SF News Day Around the Bay: Children’s Fairyland Celebrates 75th Birthday This Weekend Ariana Grande’s national tour will kick off in the Bay Area; college football is officially back underway; and Oakland’s Children’s Fairyland has its 75th birthday party and parade on Labor Day.
Business & Tech Former Bay Meadows Racetrack Finally Getting Its Last New Buildings, 18 Years After It Closed It’s taken 18 years to fully develop San Mateo’s 83-acre former horse racing track Bay Meadows, but a developer is finally submitting permits for the final two buildings of what will be a seven-building complex.
SF News Oiled-Up Castro Creeper Who Exposed Himself to Girls Convicted, Faces Possible Five-Year Sentence A man who was called out by teenage school girls and their parents after he repeatedly showed up outside a boba shop and exposed himself to them has been convicted on multiple felony counts.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Have the Highest Average Attendance for Home Games In the Whole WNBA Despite having no star players, a mediocre record, and playing in just their first season, your Golden State Valkyries have scored the highest average home game attendance numbers in the entire WNBA.
SF News Oakland Police Say They Impounded Six Vehicles Connected to Sunday's Sideshow Near Piedmont The Oakland Police Department wants the public to know that enforcement actions take place well after sideshows occur, even if it doesn't look like police are intervening at the time.
SF News SF Desperately Offers $5,000 Airbnb Gift Cards to Get People to Leave Troubled Potrero Hill Housing Complex Are people really “squatters” if they paid rent, but the units were illegal and a rogue property manager was secretly pocketing the money? The City of SF says yes, and they're offering Potrero Hill tenants $5,000 Airbnb gift cards to move out.
SF News Dangerous High-Speed Chase Through SF Ends With Suspect Jumping Into the Bay A San Francisco man who was wanted for a violent felony in Southern California was spotted by police in the Tenderloin Tuesday, and a potentially disastrous high-speed chase ensued.
SF News Lurie Strikes Deal With Caltrans to Sweep Encampments at Highway Off-Ramps and Overpasses We’ve all seen large homeless encampments beneath freeway overpasses in SoMa and the Mission, and Mayor Lurie just got the green light from Caltrans to start clearing encampments at eight major overpasses and entrance ramps.
SF Politics SF Dems Deadlock Over Engardio Recall Endorsement, Leaving Him Swinging In the Wind It probably wouldn't have mattered much at this point, but the SF Democratic County Central Committee is not endorsing for or against the recall of Supervisor Joel Engardio, after a deadlocked vote.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 137 Arrested In SF Protest Over Arming Israel The SFPD arrested 137 protesters outside Sen. Alex Padilla's office; expect DUI checkpoints this weekend in SF; and Los Gatos city leaders don't love a new proposed RH store.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Cause Possibly Identified Investigators may have identified a possible cause of the Pickett Fire near Calistoga; Victor Aenlle testifies in the San Mateo Sheriff hearing; and the SF school board rejects a proposed Mandarin-immersion school.
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Getting $300,000 for Stage Upgrades, New Paved Walkways SF Rec and Parks has found a little money with which to give McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater some new enhancements, with better seating and new paved walking paths that should be ready for the next annual Jerry Day celebration.
SF News Tourists Still Coming to San Francisco — But Not So Many From Abroad, Canada Tourism to San Francisco hasn't totally tanked in the first seven months of Donald Trump's second term, despite his success in alienating and offending Canadians and international travelers broadly.
Bay Area Sports Mill Valley Woman Breaks Record for Fastest-Ever Swim From Farallon Islands to SF It’s not just the fastest swim ever for a woman, but the fastest swim for any swimmer ever to complete the dangerous 30-mile trek from the Farallon Islands to San Francisco, though the record is not yet certified by official record keepers.
SF News Burning Man Attendee Gets Electrocuted and Airlifted Out, as Flooding Remains a Problem This Year Someone was electrocuted at Burning Man Tuesday night and had to be airlifted out, as recurring thunderstorms are creating flooded conditions that are very risky for generators and electrical gear.
SF News BART Touts Nearly 50% Drop In Property Crime, 36% Drop In Violent Crime A new report by BART and its police department finds that crime is down overall on the BART system, with the most significant decrease happening in property crimes. Also, fare evasion citations are down.
SF Politics Recall Engardio Race Delves Into Race Drama, Possible Political Dirty Tricks in Final Weeks Yes, that is a "Simpsons” meme in Supervisor Joel Engardio’s latest campaign video to fight the recall election, as some seemingly race-based messaging and alleged dirty tricks mark the final three-week sprint toward that special election.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Handroll Project Closes After Three Years, Pivots to Hamburger Project The team behind Ju-Ni has given up on its fun and seemingly popular sushi handroll concept at 18th and Guerrero, and the location will now become a second Hamburger Project.
SF News East Bay School Locked Down After Shooting Incident Nearby, Teen Arrested An elementary school in San Pablo was locked down for four hours as a precaution on Tuesday after gunfire rang out a block away Tuesday morning.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Barbara Lee Proposes New 'Office of Homelessness Solutions' Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee has a new five-point plan to address homelessness; the Pickett Fire in Napa County reaches 25% containment; and Visa has committed to holding an annual conference in SF through 2030.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Potrero Dive Bar Thee Parkside May Be Forced to Close, as Building Changes Hands Taylor Swift got engaged to her football man; Katie Porter is rising in the 2026 governor’s race polls, and a sale of the building has Thee Parkside worried that the bar will be kicked out soon.
Business & Tech Two Parents Sue OpenAI, Saying ChaptGPT Assisted Their 16-Year-Old Son’s Suicide The first-ever lawsuit against OpenAI for a wrongful death comes from two parents whose son used ChatGPT for advice on the noose with which he hanged himself, and the chatbot allegedly encouraged him to keep his suicidal thought private.
SF Politics California Republicans Already Spending Millions on Mailers to Fight Newsom’s Redistricting Ballot Measure Your mailbox may already be crammed with mailers from Republicans on a warpath against Gavin Newsom’s California redistricting measure, even though Newsom’s campaign is only five days old.
SF News Body of 35-Year-Old Missing Swimmer Found Near SF's Aquatic Park The body of an avid swimmer who was last seen swimming in San Francisco Bay on Saturday morning was found Tuesday morning near Aquatic Park Cove.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Mina Confirms Return of Bourbon Steak to Westin St. Francis, Plus New Cocktail Bar by Steph Curry We now have confirmation from chef Michael Mina and his restaurant group that Bourbon Steak will indeed be returning to the space at the Westin St. Francis, which has been undergoing renovations for the last year. And where a wine bar used to be will be a fancy new cocktail spot from Steph Curry.
