SF News Humpday Headlines: After the Wind, Bay Area to See Rain and Snow A one-year-old boy is in critical condition after a tree fell on his family's house in the Santa Cruz Mountains; one person died after a collision at the MacArthur Maze; and snow is likely to fall in multiple spots over the next two days including Santa Rosa.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wind Knocks Out More Lines, Now More Than 100,000 Customers Without Power A Richmond District Dungeness crab favorite is moving, the Bay Bridge lanes shut down by a fallen tree in today’s storms are mostly reopen, but the number of Bay Area households without power has grown to more than 100,000.
SF Politics San Ramon Parents Want To Jump On The Public School Book-Banning Bandwagon Angry parents have taken to Facebook to condemn a handful of books carried in San Ramon Valley Unified School District libraries, and the pitchforks are coming out for an upcoming school board meeting at which the board is set to discuss banned books.
SF News Nearly 70,000 in Bay Area Without Power As Winds Top 60mph, Fallen Trees Blocking Bay Bridge The National Weather Service wasn’t kidding about that wind advisory, as a couple hours into it, winds have topped 60 miles per hour, an estimated 70,000 in the Bay Area are without power, and PG&E and the fire department are playing whack-a-mole with downed trees and lines.
gun rights California's Assault Weapons Ban Expected to be Overturned This Week, Potentially Teeing Up Supreme Court Fight Federal judge Roger Benitez, who has a history of ruling against California's gun control measures, could strike down the ban in place since 1989, while the Supreme Court is upending gun restrictions nationwide.
Arts & Entertainment Fresh Off Blockbuster Run in ‘Chicago,’ Jinkx Monsoon Announces U.S. Tour With SF and San Jose Dates After “single-handedly reviving ‘Chicago’ on Broadway,” frequent SF drag performer Jinkx Monsoon has announced a 44-city U.S. tour, with two Bay Area dates in August, one at the Warfield.
SF News [Update] Fire Near Tracks Has Halted East Bay BART Service Between Coliseum and Fruitvale Stations A Tuesday morning fire near the tracks between the Coliseum and Fruitvale stations has reportedly been extinguished, but its aftermath is still disrupting service on the Berryessa line between those two East Bay stations.
SF News Scaffolding Is Up, Ferry Building Paint Job And Restoration Is Underway The Ferry Building’s 125-year anniversary renovation has started, and while much of the clock tower is now concealed by scaffolding, a fresh coat of paint in the custom color “Ferry Building Gray” will bring the structure back to its original 1898 hue.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: 100-Year-Old Man Killed in Oakland Hit-And-Run A cold air mass will be making things significantly chillier today, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee has officially thrown her hat into the ring to run for the Senate, and a 100-year-old man was killed in a Sunday morning hit-and-run right by Lake Merritt.
SF News Presidents’ Day Around the Bay: 1000 Van Ness Movie Theater Is Closing At Month's End Local Mardi Gras festivities started this weekend in North Beach, a Pac Heights mansion was listed for $35 million, and we just got word the old 1000 Van Ness movie theater will be ceasing operations on February 28.
SF News Seemingly Racist Muni Egg Attack Prompts SFPD, SFMTA Investigations A Thursday egg-throwing attack on the 38-Geary was caught on video, with some hate speech reportedly in the mix, and it turns out this suspect may have a checkered past of targeting Asian women in food-throwing attacks.
SF News Tesla Cliff Plunge, Oakland Baker’s Death Spark Debate Over Charging Suspects Against Family Wishes Two Bay Area cases that have made headlines have a common thread that the victims’ families may not want suspects charged, though that’s still unlikely to change a DA’s decision on whether to pursue charges.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Celeb Chef Tyler Florence Plans New Wayfare Tavern In FiDi’s Former Dar Fatma And GNC Store It’s unclear whether Wayfare Tavern is moving, or if they’re just opening a second space, but Food Network personality Tyler Florence is the latest to make a big new bet on downtown with reported plans for a new Wayfare Tavern location at Pine and Battery Streets.
housing market Average Home in Bay Area Actually Selling for Less than Asking Price, Data Shows For the first time in a decade, the Bay Area’s tight housing market might be loosening up a little, but it's still not exactly affordable.
SF News Capp Street Gets Bigger New Concrete Barricades, Firefighters Union Sounds Off Angrily On Twitter A new set of heavier and more immovable concrete barriers went up to deter the sex work trade on Capp Street this weekend, but the local firefighters union took to Twitter to decry what they see as a public safety risk.
Business & Tech Supreme Court Showdown: Big Tech vs the Law, with the Fate of the Internet at Stake After decades of protecting Big Tech from lawsuits, the Supreme Court is finally ready to take a look at Section 230, the 'lifeblood of the internet.' Time will tell how companies like Google and Facebook fight back.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Fire Damages Historic Black Church In Oakland A three-alarm fire Monday caused heavy damage to the oldest Black church in Oakland; two street vendors have been assaulted in San Jose in the last week; and snow could fall in parts of the Bay Area later this week.
east bay Large Power Outage Affects 50,000 People In East Bay and Leaves Alameda Drawbridge Stuck Half-Open The outage has also affected BART and AC Transit services, as well as stalled passengers going through Oakland Airport.
fairfield Fairfield Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Killing His Wife After Couple Was Reported Missing Last Week The suspect, 61-year-old Greg Hobson, was found by Fairfield Police Department detectives on Thursday arrested for the alleged murder of his wife, whose body is still misisng.
SF News Sunday Links: Norovirus on the Rise in San Francisco, Wastewater Data Shows Levels of norovirus, which can cause vomiting and diarrhea, are increasing around the country, and the Bay is no exception; a second attack on a food vendor in San Jose was reported; and a new book vending machine opened on Treasure Island.
SF News After a Warm Weekend, Some Parts of the Bay Area Could See Snow Next Week Some high-elevation neighborhoods like the Berkeley and Oakland Hills could get flurries as freezing temperatures and moist air come to the Bay this Tuesday through Friday.
San Quentin Prison San Quentin Prison Captain Accused of Sexual Assault of Unconscious Person The victim, whose identity has not been released, said that the assault occurred in San Quentin Village, CA area, close to the prison where the suspect, Orlando Ponce, 43, was employed.
SF News Saturday Links: Historic Seacliff State Beach Pier in Santa Cruz to be Demolished After Storm Damage Officials might begin demolition of the Seacliff State pier as early as next week; Bay Area favorites Drake's Brewing Co. and Bear Republic Brewing Co. are merging; and a Tesla driver died after the car struck a fire truck in Contra Costa early Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART to pay $9 Million in Settlement for S.F. Man Who Lost a Leg After Getting Dragged by a Train The payout amount is apparently BART’s largest settlement to date; an ex-Contra Costa sheriff's deputy faces multiple felonies for an alleged scheme to steal guns; and police are looking for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a Half Moon Bay beach.
SF News Alleged Synagogue Shooter Pleads Not Guilty, But Gets Denied Release From Jail 51-year-old Dmitri Mishin had his first court appearance Friday over firing a round of blanks inside a Richmond District synagogue, and while he pleaded not guilty to firearm and hate crime charges, the judge denied his release saying he may still pose a threat to the community.
