SF Politics London Breed Going Maskless at Club Became a National Story; Should It Have? Should Mayor London Breed have been called out and excoriated for not having her mask on while out at a music venue with friends last week? Discuss.
SF News Preliminary Hearing Wraps Up In Kristin Smart Murder Trial; Judge to Rule Wednesday On Wednesday, a judge in San Luis Obispo County will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to move forward with the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, the father and son accused in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: It's Going to Be a Hot Last Day of Summer Embattled school board member Alison Collins responds to the recall effort, there's an outbreak of kidney disease among California sea lions, and all large indoor events in the state now have to require proof of vaccination.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tiny Homes for the Homeless Coming to Lots at Gough and Mission A tiny home village is replacing a tent village at Gough and Mission, the homeless hotel experiment has had mostly positive results around the Bay, and Oakland just recorded its 100th homicide of 2021 with more than three months left in the year.
SF News Man On Scooter Injured By Hit-and-Run Driver In Hayes Valley; Police Seek Suspect A man was injured while riding a moped/motorbike at the busy intersection of Hayes and Gough streets Monday afternoon — and the van that struck the scooter fled the scene.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Five SF Restaurant Openings and Two Reopenings to Look Forward To This Fall While nothing can be called "back to normal" yet in the restaurant world, things are at least inching in a positive direction, and here are a handful of exciting openings and reopenings to whet your whistle.
SF News SF Resumed Peak-Hour Towing Enforcement Today Another local law that was temporarily tossed out during COVID went back into effect Monday, and your car could now again be towed if parked in restricted peak-hour areas.
SF News Four Members of 'Boogaloo' Group That Accused Cop Killer Belonged To Have Pleaded Guilty to Destroying Evidence Four men who were part of a group WhatsApp chat with accused murderer Steven Carrillo have pleaded guilty to obstructing the federal probe against Carrillo and his alleged accomplice.
Business & Tech Pandemic Slack Communications Inside Apple Have Led to More Employee Activism, Unrest The notoriously secretive corporate culture at Apple has been exposed to have some leaks and cracks when it comes to the treatment of employees and various other complaints.
Business & Tech Dreamforce Returns as Much Smaller, Mostly Outdoor Conference in SoMa This Week 170,000 people usually come to Dreamforce, which along with the now departed Oracle OpenWorld would typically clog up traffic all over downtown for several days as conventioneers descended on the city. This year will be much different.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Team to Open New Pasta Restaurant Penny Roma In Central Kitchen Space; Flour + Water to Close For Remodel The Flour + Water Hospitality Group (formerly known as Ne Timeas Restaurant Group) is debuting a new rustic Italian restaurant next month, and it will be taking over the space that's been occupied by Central Kitchen for the last nine years.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Outlast Eagles in Philadelphia 17-11, Head Home From East Coast Undefeated The San Francisco 49ers are off to a hot start after winning back-to-back games on the road to open the season, beginning to establish their identity in the league as a team you do not want to play.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Giant Forest Mostly Safe as Other Sequoia Groves Threatened By Fire The sequoias of Giant Forest were successfully protected from flames over the weekend, a 22-year-old man was arrested at San Jose Airport after saying he'd swallowed an explosive device, and Pfizer says its vaccine works in kids 5-11.
SF News San Francisco Nonprofit Raises $399K for Queer Nightlife Workers, Completes Fundraising Goals The SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) was born during the pandemic as a charitable endeavor that financially supported out-of-work nightlife workers. Now more than eighteen months since it began raising funds, the nonprofit has awarded 511 single-installment grants to queer nightlife workers.
SF News There's Likely Going to Be a Power Shutoff Event on Monday for 13 California Counties After a Red Flag Warning was issued for various parts of NorCal Sunday, it was inevitable that a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Outage Watch would follow suit for some areas. And that's exactly what 13 counties can expect on Monday, according to the utility company.
SF News PG&E Power Outage Affects 2,500 San Francisco Customer Accounts, Thousands More in the East Bay On Sunday, thousands of residents around the Bay Area — mostly those in the East Bay, but a sizeable amount in San Francisco, as well — experienced an unplanned PG&E power outage that's been tied to this weekend’s light rain (and neglected power lines).
SF News Sunday Links: Red Flag Warning Issued for Parts of Bay Area and NorCal That SpaceX mission ended safely Saturday night, the SFUSD opened four vaccination units for eligible school-age children, and the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area.
SF News This Weekend's Rain Is Still Good News for Firefighters... But Will Mostly Miss Bay Area Some early season rain is still expected to come down in Northern California tonight and into early tomorrow — which will help fire crews contain wildfires. However, don't expect much precipitation here in the Bay Area.
SF News Saturday Links: Two of Newsom's Kids Test Positive for COVID-19 Nine Oakland police officers were put on unpaid suspension for posting “racist and sexist” content on social media, Mayor Breed unapologetically defended her maskless Black Cat outing, and the California governor's office announced that two of Newsom’s four children tested positive for COVID-19.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Wildfires Have Entered Four Giant Sequoia Groves A “coyote awareness education" program has begun in Moraga, Flower Piano is underway at Golden Gate Park this weekend (and into early next week), and it's official: at least four giant sequoia groves — home to some of the largest trees on this planet — have started burning.
SF News Developer Seeks to Build 75-Story Residential Tower Behind Old PG&E Building on Market Street Another very tall tower could be added to San Francisco's skyline in the coming years, if developer Hines gets what they're asking for on the downtown block that used to belong to PG&E.
SF Politics Oakland Businessman Becomes Second Contractor to Receive Jail Time In SF City Hall Corruption Probe A businessman who admitted to conspiring over multiple years to bribe former SF Public Works chief Mohammed Nuru in order to gain financial benefits for his company has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
Bay Area Sports Oracle Park Concessions Workers Walk Off Job; Full-Fledged Strike Over Hazard Pay and COVID Safety Could Be Coming Just as the Giants clinch a spot in the playoffs — and in an odd year no less! — workers at Oracle Park are demanding improvements in workplace safety and a pay raise, and around 200 of them briefly walked off the job Friday morning in one of their first actions.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Gaymes Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary Sunday Empress Juanita MORE! and Emperor Glamamore of the Imperial Court of San Francisco will preside over the 25th Annual Golden Gate Gaymes & Picnic Sunday, and you can still sign up to compete in events like Wheel of Misfortune and Lip-Sync or Swim.
SF News If You Got the Moderna Vaccine, You're Less Likely to End Up Hospitalized With COVID Than Those Who Got Pfizer or J&J The Centers for Disease Control has just released results from a head-to-head study of all three COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S., and Moderna's comes out on top when it comes to effectiveness.
