SF Politics Breed Vetoes Fourplex Legislation, Says It Would ‘Set Back Housing Production’ Single-family zoning in San Francisco lives on, for now at least, as Mayor Breed vetoes Sup. Rafael Mandelman’s fourplex legislation, saying it would "make it even less likely for new housing to be built."
Bay Area Sports Soccer Fans Get Rare Local Chance to Watch Real Madrid Play Club América In SF Next Week Hardcore fans of international football are going to be clamoring to get to Oracle Park on Tuesday, as current UEFA Champions League title holder, Real Madrid, comes to town to play Club América.
SF News Now Four Patients Have Died After Being Moved Out of Laguna Honda Laguna Honda hospital is simultaneously moving patients out over its decertification while working on its recertification so it can keep patients there, and four fatalities highlight the tragic folly of this seemingly contradictory process.
SF News Oakland Police Seek Suspect Who Attempted to Kidnap Toddler From Bus Stop A bizarre attempted kidnapping unfolded at a bus stop in Oakland on Tuesday, and police are now seeking the public's help in locating the suspect, who also assaulted the child's mother.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fancy Flavored Popcorn Shop Debuts In Hayes Valley With Toppings Like Chorizo, Thai Curry, and Brisket A new snack stand called Fluff Nugget opens today at Proxy in Hayes Valley, taking over the space formerly occupied by Smitten Ice Cream, and serving all manner of tricked-out cones of flavored popcorn.
Business & Tech Amazon Buying Up SF-Based One Medical for a Reported $3.9 Billion Those One Medical offices that have popped up around town over the last ten years are actually a national chain, and Amazon just bought up that SF-based chain for nearly $4 billion.
SF News Mentally Ill Suspect In SFO Stabbing to Be Arraigned Thursday The suspect in Tuesday morning's stabbing in a baggage claim area at SFO had his arraignment delayed from Wednesday due to an undisclosed sickness, but he was expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Port of Oakland Trucker Protest Continues A 109-unit condo building is sitting empty at the foot of Oak Street and buyers want to know why, a trucker protest at the Port of Oakland continues impacting supply chains, and President Joe Biden has COVID.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Police Release Video In Rideshare Driver Murder Oakland police released video in the killing of rideshare driver Kon "Patrick" Fung on Sunday, the suspect in last weekend's bowling alley shooting in Livermore has been arrested, and the new operators of the Castro Theatre are planning a town-hall meeting to discuss plans.
Bay Area Sports Momentum, Talk of Trades and Superstars: A Mid-Season Checkin With the San Francisco Giants With 91 games under their belts, and only, what, 206 remaining(?), the Giants have entered the All-Star break having gotten at least a little of their groove back.
SF News Flooded SoMa High-Rise Cutting Off Tenants' Hotel Reimbursement, as They Learn They Can’t Return for Months Hotel assistance is being rescinded next month for the nearly 500 displaced residents of the flooded 33 Tehama building, just as they learn they can’t move back in "until late 2022 or even early 2023.”
SF News Big Rig Driver Sought After Hit-and-Run Incident That Damaged I-80 Overpass In Berkeley A few big chunks of concrete were knocked off an I-80 overpass at Gilman Street in Berkeley Wednesday morning when a big-rig truck driver carrying an excavator plowed into it, and then took off.
SF Politics Supervisor Calls for New SF School Board Member to Step Down Over Racist Comments In an echo of a similar controversy last year, a newly appointed school board member, who is Asian, is being accused of racism toward Black and brown people, and an SF supervisor has called for her resignation.
SF News Federal Judge Halts Clearing of Oakland’s Wood Street Encampment, Though It Might Resume Friday It’s probably no comfort to the couple dozen people whose camps have already been removed, but a federal judge has halted Caltrans’ clearing of the Wood Street encampment, though that decision could be reversed as early as Friday.
SF News Still Four Years Behind Schedule, the Central Subway Will Now Open Two Months Later Following a small fire that damaged some electrical equipment in one of its stations, the super-extra-delayed Central Subway project has just tacked on another delay of six to eight weeks, meaning it won't be opening in October.
SF Politics Supervisor Gordon Mar Smeared With ‘Communist Pedophile’ Flyers Posted in the Sunset The Epoch Times-Shen Yun faction of San Francisco politics is slinging some pretty toxic mud at District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar, with an anonymous flyering campaign accusing him of “grooming children” and providing “free money to crackheads.”
SF News BART Fences Off Plazas Around 24th St. Mission Station to Curb Illegal Vendor Marketplace Not satisfied with the city's enforcement efforts so far, BART announced Tuesday that it was fencing off the plazas around 24th Street Mission Station in order to evict the street vendors from the area who have been hawking mostly stolen merchandise.
SF News California Man Gets 11 Years In Federal Clink For $27 Million PPP Loan Fraud Scheme A Southern California man who fraudulently claimed to need pandemic assistance for hundreds of fictional employees has just been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Business & Tech 11 Best San Francisco Dog Walkers & Pet Walking Services of 2022 It's no secret that San Franciscans love dogs. You might not know this, but SF was even named the top dog-friendly city by Veterinary Practice News a few years back. In fact, there's
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Monkeypox Cases Hit 141; Long Line Greets Reopened Vaccine Clinic SF's confirmed monkeypox cases now number 141, a long line started forming well before 8 a.m. today for the latest batch of vaccines at SF General, and SF school board member Ann Hsu is facing backlash for some racist comments about Black and brown students.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Elon Musk Loses Fight to Delay Twitter Trial The SF Public Defender is up in arms that the new DA is charging people just for possessing drug paraphernalia, Meta is being sued by another company called Meta, and Elon Musk swung and missed in his first legal battle of the Twitter trial.
SF Politics Supervisors Approve Ballot Measure to Move the Year We Elect the Mayor This November you will vote on which November will be the time you vote on who will be San Francisco's mayor, as the Board of Supervisors approves Sup. Dean Preston’s ballot measure to move the SF mayoral election to presidential election years.
Bay Area Sports Former 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh Gave Passionate Speech Against Abortion at Charity Event In Michigan "Let the unborn be born," proclaimed the Catholic former NFL coach who's now back to coaching college ball at University of Michigan — and perhaps it's best he saved this proselytizing for after he left the Bay Area.
SF Politics Bay Area Reps Jackie Speier and Barbara Lee Proudly Get Arrested at D.C. Abortion Rights Protest If you need another reason to love peninsula and East Bay congressional representatives Barbara Lee and Jackie Speier, they just blocked a street and got arrested Tuesday at a Washington, D.C. abortion rights rally.
SF News Business Group Proposes Nebulous 'Reimagining’ of Downtown SF By ‘Reclaiming Street Space’ Would more street closings and beautified public spaces get you back to a moribund downtown San Francisco? One business group is betting so, but the plan is still mostly aspirational and does not yet have a price tag attached.
