SF Politics Key Takeaways From Chesa Boudin's New York Times Interview Embattled SF District Attorney, who would like not to be embattled much longer, once again defended himself in the national press, more or less stoically, in a new interview with the New York Times.
SF Politics Haney Forces State to Change Campos’ Ballot Description, as the Two Campaigns Try to Manufacture Differences Haney just won a legal ruling to change David Campos’ ballot description from ‘civil rights attorney’ to ‘criminal justice administrator,’ as the two progressive rivals look to gin up differences between them for next month’s runoff election.
SF News Jury Enters Deliberations In SFPD Brutality Trial; Prosecution Argues Officers Didn't See Victim 'As Human' Deliberations began Tuesday in the historic trial of SFPD Officer Terrance Stangel, who is charged with excessive use of force in a 2019 beating of a domestic violence suspect who was subsequently not charged with any crime.
SF News 13.5-Mile Tunnel Drives Up Cost Estimate For Bay Area High-Speed Rail Link The price tag for California's beleaguered high-speed rail project just went up again, and with inflation and construction costs rising we can expect it to just continue rising until the construction is actually all underway.
SF News Large Early Morning Encampment Fire Hits West Oakland, Several Propane Tanks Ignite There were fortunately no injuries and everyone made it out safely, but a number of propane tanks exploded in an Oakland encampment fire early this morning, and I-880 had to be shut down between 4 and 5 a.m. as the fire grew quite large.
Business & Tech State Grants First Permits to Waymo and Cruise For Paid Self-Driving Taxi Service The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has granted its first, semi-full permits to Alphabet-owned Waymo and General Motors-owned Cruise to provide autonomous-vehicle taxi service to paid passengers.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Deadline For Baseball Talks Extended Sen. Alex Padilla announced he tested positive for COVID-19, UC Berkeley lost its patent case over CRISPR technology, and the deadline for bargaining between Major League Baseball and its players' association has been extended until 5 p.m. today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Unified Says the Masks Stay On A top official in SF's teachers' union has caused a Twitter outcry after he amplified comments blaming the US for the Ukraine invasion, that Scott Peterson juror admitted to writing to Peterson in prison, and SF Unified wants kids to keep their masks on despite the state's changes.
Bay Area Sports Giants Opening Day Looks Likely to Be Delayed, as MLB Lockout Hits Its ‘Doomsday’ Date In negotiations described as ‘millionaires versus billionaires,’ Major League Baseball says they’ll start canceling regular season games if there’s no deal by February 28. It is now February 28, and there is no deal.
Arts & Entertainment Female in Berkeley Falcon Pair Goes Missing, Is Likely Injured or Dead Ugh! The drama seemed to have passed and all was back to normal for the bonded pair of peregrine falcons who have been mating and residing atop the UC Berkeley Campanile. But no!
SF News Golden Gate Park Shuttle Gets Major Improvements That Include More Stops, Weekday Service Golden Gate Park's shuttle service introduced a slew of upgrades this past Saturday, which now means riders can enjoy shorter wait times — by far the most bemoaned complaint regarding the free service — and the option to board the shuttle Monday through Friday, as well.
SF News Smattering of Rain to Arrive Later This Week, Followed By Another Balmy Weekend It's hard to complain too hard about lovely early spring weather in February. But We need more rain in the forecast and only a smidge more is on its way, for now.
SF News PG&E Cited for Endangering Public With ‘Heli-Saw’ — A Helicopter Flying With Eight Spinning Blades Beneath It In the latest PG&E scandal, the utility says it “mistakenly” flew into a San Mateo County park with a heli-saw, a helicopter with a gigantic set of spinning blades dangling beneath.
Business & Tech Facebook and Twitter Attempt to Stifle Russian Propaganda Campaign; Russia Turns to Chinese-Owned TikTok Social media is again being used as a battleground by Russia as it continues to try to "sell" its invasion of Ukraine to the Russian people, and to sympathizers abroad.
SF News SF’s Only Crate & Barrel, in Union Square, Will Close Permanently March 23 There will be another retail vacancy in Union Square in late March, as the Crate & Barrel at Stockton and O’Farrell Streets will furnish its last home furnishings and close in the next few weeks.
SF News California to Lift School Mask Mandate In Two Weeks; Unvaccinated People Can Go Maskless Indoors This Week The long-awaited lifting of the state's mask mandate for schoolchildren arrives in two weeks — though individual school districts may still decide to keep it in place longer.
SF News Dianne Feinstein Announces Her Husband Has Died From Cancer Financier Richard Blum married Feinstein in 1980 while she was still mayor of San Francisco, and the SF native brought a few of those bison to Golden Gate Park. He passed away Sunday night after a bout with lung cancer.
SF News Four People Injured In Shooting at Dave & Busters In Concord At least four individuals were involved in a fight that broke out late Sunday at an East Bay Dave & Busters — the corporate sports bar-meets-adult-arcade concept — and they all ended up shot.
SF News Toddler Found Safe, Woman Arrested Following Bay Area-Wide Amber Alert You may have seen the Amber Alert that went out Sunday for a missing toddler in an SUV. And the little boy was found safe Sunday evening in the same vehicle, still in his car seat, a few miles from where he was abducted.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: California to Update Mask Rules for Schoolkids Newsom should be announcing a new unmasking timetable for schoolkids today, a malfunctioning door in a BART tunnel was causing major delays, and the SFPD is seeking help finding a missing 85-year-old man.
SF News Sunday Afternoon Car Crash in SF's Sunset District Injures 6 People A car crash occurred Sunday on the 700 block of Irving Street that left multiple people — five pedestrians and an elderly male driver — in need of medical attention.
SF News 15 People Rescued From One-Alarm Fire in SoMa; at Least 8 People Injured and 7 Pets Saved San Francisco firefighters responded to a structure fire at 1000 Howard Street Saturday afternoon that left fifteen residents of the building in need of rescue, as well as at least seven dogs and cats; all the saved humans and animals are said to be "okay."
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Continues to Rally Behind Ukraine in Saturday Protests An Amber Alert has been issued Sunday after a two-year-old was abducted in Sunnyvale, temperatures are finally expected to warm up again this coming week, and hundreds of people across the Bay Area rallied Saturday in multiple demonstrations to stand in solidarity with Ukraine.
SF News This May Be the Driest Start to a New Year Ever Recorded in San Francisco Between January 1 and February 26, just 0.65 inches of rain have fallen in San Francisco — about 8% of the usual average rainfall observed during the same period. If the city doesn't receive any rain by Monday, it will best the 1852 record for the driest January-February stretch ever recorded in SF.
SF News Saturday Links: SF City Hall Lights Up Yellow and Blue in Solidarity With Ukraine A 16-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Concord Friday, Russian military forces continue their advancement into Kyiv as thousands of Ukrainian civilians take up arms, and ICYMI: City Hall was glowing the same colors as Ukraine's flag last night.
