SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Big Annual Dahlia Show Coming to Golden Gate Park This Weekend Our old friend Dr. Grant Colfax has landed on his feet in Contra Costa County; more SF city workers are being forced to return to the office; and the always lovely Dahlia Society of California Flower Show is this weekend in Golden Gate Park.
SF News Day Around the Bay: This Weekend is SF’s Last 8 pm Sunset of 2025 BART will stop charging you $6.40 for entering and leaving the same station; a South SF cop who shot a heavy metal guitarist will not face charges; and Saturday is the last time the sun will set at 8 pm for about the next seven months.
SF Politics Sheng Thao’s Lawyer May Try to Move Bribery Trial Out of Oakland, Which Would Further Delay the Trial Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s lawyer is considering a bid to move her bribery trial out of Oakland, and in other news, it seems Sheng Thao may have broken up with the boyfriend whose $95k no-show job is at the heart of this scandal.
Arts & Entertainment Tickets Still Available for Zach Bryan and Kings of Leon Show In Golden Gate Park Friday The third weekend in a row of concerts on the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park has almost arrived, and a Friday night show by young country artist Zach Bryan still has tickets on sale.
SF Politics Newsom Rallies for Redistricting, But Border Patrol Agents Show Up to Harass Crowd Governor Gavin Newsom gave a fiery speech Thursday to launch his campaign for a November ballot measure to redistrict the state, just like Texas is doing for Trump. But US Border Patrol agents showed up outside the rally to bully people.
Business & Tech Apple Unveils Plans for Tabletop Robot Companion and Home Security System In response to criticism that Apple has missed the boat on the AI revolution, the company is reportedly working on a new tabletop AI "companion" that could hit the market in two years, as well as home-security cameras, and a smart speaker with a display.
SF News Guy Seen Climbing Atop Waymo and Vandalizing It Charged In Four Separate Waymo Vandalism Incidents One well known unhinged gentleman in the SoMa neighborhood with a long rap sheet has really had it out for the robocars in the last six weeks, and he's now been charged in four separate incidents of vandalism.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Debuts Its First East Bay Location, In Walnut Creek Stalwart San Francisco Italian-American restaurant Original Joe's has just opened a huge new location in Walnut Creek, and the ribbon-cutting was Thursday morning.
SF News Santa Rosa Police Officers Shoot and Kill Domestic Violence Suspect After Hours-Long Standoff A seven-hour standoff in Santa Rosa ended when police shot and killed an allegedly armed suspect around 5 am Thursday morning, in what is believed to have been a domestic violence incident started by an angry ex-lover.
SF News Judge Denies San Mateo County Sheriff's Attempt to Toss Voter-Approved Effort to Remove Her A federal court has denied an attempt by San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to block a voter-approved initiative allowing the county board of supervisors to remove her from office, claiming it violated her federal rights.
SF Politics Trump Administration on Spree of Firing Immigration Judges, Even While They’re Trying to Hire More More than 50 immigration judges, including a number in the Bay Area, have been fired nationwide since Trump took office in January, even while the government is simultaneously hiring more immigration judges, just probably Trumpier ones.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 4.0M Earthquake Rumbles Near The Geysers There was a rare 4.0M earthquake up near The Geysers; seven people were detained by ICE at an Oakland home Tuesday; and yet another La Niña winter looks to be on the way.
SF Politics Federal Court Hearing Concludes Regarding Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops in LA A federal court case with major implications for Donald Trump's agenda — namely his stated intent to send federal troops into US cities run by Democrats that he perceives to be crime-ridden — had its three-day hearing this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo County May Ban Whip-Its Two Tesla drivers involved in a shooting in Newark on Tuesday were in some road-rage fight; San Mateo County supervisors are looking to ban nitrous oxide; and Taylor Swift just made a big announcement.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hayes Valley Restaurant and Wine Bar, Shuttered Amid Influencer Dustup, Reopens as Bosque As was promised, the former KIS Cafe in Hayes Valley has been reborn a couple weeks on, with a fresh off-white paintjob out front, as Bosque.
SF News Man Dies by Drowning While Attending Reggae on the River Festival in Mendocino County A 66-year-old man was found dead on the bottom of the South Fork Eel River right next to the annual Reggae on the River festival in Mendocino County, and authorities say the man was attending the festival and died by drowning.
SF News BART Will Finally Let You Tap to Enter With a Credit Card or Debit Card, Starting Wednesday It took two years to become a reality, but you can finally ditch the superfluous Clipper Card and tap your credit or debit card directly to ride BART, starting this coming Wednesday, August 20.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Say Private School on Their Property Is a Home-School, Not Illegal Sometimes it's tough being a billionaire when the public is training a watchful eye on you, particularly when that public notices you're doing something that may not be fully above-board in your quiet suburban neighborhood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe Group Opening New Italian Restaurant in Former Bellota Space The sizable restaurant space in the base of the Airbnb building in SoMa that was, pre- and post-pandemic home to Spanish restaurant Bellota, will be coming to life again.
SF News Ella Hill Hutch Community Center Facing Closure, as City Cuts Off Funding After Nonprofit Spending Scandal The more than 30-year-old Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in the Western Addition may close permanently, as City Attorney David Chiu is vowing to cut off its parent nonprofit from receiving any more city grants after an alleged bribery scandal.
SF News First Juvenile Involved In San Jose Valentine's Day Assault That Led to Murder Gets Two Years The first of five alleged teen gang members who were accused of attacking and killing a 15-year-old boy at San Jose's Santana Row shopping center in February has been sentenced.
SF News Contra Costa County Residents Give Sheriff an Earful Over Fears That He’s Cooperating With ICE Contra Costa County is not a "sanctuary county,” but plenty of residents want to make it one, and they railed against Sheriff David Livingston for honoring ICE requests on dozens of detained immigrants since Trump took office.
SF News Humpday Headlines: OpenAI Lawsuit Against Musk Moves Forward A judge has ruled that a lawsuit can proceed from OpenAI against Elon Musk; Air Canada says it will lock out striking flight attendants; and this Trump crime crackdown in DC already looks idiotic and dangerous.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 78-Year-Old Pedestrian Hit and Killed by Driver in SoMa A wrong-way and alleged DUI crash took one life near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge; legendary SF sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster is suspending operations; and a two-block radius in SoMa is seeing a lot of pedestrian fatalities.
SF News SFUSD Payroll Snafus Still Abound, Despite $20 Million New Payroll System The new school year is looking at a terrible start for SF teachers and school employees who might actually hope to get paid on time, as the district’s new $20 million payroll system is botching and missing paychecks right out of the gate.
