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SFO Will Ban Bottled Water In Less Than Three Weeks
Effective August 20, airport shops will no longer sell single-use plastic water bottles, and thirsty flyers will need refillable aluminum or glass bottles.
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
DoorDash Acquires Caviar To Create SF-Based Delivery App Empire
The delivery-app wars are seeing some consolidation as SF-based DoorDash announces the acquisition of rival Caviar for $410 million. That's a tidy return for Square, which was the last buyer of Caviar back in 2014, when the price was $90 million.
SF News
Trump Blames California Democrats For Homelessness, Offers No Solutions
At a campaign rally in Cincinnati on Thursday, President Trump assailed California for having a homeless problem, specifically San Francisco and Los Angeles, calling it a "disgrace to our country."
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Friday Morning Constitutional: Police Heroes In Gilroy Shooting Identified
The number of homeless in Golden Gate Park has decreased sharply, an overturned truck caused some traffic on 80 this morning, and a big crowd showed up to see that mural at George Washington High before it gets covered.
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Day Around The Bay: $5.2 Million Dolores Park Condo In Old Church Won't Sell
The victims in last night's shooting were 21 and 19, an Emeryville man has been charged in a child porn case, and a couple more Gilroy shooting survivors have emerged from the hospital.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Chef Ryan Shelton Creates Ambitious Menu That Evokes Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' In Food
At the Fillmore District restaurant called The Table at Merchant Roots, chef Ryan Shelton launched an intimate dinner series earlier this year that has everything to do with narrative and experimentation, and nothing to do with the hyper-seasonality of most Northern California cuisine.
Arts & Entertainment
Local Tree Expert Offers Self-Guided Walking Tour Of Salesforce Park Flora
If you haven't yet gotten the chance to explore the expansive collection of trees and plants on the rooftop of the Transbay Transit Center (a.k.a. Salesforce Park at the Salesforce Transit Center), you now have the chance to do so again.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Survey Finds Delivery App Drivers Stealing Food, Refusing to Walk Up Stairs
Ever gotten an order of fries that felt a little light? Or found a side dish missing from your DoorDash/UberEats/Caviar/Postmates order? More than 1 in 4 delivery app drivers admit they've stolen food.
SF News
PG&E Denies Everything in Bombshell Journal Exposé, Argues They Were Not Neglectful In Camp Fire
The bankrupt utility is on the defensive over safety failures that may have caused the Camp Fire, their lavish political contributions, and their big-bucks shareholder payouts.
Arts & Entertainment
SF Comedian Assaulted On Stage During Standup Show In the Mission
During a show that was part of Mutiny Radio's Comedy Festival on Saturday in the Mission District, a comedian delivered a joke about the name Jeff, and some guy in the audience with the name Jeff jumped up on stage and punched him.
Arts & Entertainment
Paul Simon Announces Surprise Fox Theater Show On Outside Lands Weekend
Another Planet Entertainment just announced late Wednesday that the great Paul Simon will do a "pop-up" concert on August 9 at Oakland's Fox Theater ahead of his Sunday, August 11 appearance at Outside Lands.
SF News
Two Men Shot On Mission Street Near Cesar Chavez Wednesday Night
Two men were shot and seriously injured Wednesday night on the 3100 block of Mission Street, between Cesar Chavez and Valencia.
SF News
Thursday Morning What's Up: Police Break Up Two-Day Protest at ICE HQ
The teen jailed in Italy for killing an Italian cop may have posted about his knife on Instagram, and SFPD officer shot a dog, and Zynga is apparently doing well for a change.
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Day Around The Bay: Italy Cop Killing Suspect's Parents Speak Out
The parents of Finn Elder spoke on Italian TV today, a 24-year-old man was found dead after going missing in the Russian River Tuesday, and police are seeking hate crime charges for two implicated in a San Leandro bar shooting.
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Lyft Pulls E-Bikes Off Streets After Two Catch Fire
Lyft's adventure in e-bike rentals appears to be off to a bad start after two of the company's bikes had batteries catch fire in the last several days.
Arts & Entertainment
Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Quaint 1950's Footage Of San Francisco Sights
Some archival footage of San Francisco in 1955 from the Prelinger Archives comes from amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini, and it's a charmingly direct, picturesque tour of the city from a guide who sounds straight out of 1950s narrator Central Casting.
Arts & Entertainment
Gilroy Shooting Raises Anxieties About Security At Outside Lands
Security experts suggest that it's "increasingly a challenge" to adequately secure an outdoor event without making things oppressive and unpleasant, but the SFPD says they're doing what they can to keep Outside Lands safe.
Bay Area Sports
Giants Acquire Infielders Mauricio Dubon and Scooter Gennett, Trading Dyson and Pomeranz
The Giants completed some big trades on Wednesday, dispatching four of the team's pitchers in exchange for some potentially better offensive players, and young talent.
SF News
Jury In Ghost Ship Trial Enters Deliberations After Four Months Of Testimony; Defense Sounds Worried
On Wednesday, the jury in the Ghost Ship fire trial — which has been ongoing since April — entered their first day of deliberations following closing arguments by prosecutor Autrey James and defense attorneys Curtis Briggs and Tony Serra.
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FBI Finds More ‘Extremist Materials’ As Police Search For Motive In Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting
The FBI is keeping a tight lip on what they’ve found on the shooter’s computer, phone, and thumb drives, but a law enforcement source describes discovering “extremist materials.”
Arts & Entertainment
Treasure Island Music Fest, Halloween Fest May Be In Peril After Oakland Port Gets Cease-and-Desist
The West Oakland park where the Treasure Island Music Festival happened in 2018 is the subject of a dispute between the Port of Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), and it's unclear what effect that may have on future events there.
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Teen Accused In Killing Italian Cop Was Known To Attend 'Fight Nights' In SF, Injured Fellow High School Student
More details have emerged from acquaintances and family members about Finnegan Elder, the 19-year-old who's accused in the killing of a 35-year-old Italian police officer last Friday. And it sounds like he has a history of courting violence.
SF Politics
Humpday Headlines: Kopp Wants To Challenge Wiener
A fire broke out at a United Airlines maintenance facility at SFO this morning, women are complaining about a Tenderloin SRO, and elderly Chinatown residents believe they're being targeted for crime.
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Day Around the Bay: Popeye's On Divis Shut Down By Health Department
The SFPD needs the public's help in identifying three suspects in a Chinatown strongarm robbery, Levi's Plaza just got sold for $825 million, and Popeye's on Divis got shut down by the Health Department on two-piece deal day.
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Supervisors Pass Legislation Promoting Restaurant and Arts Uses For Upper Market Retail Spaces
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed new legislation that will hopefully make it simpler for small businesses — especially restaurants, galleries, and non-profits — to move into ground-floor spaces on Market Street in and around the Castro.