SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Millennium Tower Undergoes Important Soil Test PG&E is warning of more wind and more power shutoffs later this week, Millennium Tower is undergoing a key test to the effects of the ongoing sinking fix, and the smoldering Caldor Fire is still putting off a fair bit of smoke despite being almost entirely contained.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 2,191-lb Pumpkin Takes Top Prize at Half Moon Bay Weigh-Off A person was struck in the head by an arriving BART train in West Oakland and is apparently still alive, a winner was declared this morning at the annual Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and Elon Musk trolled Jeff Bezos on Twitter about being richer than him.
Bay Area Sports Giants and Dodgers Face Off Tonight for Game 3, Announcers Likely to Overuse the Term ‘Pivotal’ It’s Max Scherzer night (and Jon Miller’s birthday!) as the Giants resume the series in Los Angeles, and while Game 3 often predicts the NLDS outcome, these Giants have a winning record at Dodger Stadium this season.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water's New Pasta Restaurant Penny Roma Opens for Business The previously announced new incarnation of the Central Kitchen space from the Flour + Water Restaurant Group, a casual pasta restaurant called Penny Roma, makes its debut Monday after a brief remodel.
SF News The Majestic Princess, the First Cruise Ship to Dock In SF In 19 Months, Arrives at Pier 27 For better or worse, the world is back to cruising, and Princess Cruises' Majestic Princess came into port in San Francisco around 7 a.m. on Monday, letting a couple thousand passengers disembark to wander the city.
SF News More Weather Terminology: What's An 'Inside Slider' and Why Does It Cause Diablo Winds In the Bay Area? Every year meteorologists introduce us to new terminology that was once just the purview of professionals and weather geeks. And this week it's all about the "inside slider" — not the baseball pitch, but the slang term used for a northerly weather system that has a steep southward trajectory.
SF News Large Tree Toppled By Wind in San Mateo County Damages Home, Cars, Knocks Out Power A large tree came down amid gusting winds Sunday night in San Mateo County, hitting power lines and causing some damage, but no fire was sparked.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Who's Losing Power Today? Most of today's PG&E power shutoffs are in Solano County and eastern Napa County, Southwest Airlines canceled over 1,000 flights over the weekend, and that German cargo ship that was being investigated in the oil spill has been let off the hook.
SF News Potential PG&E Power Shutoffs Could Affect Up to 25,000 Customer Accounts Tomorrow With much of the East Bay and North Bay under a Red Flag Warning Sunday through Tuesday, PG&E has warned that as many as 25,000 customer accounts across the state could lose power Monday.
SF News Sunday Links: New Repair Plan for Millennium Tower to Begin Tuesday The Dodgers obliterated the Giants during last night's game in the playoff series, more 20mph speed limits could come to San Francisco, and testing will begin at Millennium Tower for a future repair plan that may (or may not) help the building from sinking further.
SF News [Update] Red Flag Warning Issued for North Bay Mountains, Parts of East Bay The National Weather Service (NWS) upgraded its Fire Weather Watch for the North Bay Mountains and the East Bay hills and valleys to a Red Flag Warning on Saturday night, beginning 3 a.m. Sunday and expected to last until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, amid poor humidity levels and strong winds.
SF News Saturday Links: Giants Shut Out Dodgers 4-0 in Game 1 Victory The Giants quite handsomely beat the Dodgers 4-0 in last night's playoff game opener, a falling tree injured four firefighters battling the KNP Complex fire, and Golden Gate Park will again host a forest of LEDs this winter.
SF News Day Around the Bay: To-Go Cocktails Have Officially Been Signed Into CA Law Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park is set to get a much-needed restoration, Newsom signed State Bill 389 into law (which legalized to-go cocktails), and City Hall will glow orange Saturday night — Beat LA!
SF News OK Boomer: C.W. Nevius Is Back, Now at the Examiner The new Clint Reilly Examiner continues to add fresh, new voices from the 1990s, as the Chronicle’s former get-off-my-lawn shooer C.W. Nevius has a weekly column in that paper.
Arts & Entertainment Two Blocks of Minna and Natoma Streets to Become 'Art Corridor' Leading to SFMOMA and Yerba Buena The San Francisco Arts Commission has selected five artists to help create a visually interesting and interactive "art corridor" on four alley blocks downtown, connecting the Transbay Transit Center to the art hubs of SFMOMA and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA).
Arts & Entertainment Watch a Boeing 777 Fly Really Low Over SF Spectators and Do Tricks Over the Bay Today's Day 1 of the Fleet Week Air Show over the Bay — as if you need to be told with the deafening noise. In case you haven't gone out to the waterfront or stood on a Russian Hill roof to see the festivity and show of military might, we have some footage of the one non-military part of the show.
Arts & Entertainment ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ at Oasis Is Even More Queer Than the Original 'Rocky Horror Picture Show’ A rebooted ‘Rocky Horror’ is playing onstage at Oasis, to time warp you back to the old midnight movie experience with an added meaty loaf of dirty drag humor.
SF News Is the Pandemic Making Wildfire Arson More Common? Some experts have already been saying that the COVID-19 pandemic may be causing arsons to spike, much as it has caused other types of serious crime to spike as well. And a couple of recent examples in Northern California feature suspects with tenuous mental health.
Business & Tech Instagram and Facebook Experience Second Outage In a Week; Twitter Is Gleeful It may not be the worldwide meltdown of Monday, but Instagram and Facebook were not loading properly for some users on both coasts of the U.S. today, and the company has confirmed there's a problem.
SF News Suspect Dressed As Spider-Man Sought In South Bay Burglary Two men, including one dressed in a full-body Spider-Man getup, are being sought by Campbell police in a Wednesday morning burglary — and the Campbell Police Department added a fun soundtrack to the surveillance footage they posted to Twitter.
Arts & Entertainment Parade of Ships Passes Through Golden Gate Friday Morning If you're not working or can take a break, you may want to head over to Crissy Field or another spot with a good vantage point on the Golden Gate as today's the day for the Parade of Ships.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Fleet Week Air Show to Roar Over SF All Day Hundreds of giant sequoias have likely died in wildfires in recent weeks, the Blue Angels and the Fleet Week air show kicks off at 10 a.m., and SF will welcome its first cruise ship to dock in 18 months on Monday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Musk Is Taking Tesla HQ to Austin Tesla's headquarters is moving from Palo Alto to Austin, Bernal Heights is getting its first cannabis dispensary, and the SF school board is spending money it doesn't have to appeal the court decision about that mural.
Arts & Entertainment Bjork Bringing a Very Bjork-Sounding Flute and Choir Extravaganza to Chase Center In February Tickets go on sale next week for “Cornucopia,” Bjork’s elaborate stage show featuring an Icelandic choir, a flute ensemble, and projections of Greta Thunberg.
SF News San Francisco Will Lift Mask Mandate for Gyms and Offices On October 15, But Not Bars or Restaurants You'll be able to take your mask off in certain indoor settings in the city of San Francisco starting next week, but across the Bay Area, mask orders will likely stay in place for most public settings through the rest of the year.
