SF News Shots Fired at Santa Clara County Deputies During Armed Standoff in Gilroy Sunday Morning When deputies tried to perform a wellness check on a Gilroy man, he responded by pulling out a gun and firing at them, and the crisis negotiations team has been tryinng to de-escalate.
SF News Mother, 7-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Water Off Monterey County Coast in Suspected Drownings The days-long search for a missing 7-year-old boy concluded when divers found his body in the water near Moss Landing Harbor, after his mother was also found dead in a suspected drowning Wednesday.
SF News Sunday Links: San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's To Play in Bay Bridge Series Starting Sunday There was a fatal shooting at Tahoe's popular Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Saturday morning; A parade Saturday afternoon celebrated Market Street's beloved Larry “Bucket Man” Hunt; and the Bay Area's MLB teams are playing a two-game set, though the rivalry game won't count in the standings.
SF News Car Plunges Off San Mateo Bridge into Water, Driver Rescued Early Saturday Morning The driver reportedly suffered a medical emergency when they drove off the bridge, taking out a 50-foot chunk of the fence, but was not injured in the accident.
SF News Gov. Newsom Revoked Majority of Drought Emergency Measures Friday, But Stopped Short of Declaring End of Drought After this winter's storms, about 65% of California is out of drought conditions — compared to almost 100% of the state under some form of drought or dry conditions about three months ago.
SF News Saturday Links: Alameda Boat Company Finds Undiscovered 3,300-ft. Underwater Mountain Off Coast of California An autonomous Saildrone boat found an underwater mountain likely formed from seismic activity; A 3.1-M earthquake rattled Humboldt County Saturday morning; and a Berkeley man has been charged with getting drunk off church wine.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hayward Home Depot Employee Arrested After Being Found With $80,000 in Stolen Goods CHP's local Organized Retail Crime Task Force found about 600 stolen retail items and nearly $90,000 in cash at a Home Depot employee's house; three Oakland Zoo birds have returned after escaping during the storm this week; and a 77-year-old man is missing in Potrero Hill.
SF News BART Board Moves Forward On $90 Million (Supposedly) Evasion-Proof Fare Gate Project Despite so-called “fiscal cliff” concerns, BART is embarking on a $90 million project to replace all their fare gates with new jump-proof “next generation” models, and got a recommendation to move ahead on the first $47 million phase of this at Thursday’s board meeting.
Arts & Entertainment Internet Aflutter Over Robert Downey Jr. Remaking 'Vertigo,' the Best Film Ever Shot In San Francisco News arrived Thursday that Robert Downey Jr. and Paramount have acquired the rights to do a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. And the Twitterverse et al have had plenty to say about Hollywood lacking imagination and taste.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Boichik Bagels Rolls Open Its New Factory (With Dining Space!) In Berkeley If it’s Boichik Bagels, you know there’s going to be plenty of hype and long lines involved, and that’s what happened at 7:30 a.m. in Berkeley Friday morning as the runaway blockbuster bagel brand opened its 18,000-square-foot production plant and cafe.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Park Tavern Set to Reopen In North Beach, Following Lengthy Renovation While open briefly during the pandemic, North Beach's once bustling brasserie Park Tavern has been closed for more than a year and a half. But that is about to change — and there's a new executive chef in the kitchen.
Arts & Entertainment Gray Area’s New Show TECHS-MECHS Celebrates Media Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Sprawling, Immersive Body of Work The exhibition, offered through May 31, finds the perfect home in San Francisco's Mission district as it explores how technology is used to bring people together and to drive them apart.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theatre Preservationists Launch Rival ‘Castro In Exile’ Movie Nights, With Sing-Along ‘Grease’ The old Castro Theatre sing-along shows have gone rogue while the theater sits unused, as the “Save the Seats” crowd is rebooting the traditional movie screenings in a “Castro In Exile” series starting with Sing-Along Grease on April 7.
SF News A 'Caravan' of Thieves Hit Multiple Oakland Businesses Thursday, In Chinatown and Elsewhere Oakland's plague of business robberies continued this week with a brazen caravan traveling in multiple vehicles — or possibly multiple crews — that hit at least 20 businesses in multiple commercial districts early Thursday.
SF News In Blow to New Alameda Co. DA, Judge Tosses Plea Deal In Murder Case Newly elected Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price appeared in a courtroom Thursday for a hearing in a plea deal that marked one of the first significant moves of her tenure. And the news was not good.
SF News Listen: JV’s WILD 94.9 DJ Colleagues Speak On Air as They Learn of His Passing, Wife Breaks Silence Some riveting and heartbreaking radio happened on WILD 94.9FM Thursday, as the crew of the JV Show broke the news of Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift’s confirmed death as they were on the air — and his wife has spoken out in a gut-wrenching social media post.
SF News Mother Killed, Twin Boys Injured In Crash Caused By High-Speed Police Chase In East Bay An East Bay mother was killed and her six-year-old twin sons were injured when the car was smashed into by a suspect fleeing police at high speed in the town of Rodeo.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Cruise Vehicle Hits Back of Muni Bus Some Oakland teachers are staging a sickout today, SF Supervisor Ahsha Safai is likely going to run for mayor next year, and an autonomous Cruise vehicle "made contact" with the back of a Muni bus yesterday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: More Windows Fail From SF Buildings, and We May Have a Problem Here Tahoe resorts are extending their ski seasons in some cases into the summer, BART is considering new jump-proof fare gates, and two more SF buildings had window failures Wednesday and Thursday.
Arts & Entertainment The ‘Bucket Man’ Will Be Honored With a Memorial Parade In Downtown SF Saturday There will be one last jam for Larry “The Bucket Man” Hunt this Saturday, as the legendary San Francisco busker will be honored with a memorial brass band parade that will conclude at the Union Square corner where his beat went on so many years.
Arts & Entertainment 'Fiddler on the Roof' Feels Newly Relevant In Vibrant Touring Production Musicals from the 1960s tend not to feel fresh or charged with geopolitical relevance unless they've been substantially reinterpreted. But a highly faithful revival of 'Fiddler on the Roof' opened with a powerful gut-punch Wednesday night at the Golden Gate Theater.
Arts & Entertainment The Cockettes Come Back Hard In ‘Cockettes: Res-Erection’ This Weekend At The Oasis SF’s legendary heart-'throbs' the Cockettes will get it up again for Cockettes: Res-Erection, a “musical mayhem revue” featuring a touch of the original troupe and a fresh generation of cast members.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason Center With New Parklet-Based 'Pop-Up' Vendors The 2023 season of Off the Grid Fort Mason Center kicks off Friday, March 24, and it looks like the weather will hold at least for this opening week, and stay dry for the big food truck gathering.
SF News Photos: Very Good Berkeley Falcon Dad Brings Food for Chicks, Even Though They’re Not Hatched Yet Celebrity Berkeley celebrity falcon Annie’s new mate Lou has shown another gesture of unusually attentive fatherhood, bringing the hatchlings food, even though they’re still not hatched and can’t eat it yet.
SF News Suspect Arrested In Pistol-Whipping and Shooting On BART Train A suspect is in custody for the March 16 pistol-whipping incident onboard a BART train that resulted in a shot being fired in the train car.
