SF News Another Family Upset With Alamada DA Over Possible Plea Deal In Killing of Two Brothers The family of slain brothers Suiti and Manase Mesui, both shot and killed in September 2021, are complaining to the press that the brothers’ shooter may be able to plead down to voluntary manslaughter charges instead of murder.
SF News 'Notorious Fence' From Larkin Street Boba Tea Shop Arrested Again For Continuing to Fence Stolen Goods A man who's been charged with fencing stolen electronics out of a Larkin Street boba tea shop who drew the ire of former district attorneys Chesa Boudin and George Gascon has been arrested for the third time in four years for, you guessed it, fencing stolen electronics.
SF News CA Attorney General Agrees to Look Into Banko Brown Shooting Case California State Attorney General Rob Bonta has agreed to review the evidence in the case of the shooting death of 24-year-old Banko Brown, and whether SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins made the right call in declining to press charges.
SF News Nine Deplorable Teens Arrested In Connection With 35 Robberies; Oakland Police Vow New Approach Amid Crime Wave It sounds like the Oakland Police Department has solved the case of a string of robberies across multiple neighborhoods, and the culprits are a group of juveniles. But the 35 robberies they've been connected to represent only a fraction of a recent wave of crime in Oakland.
SF News Supervisor Introduces New Method to Stop Catalytic Converter Thieves: Put SFPD Logos On the Converters District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio is launching a free program to etch vehicle ID numbers and paint SFPD logos on catalytic converters, hoping to deter thieves with an idea that may be just crazy enough to work.
Arts & Entertainment Heklina Memorial Features Hours of Laughs, and a Few Tears, for a Beloved Queen and Mother The memorial and afterparty stretched well into the night at the Castro Theatre and later at Oasis, and the local community came out in droves to remember one of drag's greats.
SF News Humpday Headlines: One Victim Is Dead In Tuesday Car Crash on Potrero Avenue One of the people injured in Tuesday morning's car crash at Potrero and 16th has died; Oakland saw a spate of 100 robberies this month; and the Oakland A's may have reached an agreement with Nevada legislators to fund their Vegas stadium.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flood Warnings Set To Disrupt Memorial Day Weekend in Yosemite An L.A. reality TV type is on trial for swindling an elderly woman out of her Redwood City home, Uber placed an executive on leave for hosting a “Don’t Call Me Karen” event, and Yosemite campers may be flooded out this coming three-day weekend.
SF Politics Mayor Breed Reportedly Wants to Arrest People for Being ‘Under the Influence of Drugs’ In what sounds like an ACLU profiling lawsuit waiting to happen, Mayor Breed’s newest strategy to combat the fentanyl crisis is reportedly to arrest anyone who appears to be “under the influence of drugs.”
Business & Tech Elon Musk Is Hosting Ron DeSantis's Campaign Kick-Off Via Twitter Event Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly plans to formally announce his candidacy for president in 2024 in a live Twitter audio conversation with none other than Elon Musk — signaling, we suppose, the DeSantis camp's bet that potential DeSantis voters can be found among Musk's fanboys.
SF Politics Breed and Supervisors Heckled and Shouted Down at Press Conference On U.N. Plaza Drug-Dealing This made-for-TV event is not going to look good on TV, as Mayor Breed and the Board of Supervisors were heckled off their own stage and reportedly had a brick thrown at them at a Tuesday joint press conference on drug dealing at U.N. Plaza.
Business & Tech 'Verified' Account on Twitter Shares AI-Generated Image of Explosion at Pentagon, Briefly Roiling Stock Market In a first major example of a piece of misinformation from a phony yet blue-check "verified" news account on Twitter since the Musk-era change, an account purporting to be Bloomberg News posted an AI-generated image of an explosion near the Pentagon.
SF News Oakland’s Homelessness-Focused Newspaper Street Spirit to Cease Publication After Losing Funding The 28-year-old Oakland newspaper Street Spirit, which chronicles homelessness issues and is sold by unhoused vendors, will publish its last issue on June 1 because they’ve lost their nonprofit funding.
SF News Pursuit of Carjacking Suspect Ends In Crash at 16th and Potrero, Injuring Five A police pursuit of a carjacking suspect Tuesday morning ended in a violent crash into a bus stop outside the Potrero Center shopping area at 16th Street and Potrero Avenue, leaving five people seriously injured and businesses damaged.
SF News State Assembly Passes Bill To Undo ‘People As Pollution’ Ruling That Halted People's Park Development After a February appeals court ruling stopped the development of UC Berkeley’s controversial People’s Park housing complex, East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks has a bill cruising through Sacramento that could reverse that decision.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Don Ramon's Lives! Beloved Mexican Restaurant to Be Reborn at Embarcadero Center After financial woes forced the closure of beloved, 41-year-old, family-run SoMa Mexican restaurant Don Ramon's in March, we thought that was probably it. But surprise! The Ramirez family apparently has a deal to move into a new space at Embarcadero Center.
Arts & Entertainment Reminder: Today Is Heklina Day In the Castro, With a Street Closure and Performances Beginning at 6 p.m. Today is the day for the big Heklina tribute/memorial/celebration of life that is more than likely to sound like a combo funeral, posthumous roast and big, chaotic drag revue. The Castro celebration will be kicking off outdoors at 6 p.m., and organizers are seeking more donations to cover costs.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Walgreens Settles Theranos Consumer Fraud Case Walgreens has settled a case brought by consumers who received Theranos blood tests; the NTSB is looking into that small-plane crash near Half Moon Bay on Saturday; and Steph Curry just received the NBA's Social Justice Champion award.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 10-Year-Old Girl Found Fatally Stabbed In Oakland A 10-year-old girl was found fatally stabbed inside an Oakland apartment Monday; a boy of unknown age was assaulted during a strong-arm robbery in Pacific Heights; and longtime A's announcer Glen Kuiper has been fired over a racial epithet incident..
Bay Area Sports Dodgers Re-Invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night After Much Shaming From LGBTQ Community Last week's dustup surrounding the L.A. Dodgers' dumb decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night at the behest of misinformed Catholics and conservatives like Marco Rubio has taken another turn: the Dodgers have apologized and taken it all back.
SF Politics London Breed’s Poll Numbers Are in the Dumps, 60% Disapprove of Job She’s Doing Some terrible poll numbers for SF Mayor London Breed as she sits 18 months from Election Day 2024, as a new poll has her with just a 36% approval rating, while 60% disapprove of her performance.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Supreme Court Upholds California Foie Gras Ban Sorry, fans of the deliciously fatty foie gras, but the U.S Supreme Court upheld the California ban on foie gras in a case that’s been bouncing through the courts for more than ten years.
SF Politics Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Chorus of People Calling for More Seats to Be Added to Supreme Court As she runs for the U.S. Senate, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee joined a rally on Sunday calling for four more seats to be added to the Trump-heavy Supreme Court.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: 2023 Bay to Breakers Monkeyshines Shine Through On a Foggy, Gray Sunday Foggy conditions would not stop more than 17,000 runners, walkers, and costumed jokers from the annual Bay to Breakers traditions of racing, partying, and the occasional naked keg stand.
SF News Two People Shot and Injured Near Civic Center, Outside Burton Federal Building There was a shooting early Monday outside the Philip Burton Federal Building on Golden Gate Avenue that left two people injured, according to the SFPD.
