SF News Explosion In East Bay Neighborhood Injures Six, Destroys Two Homes An explosion apparently caused when a construction crew hit a gas line destroyed three buildings in Ashland, north of Hayward, Thursday morning and left six people with injuries, the extent of which are not yet known.
Business & Tech Altman, Musk, and Zuckerberg Named Person(s) of the Year by Time Magazine, as 'Architects of AI' Time Magazine, for what it's worth these days in terms of cultural relevance, has named the 'Architects of AI' as its Person of the Year for 2025, and these multiple persons include Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Mark Zuckerberg.
SF News Former SF Mayor Ed Lee Getting a Bust at City Hall, to Be Unveiled Friday Eight years to the day after Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack while in office, Lee will have a bronze bust of him unveiled at SF City Hall, and it will be officially introduced to the world on Friday.
SF News Outrage Grows as District Attorney Moves to Dismiss Charges Against San Leandro Cop In 2020 Walmart Shooting The case of the police killing of Steven Taylor has dragged on for five and a half years in Alameda County, with charges that were originally filed two district attorneys ago, and the current DA is now looking to dismiss the case.
Business & Tech Waymo Stowaway: Man Found Hiding In Waymo Trunk, Offers Little Explanation Why He Is There A Los Angeles woman made a curious discovery when trying to put her daughter in a Waymo, which was a man hiding in the vehicle’s trunk, bringing up serious questions about how easy it is to just hop inside a Waymo and hide there.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Pedestrian Struck By Recology Garbage Truck A pedestrian was struck and injured by a Recology truck in Hayes Valley; the deal to purchase the former Oceanside Center site in the FiDi is nearly complete; and a group of juvenile burglars is apparently terrorizing several East Bay cities.
SF News Day Around the Bay: It Was 70 Degrees In Half Moon Bay Today A veteran engineer at Lawrence Berkeley Labs was arrested for child porn; the US just seized a Venezuelan oil tanker; and while SF freezes, it was strangely warm in Half Moon Bay today.
SF News Man Steals Dog In San Mateo, Flees Down Highway 101, Gets Caught A dognapping that took place Monday morning in San Mateo was likely thwarted in part by morning traffic on 101, and the poodle/doodle that was stolen was safely returned.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie Endorses D2 Supervisor Sherrill Long Before 2026 Election. Is He Worried About Sherrill's Odds? SF Mayor Daniel Lurie made the unusual move to endorse Supervisor Stephen Sherrill seven months before the election, a gesture he has made to no other supervisors, and perhaps a canary in the coal mine regarding Sherrill’s chances.
Arts & Entertainment The SantaCon Red Tide Returns Saturday, But Dozens of SF Bars Now Actually Welcoming the Santas You better watch out, as Santacon is back on Saturday. But many SF bars are actually rolling out the red carpet to welcome the Santas, a pretty remarkable culture shift for this jolly old event that had gotten too blitzened.
Arts & Entertainment San Jose Christmas Decoration Thief Is Stealing Specifically Only Disney-Themed Decorations, Remains at Large Some goofy burglar in the San Jose area appears to be on a mission to steal Disney items — and Disney items only — off local lawns, and some families say their lawns have been looted of more than $1,000 worth of Disney lawn ornaments.
Arts & Entertainment South Bay Congressman Raises National Security Concerns About Paramount Hostile Takeover Bid of Warner Bros. The corporate drama gripping Hollywood right now could have national security implications, says South Bay Congressman Sam Liccardo in a new joint letter to the board of Warner Bros. Discovery.
SF News 32-Year-Old Woman Seriously Injured In 16th Street Hit-and-Run, Suspect Still at Large A Menlo Park woman who works as an administrator at a private school in Palo Alto was walking with her partner and friends in the Mission District Friday night when she was violently struck by a car speeding down 16th Street.
SF News Federal Judge In SF Again Rules Against Trump's National Guard Deployment In LA, Says It Must End A federal judge has, for the third time, ruled against the Trump administration in its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, ordering the troops out of the city.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area World Cup Schedule Announced, and Team USA Might Play One Game Here We now know who’s playing in the six World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium in late June and early July, and we’re mostly just hosting teams like Paraguay and Qatar, but there’s a chance we’ll host Team USA for a knockout game on July 1.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Clipper Readers Start Taking Regular Cards Today Today is the day that Clipper card readers start taking regular debit and credit cards; an Oakland man was gunned down in his car; and teachers in West Contra Costa County have ended their strike after five days.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Woman Gives Birth to Baby While Riding Inside Waymo Jurors have gone into deliberations in the murder trial of the “Straight Outta Hunters Point” director; KRON4 nuked Santa Claus in an unearthed 42-year-old TV ad; and a woman reportedly gave birth while taking a Waymo to UCSF.
Business & Tech Report: SF-Based Instacart Charging Some Customers as Much as 23% More for the Same Items, Thanks to AI Pricing People buying the exact same item from the exact same store are sometimes paying a price as much as 23% higher on the platform Instacart, thanks to AI algorithms that show buyers different prices.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie Comes Out Swinging Against Proposed 25-Story Marina Safeway Megadevelopment SF Mayor Daniel Lurie is picking a fight with big-money development interests for maybe the first time since he took office, and he has nothing but contempt for the 800-unit double tower proposed for the Marina Safeway site.
Arts & Entertainment Shaquille O'Neal to Host Shaq's Fun House at Cow Palace, Featuring T-Pain, on Super Bowl Weekend Basketball Hall of Famer turned DJ Shaquille O'Neal is throwing a big ticketed party event in the Bay Area over Super Bowl Weekend, and T-Pain and Tiësto are both scheduled to perform.
Arts & Entertainment Vaillancourt Fountain Gets One Last Chance at Survival, as Demolition Gets Appealed to Board of Supervisors There is one more last-gasp, hail mary attempt to save the Embarcadero's crumbling and controversial Vaillancourt Fountain, as preservationists have appealed the decision to remove it to the SF Board of Supervisors.
SF News Video: 'Undercover' Santa Arrests Two In Napa County Christmas Tree Theft This strange and performative video has been going around from the American Canyon Police Department, showing a police officer dressed as Santa Claus putting a suspect in handcuffs.
SF News Trial Delayed In 2024 Double-Murder of Teen Girls In Napa Two young women were gunned down near downtown Napa in April 2024 after they allegedly brought a knife to a fight with another woman, and the legal proceedings against two suspects in the case were just paused.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Panisse, the New Cocktail Spot Next to Chez Panisse, Opens This Week The much anticipated — and somewhat controversial for the neighborhood — new cocktail bar attached to Chez Panisse will open its doors Thursday, December 11, and they won't be taking reservations.
SF News Seismologist Suggests That the Bay Area's Next Big Quake Could Come With an Early Warning From the North The lead author of a recent study about how major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest have been historically linked to seismic events in California, specifically on the San Andreas Fault, says he sees some upside to the findings, at least for those of us in California.
