SF News Monday Morning Headlines: A Dozen Buses Go Up In Flames In Potrero Hill 12 minibuses went up in flames Sunday night underneath the I-280 freeway in Potrero Hill; a protest is happening in Oakland over DA Pamela Price's handling of the Jasper Wu shooting case; and a CHP officer was struck and injured by a vehicle in Concord.
SF News City Officials and Community Groups React to Drug Charges Against Former San Jose Police Union Exec San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata and San Jose City Councilmembers commented publicly on the investigation into ex-San Jose Police Officers' Association head Joanne Segovia.
SF News Judge Releases Names of 17 Antioch Police Officers Accused in Racist Text Scandal Uncovered by FBI Probe Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe addressed the scandal Saturday, calling it "embarrassing" and saying it poses "a huge financial and legal liability" as racist texts jeopardize several cases.
SF News Sunday Links: Warriors Could Clinch Top Playoff Seed With Win Sunday, Final Game of NBA Season If the Warriors lose their Sunday 12:30 p.m. game against the Blazers, they could still make playoffs via NBA play-in tournament; Chinatown's lanterns suffered wind damage from the winter storms and are facing major repairs; and police are investigating a West Oakland sideshow that drew 50 cars.
SF News Dozens Gather Early Saturday Morning to Catch Rare "California-Henge," Stunning View of the Sunrise Over the Bay Bridge A crowd of nearly 100 people blocked traffic at the intersection of California and Gough streets to watch and photograph the famous sunrise.
SF News “Drag Up! Fight Back!” Rally Planned for Saturday at SF City Hall to Protest Anti-Drag, Anti-Trans Legislation The event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. is set to draw thousands for a rally at SF City Hall and march to Union Square, plus performances and a drag story hour.
SF News Saturday Links: Former College Swimmer Alleges Assault at SFSU Event Opposing Trans Women in Women's Sports Former 49ers star Aldon Smith has been sentenced to a year in jail for a DUI in 2021; Riley Gaines, outspoken critic of trans athletes, says she was physically assaulted on the SFSU campus; and Caltrain could face a deficit of $500 million in the next decade.
day around the bay Day Around the Bay: Texas Judge Rules to Halt FDA Approval of Medical Abortion Pill The legal decision would effectively restrict the sale of the medication, mifepristone, across the U.S.; a new survey found that 45% of female officers said they faced discrimination; and the San Jose POA fired civilian executive director, Joanne Segovia, who's accused of smuggling fentanyl.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ahead of Easter, a California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Peeps, Skittles (or a Certain Chemical Dye In Them) Everyone's favorite nanny state is back at it making international headlines, as there's a bill before the California legislature that would ban products containing Red No. 3, a.k.a erythrosine, which is used in making everything from marshmallow Peeps to cocktail cherries.
Arts & Entertainment Confirmed: 4/20 Hippie Hill Is On For 2023, With Erykah Badu On Stage The biggest free cannabis event in California gets its biggest star yet, and this year’s 4/20 Hippie Hill celebration will feature four-time Grammy winner Erykah Badu, plus D’wayne Wiggins from Tony! Toni! Toné!, though legal cannabis sales are not yet confirmed.
Arts & Entertainment Brad Pitt Moving to Monterey County, Buys Himself A Getty House (In L.A.) Some Big Divorce Energy coming from movie star Brad Pitt, as he’s bought a “historic, castle-like oceanside home” in Monterey County’s Carmel Highlands, but he also bought Aileen Getty’s SoCal house for the occasional L.A. work trip or hook-up.
Bay Area Sports On the Pleasures and Torments of Being a Warriors Fan Long before the game, I realized that I was going to have some kind of existential crisis. I was going to wonder what it's all for, and why I'm so invested in this team.
Arts & Entertainment Larry Ellison Has Sold Tahoe's Cal Neva Resort to the Proper Hotel People, Who Will Now Renovate It Six years after purchasing the storied Cal Neva Resort & Casino property on Lake Tahoe's north shore, billionaire Larry Ellison is reselling it at a tidy profit to a hotel group who will now, finally, renovate and reopen the place.
SF News USA Cycling Champ Hit By Car and Killed In the Presidio A Tuesday afternoon accident on Arguello Boulevard in the Presidio took the life of two-time USA Cycling Masters Track National Champion Ethan Boyes, who was struck by a car under circumstances the U.S. Park Police continue to investigate.
SF News Tabloid Posts Video of Slain Tech Exec Bob Lee's Tragic Final Moments, Says It Shows 'San Fran OUT OF CONTROL' The British tabloid the Daily Mail has gotten ahold of the surveillance video from the Portside condominium building, outside of which CashApp founder and crypto exec Bob Lee was frantically trying to find help after being brutally stabbed early Tuesday morning.
SF News Alameda County DA Says She’s ‘Reviewing’ Murder Charges In Toddler Shooting, Received ‘Racist Messages’ Since We’re seeing another major flare-up for a reform-minded district attorney, as Alameda County DA Pamela Price says she’s “reviewing” murder charges in the shooting of toddler Jasper Wu, but also says the “racist messages" she’s received are “unprecedented.”
Business & Tech GM Recalled 300 Cruise Robocars Following Crash Into Muni Bus An incident in which a Cruise robotaxi made a booboo and "tapped" the back of a Muni bus in the Haight last month has prompted General Motors to do a "recall" — which in the days of internet-connected vehicles just amounted to a software update.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Man Assaulted With Metal Pipe In Marina Was Former Police Commissioner A former SF fire commissioner was brutally assaulted in the Marina Wednesday; Sunny Balwani's appeal to delay his prison term has failed; and the Giants' home opener is today, hopefully after the rain stops.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Placer County Hostage Situation Leaves One Dead, Two Injured Registration for Burning Man ticket sales ends Friday at noon, the Alameda DA is doing battle with the judge who rejected her plea deal, and Placer County’s Roseville had a hostage situation that left one victim dead.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kaiyo Cow Hollow Launches New Brunch, With Ube Pancakes, Karaage Chicken & Waffles, Nikkei Ramen On the heels of last year’s Kaiyo Rooftop opening in SoMa, sister restaurant Kaiyo Cow Hollow just added a weekend brunch menu with eye-popping ube pancakes, uni egg toast, and ramen topped with shrimp, mussels, and octopus.
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour: Putting Greens? Some funny-shaped putting greens appeared at Thrive City outside the Chase Center on Thursday.
Arts & Entertainment No Sign of Foul Play In Death of Heklina; Further Autopsy Results Still Pending There was an update Thursday afternoon from Peaches Christ, who posted to Facebook from London that an initial post-mortem examination of Heklina found no sign of assault or foul play.
SF Politics Clarence Thomas's Trip to Bohemian Grove Figures Into New Report About Undisclosed Gifts From a Billionaire Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has tried to cultivate a public persona of down-home simpleness. But a new exposé by ProPublica finds that he's been accepting, and not disclosing, lavish yacht trips, vacations, and private jet flights from a conservative billionaire pal for years.
Arts & Entertainment SF Native Ali Wong Takes Angry Turn In New Netflix Series 'Beef' Comedian Ali Wong may have made her name with standup, specifically a couple of standup specials on Netflix, but she's been branching out into acting. And now she's taken on her most dramatic role yet in the Netflix series 'Beef.'
SF News Treasure Island Developers Suing Each Other Amidst Allegations of Fraud, Breach of Contract That $6 billion Treasure Island development promising to house 20,000 people is looking awfully uncertain at the moment, as the developers are hauling each other to court and making nasty charges.
