SF News Day Around the Bay: Navy Confirms No Blue Angels for Fleet Week Air Show It's confirmed: There will be no Blue Angels for Fleet Week; a 3,000-acre old-growth forest outside Fresno was destroyed by the Garnet Fire; and Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a first-phase peace deal.
SF News Bernal Heights Residents Demand Changes After Late-Night Hit-and-Run That Killed 30-Year-Old Man We’re now learning that the victim of this past weekend’s late-night Bernal Heights hit-and-run was 30-year-old father Binod Budhathoki, and neighbors want something done after Cortland Avenue’s ninth dangerous crash in three years.
Arts & Entertainment SF ‘Gay Grifters’ Scandal Gets the ‘Dateline’ Treatment In a Friday Night Two-Hour Episode The 2008 saga of four SF and LA gay men who murdered a Palm Springs art dealer and sold off his possessions (while hiding his body for nine years!) is getting its close-up this week, as NBC’s ‘Dateline’ explores this yesteryear scandal.
SF Politics Right Wing Seizes on Katie Porter Interview Where She Gets Testy With Reporter The election for California governor is over a year away, and a lot more is bound to happen before then. But the right wing on social media has seized on a clip of Democratic frontrunner Katie Porter deciding to end an interview because she didn't like its tone.
SF News Caltrans Removes I-280 Junipero Serra Statue In Hillsborough, and Boy Is SF’s Nutty Archbishop Mad The statue of Junipero Serra along I-280 was removed by Caltrans two months ago, and nobody really noticed. Now its removal is suddenly a big controversy, with SF Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone calling it anti-Catholic persecution.
SF News Four Found Dead In San Francisco Home, Including Children, In Possible Murder-Suicide A gruesome discovery was reportedly made by a family member Wednesday in San Francisco's Westwood Park neighborhood, and while details remain slim, an entire family appears to be dead.
SF News Condor Club General Manager Shot and Killed Outside His Santa Rosa Home The general manager of SF’s famed first topless club The Condor was shot and killed Friday near his Santa Rosa home, and police are flummoxed as to who shot Mark Calcagni, and why.
SF News Florida Man Arrested For 'Maliciously' Starting Palisades Fire In LA Federal authorities arrested a suspect they believe is responsible for sparking the devastating Palisades Fire in January in Los Angeles.
SF News Lurie Gets His 20 New Liquor Licenses for Union Square, After Newsom Signs Bill Allowing These There may be 20 new bars coming to Union Square, or maybe existing restaurants given the newfound right to serve booze, as Governor Newsom granted Mayor Lurie and Scott Wiener their wish for 20 new liquor licenses for Union Square.
SF News Oakland Police Chief Resigns After 17 Months on the Job For reasons that he did not share publicly, Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell is leaving his post after less than a year and a half on the job, which leaves Oakland once again in search of a new police chief.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two UC Berkeley Professors Win Nobel Prizes UC Berkeley professors have won Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry this week; San Jose faces complaints about the disposal of homeless people's belongings; and Nicole Kidman pulls out of an event at USF.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Gets Its First Nation’s Giant Hamburgers in Fisherman’s Wharf Smoke filled the Embarcadero BART station on the Tuesday evening commute; Dolly Parton is apparently having some serious health issues; and SF got its own Nation’s Giant Hamburgers which opened on Tuesday.
Arts & Entertainment SF Board of Supervisors Declares October 17 ‘Broke-Ass Stuart Day’ in San Francisco It may not surprise you that the SF Board of Supervisors declared an honorary commemoration day with the word “Ass” in the title, but it might surprise you that they declared October 17 as “Broke-Ass Stuart Day.”
SF News Father of Two Charged With Murder In West Oakland Shooting of Teen Who Was Allegedly Trying to Steal a Car A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old boy who, along with an accomplice, had allegedly been repeatedly burglarizing cars on the suspect's block. And the suspect's family says it was self-defense.
SF Politics WTF, South Lake Tahoe? Mayor Pro Tem Arrested for Assault, One Day After Mayor Admits Embezzlement Just one day after the Mayor of South Lake Tahoe admitted to embezzling money from a church, we learn that the city’s second highest-ranking elected official was arrested for assaulting an employee at a bar he had been 86’d from.
SF News Lowell High School Temporarily Evacuated Due to Reported Bomb Threat A "possible" bomb threat Tuesday afternoon led to the evacuation of San Francisco's Lowell High School, though this appears to have been just a precautionary measure.
SF News ‘Shrimp Boy’ Back In the News! SF Sheriff Rehired Deputy Who Admitted He Lied to FBI to Protect Hired Killer Another serving of “Shrimp Boy” in today’s headlines, as the SF Sheriff’s Office has rehired a deputy who admitted lying to the FBI over lending a Shrimp Boy-affiliated hired hitman his department-issued bulletproof vest.
SF News ICE Says Napa DUI Driver Suspected In Crash That Killed Six Was Deported Multiple Times, Has Drug Record The suspect in last month's deadly minivan crash in Napa County has a record of drug arrests and has been deported from the US multiple times, ICE says, making this case more likely to become a politically charged one.
SF News Neighbors Furious as Oracle Park Leaves Its Floodlights on In the Wee Hours of the Morning The San Francisco Giants finished their season nine days ago, but neighbors who live near Oracle Park say the ballpark has been blasting its bright-white flood lights as late as 4:30 am, and wreaking havoc on their sleep schedule.
SF News Judge Finds Multiple Grounds For Removing San Mateo County Sheriff From Office Following an administrative hearing in August, the retired judge overseeing the hearing has issued a 42-page opinion that essentially calls Sheriff Christina Corpus uncredible, and offers multiple grounds on which to remove her from office.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Federal Shutdown Impacts Air Traffic Control A medical helicopter crashed Monday on a highway in Sacramento, injuring three; Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill to give raises to Cal Fire firefighters; and the government shutdown is impacting air traffic control towers across the country.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Uniqlo Confirms Market Street Return Uniqlo confirms its return, near Union Square, to the former Old Navy flagship; the power was out today for thousands in Oakland; Bari Weiss is now the head of CBS News.
Business & Tech Proposed Pilates ‘Chain’ Studio on Valencia Street Rejected by SF Planning Commission Over Formula Retail Ban The 1,300-store chain Club Pilates was hoping to swoop into a Valencia Street storefront that’s been vacant for a year and a half. The SF Planning Commission still deemed this formula retail, and rejected their bid.
SF News Sonoma County Deputy Crashes During High-Speed Chase, Leaving Bystander Injured We have another instance of a Bay Area law enforcement vehicle engaged in a high-speed chase resulting in casualties for people not involved in that chase. This time, an elderly man was reportedly left with major injuries.
SF News Seven Deplorable Teens Arrested After Alleged Late-Night Smash-and-Grab at Concord Mall Seven teens are accused of busting the glass entrance doors of Concord’s Sunvalley Shopping Center and emptying merchandise out of stores at around 4 am Sunday morning, but they didn’t make it far after a bungled getaway attempt.
