SF News Area Around Cesar Chavez Interchange 'Hairball' Cleared of Encampments Once More The encampment-clearing focus returned to "the hairball" Tuesday, with Caltrans and CHP personnel doing a sweep of those residing under the overpasses where Cesar Chavez Street meets Potrero Avenue, Bayshore Boulevard, and multiple 101 on- and off-ramps.
SF News San Francisco Remains a Safe Haven for the Childless and Child-Averse San Francisco is holding onto its title as the country's most childless major city, and in fact the numbers haven't budged in a decade.
Business & Tech Waymo Gets Its First Baby-Step Approval to Give Rides to SFO, Cars Will Have Human Drivers at First Waymo’s race to provide airport rides to SF International Airport now has a very well-defined set of approved steps, as the company just got the green light to start testing rides to SFO with human drivers behind the wheel.
SF News Former KTVU Anchor Frank Somerville Arrested Again In Oakland, Says It Stemmed From Fight With Daughter The saga of Frank Somerville, the former anchor of KTVU's popular nightly newscast, continues with another arrest, this time for battery, in what's now his fourth run-in with the law.
SF Politics The 'Recall Joel Engardio' Election is Today, and 30% Have Already Voted by Mail Polls are now open in the tiniest election San Francisco has ever held, as only District 4 voters can vote today on the measure to recall Supervisor Joel Engardio, the first ever recall attempt of a sitting San Francisco supervisor in history.
SF Politics City Audit Further Details $4.6M In Misspent Dollars By Former SF Human Rights Commission Chief The San Francisco public already knew about the not-all-above-board spending practices of disgraced former Human Rights Commission chief and Dream Keeper program head Sheryl Davis, but a new city audit puts an eye-popping pricetag on it: $4.6 million.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SF's Sad Downtown Mall Now 93% Vacant The SF Centre mall is now 93% vacant; Oakland Airport wants in on the Waymo action; and the Pope just called out exorbitant CEO salaries like Elon Musk's.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Announces All-Out War on Liberal Groups BART says it will only do computer upgrades on weekends now; Trump, via JD Vance, declared all-out war on liberal groups today in frighteningly vague terms; and it's going to be even hotter around the Bay on Tuesday than it was on Monday.
Business & Peter Thiel Thinks He Knows Who the Antichrist Is, Gives SF Lecture Several wealthy right-wing tech bros got to hear Peter Thiel speak at SF’s Commonwealth Club Monday evening on the topic of the Antichrist, which is a funny thing to claim to know about when you’ve got all manner of Jeff Epstein connections.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wolfsbane, the New Dogpatch Restaurant From the Lord Stanley Folks, Sets Opening Date The new restaurant from the couple behind Michelin-starred Lord Stanley (RIP), Carrie and Rupert Blease, and their friend, chef Tommy Halvorson, is coming into focus, and the reservation books are now open.
Arts & Entertainment That Union Square Pop Mart Opened Today, For All Your Labubu-Buying Needs Chinese designer toy sensation Pop Mart soft-opened their highly anticipated new Union Square store Monday in what was once the flagship Skechers store at Powell and O’Farrell streets, providing another option for people who want more Labubus.
SF News Community Remembers SF Father Stabbed and Killed Outside SF Elementary School Last Week SF community figures are offering their condolences to the family of 35-year-old Robert Byrd II, who was stabbed and killed last Wednesday afternoon near Commodore Sloat Elementary School after picking up his eight-year-old son from school.
Arts & Entertainment Skaters Are Latest Group to Voice Opposition to Removal of Vaillancourt Fountain You may not know this, but the much reviled Vaillancourt Fountain at Embarcadero Plaza has become an iconic backdrop, and set piece, for skateboarding videos over decades.
Arts & Entertainment Mario Coming to SF Nintendo Store This Weekend, Should You Think That Merits Rearranging Your Social Calendar To mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the “Super Mario Bros” video game, SF’s Union Square Nintendo Store is bringing in Mario this weekend, or rather, someone in a Mario mascot suit that you can take pictures with.
Arts & Entertainment Shaboozey Honored With Diamond Record Plaque at Civic Center Concert Attended By Over 20,000 Saturday's free concert in Civic Center drew over 20,000 fans for a celebration of the 15th anniversary of SF-born record label Empire, headlined by Billboard hitmaker Shaboozey.
Bay Area Sports Short-Handed 49ers Manage Ugly 26-21 Win Over Saints in New Orleans, as Defense Bails Them Out Again Journeyman castoff backup quarterback Mac Jones proved he had just enough in him to beat a terrible team, as he led the 49ers to a 26-21 win over the New Orleans Saints that was still more of a nailbiter than it should have been.
SF News Car Collides With Muni Train on 19th Avenue, Flips Over There was an accident Sunday in which a vehicle was struck by a Muni train near Merced Manor, or vice versa, and the car flipped over.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Arrest Made In Sunday Shooting In Tenderloin BART police aided in an arrest of a suspect wanted for a shooting Sunday in the Tenderloin; SF Interim Police Chief Paul Yep is not applying for the permanent job; and xAI just laid off 500 people who were working on the Grok chatbot.
SF News Tropical Storm Mario Headed in Our Direction, Might Bring Dry Thunder, Lightning Along with the heat wave that’s expected Monday, Tropical Storm Mario, which briefly died then came back to life, could hit the Bay Area late Wednesday and into Thursday. The storm might produce some dry thunderstorms and a small amount of rain that's unlikely to hit the ground.
SF News Family of Deceased SFPD Recruit Orders Second Autopsy, Hires Lawyer Who Won Cases Against LAPD The family of Jon-Marques Psalms is ordering a second autopsy after the medical examiner’s report confirmed he died as a result of a high-intensity training exercise at the SF Police Academy. The family’s attorney says Psalms was tackled and disarmed by an opponent wearing a padded “RedMan” suit.
SF News Teen Sideshow Spectator Dies After Attempting to Jump Between Freeway Ramps in East Bay A teenager attending a sideshow fell to his death early Saturday morning while attempting to jump across a gap between freeway ramps in the East Bay suburb of Crockett.
SF News Sunday Links: Small Businesses Say Google Misled Them Into Opposing New Privacy Law California tied with Louisiana for highest poverty rate in the US; lawmakers passed a bill that would protect the state’s vaccines from federal interference; and Google told small businesses Assembly Bill 566 would hurt their online ad reach.
SF News 3 People in Overturned Kayaks Rescued From McCovey Cove During Giants-Dodgers Game Nearby kayakers and a boat emblazoned with the Ghostbusters logo came to the aid of three people whose kayaks overturned while they were watching the Giants-Dodgers game Saturday. The Giants lost the game, 13-7.
SF News Oakland-Based Platform Accused of Stiffing Nonprofits Thousands of Dollars, Has F Rating Numerous nonprofits are saying Oakland-based donation processing platform, Flipcause, mishandled their funds, costing them thousands of dollars. The company currently has 81 unresolved Better Business Bureau complaints.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch Ballhalla DJs and Jalapeño Guy bring the beats, while Transit Month rolls on with art, walks, and the Worm Run. Add temple brunch, Doors Open tours, a rediscovered Coppola short, open studios, Black Neighborhood hikes, and a garter snake revival.
