SF News Top UCSF Doctors Say ‘San Francisco has Clearly Turned the Corner’ on Delta Variant San Francisco case rates are down and hospitalizations have plateaued, meaning the Delta variant appears to be on the wane, but no one’s spiking the football lest we see another case spike
SF Politics Loon Recall Candidate Larry Elder Faces Gun and Abuse Charges from Ex-Fiancee Leading the polls among Republican recall candidates, AM radio talk show host Larry Elder faces allegations from his ex involving gun threats, exploitive kinks, and lots of marijuana.
SF News Orange, Hazy Skies Return, and It’s a Spare the Air Alert for the Rest of the Week The unholy trinity of the Dixie, Caldor, and Cash fires are smoking up Bay Area skies, and a Spare the Air alert is in effect for Thursday and Friday.
SF Politics As Recall Support Grew, Gov. Newsom Sold His Kentfield Home for $5.7 Million, Records Show As most Californians already know, Governor Gavin Newsom is in the midst of facing down next month's historic recall vote. As he prepared for this challenge earlier on, Newsom was also likely preparing
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Calls Off 2021 Festival, but Livestream Will Have Bob Mould, Ani DiFranco Delta has done in this year’s in-person Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, but there will be a three-day livestream with festival favorites Mavis Staples and Emmylou Harris.
SF News Former Alameda Deputies Sentenced in Ghoulish Inmate Abuse Scandal A pair of Alameda County deputy guards who orchestrated cruel feces-throwing behavior at Santa Rita jail will find themselves on the other side of the bars, getting sentenced to four years in state prison.
SF News New Muni Metro Extensions to Richmond District, Fisherman's Wharf Proposed by Staff Staff at the SFMTA presented proposals this week to construct a new Muni Metro line that would connect downtown with the Richmond District along Geary Boulevard, as well as extending the still-under-construction Central Subway to Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News Truck Catches Fire, Explodes on Upper Deck of Bay Bridge A truck fire in the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge sent smoke into the sky and will likely create traffic coming from the East Bay.
SF News Cache Fire Destroys 60 Homes in Clearlake; Firefighters Say They've Stopped the Fire's Progress The Cache Fire that began on Wednesday in Lake County very quickly spread to 60 and then 80 acres, and destroyed at least 60 homes in the town of Clearlake.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Richmond District's Baller Fried Rice Is Now $500 Lily's "douchebag fried rice" is now going to be $500 and served two days a week for charity, PG&E says it's turning everyone's power back on today, and YouTuber recall candidate Kevin Paffrath wants in on a debate with three Republican candidates.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cache Fire In Clearlake Prompts Evacuations A freeway shooting investigation shuts down southbound 280 in SF, the brand new Cache Fire is threatening Clearlake, and the Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area has been canceled early.
SF Politics Federal Lawsuit Hopes to Halt Newsom Recall Vote, Calls it Unconstitutional Two California voters could throw a huge monkey wrench into the entire recall circus, filing a federal lawsuit that aims to call off the recall, or add Gavin’s name to the replacement list.
Business & Tech Eight Months Into National Vaccine Effort, Facebook Says It's Removed Anti-Vaxx Misinformation Superspreaders After being on the receiving end of stern words from President Biden last month, Facebook says it has removed three-dozen pages and accounts associated with a dozen previously identified superspreaders of vaccine misinformation.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mayor London Breed Loves Pancho Villa's Burritos; Soleil Ho Rates Her Favorites Pancho Villa Taqueria is a perfectly respectable choice when discussing San Francisco's much lauded burrito scene, and that's what Mayor London Breed's immediate choice was when the Chronicle asked her for her go-to burrito place.
SF Politics DA Chesa Boudin Sues 'Ghost Gun' Sellers; Report Finds He's Prosecuting More Cases This Year District Attorney Chesa Boudin got a writeup in the Times for charges he's bringing against three online retailers of "ghost guns" in California. And the Chronicle finds that he's charging more cases this year compared to his first year in office.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pacific Catch Introduces Their New 'Endless Summer' Menu - Pacific Catch Rewards Make It Even Better! Ready for this Summer's taste explosion? Come try the new Ahi Poke bombs at Pacific Catch! Featuring sustainable yellowfin tuna in a tofu pocket, they’re just part of the delicious new 'Endless
SF News Solano County Deputies Accused of Violently Arresting Black Woman For No Reason Body camera footage from two Solano County sheriff's deputies tells a far different story than they told in their official report, and an August 6, 2020 incident on the freeway in Dixon may now get investigated following a federal lawsuit.
SF Politics Recall Candidate John Cox Served Subpoena at Debate; Another Candidate Drops Out After Heart Attack Republican candidate for governor in the recall election John Cox was served a subpoena Tuesday at the start of a debate with two other Republican candidates.
SF News Caldor Fire Tops 53,000 Acres; Firefighters Call Fire Behavior 'Unprecedented' The Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado County, which was at 6,500 acres as of yesterday morning and 30,000 acres by evening, continued tearing through the El Dorado National Forest overnight, and as of Wednesday morning it had hit 53,000 acres.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Fremont Woman In Bikini Confesses to Starting Forest Fire A former San Francisco couple was found dead along with their child and dog in the Sierra National Forest, Nancy Pelosi talks about the recall and Afghanistan, and a bikini-clad woman "covered in scratches" confessed to lighting a forest fire near Tahoe.
SF News Day Around the Bay: North Beach Bar Says It's Closing Because Of Vaccine, Mask Mandates East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell has a "help desk" set up in Castro Valley for Afghans concerned about their relatives, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta says he'll review the 2009 Oscar Grant shooting, and two people were injured today in the Caldor Fire.
Arts & Entertainment Redevelopment Plans Move Forward for Historic El Rey Theater In Ingleside The El Rey Theater, which hasn't functioned as a movie house in many decades, may finally have a chance at redevelopment as plans for the property were recently resubmitted for preliminary review by the Planning Department.
SF News SF Plans to Buy Four More Hotels to Shelter Homeless Population Four hotels and a total of 368 units will be opened as permanent housing for the unsheltered population, as that sweet Prop. C “homeless tax” money starts rolling in.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chinatown's Z&Y Restaurant Is Latest to Be Dinged for Wage Theft Z&Y Restaurant, one of the better known and acclaimed Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, is the latest local restaurant to have to settle a wage-theft case brought by immigrant employees — this time to the tune of $1.6 million.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cliff House to Be Revived As New Restaurant In Late 2022; Louis' Diner Also Begins Operator Search Fans of the Cliff House can rest assured that the space will be a restaurant once again, likely by late next year, and the National Park Service has officially moved into the next phase of selecting a new operator to run it.
