional dog attacks, and faking college credits.
Arts & Entertainment Dolores Park Truffle Man Truffles Finally Selling Legally on SF Dispensary Shelves After a six-year wait, the legal version of the old-school, Dolores Park Truffle Man’s weed-infused ‘Truffies’ have at long last arrived on SF dispensary shelves. Here’s where to find them.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink OG Celebrity Chef Martin Yan to Revive M.Y. China in Chinatown One of the Bay Area's original food celebrities, chef Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook fame, says he is on the hunt for a new space in Chinatown where he plans to revive his dormant M.Y. China restaurant concept.
Sponsored Widespread Panic Returns For a 3-Day Musical Bonanza In Napa Fans of Widespread Panic, the renowned rock band that has been together for an astonishing 30 years, are in for an epic treat this August as the band will perform a special 3-day concert event at the Oxbow RiverStage in Napa.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yes, There Will Be Meatballs (and Plant Balls) When IKEA Opens Next Week Never fear, ye fans of IKEA's Swedish meatballs: The new downtown SF IKEA store will be serving them immediately upon opening next Wednesday.
SF News 22-Year-Old Netflix Engineer Missing Since Monday, Possessions Found Near Golden Gate Bridge The family of San Jose man and recent Bay Area arrival Yohanes Kidane is frantically searching for him after his disappearance Monday, and while his phone and backpack were found near Golden Gate Bridge, there is still no sign of Kidane.
SF News Driverless Bus Shuttle Now Being Tested on Treasure Island A fairly cute, compact, autonomous bus is now taking passengers around a loop on Treasure Island, as part of a pilot program exploring how autonomous vehicles (AVs) can supplement public transportation.
SF News Cruise Vehicle Involved In Collision With SF Fire Truck; Separate Collision With Cruise Vehicle Occurs In Mission It was a rough night for the robotaxis Thursday, with two self-driving Cruise vehicles getting into car crashes — one striking, or getting struck by, a fire truck that was responding to a call, and one passenger was hospitalized with a head injury.
SF Politics Trump May Do Interview With Tucker Carlson on X Next Week, Upstaging Republican Debate Donald Trump has reportedly made plans to do an online interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, on a platform still to be determined, in a middle-finger move to upstage the first Republican candidate debate.
SF News Video Captures Thieves On Bipping Spree Near Fisherman's Wharf Word apparently really hasn't spread, at this late date, about not leaving anything in a parked car in San Francisco. Just watch as a couple of suspects work their way down several blocks in Fisherman's Wharf, finding car after car with stuff to grab inside.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Woman's Body Found In Oakland Hills A woman's body found in the Oakland hills Wednesday night is being investigated as a homicide; an arrest has been made in a long-cold case in Modesto; and one office investor is confident downtown SF is already turning around.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hurricane Hilary Could Bring Rain to the Bay Area This Weekend Waymo intends to start charging people for self-driving car rides on Monday, climatologists say Burning Man spews as much carbon pollution as the city of London, and Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring rain to town this weekend.
