SF News Day Around the Bay: Two-Headed Snake at Berkeley Pet Shop Dies The two-headed snake on display at a Berkeley pet store has died at age one; a Hindu temple in Dublin was burglarized; and Washington was abuzz about the release of Donald Trump's 2003 birthday drawing and note to Jeffrey Epstein.
SF News Burning Man Attendee Got Hit and Mangled by Cybertruck While on Playa, Faces Months-Long Recovery A man who came to Burning Man from Minnesota found himself run over by a Tesla Cybertruck on the playa and had to be airlifted to a hospital, and he was left with some very injured feet.
SF News Mission District Tiny Homes for Formerly Homeless Site Closing, But for More Housing for the Formerly Homeless After a year-and-a-half of there being 68 tiny homes in a former Walgreens parking lot at 16th and Mission streets, they’re being torn down, but will be replaced by a larger housing complex that will also house people coming out of homelessness.
SF News American Teacher Living In Thailand Arrested at SFO for Child Pornography, Later Tried to Escape Back to Thailand A 36-year-old American citizen who has been living in Thailand for 11 years and working as a schoolteacher, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport for allegedly possessing over 100 gigabytes of pornographic material featuring minors.
Business & Tech Site of Long-Dead Oceanwide Tower Project In Downtown SF Back In Play With New Development Team Remember that planned 61-story tower at First and Mission streets that a Chinese developer broke ground on in 2016, only to run into pre-pandemic financial trouble and then fully halt construction in mid-2020? Well it may not be a semi-filled hole in the ground much longer.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Win 17-13 Opening Day Thriller In Seattle, But Boy Do They Have Kicker Problems The 49ers delighted fans with a rip-roaring fourth quarter come-from-behind victory Sunday, but kicker Jake Moody is once again Public Enemy #1 in San Francisco, as by no means should this have needed to be a come-from-behind victory.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Owner of Bon Delire and Sens Snags Boulette's Larder Space In Ferry Building A new Mediterranean restaurant from the owner of Sens, Bon Delire, and Barcha is headed for one of the larger, recently vacated spaces in the Ferry Building.
SF Politics John Burton, ‘Liberal Lion’ and Architect of Famed SF Political Machine, Has Died at 92 A titanic figure in the California Democratic party in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, and co-architect of the “Willie Brown-John Burton political machine,” former statehouse leader and US Rep. John Burton has died while in hospice care.
SF News Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By F-Line Streetcar on SF's Market Street A pedestrian was struck and injured in a collision with a streetcar on San Francisco's Market Street Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: First Fridays Organizers Push Back on Blame for Shootings Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events say the event should not be blamed for shootings that happen hours later; transit advocates are rallying in SF today; and the trial of one of Trump's attempted assassins begins today in Florida.
SF News Six Killed, 2 Injured in Solo Minivan Crash in Napa County, Driver Arrested for Suspected DUI Six passengers were killed and another suffered major injuries Sunday evening when the driver of their vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree about 12 miles north of St. Helena. The driver, who survived, was arrested for suspected DUI.
SF News Guest at Luxury Napa Valley Resort Found Dead in Her Room With Gunshot Wound A 24-year-old guest was found dead inside her room Thursday morning at Napa Valley’s 5-star Bardessono Hotel and Spa, located in Yountville. The death has been ruled suspicious, and the investigation is ongoing.
SF News SF City Attorney David Chiu Prompts ‘US News’ to Disclose When Hospitals Pay for Rankings 'US News & World Report' will start disclosing which hospitals pay for rankings in its “Best Hospitals” list after an investigation by SF City Attorney David Chiu’s office. Chiu also published an op-ed in the publication criticizing its ranking methodology.
SF News Sunday Links: Tech Worker Who Was Stabbing Roommate Fatally Shot by Santa Clara Police The Valkyries played a strong game but lost against the Minnesota Lynx; posts on social media are saying salt trucks have been deployed across Chicago in anticipation of ICE; and an unemployed tech worker was shot and killed by police during a knife attack.
SF News Man Attacks Person Inside Novato Mosque After Crashing Car Into Building Novato police arrested 33-year-old David Slattery Friday morning after he crashed his car into the Islamic Center of North Marin and allegedly attacked someone inside the mosque.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: SF Neo-Futurists Dig a Hole, Youth Capture the Tenderloin, Rainbow Sierrans Hike This week: Kids capture Tenderloin in photos; Rainbow Sierrans hike decades-strong; “HOLE” digs theater at the beach; Fairfax still hums Summer of Love; Bimbo’s has secrets; Butterfly Fest blooms; Wonder Funday sparks STEAM; Architecture + the City unfolds; Voices of Adventure screens outdoors.
SF News At Least Six People Shot, Two Killed In Separate Shootings In Oakland Multiple people were wounded and two people were killed in at least three separate early morning shootings Saturday in Oakland that may have stemmed from the First Fridays street festival.
SF News Saturday Links: BART Was Supposed to Add a Backup System That Prevents Meltdowns Like Friday's Oakland police detective Phong Tran, who's about to go on trial on felony bribery and perjury charges, faces new allegations; the big Mexico-Japan soccer match takes place Saturday at the Oakland Coliseum; and BART never followed through on promises to install a back-up system.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hawaii Joins West Coast States in Vaccine Initiative Oakland celebrates Pride on Sunday — it's in front of City Hall this year; 50 years ago today a Manson follower tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in Sacramento; and Hawaii has joined California, Oregon, and Washington in creating a unified vaccine policy in the absence of CDC support.
SF News Spirit Airlines Is Pulling Out of the Bay Area Completely, After Having Filed for Bankruptcy The biggest budget airline in the US, Spirit Airlines, filed for bankruptcy last year, and as part of their restructuring, they’re pulling all service out of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Ama Set an Opening Date Ama sets an opening date at the Transamerica complex, sushi takeout hit Aji Kiji expands downtown, and Sunset Squares calls it quits, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment Yet Another Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Party Happening Saturday at Pier 39 If you still have the appetite and remaining stash left for one more Grateful Dead 60th anniversary party in San Francisco, Pier 39 is throwing one all day Saturday, with some Dead cover bands, drink specials, and a “tie-dye making station.”
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Clinch Playoff Spot With Last Night’s Win, But Relegated to San Jose for Home Playoff Game The thrill of the Golden State Valkyries becoming the first WNBA expansion team to make the playoffs in their first year comes with the insulting reality that they won’t get a first-round playoff game on their own home court.
SF News Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Takes Plea Deal In Case Involving Mushrooms, Dangerous Cockpit Freakout A former pilot for Alaska Airlines who was flying on a jumpseat home to the Bay Area from a trip to Washington, who nearly brought down the plane he was flying in due to a hallucination, is taking plea deals in both state and federal court.
SF News Appeals Court Strikes Down Alameda County Law That Made It Illegal to Even Watch a Sideshow People who gather to watch sideshows garnered an unusual legal win, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just did donuts all over Alameda County’s law saying that it’s a crime to even watch a sideshow, and they struck that law down.
