SF News SF DA's Office Tries to Hand Off Resentencing of Mayor Breed's Brother to State AG Due to Conflict of Interest A resentencing request by Mayor London Breed's older brother, who's been in jail for 22 years for a manslaughter and robbery case, has become something of a political hot potato.
Business & Tech Congress Gets Report On Antitrust Investigation Into Big Tech, Including Infamous Facebook Memo; Crackdown Looms A report has come out by the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, stemming from an investigation that was launched three years ago, and in particular it calls out a 2018 internal memo to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
SF News Notorious Walgreens Bike Theft Suspect Arrested Yet Again, at Stomping Grounds He’s Hit Before The bicycle-and-trash-bag scofflaw who gained viral fame in a Twitter video last year robbing a San Francisco Walgreens was arrested again last week over two incidents at the Haight Street CVS, and you can probably take a wild guess what he’s accused of doing again.
SF News Local LGBTQ Groups Protest Outside SF Federal Building Over Monkeypox Response Local leaders and members of several LGTBQ organizations gathered outside the Federal Building in SoMa on Monday to call on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to send more monkeypox vaccine to San Francisco.
SF News [Updated] Man Stabbed Early Tuesday at Terminal 3 Baggage Claim at SFO, Suspect Arrested A man was stabbed just before 5 a.m. in the baggage claim area at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 3, and police now have a suspect in custody.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: BART Service Being Impacted By Fires Vegetation fires in the East Bay were impacting service again Tuesday morning on BART, Laguna Honda Hospital continues to have to relocate 600 patients temporarily, and Apple has frozen hiring in several departments due to economic worries.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Northbound 101 In Marin City Heavily Impacted By Fire A suspect has been ID'd in fatal bowling alley shooting in Livermore, truck drivers are protesting AB5 at the Port of Oakland, and a small vegetation fire was creating major commute headaches on 101 in Marin for northbound commuters.
Business & Tech DoorDash and Grubhub 'Pause' Their Lawsuit Over SF’s 15% Delivery Fee Cap, Offer ‘Opt-In’ Compromise The dominant food delivery apps Gruhhub and DoorDash "have paused" their lawsuit over San Francisco’s 15% delivery fee cap, and instead pushing a compromise deal where restaurants can agree to pay more for better visibility in the app.
Arts & Entertainment Claes Oldenberg, Pop Artist Responsible for 'Cupid's Span' on Embarcadero, Dies at 93 "Cupid's Span," installed in 2002, is one of many everyday objects reimagined at grand scale by the artist Claes Oldenberg and his late wife, and he has just died at the age of 93.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Amy’s Kitchen Closing Down Its San Jose Pizza Production Factory, 300 Jobs Cut The freezer burn from inflation and supply chain disruptions has led to the closure of a San Jose Amy’s Kitchen frozen pizza production facility, but you can’t help but wonder if a boycott of the company also hurt its fortunes.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Three-Legged Dogs Yet Again Take Over Duboce Park for Annual Picnic for 'Tri-Pawed' Dogs Amputee dogs had their day again in Duboce Park Sunday, as the 11th annual Three-Legged Dog Picnic added new features like a dog trick show and a costume parade, and we’ve got pup-arazzi photos of the joy they unleashed.
Arts & Entertainment New Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco Announces Opening Date, First Exhibitions, New $1M Gift San Francisco's newest art museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICASF), is readying for an October opening, and this week the non-collecting museum announces its latest philanthropic bequest.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ittoryu Gozu Chef to Open Japanese-Style Hi-Fi Bar In SoMa With Grilled Meats, Cocktails Wagyu steak specialist Marc Zimmerman and his Ittoryu Gozu chef de cuisine are set to open a casual offshoot restaurant called Yokai, in the former Salt House space in SoMa.
SF News Behold! Your $20,000 Trash Cans Have Arrived In SF and Are Now At Your Disposal Your designer-label “smart” trash bins finally hit the streets of SF this week after a year of mockery over their exorbitant cost, and you can submit your thoughts on them — with a smartphone-enabled QR code of course.
SF News Pantless Carjacking Suspect Arrested After Chase In Solano County A woman wearing no pants who was a suspect in a Marin County carjacking was spotted by authorities in the Delta town of Rio Vista on Friday night, and she gave chase, leading to a multi-agency response.
SF News Trial Kicks Off In 26-Year-Old Kristin Smart Murder Case 26 years and two months since she was last seen alive, Kristin Smart's accused murderer finally goes on trial this week along with his alleged accomplice dad, in a Salinas court.
SF News AIDS Walk San Francisco Returns for First Time Since Pandemic Began After a two year-hiatus, SF's 6.25-mile AIDS Walk through Golden Gate Park returned for the first time since the COVID-19 public health crisis began in 2020 — and now amid a rising number of recorded monkeypox cases in the city, an outbreak being tackled by AIDS organizations.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: BART Mask Mandate Expires Today BART's mask mandate expires today, a small plane crash in Napa killed two onboard and caused a vegetation fire Sunday, and Elon Musk is looking to delay his Twitter trial until February.
SF News Photos: Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Finally Opens to the Public (With Gorgeous Sunset Views of the SF Bay) Saturday saw throngs of eager park-goers sitting atop the wooden benches — which were made from fallen cypress trees — at Presidio Tunnel Tops, sponging up views of the Golden Gate Bridge as Karl the Fog rolled into the SF Bay.
SF News Sunday Links: Two Injured in Shooting in San Francisco's Mid-Market Neighborhood One person was killed in a bowling alley shooting in Livermore Saturday, you'll no longer have to wear a mask when riding BART starting tomorrow, and a shooting on 6th Street Saturday left two people with gunshot wounds.
SF News Mountain View Police Officer Shot During Traffic Stop, Suspect Still at Large An officer from the Mountain View Police Department was injured in a shooting Saturday shortly after midnight when the patrol officer pulled over a car at Villa Street and Wild Cherry Lane; the shooter is still at large Saturday afternoon.
SF News Saturday Links: Well-Known Nonprofit Leader Attacked Outside Community Center in SF A UCSF doctor has said this "could be our second worst surge in terms of numbers of cases,” the Washburn Fire has now burned 4,822 acres, and the executive director of SF's Ella Hill Hutch Community Center was attacked outside the building Friday afternoon.
SF News SFO Evacuated Friday Night Due to Alleged Bomb Threat, Suspect Arrested SFPD first learned of a potential bomb threat at the San Francisco International Airport Friday night around 8:15 p.m., which prompted passengers to be evacuated from the international terminal.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 40 Cases Dropped by Contra Costa District Attorney This Week Because of ‘Moral Turpitude’ Among Police Officers A new lawsuit filed with the California federal court is claiming Skittles are toxic, SFMOMA’s "Diego Rivera’s America" exhibit opens tomorrow, and the Contra Costa DA confirmed this week that prosecutors dropped criminal charges for at least 40 cases due to untrustworthy police officers.
SF Politics New DA Jenkins’ Staff Shakeup Arrives, At Least 15 Fired, Several New Hires Announced Brooke Jenkins put her stamp on the office she was appointed to with four new women hired as top staffers, but she fired a bunch of women too, yet more importantly, may have eliminated a future rival by hiring Nancy Tung.
