SF News SF Supervisors Call For Hearings Into Gas Line Dangers With Soft-Story Retrofit Projects Citywide Some building inspectors have reportedly been sounding alarm bells for years about an issue that is likely not familiar to most San Franciscans, but one that could become the central oversight blamed in a future disaster.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Daily Lineups Announced, Single-Day Tix On Sale Thursday This year's Halloween edition of Outside Lands (brrr!) is forging ahead with single-day ticket sales and assuming that the state and city of SF are going to allow big outdoor festivals by then (they still haven't committed to doing so), we have the daily lineups now.
SF News San Francisco Likely Has Just One More Week In 'Orange' Tier The state released its updated metrics for the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties look poised to move into "Yellow" status by next week, along with one other Bay Area county.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man 2021 Is Cancelled The Burning Man Project just announced “We have decided to set our sights on Black Rock City 2022,” which is another way of saying that they are canceling their 2021 event.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cut Back Drinking for a While After Being Vaccinated, Some Experts Say The medical advice about drinking alcohol after getting a vaccine shot has been mixed so far, with the general advice seeming to be "don't overdo it." But some experts have cautioned that heavy drinking may seriously inhibit your immune reponse in the weeks after your shots.
SF News CDC Updates Mask Rules for the Vaccinated; San Francisco Rules TBA On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance on wearing face masks outdoors, and on the rules for the fully vaccinated — essentially endorsing what many of us have already been doing after our second shots.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SFO Begins Runway Work That Will Spur Delays SFO began repaving work on one of its runways today that will cause domestic delays for 4 months, the East Bay may soon be talking about water-use restrictions, and Stanford students continue protesting athletics cuts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yep... Elon Musk Is Still Set To Host 'SNL' The "Super Pink Moon" will glow in the sky later tonight, beloved Mission District watering hole Elda will move to a new "TBD" location in the city, and the decision by “Saturday Night Live” to pick Elon Musk as a host continues drawing backlash — on and off the internet.
SF News Home Security Footage Shows Vacaville Police Officer Throw, Strike Autistic Teenager Last Wednesday, April 21, a Ring doorbell system filmed a police officer in Vacaville throwing a 17-year-old boy with autism to the ground; the officer during the incident also allegedly punched him in the head.
Bay Area Sports 49ers to Celebrate 75 Years, Kick Off Draft Celebration The San Francisco 49ers announced late Sunday evening a new year-long marketing campaign to honor and celebrate the past 75 years as well as kick off their 2021 NFL Draft celebration.
SF Politics The Gavin Newsom Recall Has Qualified for the Ballot We don’t know when there will be a recall election, but we now know there will indeed be a recall election, as the pro-recall crowd has validated 1.6 million of the necessary 1.4 million signatures.
SF News It’s Official — California Is Losing A Congressional Seat Thanks to Latest Census Numbers The state will still have the largest House of Representatives delegation by far, but as expected, California will lose one seat under the new U.S. Census numbers.
SF News SF Man With Alleged Domestic Violence History Charged In Killing of Infant In His Care A suspect with a history of prior arrests for domestic incidents has been arrested and charged in the April 20 death of a 7-month-old boy in San Francisco who had been left in his care.
SF News SF Doctor Indicted in Alleged Counterfeit Botox Scheme A Bay Area dermatologist allegedly skimmed a nearly million bucks by buying fake Botox from online pharmacies, and selling it to patients as the real thing.
SF Politics SF Mayor London Breed Names City Attorney Dennis Herrera to Lead Public Utilities Commission After a scandal-plagued year at City Hall, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is going with a familiar name and face for her nomination for the next general manager of the SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC): City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
SF Politics SF Is Getting Its Supervisor Districts Redrawn Next Year Your supervisorial district gets changed slightly every ten years after the Census is completed, and that process is getting underway for next year.
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: 8 Bay Area Counties Announce They'll Start Using J&J Vaccines Again Another small tremor shook parts of the East Bay on Monday, a new UCSF report showed that a Bay Area man suffered a rare blood clot after receiving the J&J vaccine, and speaking of the single-dose shot: eight Bay Area Counties have announced they will soon resume administering J&J vaccines.
SF News Rare Fin Whale Washes Up at Fort Funston — the Fifth Dead Whale Recorded Around Bay Area in Less Than a Month There are just an estimated 3,200 fin whales in the waters off of California, Oregon, and Washington. Friday, one of them was found lifeless along the beach at Fort Funston — having likely died from a boat strike.
SF News Sunday Links: Rain Storms Didn't Bring Much Drought Relief to Bay Area, After All A 3.8M earthquake was reported near Morgan Hill Saturday night, Bay Area health officials have said providers can resume using J&J's COVID-19 vaccine, and the expected weekend rain showers didn’t really help much to lift the Bay Area out of drought conditions.
SF News The Guy Dressed in a Head-to-Toe Bear Costume Has Finally Made it to San Francisco After leaving LA on April 12, the artist named Bearsun — who's been walking in full-on teddy bear regalia for now almost two weeks — has finally made it to San Francisco, the decided endpoint of his 400-plus-mile journey.
SF News SF Police Arrest Suspect in Robbing and Stabbing of Asian Man On Friday, SFPD released a statement citing that they've arrested a suspect in relation to the stabbing and robbing of a 53-year-old Asian man on April 10.
SF News Saturday Links: April Showers To Bring Needed Rain (and Allergy Relief) Later This Weekend A reminder that there's a pop-up vaccination site open at the SF Christian Center (on 5845 Mission Street) today until 1 p.m., mild showers are slated to begin wetting the Bay Area starting Sunday, and India recorded over 346,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day — setting a new global record.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Massive Therapy Rabbit Was the Real MVP at Last Night's San Francisco Giants Game The U.S. lifted its 11-day pause on using the J&J shot, the ex-teacher who coughed on a child’s face at a San Jose Yogurtland has been charged with assault, and the winner of last night’s San Francisco Giants game was — without question — a giant therapy bunny named Alex.
SF News Highway 1 Washout Repaired, Road Reopens Months Early The roadwork is complete in record time and Gov. Gavin Newsom was on hand for the reopening of Highway 1 today in Big Sur.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Rap Legend Shock G (née Humpty Hump) Has Died Stop what you’re doin, ‘cause we’re about to ruin your day with the news that Oakland rapper and Digital Underground frontman Shock G passed away Thursday.
