SF Politics Safe Drug-Consumption 'Wellness Hubs' Back on the Table In SF With New Proposed Legislation San Francisco may try to follow the "New York Model" of turning a blind eye and providing some funding for "wellness" centers that allow consumption of illegal drugs under new legislation being put forward by Supervisor Hillary Ronen.
Bay Area Sports Niners Best Cowboys In a Defensive Grind, Move On to NFC Championship Game vs. Philadelphia When the Dallas Cowboys' huge, lightning fast defensive lineman smothered Brock Purdy on a 2nd and 10 less than one minute into Sunday's Divisional game at Levi's Stadium, it was clear that the San Francisco 49ers were going to have their hands full.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reminder: SF’s 15% Delivery-Fee Cap Effectively Ends Next Week, When New ‘Compromise’ Deal Kicks In After San Francisco was first to adopt a pandemic-era fee cap for third-party delivery sites like DoorDash and Grubhub, a compromise deal will take effect here January 31 where the apps can go back to charging way more than 15%.
SF News Pete Buttigieg and Nancy Pelosi Join London Breed to Celebrate $400M Federal Grant for Golden Gate Bridge Upgrades "We know that the dollars in the federal government are hard to get, which is why this funding is significant," said SF Mayor London Breed at a Monday morning event at the Roundhouse Cafe at the Golden Gate Bridge, celebrating a major new grant from the Biden Administration.
SF Politics Suspended Oakland Police Chief Swings Back, Mounts Campaign to Be Reinstated Placed on paid administrative leave over alleged mishandling of internal discipline, Oakland police chief LeRonne Armstrong is going on offense with a lawyer, PR representative, and allies he’s rounded up.
SF News Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies Plan Increased Security at Lunar New Year Events Following SoCal Shooting The mood was subdued on Sunday at an annual Lunar New Year kickoff event in San Francisco's Portsmouth Square, after members of the Asian American community in the Southern California city of Monterey Park were senselessly gunned down amid celebrations there the night before.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Castro Bar Closes After 27 Years A pedestrian was killed in a vehicle collision on Cathedral Hill; SF firefighters rescued two people from a cliff at Fort Funston; and Harvey's, the 27-year-old bar and restaurant at the corner of 18th and Castro, closed for good on Sunday.
SF News Back-to-Back Early Sunday Morning Collisions In the Mission Leave Two Injured, One Dead The suspect accused of crashing his vehicle into a pedestrian and another vehicle — fatally — on 16th Street is reportedly in custody and an investigation is ongoing.
SF News Sunday Links: Woman Dies After Tesla Crashes Into Residential Swimming Pool in Marin Police say the car careened through a fence and into the pool, though the reason for the crash is still unknown.
mass shooting [Update] Suspect Found Dead In Van Linked to Mass Shooting In Southern California's Monterey Park On Sunday afternoon, a man was found dead, likely of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a white van that authorities believe may be connected to the Saturday night shooting.
orinda VIDEO: Landslide Threatens Orinda Neighborhood, Pulls One House Down Hillside After its residents were evacuated Wednesday, the home at 14 Cedar Lane slid to about 30 feet below its original position, staying mostly intact.
SF News Police Arrest San Francisco Man in Connection with Two Armed Bank Robberies in South San Francisco The suspect, 48-year-old Damion Stephen Shoemaker, was arrested in Daly City on suspicion of two counts of armed robbery at the same Chase Bank.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland A's Hall of Famer and World Series Champion, "Captain Sal" Bando, dies at 78 Sal Bando remembered as Oakland A's captain who led the Oakland A's to three World Series wins in the 1970s; the search for missing SFSU student near Pacifica beach called off; and actor Jeremy Renner said he broke at least 30 bones in Nevada snowplow accident.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Swimmer Who Went Missing Off Pacifica Coast Thursday Identified as SFSU Student The 22-year-old, Hamzah Alsaudi, reportedly went for a Polar Plunge when he got swept away by a wave; a Hayward man connected to a vehicle theft ring is on the run and "armed and dangerous," police say; and Madonna added a second SF show to her world tour in October.
SF News Downtown Berkeley’s Last Remaining Movie Theater, the Regal UA, Is Closing Pour another one out for another movie theater biting the dust, as the Regal UA on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley is closing. There’s no closing date announced, but it looks like their lease will expire February 15.
SF News Paid Parklet Permit System Hits Application Deadline, Most SF Businesses Intend To Keep Their Parklets The free ride is over for San Francisco parklets, but now that businesses must pay $2,000 a year for each parking space their parklet occupies, nearly 80% of current parklet owners are still opting to keep them.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink East Bay Teen Who Won on Food Network Show Opens Cake Shop In Hayward The youngest-ever contestant to win one of the adult baking competition shows on Food Network, Max Soto, has just opened his own Bay Area cake shop, called Max's Cakes.
Business & Tech Netflix Cofounder Reed Hastings Steps Down From CEO Role After a bumpy year for Netflix, co-CEO and cofounder Reed Hastings is stepping down but will remain in the role of chairman.
SF News Whole Foods Moves In Again On Long-Vacant Former Best Buy Location at Geary and Masonic Whole Foods has submitted new plans to occupy the space that Best Buy vacated way back in 2017, as the grocer continues its now nearly-six-year quest to be the new anchor tenant at City Center plaza at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue.
SF News Oakland Police Chief Placed on Administrative Leave Over Alleged Mishandling of Internal Investigation New Oakland mayor Sheng Thao is moving fast, placing the city’s police chief LeRonne Armstrong on paid administrative leave just one day after an internal report was made public saying he’s failed to hold officers accountable for misconduct.
SF News Elizabeth Holmes Booked One-Way Ticket to Mexico After Conviction, Prosecutors Say As federal prosecutors push to get Elizabeth Holmes more quickly into prison, they have revealed in a new court filing that she booked a one-way ticket to Mexico last year not long after her conviction on four counts of fraud.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Google Lays Off 12,000 Workers Google/Alphabet is laying off 12,000 workers, a 3.6M earthquake struck Thursday evening in Sonoma County, and the state wants you to please withdraw your Middle Class Tax Refund ASAP.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Announces Grants Of Up To $5,000 for Storm-Damaged Businesses UC Davis fired the prominent chemistry professor accused of raping a high school student, the wildly popular Dave’s Hot Chicken opens Friday in Oakland, and SF small businesses that suffered storm damage are now eligible for grants of up to $5,000.
SF News The Haight's Page Street Becomes Permanent Slow Street The SFMTA board has signed off on Page Street becoming a permanent Slow Street, capping off nearly three years in which a pandemic experiment became popular for many residents.
SF News Video: President Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties, Announces More Relief Funds President Joe Biden touched down in Santa Clara County just before noon, toured the wreckage in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Capitola, and announced more relief funds in a speech that’s already posted online.
