Business & Tech Waymo Confirms Vehicle's Role In Death of 16th Street Bodega Cat, as Mourning Continues Waymo has acknowledged that one of its autonomous vehicles ran over a beloved corner store cat on 16th Street Monday, and the company says it will be making a donation to an animal rights organization in the cat's honor.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Air Traffic Control Shortages Continue The woman charged with being an accessory in the murder of Condor Club manager Mark Calcagni pleads not guilty; flight delays and ground stops continue at some airports due to air traffic control staffing; and Trump is calling on Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster to end the shutdown.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Where All of the SF Trick-or-Treat Street Closures Will Be for Halloween Mayor Lurie reportedly ghosted Marc Benioff for Dreamforce; the Raiders donated $250,000 to fix that scorched Mount Diablo football field; and Mission Local scared up a map of all the streets closed to cars for trick-or-treating.
SF News Serial Groper Bill Gene Hobbs Forced to Remain in Custody, Curses Out Judge in Courtroom Longtime serial SF harasser Bill Gene Hobbs will remain in SF County Jail for the foreseeable future after a Thursday morning hearing, but went off on the judge with a profane tirade that likely did him no favors for upcoming hearings.
SF News SF Rec & Parks Bids Fond Farewell to Giant Cypress That Had to Be Taken Down In Golden Gate Park "Farewell to the giant!" says San Francisco's Rec & Parks Department, after announcing the demise of a 100-year-old, 90-foot cypress tree in Hellman Hollow, the enormous trunk of which had recently split, creating a dangerous situation.
Arts & Entertainment Frameline Confirms Return to Castro Theatre For 50th Anniversary Film Fest As has been expected, San Francisco's LGBTQ+ film festival, Frameline, is going to return to its old home at the Castro Theatre in 2026, and this will be for Frameline 50, marking 50 years of the world's oldest queer film fest.
Arts & Entertainment Skrillex to Return In Late December, Plus Swedish House Mafia Too, as Lurie Announces ‘Winter of Music’ Mayor Lurie took to Instagram to announce a series of late December SF concerts at places you wouldn’t expect them, featuring Skrillex, Four Tet, Swedish House Mafia, and Fisher, between December 19-30.
SF News Massive Art Heist Hits Oakland Museum of California, More Than 1,000 Items Stolen One of the biggest California art thefts in years went down at a warehouse for the Oakland Museum of California, and now the FBI is involved, as thieves pilfered more than 1,000 artifacts and works of art in a 3:30 am heist this month.
SF News Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Grandfather Was 'Boiled Alive' By Hotel Shower In San Jose The family of a Marine Corps veteran who had traveled to San Jose to see his granddaughter graduate from college in May is suing the hotel where he was staying after he was found dead and severely scalded in the shower of his hotel room.
SF News San Francisco to Cover Gap In SNAP Funding, Assuming Checks Don't Arrive, With Help of Foundation Recipients of SNAP assistance, or food stamps, in San Francisco will not see their benefits lapse due to the federal government shutdown, thanks to a partnership between San Francisco and the charity started by billionaire Michael Moritz and his wife.
SF News Early Morning FBI Raid Hits Oakland After Feds Indict Nine Alleged Gang Members Oakland’s Lower Dimond district was rocked by a 4 am Wednesday morning FBI raid that targeted nine freshly indicted alleged members of the Sureño gang, alleging they pulled a pair of 2019 murders and a host of drug crimes.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 196-Unit Apartment Complex Planned In Presidio The Presidio Trust announces plans for a new, 196-unit residential complex; a fistfight in East Oakland turned into a shooting Wednesday; and the Trump administration admits in a court filing that it has the funds the cover SNAP benefits for November.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Woman Leaves Baby, Walks Away From East Bay Crash Scene A woman was arrested after allegedly walking away from her crashed car on I-580, leaving an infant inside; Mayor Lurie's upcoming plan might not produce enough new units; and the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 30.
Arts & Entertainment Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre Sets Sights on Reopening Under New Ownership, Possibly With Booze and Karaoke Once dubbed “the Carnegie Hall of public sex in America,” the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre has been closed since the pandemic. But a new ownership group hopes to revive it, possibly with alcohol service and karaoke.
SF News Berkeley Animal Rights Activist Convicted of Stealing Chickens From Petaluma Farm The trial has ended for Direct Action Everywhere activist Zoe Rosenberg, and she has been convicted of trespassing and conspiracy in connection with a 2023 raid on a Petaluma poultry farm in which she stole/rescued four chickens.
Arts & Entertainment Breaking: Per Sia Is San Francisco's New Drag Laureate After D’Arcy Drollinger’s two-and-a-half year reign as the nation’s first ever Drag Laureate, the wig has been passed on to Per Sia, a staple of Drag Queen Story Hour and an afterschool arts program teacher.
SF News Beloved Bodega Cat Allegedly Killed By Waymo In Mission District KitKat, a bodega cat who patrolled and slept alot in Randa's Market on 16th Street, was allegedly run over by a Waymo vehicle, inciting what could be a fresh wave of anti-robot sentiment in San Francisco.
SF News SFPD Reportedly Looking at Three Suspects In Golden Gate Park Assault on Child, DNA Being Tested The SFPD says it has identified three suspects in last week's restroom sexual assault on a young girl, and there's a report of a man who'd been lurking in the area and talking to young girls.
SF Politics Lurie’s Office Unwilling to Share Details of His Call With Trump That Called Off Federal Troop Deployment The SF Public Press put in a records request for call logs of Mayor Lurie’s famed call with President Trump where Trump called off the cavalry of an impending federal troop invasion. Lurie's office refuses to disclose details.
Business & Tech OpenAI Finalizes Restructuring With Nonprofit In Control, State AG OKs It After some tense months while the company was under investigation by the state attorney general's office, OpenAI announced Tuesday that it had completed its restructuring, with its nonprofit arm, the OpenAI Foundation, in control of its for-profit business.
SF News CHP Pursues Vehicle That Went 160 MPH in Chase That Went Both Ways Across Bay Bridge, Suspects Still Get Away California Highway Patrol officers went on a wild ride across the Bay Tuesday night, pursuing a vehicle that reached speeds of 160 miles per hour in a chase that went from Oakland to SF and then to Hayward, though the five suspects are still at large.
Business & Tech Get Ready for Uber Robotaxis to Start Rolling In SF Next Year In partnership with an electric car company and an autonomous tech company, Uber is getting back into the robotaxi business, ten years after its first rushed attempt to put autonomous vehicles on the road.
SF News Humpday Headlines: North Bay Man Charged In Homophobic Attack at Bowling Alley A Cloverdale man has been charged after an apparent hate crime incident at a Rohnert Park bowling alley; Nvidia becomes the world's first $5 trillion company; and Atherton is no longer the country's priciest zip code.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Finally Gets an Inspector General, and It’s Mohammed Nuru’s Prosecutor Sergey Brin’s blimp showed up in the SF skies again today; California Democrats are salivating to run for the new districts Prop 50 could create; and SF City Hall named its new Inspector General, who’s Mohammed Nuru’s prosecutor.
SF Politics More Sheng Thao Fallout: San Leandro City Councilmember Charged With Bribery, Lying to FBI There’s more dirty laundry coming out in the whole Sheng Thao mess, as San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo faces federal charges for taking bribes and kickbacks, and lying to the FBI about a $2,000 envelope of cash.
