Business & Tech Elizabeth Holmes Now Looking to Get Out of Possible $878 Million Restitution Bill Yeah, so, Elizabeth Holmes doesn't really think she should have to pay back the bilked investors who lost money because of Theranos's collapse, and her lawyers' latest gambit is to try to get out of her having to pay any restitution at all.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands 15th Anniversary Lineup Includes Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Lana Del Rey, and Janelle Monae Outside Lands is celebrating 15 years in Golden Gate Park this summer, and after selling out those Eager Beaver tickets in an hour last week, the regular on-sale begins tomorrow, March 8.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shuttered FiDi Bar Harrington’s Trying to Make A Comeback, Via Crowdfunding There will be some sort of St. Patrick’s Day party again at downtown Irish pub Harrington’s, and the Financial District bar that’s been closed for two-and-a-half years is mounting a crowdfunded comeback bid.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Atmospheric River Rain Looks Likely By Thursday Night A dog was rescued from a house on fire near Ocean Beach this a.m.; Oakland business owners complain that the cops "don't do anything" about burglaries; and the likelihood has increased that an atmospheric river will hit with 2+ inches of rain in places on Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Fire In Polk Street Building Caused By Scooter Battery SF's Dept. of Public Works says it's repairing triple the number of potholes due to all the rain; a woman killed by a fallen tree in a San Jose park has been identified, and a fire Saturday in the Polk Gulch neighborhood was caused by a scooter battery.
SF News SF Man Charged in Bizarre, Unprovoked Assault of 78-Year-Old Woman A 47-year-old SF man will stand trial in the seemingly unprovoked February attack on a 78-year-old woman, where he allegedly kicked her cane away from her and left her head badly lacerated.
SF Politics Mayor Breed’s Brother Can Have His Sentence Lightened For 2000 Killing Case, Judge Rules Another new legal ruling Monday in the case of Mayor Breed’s brother could potentially see him released from prison, where he’s been for 20 years, as he’s now eligible for a resentencing that will likely lower his sentence.
SF Politics Gov. Gavin Newsom Says California Is 'Done' With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Decision Gavin Newsom took to Twitter early Monday to declare that pharmacy chain Walgreens is now on the list of entities the state won't being doing future business with, due to its decision not to ship medical-abortion drugs to women in 20 states.
SF News Alleged Bay Area Serial Killer David Misch May Face One or Two Trials For Killings of Two Women and a Nine-Year-Old Girl A court is set to decide if 61-year-old David Misch, accused in two separate Alameda County murder cases from the mid-1980s, will stand trial for both cases simultaneously, or if they will be severed.
Business & Tech Another Glitchy Day at Elon Musk's Twitter, Snafu Breaks Several Features Across the Platform Twitter had a roughly 90-minute meltdown for thousands of users Monday morning, and while the platform is back up and running, these things seem to be happening more frequently in the wake of Musk's mass layoffs.
SF News Brace for Another Rainy Week, and Possible Atmospheric River By the Weekend It's the winter that keeps on giving, wetness-wise. And if you've grown weary with all the rain, we've got some bad news for you with regards to the next week.
SF News The Oakland Ransomware Attack Files Have Been Leaked The hacker group taking responsibility for the ransomware attack on the City of Oakland has leaked their first batch of files, leaving city employees’ personal data potentially exposed while the hack continues to cripple city systems.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Boy Scout Den Mother Killed By Falling Tree A den mother was killed while hiking with a Boy Scout troop on Sunday; one person was injured in a shooting on Treasure Island; and Steph Curry returned to play with the Warriors following an injury.
SF News Bay Area Couple Sues Over Being Abandoned In Rough Waters on Hawaiian Snorkel Tour The Hayward couple filed a lawsuit in federal court suing a snorkel tour operator for $5 million, alleging negligence and emotional distress, after being left behind by the boat and having to swim to shore, they say.
SF News Three People Shot Overnight in San Francisco in Three Separate Shootings, None Fatal A 14-year-old, 33-year-old, and 52-year-old were victims of shootings that took place over four hours from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning, but all victims survived.
SF News Sunday Links: Stillborn Baby Found in SF-Funded Tent Village Bathroom Last Year, City Confirms The body of a stillborn baby was discovered at the city-funded encampment in front of San Francisco City Hall in January 2022; a Sunday morning fire in the Outer Richmond damaged two homes; and snowstorms are pummeling Tahoe (again).
SF News Friday Night Japantown Fire Displaces 2 People, 1 Dog Firefighters rescued a German Shepherd from a structure fire at 2143 Pine Street, a four-story, multiresidential building, although no injuries (canine or otherwise) were reported.
SF News Extra Federal Food Stamp Assistance Ending, Leaving Nearly 100K San Franciscans At Risk of Food Insecurity An estimated 96,000 SF residents across 70,000 households — representing 12% of the city’s population — will lose an average of $160 a month in CalFresh benefits, as food prices continue to rise.
SF News Saturday Links: Celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, in the Bay Area This Weekend More rain is in the forecast this weekend; A mountain lion sighting led to a shelter-in-place warning at a Half Moon Bay school; and a guide to celebrating Holi, the Hindu celebration of colors, in the Bay.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Jose Man Arrested In Connection With PG&E Transformer Explosions The suspect in the explosions, 35-year-old San Jose resident Peter Karasev, faces several felony charges; Sotheby's is auctioning off Pier 24 Photography's famous photo collection ASAP; and the stolen van in Napa with several shelter cats inside has been recovered.
SF Politics Ron DeSantis Fundraising In California, Newsom Jabs That DeSantis Is ‘Going To Get Smoked by Trump’ The ongoing taunt war between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom flares up again as the Florida governor comes fundraising to California this weekend, with Newsom razzing that DeSantis will “get smoked by Trump” in the upcoming GOP primary.
SF News Berkeley Poised to Close Famed Anthropology Library, Angry Students In Full ‘Occupy’ Mode UC Berkeley’s 67-year-old George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library is one of only three university anthropology libraries in the U.S., but the school wants to shut it down, prompting an Occupy-style student protest.
Arts & Entertainment Comic Political Thriller 'Tea Party' Opens at the Strand Theater, a Swan Song Directing Project From a Director With ALS A Bay Area theater director who was diagnosed with ALS last year, and who has already lost the ability to speak, is at the helm of what she calls her "dream project," which came together quickly through the help of theater friends and opened last night at ACT's Strand Theater.
SF News The SFPD Brags About Busting Johns Seeking Sex Workers on Capp Street Undercover SFPD officers have recently been posing as sex workers and they say they've busted 30 "johns" in a pointless exercise on Capp Street, in an ongoing effort to crack down on solicitation on that Mission District alley.
SF News Hackers In Ransomware Attack Plan to Release City of Oakland Employee Info, and More The City of Oakland, it looks like, opted not to pay any ransom to a hacker group that succeeded in hobbling multiple city systems, and that group is now planning to make good on its threat to release an unknown amount of sensitive data.
