SF News Meteorite Strike May Have Been the Cause of a House Fire In Nevada County A rare meteorite strike may be to blame for a fire that destroyed one couple's home and two vehicles parked outside in Nevada County on Friday.
Business & Tech Elon Musk’s Twitter Begs Some Laid-Off Employees to Return, Amidst Botched, Delayed $8 Blue-Check Rollout The Elon Musk era stumbled out of the gate and stepped on a few rakes this weekend, as the skeleton crew still around was forced to delay the new $8 blue check system, and management are begging some freshly canned staff members to return.
SF News Sideshows Sprang Up Saturday In Multiple East Bay Cities and Vallejo Saturday was a big night for sideshows in multiple places in the Bay Area, as police chased down gatherings of hundreds of cars in Vallejo, Richmond, Rodeo, and Hayward in a span of hours.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Teen Party Shakes Up Quiet Mill Valley An unruly party of 100 to 200 teenagers caused a ruckus in a shopping center parking lot in Marin, parents of seven-year-old twins were killed in a Redwood City crash, and Kathy Griffin had her Twitter account suspended.
SF News ICU Units at UCSF Children's Hospitals at Capacity Due to RSV Cases An outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory infections are overwhelming Bay Area children's hospitals — forcing ICU units to send pediatric patients to other floors because they've reached capacity.
SF News [Update] Twitter Rolls Out, Then Delays Its $8-a-Month Subscription for Blue Check Marks Twitter began quietly offering its contentious $7.99-a-month subscription model Saturday for blue check marks, citing that users who are willing to pay will enjoy additional niceties like the ability to post longer videos and see half the ads they typically would.
SF News Sunday Links: $1.1M Powerball Ticket Sold in Bay Area The owners of sandwich company Sandy’s plan on opening a physical eatery soon, the fatal multi-victim car crash in Redwood City Friday left two children parentless, and a winning $1.1M Powerball ticket was sold in San Leandro.
SF News At Least 890 Bay Area-based Twitter Employees Were Laid Off Friday Friday was a dark and anxiety-ridden day for tweeps as about half of the workforce was terminated in a Thanos-like snap. And, according to state filings, 784 employees laid off from Twitter worked in San Francisco, while another 106 were based in San Jose.
SF News Partial Remains of Alexis Gabe Recovered and Confirmed Near Sacramento 24-year-old Alexis Gabe went missing on January 26; she was last seen leaving the Antioch home of her ex-boyfriend. Nearly ten months later and after many volunteer-led searches, human remains were found in Plymouth on Thursday and confirmed to belong to Gabe.
SF News Saturday Links: Expect Light Drizzles and Rain Showers Across Bay Area Today Two people were killed in a Redwood City car crash last night, San Francisco was slicked with rainfall again this morning, and Original Joe's is planning on opening an East Bay location in 2024.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Massive Great White Shark Spotted Near Golden Gate Bridge A giant great white shark was recorded close to the Golden Gate Bridge, Nancy Pelosi released a video statement about the health of her husband, and the Haight-Ashbury Thai cuisine gem Ploy II appears to have closed after 33 years of business.
SF News Infamous, Rejected Plan for 27-Story Residential Tower in Nordstrom’s Parking Lot Has New Plans Submitted Reports of the death of the 469 Stevenson high-rise were greatly exaggerated, as the developer has submitted a new plan with stronger retrofitting, and this new version is even one story taller.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Stoa, a New Cocktail Bar From the Nopalito Team, Is Coming to the Lower Haight The Lower Haight has continued to be a pretty bustling neighborhood during the pandemic, and while a couple of key vacancies remain, one corner spot is set to have a new business by early next year.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Campaign Drops Nearly $2 Million To Defeat Electric Car Measure Prop 30 Supposedly climate-friendly Governor Newsom’s campaign just gave nearly $1.9 million to defeat Prop. 30, the millionaire tax that would help fund California’s conversion to electric cars only.
SF News Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams Abruptly Resigns With No Explanation Despite (or because of?) a drop in police shootings on his watch, the Vallejo Police Officers Association wanted Chief Shawny Williams out. On Friday, they got their wish when he suddenly resigned.
Business & Tech Twitter Layoffs Cut Across Many Divisions; Musk Is Whining About Activists Whom He Blames For Advertiser Exodus The layoff sweep at Twitter was nothing if not chaotic and cruel, and after months of speculation and hollow denials about what was to come, employees are left either holding the bag or waiting to find out what their severance packages look like.
Arts & Entertainment Jennifer Lawrence Calls Off Long-Anticipated Elizabeth Holmes Movie Actress Jennifer Lawrence, who has been on something of an acting hiatus, quietly decided to shelve a planned Elizabeth Holmes biopic and dramatization of the meltdown of Theranos, saying the story's already been told.
SF News Atherton Buried Car Mystery Appears Solved: The Car Was Buried To Collect the Insurance Money Investigators in the bizarre buried Mercedes-Benz case in Atherton have concluded the whole thing was a case of insurance fraud, and lo and behold, the car’s late owner Johnny Bocktune Lew collected a cool $87,000 after reporting the car stolen in 1992.
Business & Tech Twitter Building Shuttered Until Monday as Employees Get Emailed Pink Slips; Lawsuit Filed Over Layoff Notification Twitter employees in San Francisco, New York, Dublin and elsewhere got their emails Thursday night and into Friday morning informing them whether or not they still had jobs with the company.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Charges Filed In Fatal Beating at 7-11 David DePape will have a preliminary hearing date set today, security is high at the Pelosi home now that Paul is back recovering, and the man accused in a fatal beating at a Visitacion Valley 7-11 has been charged with murder.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Beloved LED Art Forest Coming Back to Golden Gate Park in December That bizarre case of a buried car in Atherton appears to be solved, a customer is alleging rough treatment at the DNA Lounge, and the hit light-up art installation Entwined will again return to Golden Gate Park for the holidays.
Business & Tech AOC Says Her Twitter Account Was ‘Bricked’ After Musk Criticism, Possibly the Shape of Things To Come While Twitter employees are working 12-hour days under the threat of termination, their boss Elon Musk is engaged in trolling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and possibly limiting features on her account.
Arts & Entertainment Union Square Ice Rink Back For 15th Year, Now With ‘Welcome Ambassadors’ to Calm Your Smash-And-Grab Fears The holly, jolly Union Square Holiday Ice Rink opened for its 15th year Wednesday, now with orange-jacketed “Welcome Ambassadors” tasked with making tourists and families feel safer.
SF News Paul Pelosi Is Out of the Hospital, Resting at Home Following Last Friday's Attack A little under a week after being admitted to intensive care following surgery for a skull fracture and other injuries, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's husband is now recovering at home.
SF Politics Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Convicted On All Counts In Corruption Trial A civil grand jury has found her guilty on all six counts she was charged with, including corruption and willful misconduct.
