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.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef at Hayes Valley Restaurants Targeted by Social Media Mob Says Influencer Warned of 'Consequences' Luke Sung, a longtime chef and restaurateur in San Francisco, became the target of an angry mob on TikTok who led a review-bombing of one of his new ventures in Hayes Valley after he insulted one micro-influencer. He's now speaking out.
Business & Tech Video: SF Man Climbs on Top of Waymo, Beats It With His Belt, Eventually Smashes Windshield A South of Market pedestrian made his feelings known about a self-driving Waymo this week, climbing onto the vehicle’s hood, beating the automobile with his belt, and eventually smashing its windshield (because he was standing on it).
Arts & Entertainment Could Halloween In the Castro Come Back... as a Night Market? Things remain in the planning stages, but there is an effort afoot to move the monthly Castro Night Market to Halloween this October, which would allow the already sanctioned market to expand a bit and become the neighborhood's first official outdoor Halloween celebration in nearly 20 years.
SF News 19-Year-Old Woman Killed In Shooting In SF's Hunters Point A woman was fatally shot and a man was shot and injured in a double shooting Monday night in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood.
SF News BART To San Jose Project Seems to Be Settling on Single-Tunnel, or ‘Single-Bore’ Design The latest update on the BART to San Jose project of course comes with more cost overruns and time delays, but transit officials say a single-tunnel design would involve fewer cost overruns and time delays than a double-tunnel design.
SF News Mint Plaza Sleeping-Pod Commune May Be Getting Evicted, But Guy Behind It Is Planning Something Bigger It was one of the first signs we had of San Francisco's rental market picking up steam post-pandemic, and after running afoul of the city's planning department and building inspectors, a sleeping-pod residence on Mint Plaza is facing eviction.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries ‘Egg’ Hatches, Out Comes Their New Muppet-Like Mascot Violet Mahna Mahna! Your WNBA Golden State Valkyries busted out their new mascot Violet at Monday night’s game, and this very Muppet-resembling mascot is capable of doing the splits and back handsprings.
SF Politics Mayor Barbara Lee Reacts to Oakland Being Mentioned In Trump's Crime Speech Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee doesn't take kindly to her city being lumped in to Trump's fear-mongering campaign relating to urban crime, which he is using to justify deploying the National Guard in DC.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Casual Carpool Returns Casual Carpool relaunches today with just one East Bay pickup spot; a Hayward couple was shot by their son; and Kim Davis is back in the news fighting against same-sex marriage, a decade later.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Richmond Police Release Body-Cam Footage In Shooting A Sonoma County sheriff's deputy killed his ex-girlfriend and himself; Richmond police have released body-cam footage from last week's officer-involved shooting; and an explosion at a PA steel plant has left at least two dead.
SF News Local Health Emergency Declared In Yolo County Town That Had Fireworks Warehouse Explosion Yolo County officials are warning residents that the remaining ash and debris from last month’s deadly fireworks warehouse blaze could still be hazardous, and have declared a local health emergency while they sift through that rubble.
SF Politics Former SF City Hall Official Harlan Kelly Appeals His Corruption Conviction, From Prison Having served about one year of his four-year prison sentence, former SF Public Utilities Commission general manager Harlan Kelly is appealing his conviction for City Hall fraud and lying on a bank loan application.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto Compound, With 'Bunkers,' Has Reportedly Been Under Constant Construction For 8 Years Neighbors of the Chan-Zuckerbergs in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood say that the city and local police have basically bent over backwards to accommodate their local celebrity billionaire, at everyone else's expense.
SF News Brother of Notorious SF Social Media Figure Ricci Wynne Also Arrested on Human Trafficking Charges Just nine months ago, right-wing SF social media personality “Raw Ricci” Wynne was arrested on pimping and pandering charges. Now his younger brother is also facing human trafficking, pimping, and pandering charges in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day Three: Big Freedia Takes Us to Church, Anderson .Paak Brings It Home Festivalgoers who were seeking some sun couldn't catch a break this year at Outside Lands, but most of the artists liked our natural air conditioning and moody fog, and the three-day festival closed things out with another round of great sets.
SF News Much of Bay Area Lagging Far Behind Even SF on State-Mandated Housing Goals It’s no secret that San Francisco is falling short of its state-mandated housing goals, having permitted only 5% of what new state requirements demand. But many cities across the Bay Area are doing worse, and struggling to hit just 1% or 2%.
