SF News 50,000 Lose Power in Berkeley, Richmond, and Elsewhere In East Bay A PG&E equipment failure is being blamed for a Sunday morning power outage that affected around 50,000 customers.
SF News Sunday Links: Kamala Harris Takes A Stroll Through Chinatown Kamala Harris visits SF's Chinatown to talk polls and people, a San Jose church was robbed (again), Berkeley neighbors say no to a youth-centered homeless shelter in the city, and more Sunday links.
SF News Controversial Boulders Get Rolled Off Clinton Park Sidewalk Onto Street A half dozen of those anti-homeless boulders that residents of a Mission District street copped to having installed in order discourage what they say was rampant drug dealing were pushed off the sidewalk with great effort Friday night.
SF News BART May Not Reach Parts of Silicon Valley and Downtown Jose Until 2030 Don’t sweat: BART is still on-track to service part of San Jose by the end of this calendar year. However, the rapid transit system we love to hate might not reach certain parts of Silicon Valley, including downtown San Jose, until 2030.
SF News Two New Photos Suggest PG&E At Fault for Tubbs Fire In Santa Rosa With new expert opinions and recently discovered photos, the case is clear(er): PG&E’s power lines likely sparked the Tubbs Fire.
SF News Saturday Links: SF (Might) Ax Lyft's E-Bike Permit After Battery Fires Lyft might lose its e-bike permit with the city, a Michelin-starred ramen restaurant is set to open in SF's Metreon, and Jill Biden stopped by Manny's on Friday.
SF News Pelosi Pushes For Swift Inquiry, Suggests Russian Influence In Trump's Ukraine Dealings Speaker Pelosi went on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' this morning to talk about the need for an inquiry that moves "with purpose and expeditiously" and doesn't "drag on."
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle's 2019 Rising Star Chefs Include A BBQ Pitmaster, a Thai-Food Acolyte, and Berkeley Pop-Up Chefs The last year and change in the Bay Area food scene has felt like something of a recession — or at least a course correction. But the release today of the Chronicle's Rising Star Chefs is a testament to all that's good about our current food culture and local dining options.
Arts & Entertainment Where To Find Cheap Theater Tickets Now That the Tix Bay Area Booth In Union Square Is Closing It’s curtains for the Tix Bay Area discount booth when they close Saturday, so we took a look at how to find cheap theater tickets (as low as $14!) in San Francisco.
Business & Tech Study Finds That Black and LGBTQ People Still Have Rideshare Drivers Cancel On Them More Often Despite changes to the information drivers see before they accept a ride, drivers for Uber and Lyft still appear to be biased against picking up black and LGBTQ people according to a newly published study.
Business & Tech Why Bay Area Company CrowdStrike Figures Into Trump's Impeachment-Worthy Ukraine Call A Sunnyvale-based cybersecurity firm called CrowdStrike that has figured into a right-wing conspiracy narrative has now bubbled up into the unprecedented July 25 phone call that President Trump had with the newly elected president of Ukraine.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Climate Activists Head to Chevron HQ Wells Fargo just named its third CEO in three years, the Chronicle looks at West Portal's retail resilience, and there was a shooting this morning at Portland International Airport.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Skydiver Dies After Highway Landing Near Lodi Kamala Harris is polling a distant fourth even in the Bay Area, Uber posted some details about its recent SF layoffs, and DoorDash just revealed a data breach affecting 4.9 million customers.
Arts & Entertainment 'Top Girls' at A.C.T. Presents a Difficult But Compelling Feminist Allegory It's a complicated, non-linear play that has been further rearranged in this production, and it asks a litany of questions about modern womanhood that remain relevant today.
Arts & Entertainment Your Quick and Dirty Guide To The 2019 Folsom Street Fair The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence dispute has been resolved, the heat wave is expected to break, and we’ve got a package of tips to help you master Sunday’s Folsom Street Fair.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Oakland-Based Landscape Architect Walter Hood Wins MacArthur 'Genius Grant' The MacArthur Foundation's fellowships were announced Wednesday, and among the honorees receiving one of the famed, no-strings-attached grants is Oakland-based designer and landscape architect Walter Hood.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dosa to Close Valencia Street Location Next Week After almost 15 years on Valencia Street, Dosa is shutting its doors, with the restaurant owners citing a litany of difficulties that are now more than familiar to local restaurateurs.
SF News Jurors In Peninsula Murder Trial See Gruesome Photos Of Victim Keith Green's Remains The past couple of days have been filled with more chilling and disturbing revelations from the prosecution in the trial of Hillsborough heiress Tiffany Li and boyfriend Kaveh Bayat.
SF News BART Board Votes To Install Muni-Esque Fare Gates To Combat Evasion BART's directors voted Thursday to move forward with a swing-style gate design that is not unlike the fare gates that Muni installed systemwide a decade ago.
SF News Missouri Man Allegedly Flew To South Bay To Start Wildfires If any kind of wildfire arson case is liable to incite rage in any Californian, what about the case of an alleged arson tourist who apparently flew here just to set the state on fire?
SF News Trump's EPA Chief Pens Letter To Newsom About Homeless Poop Affecting Water Quality Following through on President Trump's promise to his base to call California to task for its homeless problem, recently appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, sent a letter to Governor Newsom today.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: DC-to-SFO Flight Diverted When Passenger Gets Stuck In Bathroom A manhunt continues for a suspect who outran police in Pleasanton, Kaiser nurses won't be going on strike, and a woman got stuck in a United plane's lavatory.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Midweek Heatwave Edition The scooter count in SF is about to quadruple, those climate action protesters shut down the Wells Fargo main branch downtown, and yes, it is still really effing hot out.
Arts & Entertainment Glass Stairs and an Indoor Pool Set This $2.8M 90s Gem In The Castro Apart If you have a cool, near three million in your proverbial back pocket begging to be spent, look no further than this thriftless 80s/90s-retro home in the Castro that just came on the market.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 13 Best Patio and Rooftop Bars in San Francisco For those rare days when the temperature climbs above 75 in SF and your AC-free apartment is feeling too oppressive, we have some recommendations for chilling with a frosty beverage al fresco.
