SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kaya Closes And Two More Chefs Cut Ties With Daniel Patterson's Restaurant Group A bit of local food world drama: Two minority chefs who appear to have had creative or managerial differences with Daniel Patterson's Alta Group, Nigel Jones of SF's Kaya and Reem Assil of Oakland's Dyafa, have ended or are in the process of ending their relationships with Patterson.
Arts & Entertainment Lady Gaga Gives Private Concert For Apple Employees, Tells Off Haters In Audience Apple employees all had a big party at Apple Park Friday night, celebrating the completion of the new campus, and there was a surprise guest! But things got awkward for a minute.
SF News Saturday Links: Gilroy Garlic Farmers Applaud Tariffs A man was fatally shot in the Western Addition this morning, Willie Brown poo-poos Kamala's campaign, and a pet-sitter is caught misbehaving on camera.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ICE Scouts Detention Facility Sites In Bay Area A driver was assaulted and robbed at a stoplight in the Mission Thursday night, a 31-building residential complex is being designed for the CPMC hospital site on California Street, and there's a "magic" echo chamber in the Montgomery BART station.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink $200 Omakase Destination Sushi Nagai Has Opened in Union Square A $180 “promotional” price remains in effect until June 4, at which point the omakase prix fixe will surge to more $200 per person.
SF News Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign Gets Weird New Pink Canopy Structure The contentious redesign effort for Harvey Milk Plaza and the Castro Muni station, which now goes back a full two years, has yet another update that will get publicly debated and openly derided.
Bay Area Sports Coach Kerr: KD Injury 'A Little More Serious Than We Thought' News dropped before Thursday night's Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals regarding the availability of injured Warriors forward Kevin Durant, stating that the All-Star was "not close" to returning to the court for Golden State.
SF News Measles Case Confirmed In Berkeley, Berkeley Bowl Shoppers Warned Shoppers who visited Berkeley Bowl on May 7 are being warned of possible measles exposure as a single new case of the disease has been confirmed in Berkeley.
SF News Big Sur Resident Launches, Removes Instagram Account To Shame Disrespectful Tourists Now that tourists have come swarming back wanting to take selfies from Big Sur's scenic vistas, one local resident launched an Instagram account solely devoted to shaming tourists who misbehave or otherwise disrespect the landscape.
Arts & Entertainment The Bay To Breakers Liquor Store Map Is Back For 2019 Get set to get wet, as rain is expected at Bay to Breakers, but you won’t have to run it dry with our annual handy map of where to buy booze along the race course.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Win 114-111 in Dramatic Fashion, Overcome 15-Point Halftime Deficit On Thursday, the Golden State Warriors completed an exhilarating comeback, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 114-111, after trailing by 15 at halftime.
SF News San Francisco Homeless Count Jumps Double Digits; More People Living In Cars Though we are still over a month away from the release of the finalized 2019 point-in-time homeless census that is mandated by the federal government, preliminary numbers for homeless populations across the Bay Area were released late Thursday. And overall they're way up since 2017.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Wilbur Hot Springs Goes On The Market Rainy weather could impact grape crops, Warriors win Game 2, and another whale dies of malnutrition.
SF News Day Around The Bay: San Jose Homeless Population Up 42%, SF's Up 17% Since 2017 Preliminary numbers from the 2019 point-in-time homeless census have been released, the accused triple homicide suspect Stefon Jefferson has officially been charged in Alameda County, and Bay 2 Breakers looks to be rainy.
Bay Area Sports Update: Kevin Durant 'Not Close' to Returning to Playoff Action The latest news surrounding the potential return of Golden State Warriors All-Star forward Kevin Durant, who is dealing with a right calf strain, will likely be a bitter pill for teammates and fans to swallow.
Arts & Entertainment Inaugural MAX Festival Kicks Off Thursday In SF, Melding Art, Science and Space Exploration A new multi-disciplinary, eclectic new cultural festival kicks off tonight at the Exploratorium, but there are multiple events happening at venues across the city all weekend.
Business & Tech Don't Want To Chit-Chat With Your Uber Driver? New 'Quiet Mode' Is For You Uber has just rolled out a new feature for its black-car service: Quiet Mode. Without having to say so or be passive-aggressively terse, this new option will let your driver know you'd like to ride in silence, thanks.
Arts & Entertainment New Netflix Movie 'Always Be My Maybe' Stars Ali Wong As A Celebrity Chef Opening A San Francisco Restaurant Comedian Ali Wong stars in an upcoming Netflix movie that did some of its exterior shooting in San Francisco, all about a jilted, newly single celebrity chef who rekindles a romance with a childhood friend.
Bay Area Sports Karlsson's Controversial OT Goal Seals 5-4 Victory for Sharks in Game 3 In a game that will likely be remembered as being steeped in controversy, the San Jose Sharks prevailed 5-4, in overtime against the St. Louis Blues, to take a 2-1 series lead.
SF News Wiener's Housing Density Bill Gets Put Off Until 2020 By State Senate Committee Sen. Scott Wiener's contentious Senate Bill 50, which is aimed at forcing denser zoning in larger California cities in neighborhoods near transit hubs, is now dead for the time being.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Willkommen Beer Hall Softly Open In Castro, Grand Opening Friday Willkommen, the beer hall at Sanchez and Market from Black Hammer Brewing, is finally open and pouring beer, and it's celebrating a grand opening on Friday evening, May 17.
Business & Tech Airbnb House Fire in Sonoma Tests Company’s Insurance Response A Sonoma couple learned the hard way that Airbnb's $1 million “Host Guarantee” is not exactly a guarantee, or at least not a quick one.
SF News Ninth Circuit Upholds Conviction For Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow The case of convicted Chinatown mob boss Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow dominated news headlines during his 2015 federal racketeering trial in San Francisco. And now a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Chow's latest appeal.
Arts & Entertainment Rolling Stones Reschedule Bay Area Concert For August The Rolling Stones are restarting their North American tour after Mick Jagger's health forced a postponement announcement in March.
Bay Area Sports Giants Rookie Pitcher Shaun Anderson Shines In MLB Debut vs. Blue Jays The San Francisco Giants called up one of their top pitching prospects, Shaun Anderson, from Triple-A Sacramento, to start Wednesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, and he helped bring the team a 4-3 win.
