SF News Day Around the Bay: Watsonville Man Arrested For Assault of Rally Organizer Cash is pouring into some competitive CA House races for Democrats, two victims in a pair of SF shootings on Friday have been ID'd, and an arrest was made in the assault on "free speech rally" organizer Philip Anderson.
SF News Last Year’s PG&E Blackouts Attributed to Staff Being Mostly Untrained A “staggering failure of common sense” blamed for the October 2019 PG&E blackouts that caused more than two million northern Californians to lose electricity, many for days.
Business & Tech Local Experts Question WHO Study That Called Into Question the Effectiveness Of Remdesivir for COVID Patients The results of a study released Friday prior to being peer-reviewed are alarming some Bay Area infectious disease specialists because they may mislead other doctors or the public.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Marvel Kung Fu Flick ‘Shang-Chi’ (Starring Awkwafina!) Now Shooting in SF We’ve got some kick-ass car chase videos from the long-delayed shooting of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” which is back on track and filming all week in Russian Hill.
SF News SF Car Theft Suspects Found With Assault Weapons After Getting Flat Tire During East Bay Pursuit Two suspects in an Audi that was reported stolen in San Francisco led police on a chase after an attempted traffic stop in Contra Costa County Friday night, and the chase concluded quickly after they got a flat tire.
Bay Area Sports 'YAC Bros,' Jimmy Garoppolo, And Coach Shanahan Best the Rams, As 49ers Win First Game At Levi's The San Francisco 49ers edged out the Los Angeles Rams at home Sunday Night 24-16, as the Niners save their season and climb back to .500 in must-win game.
SF News Alt-Right Figures Distance Themselves From SF Rally Organizer, With One Proud Boy Vowing a 'Better Planned' Event in SF After yet another right-wing Twitter figure was embarrassed by poor turnout and overwhelmed by counter-protester turnout in San Francisco on Saturday, self-styled alt-right pundits have spent the last 48 hours ridiculing him and distancing themselves from the embarrassment.
SF News PG&E Warns Of More Power-Shutoffs Later This Week For North & East Bay A Red Flag Warning goes into effect Monday night that's currently scheduled to expire Wednesday morning. But starting Wednesday evening, PG&E's forecasters are saying there is an elevated risk of another Diablo wind event that could lead to a two- or three-day PSPS.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: CA Lifts Ban on Private Gatherings BART police are investigating a robbery and sexual assault at Bayfair Station, Berkeley crews worked to clean up a large homeless encampment at University Avenue and I-80, and Twitter has again hidden a Trump administration official's tweet.
SF News Photos: Hundreds Rally in San Francisco for Women's March Amid a weekend that was characterized by a rally visited by members of the Proud Boys and the exorcism of a vandalized statue paying homage to a controversial 18th-century priest, Saturday’s Women's March in San Francisco offered some welcomed hope for a more inclusive, rational future.
SF News SF Archbishop Conducts Exorcism To Rid San Rafael Protest Site of Demonic Forces Saturday, the Archbishop of San Francisco performed an exorcism in San Rafael to cleanse the protest area where the St. Junipero Serra statue was reduced to nothing but its feet on Monday.
SF News Sunday Links: Several Injured During 'Free Speech Rally' at UN Plaza Yesterday's clash between attendees of the "Free Speech Rally" and counter-protesters left several injured, calls to make the Upper Great Highway forever free of cars are growing, and in more mountain lion-related news: one of the big cats was recently spotted in a San Mateo backyard.
SF News Trump Supporters Turn Out for Small 'Free Speech Rally' at UN Plaza, Outnumbered by Counter-Protesters Originally scheduled to happen at Dolores Park, Saturday afternoon's "Free Speech Rally" — which was allegedly attended by some members of the Proud Boys and a few QAnon figures — was sparsely attended... and didn't last all that long, either.
SF News Two Dead, Three Injured in SF After Separate Friday Night Shootings Two separate shootings last night left two dead and three injured, according to police; the two shootings happened only thirty minutes apart from one another.
SF News 'Captain Cal' Meets Two Other Rescued Mountain Lion Cubs at Oakland Zoo; All Three Orphaned by Zogg Fire In an adorable moment — albeit one carrying a tinge of sorrow, given the circumstances — Oakland Zoo's rescue cougar cub, "Captain Cal,” recently got up close with two other young mountain lions (that were also orphaned by the Zogg Fire) at the zoo.
SF Politics Vallejo Mayoral Candidate Hakeem Brown Doubles Down In Denial of Domestic Violence Allegations Allegations are that Brown, now 45, was far from just a troubled young man who got caught up with the law, as he has publicly portrayed himself.
SF News Saturday Links: Two Teens Confess To Starting Four-Alarm Sign Hill Fire Two teenagers have confessed to starting the four-alarm Sign Hill blaze in South San Francisco Friday afternoon, we could be in for the warmest October on record, and if you haven’t yet noticed: San Francisco’s coyotes have become increasingly comfortable around humans as of late.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Four-Alarm Fire at Sign Hill Completely Contained The four-alarm fire that broke out at Sign Hill today has been fully contained, CA voting officials now say those unofficial GOP ballot boxes can harvest votes, and East Bay coffee companies are banding together to help remove racial bias in their industry.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Pole Dancers Mount A Get-Out-the-Vote Effort with ‘Poling for the Polls’ ‘Poling for the Polls’ puts a new spin on voter turnout efforts with a sexy Sunday livestream of buff boys and gripping girls working you to the polls.
SF News Arrest Made In Lemur Theft A 30-year-old man is in custody Friday and is the SFPD's suspect in this week's much publicized theft of an endangered lemur from the SF Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Will Pay Artists $1,000 Per Month 'Basic Income' Stipend in Pilot Program Tucked into a report last week are some details about a pilot program that had not previously been publicized, providing stipends to a group of qualified artists in the city to help them survive through the pandemic crisis.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour & Water Pizzeria Wants to Make Sure You Vote Flour & Water Pizzeria had a simple message spelled out in cheese this week.
SF News Wildfire Breaks Out On Hillside Next to Famed South San Francisco Sign, Threatening Homes A wildfire that's been given the name the Diamond Fire broke out just after 12 p.m. on Friday afternoon on the dry hillside in South San Francisco that's home to the famed "Industrial City" sign, and it has led to evacuation orders for nearby homes.
Saturday 'Free Speech' Rally and Big Tech Protest by Trump Supporters and Proud Boys Gets Permit for UN Plaza An event planned for Dolores Park, possibly featuring Proud Boys, has moved to UN Plaza. "The San Francisco Police Department will be implementing all safety measures for this event," says Rec & Parks.
Arts & Entertainment Indigenous People's Film Festival With Unique View Of Their Struggles and Victories Extended Through Oct. 22 Films and shorts revolving around the self-determination of Indigenous people took center stage this week at the Roxie Theater Virtual Cinema in San Francisco. The event was well-enough received that it has been extended through October 22, 2020.
