SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Sheriff's Office Receives Over Two Dozen Requests for Concealed Carry Permits After SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law The SF Sheriff's Office has gotten over twenty-four applications for concealed carry permits since SCOTUS struck down a "proper clause" law, Alameda County will drop masks for most indoor public settings starting Saturday, and protesters have rallied across SF in support of reproductive rights.
Arts & Entertainment Liz Phair Cancels Sunday’s Stern Grove Show ‘Due to COVID,’ Ani DiFranco to Headline Instead Liz Phair has a “COVID related cancellation” just two days before her Stern Grove show Sunday, but Ani DiFranco is stepping in, and apparently everyone has COVID because lots of tickets are now suddenly available.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cyrus, the Once Michelin Two-Star Dining Destination, Returns In a New Sonoma Location After 10-Year Hiatus It's been ten long years since Cyrus was forced to close in Healdsburg, bringing to an abrupt end a world-class dining offering from chef Douglas Keane that garnered two Michelin stars and plenty of accolades. And in September, it returns.
SF Politics Bay Area Revs Up to Rally for Abortion Rights, Here’s Where Friday‘s Protests Are Planned Pride Weekend just became protest weekend after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and we’ve collected all of Friday’s planned Bay Area actions and protests scheduled to go down as their announcements come in.
SF Politics Trump Himself Has Told Friends That Anti-Abortion Laws Are 'So Stupid' and That a Reversal of 'Roe' Would Hurt Republicans Reactions to the Supreme Court's decision striking down Roe v. Wade were swift on Friday morning from the likes of Mike Pence. But the man most responsible for this moment, Donald Trump, is reportedly less than pleased by this outcome behind closed doors.
Arts & Entertainment Miniature Victorian House on a Tree Stump In Golden Gate Park Sparks Curiosity, Tweets Someone put a cute little blue house on a tall tree stump in Golden Gate Park, and it's becoming a mini attraction.
SF Politics Clarence Thomas Openly Admits He's Dying For the Supreme Court to Overturn Gay Marriage Decision Justice Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in the Mississippi case that overturns Roe v. Wade suggesting that other precedents concerning same-sex marriage, sodomy, and contraception also now should be "reconsidered."
SF News SFPD Arrests Suspect In Wednesday’s Muni Shooting Near Castro Police arrested 26-year-old Javon Green of Pittsburgh Thursday night for the Wednesday morning fatal shooting on Muni near the Castro Station, and we now know the victim was 27-year-old Nesta Bowen.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Welp, Roe v. Wade Is Dead Reactions are rolling fast after the conservative-led Supreme Court upended 50 years of precedent with Roe v. Wade, Paul Pelosi has been charged with two counts of DUI, and California was largely spared from wildfire despite 66,000 lightning strikes this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pride Weekend About to Bloom Again in Its Full In-Person Glory Paul Pelosi got charged with driving under the influence today, a wildfire on the Pleasanton ridge is causing evacuations, and we’re on the eve of the in-person return of a full three-day Pride Weekend.
SF News Supreme Court Overturns Concealed-Carry Gun Laws, California Officials Vow to Keep Limiting Guns in Public Hours after the Trump-packed Supreme Court struck down states’ rights to limit the carrying of firearms in public, Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta insisted California’s concealed-carry law will remain in effect, and could even expand.
SF News Post-Recall School Board Reinstates Lowell High’s Merit-Based Admissions You can call it “selective admissions” or you can call it “segregation,” but the school board voted 4-3 to reinstate merit-based admissions at Lowell, with all four Yes votes being London Breed appointees.
SF News Rollover Crash on 101 In San Francisco Impacting Lanes In Both Directions A rollover crash on Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco was snarling traffic in both the northbound and southbound directions Thursday afternoon.
Business & Tech Dreamforce Coming Back With ’Tens of Thousands’ Attending In September, Because What Could Go Wrong Apparently Salesforce is confident enough that COVID-19 will be a non-factor three months from now that they’re bringing back a large-scale Dreamforce, but they’re being a little vague on whether they’ll allow 170,000 people again.
Business & Tech More Layoffs Come to Netflix, With 300 People Losing Jobs Today After a rough start to the year and a severe drop-off in subscribers after pandemic binge-watching ended — and after pulling out of Russia — Netflix is doing more belt-tightening, with layoffs hitting 3% of its staff on Thursday.
Business & Tech Feds Order Juul to Pull All Products Off the U.S. Market The formerly SF-based Juul has been ordered by the FDA to pull all of its products off U.S. shelves, as regulatory scrutiny of the vaping industry starts to kick in.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Pizzeria Not Gone For Good, Will Open 'Flagship' Location In North Beach, and Multiple To-Go Spots The original Flour + Water Pizzeria on Valencia has rebranded as Yellow Moto Pizzeria following an ownership split, but that doesn't mean that Flour + Water Pizzeria as a concept is dead.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Frances Reopens In the Castro at Long Last, With New Family-Style Menu It's been an extra-long pandemic hiatus for Frances, chef Melissa Perello's twelve-year-old Castro restaurant that has remained a perennial favorite for many. And that ends tonight.
SF News Photo of Person of Interest Released In Castro Muni Shooting The SFPD released a photo of a person of interest Wednesday night in the fatal shooting on board a Muni train bound for Castro Station that occurred Wednesday morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Supreme Court Issues Big Rulings On Guns, Miranda Rights The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun-control law in a ruling that could affect California, the man accused of stalking Justice Brett Kavanaugh pleaded not guilty, and delays continue on BART's Concord line.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 100-Acre Fire Burning In Winters Near Solano County A 100-acre wildfire is burning near the edge of Solano County in Winters, the Edgewood Fire in San Mateo County has reached 42% containment, and one person was critically injured in a house fire in SF's Mission District today.
SF Politics Despite $108 Million Surplus, Budget Wrangling Underway Between Mayor and Supervisors City Hall is enjoying an unprecedented $108 million budget surplus, which rather than making budgeting easier, is setting off all-out-wars between various special interests who think that the “fiscal cliff reserve” money really ought to be set aside for them.
SF News That Long-Planned ‘Sobering Center’ Will Finally Open Monday Near Howard and Seventh Streets A city-sponsored drug sobering center has been in the works in SF for more than two years, and it’s unclear whether drug use will be allowed on-site, or whether people will even access it. But it opens Monday as an 18-month pilot program.
Arts & Entertainment Update On the UC Berkeley Falcon Chicks: They've Fledged and Started Flying In just seven weeks' time, the two little fluffy peregrine falcon chicks in the UC Berkeley Campanile nest have become fully fledged juveniles — and over the last weekend, they both took their first flights.
SF News Dede Wilsey Comments on Paul Pelosi's (Alleged) Drunk-Driving Incident Paul Pelosi's DUI arrest over Memorial Day Weekend in Napa has become major fodder for right-wing loons who have been misinformed that he's skirting any charges, but society doyenne Dede Wilsey says it's a shame he was arrested at all.
