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Nearly One In Six Attendees Got COVID at San Mateo High School's Prom
Of the 600 attendees at the prom held at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum on April 9th, 90 tested positive for COVID-19.
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Former Union Square Mexican Spot Colibri Reopens In New Digs In the Presidio Next Weekend
Colibri Mexican Bistro, the high-end Mexican restaurant on Geary near Union Square that opened around 2004 and closed in 2020, has found new life in the former Arguello space at the Presidio Officers' Club.
Arts & Entertainment
Watch: Hippie Hill Blazes Up in Smoke as Nearly 20,000 Stoners Celebrate First 4/20 With Legal Weed Sales in Park
The first-ever 4/20 with dispensaries legally selling pot in Golden Gate Park was the bomb, and Goapele wowed the crowd with a surprise set, though Berner seemingly did not realize it was 4:20 when the clock struck 4:20.
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Two Men Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In SF's Oceanview Neighborhood
Two men were found with gunshot wounds at a home in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood on Wednesday evening after what police are describing as a murder-suicide.
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Video Appears to Show Mike Tyson Punching Drunk Guy on Plane Leaving SFO After 4/20
TMZ just released some video from Wednesday night that appears to show Mike Tyson — who was in SF to help promote a social media app at the 4/20 event at Hippie Hill — decking a drunk guy who was harassing him on a JetBlue flight from SFO to Florida.
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Thursday Morning What's Up: Kristin Smart Murder Trial Moves to Monterey Co.
A judge has decided that the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores for the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart will move to Monterey County, BART reversed itself about masks, and that lawsuit by the City of San Francisco against opioid makers and distributors begins Monday.
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Day Around the Bay: California Says You Don't Need a Mask on the Bus or Train
The California Dept. of Public Health said Wednesday that Californians don't need to wear masks on transit, the Dept. of Justice is meanwhile appealing that Florida judge's ruling on masks, and Mike Tyson is over at Hippie Hill for 4/20 promoting something.
Arts & Entertainment
San Francisco 4/20 Billboard Promises ‘Get Free NFTs When You Buy Weed’
We have reached Peak 2022 San Francisco, as a fresh, new 4/20 billboard at Mission and Geneva Streets declares “Get Free NFTs when you buy weed.”
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Former President Barack Obama and VP Kamala Harris Both In Bay Area Thursday
Both Barack Obama and Kamala Harris are scheduled to be in the Bay Area this week for separate events, with Obama set to speak at Stanford Thursday.
Bay Area Sports
Feral Cats Overrun Oakland Coliseum, Authorities Decide to Just Let Them Have Their Run of the Place
A feral kitty committee of 30-40 feral cats is expanding and “having a field day on the A’s turf,” and stadium authorities have decided to simply cede the place to them, but will attempt to have the cats spayed and neutered.
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30-Year-Old Man Killed In SF's Fillmore District
There was a homicide Tuesday night in San Francisco's Fillmore District, which has not seen a homicide in three years.
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[Update] BART Says Hold Up, You Still Need to Wear Masks, Then Reverses
Following that federal judge's ruling on Monday that abruptly ended mask mandates on planes and public transit, BART reportedly told its police not to enforce mask-wearing on Tuesday. But now, they've issued a statement similar to the SFMTA's saying masks are still required, for now.
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Defrocked Ex-Priest, Accused of Child Sex Abuse, Kills Pedestrian In Alleged Walnut Creek DUI Incident
One man is dead and his wife briefly hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver rammed into them Saturday, a driver who happened to be a former priest accused of molesting dozens of children.
SF Politics
Matt Haney Claims Victory In Assembly Race, Giving Mayor Breed a Board Seat Appointment
SF's District 6 will be getting a new appointed supervisor and the city is getting a new face in the Assembly after Tuesday's runoff election — it's just that we'll have to vote on this seat twice more this year.
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Humpday Headlines: Three People Shot In Colma
Three people were shot in Colma early Wednesday morning, a San Leandro teacher has been removed after being caught on video threatening students, and the Los Gatos Town Council has passed an ordinance banning teen parties hosted by adults.
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Day Around the Bay: The Inevitable SF Redistricting Lawsuit Has Indeed Arrived
San Quentin prison is now home the nation’s first “college behind bars,” the ban on use of rape kits to prosecute unrelated crimes is now San Francisco law, and sure enough, a gaggle of local residents is suing San Francisco over the ongoing redistricting drama.
Arts & Entertainment
Netflix Sees Big Drop In Subscribers, Swears It's Going to Crack Down On Password-Sharing
With the waning of the pandemic, Netflix is seeing its big subscriber growth fall off a cliff — and now the company is saying it's really going to get tough on password-sharing.
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Two SFPD Officers Arrested for Destroying Evidence, Ex-Officer Arrested for Swiping Machine Gun From Evidence Room
Two separate SFPD scandals hit the fan at the same time, as two current officers were arrested for destroying evidence (including meth, allegedly) and a former officer was arrested for relieving the evidence room of a machine gun.
Arts & Entertainment
A San Francisco 4/20 Event Guide (For People Who Have No Interest In Going to Hippie Hill)
A San Francisco 4/20 Preview (For People Who Have No Interest In Going to Hippie Hill) Plenty of SF dispensaries and venues are counterprogramming against the Hippie Hill high jinks with live music, comedy, and even “Wings, Weed & Waffles.”
Bay Area Sports
The Warriors, Looking In Fine Playoff Form, Overpower the Nuggets In Games 1 and 2
"Does the phrase 'riding a bicycle' mean anything? It's come back real quick: recall, muscle memory — whatever you want to call it. It's working for the Warriors."
SF Politics
It's Election Day #2 of 4 For the SF Assembly Seat Sought By David Campos and Matt Haney
Today's the day that San Francisco voters decide who will take David Chiu's vacant Assembly seat for District 17 in the state legislature — at least who will occupy it for the next eight months.
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Are We Seeing a Fifth COVID Surge In SF Right Now? Probably.
The official daily case count probably isn't reliable, but other metrics suggest that San Francisco is probably in the midst of its BA.2 surge, which experts predicted would likely not be as significant as this past winter's first Omicron surge.
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Man Accused of Setting San Jose Home Depot on Fire Identified and Charged
A 27-year-old man from San Jose is now behind bars, accused of setting fire to a Home Depot two Saturdays ago as he stole several items.
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Masks Come Off on BART, Airplanes, and In Uber and Lyft Cars — But Not Muni — Following Ruling By Trump-Appointed Judge
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida issued a ruling Monday that denied the authority of the CDC to continue its federal mask mandate on planes and public transit — a mandate that was set to expire in two weeks anyway.
Arts & Entertainment
Outside Lands Announces 2022 Lineup, Featuring Green Day, Post Malone, and SZA
Tickets will go on sale on 4/20 for Outside Lands 2022, as the festival announces a lineup including Green Day, Post Malone, Phoebe Bridgers, Lil Uzi Vert, and a whole bunch more.