SF News 18 People Injured in Multi-Car Collision on Bay Bridge, Massive Traffic Delays Reported The San Francisco Fire Department responded to multiple car crashes, caused in a chain-like reaction, Thursday around 2 p.m. on the Interstate 80 tunnel across Treasure Island — leaving at least 18 people hurt, all of whom suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Fremont Police Announce At-Risk Man Last Seen on BART Wednesday Night Has Been Found 20-year-old Eleandrei Palisoc, who is non-verbal and autistic, was reported missing Wednesday after last being seen around 10:45 p.m. boarding a northbound BART train at the Fremont Station — but Fremont Police announced Thursday afternoon Palisoc was successfully located.
SF News Turkey Day Headlines: Don't Forget That the SF Botanical Garden Is Free Today Some asshole is abusing cats in Gilroy, this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is filled with pop-culture nostalgia, and take a pre-dinner walk through the San Francisco Botanical Garden today — for free.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Asking for Killer Robots That Can Use Deadly Force An earthquake just hit the South Bay, Dungeness crab season might never start before Thanksgiving again, and SFPD wants its robots to be “used as a deadly force option” against civilians.
SF News SF Has Seen More Than 500 Overdoses This Year, Though That’s Down From 2020 and 2021 The overdose death count in San Francisco has declined since the height of the pandemic, but we’re still one of the most affected cities in the nation, behind Houston and Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment Where to Go to See Some Twinkly Holiday Lights Around SF Hey! The world doesn't seem to be imploding on itself just yet, and it's the holidays! So grab your flask, strap on one of those beer hats, and go out in search of some distracting/numbing seasonal cheer.
SF News Michigan Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. John Garamendi Over ‘Child Slave Ring’ Conspiracy Theory Yet more news of death threats against lawmakers over wackadoodle QAnon conjecture, this time with NorCal congressman John Garamendi and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the receiving end of the threats.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Shuts Down Hateful Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet After Her Account Was Reinstated Elon Musk's decision to reinstate the personal Twitter account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is going super well!
SF News Elizabeth Holmes May Be Shipped to Texas For Her Prison Sentence, Likely at Her Own Attorney’s Request The disgraced Theranos founder’s legal team has seemingly swayed her judge to recommend she serve her time at a Texas correctional facility described as “heaven,” but it’s ultimately up to the Bureau of Prisons where she goes.
SF News SF Hotels That Served as Pandemic Homeless Shelters Continue Seeking Millions In Damages From City The full accounting of what it cost the city of San Francisco to provide emergency shelter in the form of hotel rooms to homeless individuals during the height of the pandemic is still likely many months away.
SF News Thanksgiving Eve Headlines: The Travel Crush Continues The accused Colorado Springs shooter is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is bracing for a post-holiday surge of patients, and Bay Area airports are bracing for big crowds.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yeah, It’s Nuts At the Airport Right Now Bay Area hospitals are running out of pediatric beds over the RSV outbreak, Coinbase CEO blames San Francisco for Coinbase leaving San Francisco, and expect record-setting crowds if you’re heading to a Bay Area airport.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Now Allegedly Stiffing Vendors, Not Paying Bills at Twitter A new report finds Twitter’s vendors and suppliers are “owed millions of dollars in back payments” which Musk is suddenly trying to weasel out of paying.
Arts & Entertainment Where To Buy Beer, Wine, and Liquor on Thanksgiving Day in SF Don’t be a turkey and run out of alcohol on Thanksgiving Day! Even if you drink through your supply on Thursday, there are many 11th hour beverage and grocery establishments that will gladly ring you up to refill your stock on Thanksgiving Day in SF.
Bay Area Sports Watch World Cup Matches On a Big Outdoor Screen In Downtown SF, In Union Square and at The Crossing at East Cut The first games of the World Cup were shown Monday morning at a not-so-well-known outdoor venue — The Crossing at East Cut. And more games are going to be screened there at various times over the next few weeks, as well as at the city's official World Cup Village in Union Square.
SF Politics In Baffling Move, SF Elections Director With Impeccable Record Won’t Have Contract Renewed After 20 years of flawless and scandal-free performance, SF Department of Elections Director John Arntz, one of the most effective and hardest-working people in City Hall, won't have his contract renewed because of a “racial equity plan.”
Bay Area Sports The 49ers Cruise Past the Cardinals On Monday Night Football In Mexico In the high-altitude and drizzly conditions of Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Monday Night, the 49ers looked fabulous, winning a game they should have won.
SF News Torture Charges Filed In Gambling Den Beating Incident In Oakland Prosecutors say that a patron at an illegal gambling den in Oakland was stripped naked and brutally beaten for six minutes in a January 2022 incident caught on video, and the three men believed responsible now face torture charges.
SF Politics Sheng Thao Declares Victory as Oakland’s New Mayor, Opponent Loren Taylor Has Conceded It took two weeks of vote-counting, but Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao has eked out a razor-thin, 682-vote victory as of Monday night over fellow Councilmember Loren Taylor, and ranked-choice voting tabulations eventually handed her the victory.
SF News Two Alleged Squatters Charged In Vallejo Death of Friend and Sword Attack on Landlord It had apparently been three years since some suspect squatters had paid any rent to stay on property belonging to an 80-year-old man in Vallejo. And their stay ended in tragedy, and now two of them have been charged with murder and attempted murder.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: We Could Be In For Another Pretty Sunset The SFPD announced two arrests in a May homicide in the Mission District, Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed again, and a "leak" of moisture amid a high-pressure system could make for some dramatic sunset clouds this eve.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Great Dickens Christmas Fair Returns In Full Glory Two suspects — a teen and a 23-year-old — have been arrested in connection with a deadly Redwood City crash, a man was randomly stabbed on Oakland's Lakeshore Avenue today, and Gov. Newsom has unfrozen those homeless funds he previously froze.
SF News Bay Area Transit Planners Fret Over ’Doomsday Scenario’ of Service Cuts Amidst Plummeting Ridership The possibility of “No weekend BART, bus lines cancelled” looms for BART, Muni, Caltrain and the ferries, according to a new report detailing these transit agencies’ plans for dealing with the “death spiral” of a looming fiscal cliff.
SF News Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Saved (For Now) With $1 Billion Lifeline From Feds The last remaining nuclear power plant in California just got a $1.1 billion dollar grant from the federal government to keep the lights on, as the on-again, off-again fate of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power facility is now that the plant will keep humming at least a couple more years.
SF Politics Civil Rights Attorney Pamela Price Claims Victory as Alameda County's First Black District Attorney Pamela Price has all but certainly been elected to the District Attorney's Office in Alameda County, becoming the first Black person to hold the job — beating out opponent Terry Wiley to take over from retiring DA Nancy O'Malley.
