SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Oliveto Is Back Open In Oakland, Temporarily, Pending Ownership Change
The new year may be a slog of bad pandemic news so far, but there is some brightness on the restaurant horizon today on several fronts.
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Cliff House Building Ready to Put New Restaurant in Place by End of 2022
Lands End could have its Cliff House replacement restaurant by year’s end, as the applications are now available for any restaurateur interested in taking over the historic spot.
Arts & Entertainment
Castro Theatre Changes Management, Will No Longer Primarily Screen Movies, Become More of a Live Venue
Sadly for film buffs, this means it will largely cease to be a repertory movie house — however it will continue to host film festivals and other film events.
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Humpday Headlines: Santa Cruz Harbor Suffers $6M in Tsunami Damage
Around 100 people gathered in Portsmouth Square Tuesday night to mourn the loss of NY subway-murder victim Michell Go, Santa Cruz Harbor saw significant tsunami damage, and fashion icon Andre Leon Talley has died.
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Security Guard in San Francisco Attacked, Hospitalized By A Unleashed Dog Inside Library
A San Francisco security guard was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by an unleashed pit bull inside the San Francisco Public Library. [SPONSORED] The whole thing was caught
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Day Around the Bay: Kimberly Guilfoyle Just Got Subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee
An entire Vacaville Noah’s Bagels quit over TikTok, more than 1,000 people applied for just 91 below-market rate units at a new SoMa complex, and Gavin’s ex Kim Guilfoyle just got herself a subpoena from the House January 6 committee.
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Two Teens Give Shocking, Detailed Testimony in ‘Cool Mom’ Bail Hearing, Lawyer Requests Delay to Rebut
The Tuesday testimony from two alleged assault victims was so damning that the attorney for ‘Cool Mom’ Shannon O’Connor asked for a 16-day delay to rebut the charges.
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Biden’s Free At-Home COVID Test Website Is Live, and Now Taking Orders
COVIDtests.gov launched a day early, and has not yet experienced any Obamacare-style technical glitches, but many are finding that the free tests are not available to them.
Business & Tech
All About the 5G Airline Freakout and How It May Impact Travel at SFO
It's very hard to know, at this point, whose concerns are valid and whose problem this ultimately is, but a battle continues playing out between telecom companies, the FAA and the airline industry over a planned rollout of 5G wireless service — and it's coming to a head on Wednesday.
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License Plate Theft Victim Uncovers Elaborate Criminal Scheme After Getting Hit With Massive Parking Tickets
After getting her license plates stolen, a local woman started getting mystery parking tickets, and then she unraveled a complex ring of stolen license plates being slapped on stolen cars.
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The ‘Linkage Center’ at the Heart of Breed’s Tenderloin Emergency Declaration Has Opened
An office building at U.N. Plaza is now the treatment services headquarters of Mayor Breed’s Tenderloin Emergency Declaration, which opened today with hopes of addressing the opioid and overdose situation in the TL.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Former Arguello Space In Presidio to Become New Mexican Restaurant From Colibri Restaurateur
The restaurateur behind the former Colibri Mexican Bistro near Union Square, as well as Zazil Cocina Mexicana and El Jardin at San Jose's Santana Row, has signed a deal to take over two spaces at the Presidio, including the former Arguello space at the Presidio Officers' Club.
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Vigil Tonight at Portsmouth Square For Bay Area Woman Pushed In Front of New York Subway
A candlelight vigil is planned for Tuesday evening in San Francisco's Chinatown to mourn the death of 40-year-old Michelle Go, a native of the East Bay who was killed Saturday when she was pushed in front of an oncoming subway train in New York's Times Square.
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Tuesday Morning Topline: San Mateo County Leaves PPE Out In the Rain
San Mateo County left $7 million in PPE out to get soaked in the rain, Kaiser workers protest the fact that they don't get MLK Day as a paid holiday, and a video has gone viral of a FedEx package being hurled at a door in SF.
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Day Around the Bay: Woman Shoved In Front of NY Subway Was East Bay Native
A woman who was fatally pushed in front of a NY subway grew up in Fremont, some high school students in Oakland are planning to boycott school over COVID safety concerns, and Warriors minority owner Chamath Palihapitiya once again proved himself a charmer saying "nobody cares" about the Uyghurs.
Business & Tech
Tesla Self-Driving Called Out in Full-Page NYT Ad, Which Claims ‘Millions Would Die Every Day’ if Universally Adopted
A full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times declares “We did not sign up our families to be crash test dummies for thousands of Tesla cars,” but the ad is affiliated with a rival self-driving software company.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Huge Lines Mark Opening Weekend at Chef Matt Horn’s New Chicken Spot Kowbird
People lined up as early as 7 a.m. on opening day and the lines continued through the weekend at chef Matt Horn’s ballyhooed new chicken sandwich spot Kowbird.
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Donate Food and Supplies For Tongan Relief By 4PM Tuesday; Local Ship Sets Sail For Tonga This Week
It has been a tense two days in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption near Tonga on Saturday, because an undersea cable that provides the island with all of its phone and internet service was severed, and communications with islanders have been slim to none.
Arts & Entertainment
Google Marks Betty White's 100th With Easter Egg; Fans Donate to Animal Shelters
Google has a little Easter egg in the search engine today to honor Betty White on what would have been her 100th birthday — had she not been taken from us *too soon* on New Year's Eve.
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Latest French Bulldog Theft Adds Insult to Injury, as Suspects Return to Steal Victim’s Car
A grandmother attempted to battle off armed suspects with her cane, but they stole a purse and a French bulldog anyway, and then found her daughter's house and stole her Mercedes-Benz.
Bay Area Sports
49ers Stiff-Arm Cowboys for 23-17 Playoff Win, Face Packers Saturday Night
Mission Street revelry returned to SF Sunday night, after the 49ers survived a bizarre ending to upset the Dallas Cowboys and position themselves for another possible Super Bowl run.
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We May Be Masking Up Indoors Again Next Winter, and the Next
As signs point to the Omicron peak already having passed in San Francisco — with case counts falling, as predicted, after a post-holiday surge — we look to the endemic phase of COVID with some trepidation about future variants.
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Minnelusa, the Cat Stolen In a Car Break-In Last Month In Cow Hollow, Has Been Found Safe and Returned Home
One Southern California couple's beloved pet, who joined their house during the pandemic, has been found safe and returned to her family.
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Monday Morning Headlines: Remembering MLK's Last Bay Area Speech
There's a car caravan marking MLK Day in Oakland, a suspected DUI driver was arrested in Sonoma after a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy, and the Chronicle has a photo essay about Dr. King's last big Bay Area speech at UC Berkeley.
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San Francisco Landmarks Light Up Red and Gold Ahead of 49ers Playoff Game
Before today's game against the Dallas Cowboys, various San Francisco structures glowed red and gold last night to show the city’s collective support of the 49ers going into Sunday's playoff game.