SF Politics Nancy Pelosi to Get Added Security In Congressional Spending Bill After Leaving Speakership A provision in the government funding package working its way through Congress ahead of a December 23 deadline would provide added security to former Speakers of the House — just in time for Nancy Pelosi to step down from the speakership.
SF News Residential Fire In Noe Valley Displaces Five Adults, Two Kids A two-alarm fire burned through a three-story residential building in Noe Valley early Wednesday, causing significant damage and displacing five adults, two children, and two family pets — though no one was injured in the blaze.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Power Still Out For Thousands In Humboldt County The lights are still off for thousands of homes and businesses in Humboldt County after Tuesday's quake; Elon Musk's security team is sought for questioning in SoCal incident; and the Oakland chapter of NAACP still wants the city to pay for a mayor's race recount.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Condor Club Becomes First Topless Club To Get Legacy Business Status Prominent SF landlord Victor Makras managed to avoid jail time for bank fraud, Oakland college Holy Names University is closing after 154 years, and North Beach’s Condor Club is officially the first strip club on the SF Legacy Business Registry.
Bay Area Sports Brock Purdy Jerseys Selling So Fast That 49ers Can’t Keep Up The 259th pick of the 2022 NFL Draft is now “the miracle worker” phenom Brock Purdy, and as such, the 49ers team shop is fresh out of his No. 13 jersey for which the team did not anticipate such overwhelming demand.
SF News Lil Six-Month-Old Pup Abandoned at SFO Adopted By Airline Pilot After Bizarre Odyssey This six-month-old pupper Polaris was abandoned at SFO back in September, but an airline pilot and his family have taken the dog in, after dozens of United Airlines employees clamored to adopt the puppy.
SF News We Are Going to Be Spared a New Scott Peterson Trial, at Least For Now A judge on Tuesday denied convicted wife-murderer Scott Peterson a new trial, so pending any further appeals, we may not need to hear from Peterson again, at least for a while.
SF News Nonprofits Lay Out Plan To End Homelessness In California — For $8 Billion a Year An $8.1 billion investment every year for the next 12 years could end homelessness in California, according to a new analysis that says pandemic-era levels of spending sustained over more than a decade would house everyone who needs housing.
Business & Tech Musk Said to Be Seeking New Twitter CEO, But He Now Says Future Polling On Policy Changes Reserved for Twitter Blue Users After 57% of respondents in a Twitter poll on Sunday told Elon Musk he should step down as Chief Twit, he seems to be following through — though how quickly a new CEO could be in place is anyone's guess.
SF News Two Killed, Three Injured In Remote Sonoma County Crash Down 300-Foot Ravine Two adults were killed and three people were injured Monday night, including two children, when a Jeep carrying the group plummeted 300 feet down a ravine off a dirt road near Cazadero, in west Sonoma County.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Western Addition Residents Complain of Growing Drug Use, Homelessness A community meeting in the Western Addition addressed growing issues on the street, a local food bank is seeking donations this week, and California is facing a $24 billion budget shortfall next year.
SF News [UPDATE] 6.4M Earthquake Rocks Humboldt County, Injuring 11, Leading to Two Deaths and Widespread Damages A significant earthquake jolted the community of Ferndale in Humboldt County early Tuesday — one year to the day of a similar-sized quake in the area — and damages are still being assessed as at least 100,000 residents are in the dark without power.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape, But Mistrial On Siebel Newsom Charges Twin Peaks is gearing up for the worst car break-in week of the year, a leading voice in VR is quitting Meta, and Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty on three of the seven sexual assault charges against him.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The Five Most Festive SF Fire Stations In the Holiday Decorating Contest The block parties and judging contests in the SF Fire Department holiday decoration contest are scheduled for Wednesday, and these five SF fire stations are decked out with gushers of yuletide razzle-dazzle that you won’t want to miss.
SF News Former KTVU Anchor Frank Somerville Speaks Publicly About Addiction Issues Nearly a year after a dramatic DUI incident in downtown Oakland that was caught on camera, former station anchor Frank Somerville is now talking publicly about the addiction issues and psychological state that in part brought an end to his days at KTVU.
SF News Biden Administration Claims It Will Cut Homelessness By 25% In Two Years, Offers Little Detail On How An ambitious plan to reduce homelessness by 25% seems to lack the “plan” part in the Biden administration’s new effort to house people, as homelessness has ticked up nationally by 3.4% this year.
SF News Two Shootings In SF Sunday, One of Them Fatal at 24th & Mission BART Plaza The SFPD responded to two shooting incidents on Sunday, the second of which was a homicide in broad daylight at the typically bustling 24th & Mission BART plaza.
SF News Homophobic Protesters Attempt to Disrupt Family-Oriented Castro Holiday Event A group of agitators who likely came from far out of town descended on the Castro Sunday to preach intolerance and tell people they should be taking their kids to church instead of to see drag queens read stories.
SF News Narcan Everywhere: Haney Introduces Bill To Require Narcan In Bars, Gas Stations, Libraries, SROs Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing a bill that would require bars, gas stations, libraries and SROs to stock the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan, though that state would pay for the supply.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Dense Fog Covers Inland Bay Area A dense fog advisory is in effect for North and East Bay valleys, Santa Rosa police issued dozens of sideshow citations over the weekend, and SF's Union Square was packed on Sunday like in olden times.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Likely Stepping Down As Head Twit at Twitter, As He Likely Always Intended Elon Musk posted another one of his Twitter polls on Sunday, this time asking whether he ought to step down from being acting CEO of Twitter — which is something he's probably been intending to do all along.
SF News New Data Shows SF Students Graduating Above State Levels — Which Just Hit Record High San Francisco Unified School District had a 90% graduation rate this year despite pandemic-related learning challenges, but chronic absenteeism rates have doubled.
SF News Juvenile Fatally Shot in Antioch Park Saturday Morning A 16-year-old Antioch boy died from gunshot wounds after a daylight shooting on Saturday, the Antioch Police Department said, but no arrests have been made yet.
SF News Sunday Links: Argentina Triumphs Over France In 2022 World Cup as Bay Area Soccer Fans Watch Sunday Morning San Francisco soccer fans gathered in Golden Gate Park early Sunday to watch Argentina win the World Cup; an 11-year-old boy has been reported missing in Oakland; and a second man has been arrested in a San Leandro Sept. 7 armed robbery that left a 60-year-old man dead.
SF News Recount of Close Oakland Mayor Race Will Not Proceed Because No One Has Paid For It, County Registrar Says Oakland mayor-elect Sheng Thao won over opponent Loren Taylor by less than 700 votes after ranked-choice vote tabulations, but Taylor supporter's demands for a recount will not proceed, according to the county.
