SF News Aggressive Sea Otter Possibly Back At It Stealing Surfboards In Santa Cruz A surfer had a run-in with a sea otter last week in the same vicinity that the infamous Otter 841 was menacing surfers and kayakers two years ago, in what turned out to be a hormonal reaction to being pregnant.
SF News BART Turning to ‘Community-Driven’ Workshops In Latest Attempt to Clean Up 16th and Mission As pretty much every attempt to reduce blight around the 16th and Mission BART station has failed, BART is now floating the idea of a “community-driven process” of meetings and workshops to revitalize the beleaguered station area.
SF News Castro Dispensary Owner and Legendary SF Cannabis Activist Terrance Alan Has Died Former Cafe Flore owner Terrance Alan started as a member of the “gay weed mafia” that won medical marijuana legalization in 1996, and co-founded the SF Entertainment Commission, but the Flore Dispensary owner has just passed away at age 73.
SF News Trump-Appointed Judges on Ninth Circuit Side With Trump, Allowing National Guard Troops to Be Sent to Portland The nightmare of Donald Trump wielding the National Guard as his personal army in cities where he claims, without evidence, that this intervention is needed, is going to continue for now, after a decision filed Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
SF News First Atmospheric River of the Season Might Bring Rain By Friday This La Nina season is shaping up to be an early and wet one already, and after last week's rain, more is heading toward Northern California as soon as Friday.
SF News Motorcylist Dies In Collision on I-80 In Emeryville One person died in a collision on the eastbound side of I-80 in Emeryville Sunday afternoon, which led to lane closures and a significant traffic backup.
Bay Area Sports Banged-Up 49ers Gang Bullies Their Way to 20-10 Win Over Falcons In Big National TV Game With many of the 49ers’ biggest stars out with injuries, running back Christian McCaffrey put the team on his back and racked up 201 yards just by himself, as the Niners pummeled the Falcons for a big 20-10 win.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Widespread Outage Linked to Amazon Web Services A number of online platforms were impacted by an Amazon Web Services outage early Monday; two consolidated lawsuits are ramping up against social media platforms; and the new iPhone is outselling the last model.
SF News Equipment Problem In Transbay Tube Leads to Major BART Delays A problem that arose just as the Monday morning rush hour began is creating yet another headache for commuters who rely on BART.
SF News Trump (Again) Says National Guard Is Coming to San Francisco Next, May Use Insurrection Act In a Sunday morning interview with Fox News, Trump reinforced his plans to send National Guard troops to San Francisco while potentially invoking the Insurrection Act. He said “they want us in San Francisco” and San Francisco was great before it went “woke.”
sports San Jose Sharks Apologize for Pro-ICE Jumbotron Message During Hispanic Heritage Night During the first intermission at Saturday night’s hockey game between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center, an offensive fan-submitted message flashed across the scoreboard in support of ICE. The team later apologized for the oversight.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Trump Counter-Protestors Crash ‘No Kings’ Rally in Palo Alto Some Glen Park residents are perplexed by Time Out's coining their beloved neighborhood as cool; Mayor Lurie was conspicuously absent from Saturday’s “No Kings” rally in SF; and some MAGA supporters showed up to Palo Alto’s “No Kings” protest.
SF News [Update] Former Oakland Raiders Player Dies in Custody After Scuffle With Police The Oakland Police Department says when officers responded to a report of a break-in at a residence, they were informed that someone tied to the break-in was suffering from a medical emergency. After a brief scuffle, the suspect became unresponsive before dying at the hospital.
SF News [Update] GoFundMe Creates Placeholder Pages for 1.4 Million Nonprofits, Many Without Their Knowledge Friends of the San Bruno Public Library discovered that GoFundMe created a donation page for it to “claim” without notifying its office. The site made 1.4 million such placeholder pages, which need to be manually unpublished if nonprofits wish to opt out.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: SF Photobook Fair, Annie Sprinkle’s ‘Bazoombas,’ and Local Indigenous-Owned Businesses Fundraiser for Madrone’s Oscar Myers; local Indigenous-owned businesses; processing trauma through surfing; learning about SF via Muni; downtown alley transformation; Photobook Fair weekend; Annie Sprinkle celebrates Earth and boobs; lavender and bees; SF’s 55-acre garden.
SF News Saturday Links: A Beleaguered Benioff Retracts, Apologizes for National Guard Remarks A Michigan woman used ChatGBT to pick her winning Powerball numbers; a prolific list of No King’s rallies across the Bay Area is provided within; and Marc Benioff has officially retracted his National Guard comments.
SF News Day Around the Bay: OpenAI to Block Users From Using Martin Luther King Jr.’s Likeness Prince Andrew no longer has his royal titles due to the Epstein scandal; a teenager was arrested for making a false bomb threat to a Marin County high school; and OpenAI is temporarily blocking users from utilizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness.
Arts & Entertainment Taylor Swift Inadvertently Sets Off Frenzy for Monterey Bay Aquarium T-Shirts Taylor Swift donned a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium t-shirt in her recent theatrical release. The aquarium is now offering that retro t-shirt again, or rather, 16 different versions of the shirt, plus coffee mugs, magnets, and tote bags.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Deep In Fall A Pearl 6101 chef branches out to Divisadero, a huge new dim sum restaurant opens in the East Bay, and MacKenzie Chung Fegan reviews Happy Crane, all in This Week In Food.
SF News SFPD Royally Pisses Off Other Police Departments With Hiring Billboard Right In Their Parking Lots The SFPD is making no friends among the top brass of other Bay Area police departments, with their LED mobile billboard going right into other departments’ parking lots offering their cops higher pay to jump ship.
SF Politics SF Mayor Taking Heat for Awarding Big-Bucks Contract to Longtime Donors, Against Staff Recommendations Some tough questions are suddenly being asked of the Daniel Lurie administration, after they awarded a contract to a very pricey vendor with connections to Lurie, snubbing a much cheaper and more highly rated competitor.
Business & Tech Regarding Benioff's Trumpy Turn: Salesforce Was Pitching a 'Talent Acquisition' Contract to ICE We need only follow the money to figure out what has turned the once-liberal-leaning Marc Benioff into a full-throated Trump supporter. And now we see that Salesforce was hoping to land a new contract helping ICE to expand its reach.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Smith's Castro Theatre Residency Sells Out Fast, Some Seats Still Available For New March Dates The previously announced residency by Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith, which will serve as the opening act for the renovated Castro Theatre in February and March, was already extended, and now spans over a month, with 20 show dates.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Reportedly Plans to Run In Primary for SF's Congressional Seat, Whether Pelosi Retires or Not As has long been known, state Senator Scott Wiener has political ambitions beyond the California legislature, and this week he's apparently making moves.
SF News BART Releases Photos of Woman Wanted in Connection With Stabbing at Daly City Station A man was stabbed about a month ago at 3 pm on a Wednesday afternoon outside the Daly City BART station, and now BART Police are releasing photos of a woman they say is linked to the incident, as they would like a word with her.
