SF Politics
Dean Preston Sworn in as Supervisor By a Blue-Haired Tom Ammiano
Preston takes the helm as District 5 supervisor just in time for today’s full Board meeting, but faces re-election again in just ten months.
Latest Stories
SF Politics
Pro-Impeachment Rallies Tonight In SF and Oakland Ahead of House Vote
Supporters of House Democrats who will be voting to impeach President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday will be gathering at 5 p.m. Tuesday outside the Federal Building in San Francisco and in 20 other locations throughout the Bay Area.
SF News
Embarcadero Homeless Navigation Center Opens Despite Neighbors' $250K War Chest to Fight It
The residents of lower Embarcadero and eastern SoMa along with much of City Hall are all hoping that everything goes smoothly with the high-profile opening of the new homeless Navigation Center, which Mayor Breed will lead a tour of Tuesday.
SF News
Tuesday Morning Topline: I-80 Reopens After Wrong-Way Crash In Pinole
Protesters block entrances to PG&E's SF headquarters, noted East Bay restaurateur Richard Mazzera dies, and new SFMTA chief Jeff Tumlin gets sworn in.
SF News
Day Around the Bay: Farmgirl Flowers Moving Out of SF
The woman who was fatally stabbed in SF over the weekend was a mother of 7, one of the infamous "Toolbox Killers" just died at San Quentin, and a Napa man remains at large after a bar shooting.
Arts & Entertainment
That Guy In Tracy Shows Off His Usually Elaborate Holiday Light Show
Lighting designer Tom BetGeorge, whose Halloween light show set to Skrillex we just featured in October, is at it again with his Christmas-themed spectacular out at his suburban home in Tracy.
Arts & Entertainment
Authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Back Away From Ghost Ship Fire TV Project Amid Backlash
The Berkeley authors heard from survivors of the fire and victims' families and changed their minds about whether to pursue a TV dramatization of the 2016 fire.
SF Politics
Sup. Ronen Moves to Toughen Up Tenant Buyout Protections
With the eviction crisis is still hitting the Mission District the hardest, Hillary Ronen wants to close loopholes that landlords use to lowball tenants on buyout offers.
Arts & Entertainment
Smaller, Humbler Gump's Pop-Up Brings Pricey Ornaments To Union Square
Legendary bougie Union Square retail emporium Gump's, which went bankrupt and closed up its doors last fall, has popped back up as a pop-up in a much smaller space that was, coincidentally, one of the store's original homes.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Sonoma County Brewery Releases PG&E-Themed 'Mandatory Blackout' Porter
Sonoma County craft brewers have been reacting to this fire season's pre-emptive power shutoffs with themed beers. The latest example is Barrel Brothers Brewing's Mandatory Blackout imperial porter.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Dungeness Crab Season Opens In the Bay Area Following Whale-Related Delay
Look for the local Dungeness crab to start popping up on more menus across town as the commercial crab-fishing season was just, finally, given the green light to begin.
![[Updated] Potrero Hill Stabbing Leaves 35-Year-Old Mother of 7 Dead](https://img.sfist.com/2019/12/kansas-street-stabbing.jpg)
SF News
[Updated] Potrero Hill Stabbing Leaves 35-Year-Old Mother of 7 Dead
A woman was fatally stabbed Saturday night in Potrero Hill, and a 25-year-old woman is now in custody in connection with the stabbing.
SF News
Supreme Court Lets Stand Ninth Circuit Ruling Permitting Homeless To Sleep Outside
The Supreme Court has refused to hear a case that originated in Boise, Idaho several years ago concerning the constitutionality of laws that prohibit sleeping or camping in parks or on public streets when no shelter space is available.
SF News
Gavin Newsom Rejects PG&E Bankruptcy Plan
Pacific Gas and Electric has until Tuesday to submit another revised restructuring plan to emerge from bankruptcy after what the Sacramento Bee calls a "stunning rebuke" by Governor Gavin Newsom.
SF News
Monday Morning Headlines: Man Shoots Guest At His Holiday Party In San Rafael
BART fares are going up again on January 1, Kaiser mental health workers are going on strike, and marijuana burglars in Santa Rosa evaded police after a high-speed chase.
SF News
After 43 Years, San Francisco Police Identify Jane Doe No. 40 As Missing New Jersey Teenager
For over four decades, the identity of one Jane Doe Number 40 has gone unsolved. That all changed last week when the SFPD's Homicide Cold Case Unit and Missing Persons Unit announced that "Jane Doe No. 40" was, in fact, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl.
SF News
750 Additional E-Scooters Allowed In San Francisco As The City's Expansion Program Matures
Like them or not, several hundred new electric scooters are permitted to hit the pavement today as part of a city-wide initiative to increase their availability, sans (hopefully) another 'scooter-geddon'
SF News
Sunday Links: A United Airlines Flight Makes An Emergency U-Turn
A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Eugene had to turn around and make an emergency landing Saturday, 348 firearms were taken up as part of yesterday's gun buy-back event, a Brentwood ice skating rink melted overnight due to a vandal's crafty work, and more Sunday headlines.
SF News
Updated USGS Model Puts East And South Bay In Jeopardy Of Catastrophic Quake
According to a recently released map and study conducted by the USGS (United States Geological Survey), East Bay and San Jose are far more susceptible to damaging seismic shake-ups than previously thought, not made better by the fact that those areas are, apparently, sitting on sand.
SF News
Today's Bay Area-Wide Gun Buy-Backs Aim To Curb Gun Violence By Getting Firearms Off The Streets
In an attempt to rid SF streets of firearms, the San Francisco Police Department and nonprofit United Playaz are hosting a gun buy-back event today in the city, with other like-minded events happening throughout the Bay Area till later this afternoon.
SF News
Saturday Links: A City In Need Of More Public Bathrooms
With only three public bathrooms available past 8 p.m. in the city, Supervisor Matt Haney calls for more and to also expand their operating hours, untidy streets and homelessness are affecting tourism along Pier 39, the Sausalito Arts Festival has been put on hold, and more Saturday headlines.
SF News
Day Around the Bay: SMART Train Reaches Larkspur
Light rain will pass through on Saturday, two inmates at Folsom prison reportedly killed another inmate, and shoemaker John Fluevog celebrates 50 years for his brand at the Haight Street store.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Sasaki Chef to Open Masabaga In Oakland Featuring Wagyu, Toro Burgers
Noted Bay Area sushi chef Masa Sasaki is bringing his love of burgers and fried fatty tuna to downtown Oakland early next year, as he gets set to open Masabaga.
SF News
Fresh Flaws Found in New Muni Train Cars as It Turns Out They Rear-End Each Other
The “Fleet of the Future” takes another hit — literally — as double cars are found prone to detaching and bumping into one another.
Business & Tech
Smash-and-Grab Thief Takes Facebook Hard Drives With Sensitive Employee Data
A thief broke into the car of an employee in the payroll department at Facebook last month and made off with hard drives that contained banking and salary information for 29,000 Facebook employees.