SF News CHP Baffled As Same Sinkhole Near Tracy Claims Three Vehicles — All Because Drivers Ignore Road Closure Signs Out in San Joaquin County, it seems a few drivers don't like to abide by road closures that inconvenience them, and this has resulted in three vehicles in two weeks getting fully lodged in a sinkhole that's about 12 to 15 feet wide.
SF News Tilting Millennium Tower To Now Tilt Less, Engineer Says, With Piles Hitting Bedrock The long saga of SF's sinking and leaning Millennium Tower may soon come to a happy end, with the building still mostly upright and residents able to feel more secure.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: This Chilly Weather Isn't Going Away The Arctic air mass currently chilling much of the country isn't lifting off of California before Thursday, Everett Middle School is getting a schoolyard makeover, and Trump's legal tactics aren't working for him so much anymore.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Zoo to Reopen Friday After Sinkhole Situation An employee at Pizza Squared who denied service to SFPD officers has been fired, charges have been filed against the man who allegedly drove his family off a Pacifica cliff, and the Oakland Zoo is opening up again Friday with Glowfari extended.
Arts & Entertainment Kilowatt Has Reopened, Redesigned and Under New Ownership Longtime Mission District punk-rock-sports-biker-dive bar Kilowatt has reopened under its new ownership team of ex-Bottom of the Hill and Thee Parkside bartenders, and here are some first-look pics at the new Kilowatt that will soon be a live music venue again.
SF News Weekend Homicide In SF's Potrero Hill Happens Amid a Barrage of Gunfire One man was killed by gunfire in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood on Saturday night, in the same Potrero Annex complex where a fire claimed one life last week — and a barrage of bullets was later found having hit homes and vehicles.
Bay Area Sports 49ers' Dream Run Comes to an End with Injury to Purdy and a Blowout by Philadelphia It felt like a game of exceptionally bad luck for the Niners, with mere inches separating glory from disaster early on. San Francisco lost 31-7 to the Eagles and were denied a trip to the Super Bowl, but also denied what would have been one of the great storylines in sports history.
Arts & Entertainment 'Dear Evan Hansen' Still Packs a Punch, But a Smaller One The soaring, anthemic musical numbers and hyper-contemporary book of Dear Evan Hansen still feel relevant and powerful in the latest touring production to arrive in SF. But it's starting to show a little wear, seven years out from its initial run.
SF News Renowned South Lake Tahoe Pro Skier Kyle Smaine Killed In Avalanche In Japan A former world champion halfpipe skier and gold medal winner, Tahoe-based freestyle pro skier Kyle Smaine, died Sunday morning in an avalanche in Nagano, Japan.
SF News Oakland Homeless Woman Found Dead In Tent Following Cold Night The Bay Area saw a major cold snap overnight with frost and hard-freeze warnings in various locales. And in Oakland, CHP officers found a homeless woman dead this morning in her tent, possibly because of the cold.
SF News Senior Care Worker Charged With Elder Abuse After 94-Year-Old Man Dies From Drinking Cleaning Fluid A San Pablo woman has been charged with felony elder abuse after a resident at the Atria Senior Living facility in Walnut Creek died from drinking cleaning fluid, in a death that the facility allegedly first attempted to blame on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Closure of Hawker Fare Adds to Darkened Restaurant Storefronts in the Mission Hawker Fare, chef James Syhabout's often bustling, casual Northern Thai and Lao restaurant at Valencia and 18th, served its last meals on Sunday, adding to a string of closures across the Mission.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Downtown Oakland Once Again Sees Big Protest Over Police Killing Many hundreds (thousands?) gathered in Downtown Oakland Sunday to protest the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis; Elon Musk has apologized for linking to a conspiracy story about the Paul Pelosi attack; and three years ago today the WHO first declared COVID a global emergency.
SF News California Man Jailed on Suspicion of Attempted Murder For Driving Tesla With Family Inside Off South Bay Cliff The rescue and survival of Patel, his wife, 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, had originally been called a miracle, but California Highway Patrol investigators reportedly "developed probable cause to believe this incident was an intentional act."
Former North Bay Mayor Pleads Guilty to Several Counts of Child Sexual Abuse The former Sebastopol mayor, 45-year-old Robert Jacob, pleaded no contest to six counts of child sex crimes this month, the Press Democrat reported.Jacob, the founder of a medical marijuana dispensary in Sebastopol,
SF News Sunday Links: 49ers Rookie Brock Purdy’s Injuries Forces Him Out of Playoff Game, Fourth-String Josh Johnson Enters 49ers’ rookie third-string 23-year-old quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a right elbow injury on the team’s first drive; potential frost and freezing warnings could happen this week; and a Tesla spontaneously caught on fire just outside of Sacramento.
SF News Steph and Ayesha Curry Oppose New Multi-Family Housing Near Home in Exclusive South Bay Town Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha are arguing against new affordable housing in Atherton, which has the most expensive ZIP code in America.
SF News Oakland Police Department Reportedly Facing Lawsuit for Alleged “Ghost Pursuit” that Resulted in Death of Bystander The family of Lolomanaia “Lolo” Soakai, who died in June of 2022 following an alleged Oakland police chase without lights, sirens, or prior authorization, have filed a civil rights suit against the department.
SF News Saturday Links: Bay Area Protests After Release of Video of Fatal Memphis Traffic Stop Resulting in Death of Tyre Nichols Five Memphis police officers were charged with murder and kidnapping on Thursday following the death of Tyre Nichols; a shooting near Beverly Hills killed three people Saturday morning; and a vigil in Half Moon Bay for victims of shootings there draws crowds of hundreds to mourn Friday.
SF News Pelosi Attacker David DePape Puts Out Defiant, Loony Statement Saying 'I'm Sorry I Didn't Get More of Them' The suspect in last fall's hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, David DePape, is doing himself no favors in terms of that "not guilty" plea with a phone call he made from jail Friday to a KTVU reporter.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Deadly Half Moon Bay Shooting Was Second Gun Violence Incident at Same Farm in Past Year A manager at a mushroom farm where a gunman killed 4 people Monday had shot at another employee in August; the release of video of the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband spurs more right-wing conspiracy theories; and SF's population is still declining, but at a much lower rate.
SF News Another Planet Submits New Castro Theatre Plans With ‘Motorized' Flooring, Opponents Not Moved The latest chapter in Another Planet Entertainment’s plans to overhaul the Castro Theatre involve a “motorized raked floor” to quell opponents’ outrage about removing the floor seats, yet opponents seem no less outraged.
Arts & Entertainment 12 Memes That Were Born In the Bay Area It makes some sense that the country's primary hub of technology and social media, the San Francisco Bay Area, would be a font of meme fodder and a haven for the creators of viral memes. And indeed, it has been.
SF Politics $1.7 Million Noe Valley Public Toilet Will Now Only Cost the City $300K The city of San Francisco is reportedly being gifted a pre-fab public restroom to install at a small park in Noe Valley, saving the design and construction costs that helped jack up the price tag on the project to $1.7 million last year. But it's still going to cost $300K?
SF News Dispute That Triggered Half Moon Bay Shooting Was Over $100 Damage Charge Adding to the tragic narrative about underpaid farmworkers and the socioeconomic situation underpinning Monday's shooting in Half Moon Bay, we now learn that the triggering dispute that occurred between the suspect and his supervisor was over $100.
