SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Castro Bar Rikki's to Host Lesbian Pie-Eating Contest It won't be the first lesbian pie-eating contest in all the land, but it will be the first that we know of in San Francisco, when Rikki's hosts the event this weekend.
SF Politics Lurie’s Reported ‘Short List’ for District 4 Supervisor Appointment Becomes Public After the bungled Beya Alcaraz appointment for District 4 supervisor, Mayor Lurie reportedly has a short list of candidates he’s considering as the new replacement, and thankfully, they are all more experienced than his last pick.
SF Politics Connie Chan Officially In, London Breed Out In Race For Pelosi's House Seat The race to fill Nancy Pelosi's big shoes in Congress just gained an official candidate and lost another who hinted at a run two weeks ago.
SF News Infant Hospitalized In SF After Apparent Fentanyl Overdose An infant was taken to the hospital in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon following an accidental fentanyl overdose, and two adults linked to the overdose were arrested.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Another Small Earthquake Rattles San Ramon A 3.2M quake rumbled under San Ramon Thursday morning, part of a 10-day swarm; I-80 in Solano County is getting an express toll lane; and the rain that passed through this morning should be the last for a bit.
SF News Day Around the Bay: More Bay Area Residents Slip Into Poverty The SFUSD has made interim Superintendent Maria Su permanent; a possible kidnapping at UC Berkeley was deemed a hoax; and a new report finds the percentage of Bay Area residents living in poverty on the rise.
SF News Martinez Mother Accused of Stabbing and Killing Her Own 19-Year-Old Daughter There was a fatal stabbing Tuesday afternoon at a Martinez apartment complex, and police say that a 36-year-old woman stabbed and killed her 19-year-old daughter after “a physical altercation.”
SF News ICE Agents Show Up Near West Oakland Elementary School, Resulting in Car Chase and Irate Parents Parents dropping off their kids at Hoover Elementary School got a rude surprise in the form of ICE agents in the vicinity, with a car chase and crash resulting, and now the parents are banding together to prevent any ICE arrests.
SF News Jack London Square Loosens Zoning to Attract More Businesses, and They’ve Already Got a Dave & Buster’s Coming There’s long been a rule that businesses at Jack London Square can only be those for tourists or maritime pursuits. The zoning is now changed for businesses that appeal to locals, in hopes of reviving the plaza.
SF News Two Men Killed By Trains In Separate Oakland Incidents In Less Than 24 Hours In a tragic coincidence, two men were killed in train collisions in unrelated incidents Tuesday and Wednesday, and one was a homeless man in East Oakland.
SF News Yet Another Safeway Site, In Mission/Bernal, Slated For Possible Redevelopment With Housing SF-based developer Align Real Estate does, in fact, have a larger strategy to redevelop Safeway properties in the city and turn them into multi-story residential complexes with retail on the ground floor, including replacement Safeway stores.
SF Politics Very Wealthy But Completely Uncharismatic Tom Steyer Now Running for California Governor A crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom in the 2026 governor’s elections just got more crowded, as SF’s own liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has joined the race, in an announcement where he declares, “Bullsh*t, man!”
SF News 19-Year-Old UC Berkeley Student Dies After Frat Party Drowning Incident A 19-year-old Cal student who was found unresponsive after a near-drowning Friday night at a fraternity house has died from his injuries, but police are saying they do not suspect foul play.
SF News SFPD Releases Bodycam Video of Them Shooting A Dog and Its Owner in Union Square Melee After officers shot an aggressive dog and its owner on the afternoon of Sunday, November 9, the SFPD has released bodycam footage of what led up to the shooting, and how the suspect threw a plastic bottle at officers after they shot his dog.
SF Politics Marc Benioff, Elon Musk Attend White House Dinner With Murderous Saudi Crown Prince The billionaires were all back in their billionaire bubble alongside Trump Tuesday night, and even Elon Musk has been welcomed back into the fold after his teenage-style tiff with Trump.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Alleged Shooter Took a Class With John Beam Suspect Cedric Irving Jr. was enrolled in a class taught by John Beam in 2022; an SF-based judge could restore temporary protected status to immigrants from three countries; and Sutter is planning a huge new hospital campus in Santa Clara.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sergey Brin’s Blimp Shows Up Over SF Skies Again Tuesday SF Sketchfest has released its 2025 lineup; Lurie’s “family zoning” plan is getting an easy run through committees; and Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s big, inflated airship had San Franciscans looking at the skies and scratching their heads again today.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now the Fillmore Has Its Own Boozy ‘Entertainment Zone,’ Where To-Go Cocktails Are Good To Go As booze-filled “entertainment zones” where people can buy to-go cocktails spread across San Francisco, now the Fillmore has one too, or rather, it has one big entertainment zone and another small one.
Business & Tech Tesla Human Robotaxi Driver Falls Asleep at the Wheel While Driving Passenger, Video Goes Viral Tesla robotaxis currently have human drivers while the company gets its permissions worked out, but one SF Tesla robotaxi rider saw their human driver fall asleep at the wheel multiple times on their ride.
SF News SF Supervisors Approve Program for New Affordable Artist Housing on Mid-Market, Courtesy of Anonymous Donor The SF Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a new affordable-housing program based in a new building on mid-Market Street that would be dedicated to housing artists and creative types who are largely being priced out of the city.
SF News Ocean Beach Safeway Could Close For a While to Build Apartments on Top, Could Castro Safeway Be Next? The same developer that wants to build out the Fillmore Safeway into apartments now has the same idea for the Ocean Beach Safeway on LaPlaya Street, though in this case, that Safeway would reopen once construction was finished.
Business & Tech Meta Wins Antitrust Battle, Does Not Have to Spin Off Instagram or WhatsApp A yearslong fight between the FTC and Meta has ended with Meta prevailing, and a federal judge declaring that the company likely does not hold a monopoly in the social media sphere anymore.
Arts & Entertainment Anh Phoong Now Selling Official T-Shirts and Hoodies, If You Absolutely Must Have One Want to be a walking billboard for Bay Area billboard celebrity Anh Phoong? Now you can, for anywhere between $25-$50, with a new line of official Anh Phoong t-shirts and hoodies.
Business & Tech Amazon-Owned Autonomous Taxi Company Zoox Begins Offering Public Rides Zoox, whose funny-looking, steering-wheel-free, four-seater robocars have been roving about San Francisco for a while now, is now launching its first program to give rides to the general public.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bissap Baobab Closing Yet Again, But Vows to Find a New Space In what seems like the umpteenth closing of a Bissap Baobab restaurant and nightclub location, owner Marco Senghor says he’s leaving his 18th and Mission Street spot, but promises to reopen a new location elsewhere.
