Bay Area Sports
Draymond and Drake Bury the Hatchet at Popular Toronto Restaurant
The two managed to cool the media's jets on an apparent feud by meeting up at a popular Toronto restaurant Friday night.
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Sunday Links: Animal Rights Protester Storms Stage at Democrat Convention
The campaign logistics problem of California, Newsom hosts fundraiser for Kamala Harris at Getty mansion, and Bernie Sanders rallies supporters in San Jose.
SF News
Ridiculous Swedish Startup Wants To Rent Us Pogo Sticks Now
It is in fact June 1st, not April 1st, and this is allegedly a real story: A Swedish mobility company wants to bring pogo-stick rentals to San Francisco. I guess because e-scooters are neither ridiculous nor dangerous enough as it is?
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Saturday Links: Elizabeth Warren Rallies Voters In Oakland
One of the eight kids who won the National Spelling Bee is from San Jose, Jane Kim is working for Bernie Sanders now, and Elizbeth Warren drew a crowd of 6,500 in Kamala Harris' hometown.
Bay Area Sports
Giants' Top 2 Prospects: Incredibly Talented, Returning From Injuries
Catcher Joey Bart and outfielder Heliot Ramos, the San Francisco Giants' top two prospects (according to MLB.com), represent the next wave of young talent headed straight for Oracle Park.
SF News
Day Around The Bay: SF's Budget Soars To $12.3 Billion
That Potrero Hill shack listed for $2.5 million is a flip, a Kawhi Leonard billboard just went up in Oakland, and the SFPD actually obtained their warrant for a journalist's phone records months before raiding his home.
Arts & Entertainment
VH1 and Levi's Host First 'Rupaul's Drag Race' Finale Crowning In SF
Thursday night, a select few fans of Rupaul's Drag Race who also happened to be employees of Levi's got to attend a very special viewing party of the Season 11 finale where all four finalists were in attendance along with several other contestants.
Business & Tech
Salesforce Steps Into Gun Debate, Drops Customers Who Sell Automatic Weapons
Salesforce made a change to the acceptable-use policy for its e-commerce software this week, adding a range of firearms and accessories to the list of products it forbids customers from selling.
SF News
Power Outage Hits SoMa, China Basin
A power outage affecting about 4,000 PG&E customers as well as area traffic signals hit part of SoMa near South Park Friday afternoon.
SF News
Muni Orders More Door Inspections After New Stuck-Hand Incident, And Door That Opened While A Train Was In Motion
Following the now infamous April 12 incident in which an elderly woman was dragged after a new train door clamped on her hand and wouldn't let go, a fresh incident occurred with a woman getting her hand stuck in an older train car's door, but from the inside.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink
Rat Bar, Featuring Real Live Rats, To Pop Up At Fisherman's Wharf In June
If you're one of those people that needs a next-level gimmick to get you to buy a drink, have I got a bar gimmick for you! Inspired by all those cat cafes, a local outfit will be bringing us a rat-filled version, with booze.
Bay Area Sports
Drake's Antics, Hidden Warriors Tattoos Take Center Stage in NBA Finals
In the midst of all the history being written with these NBA Finals, rapper and super-fan Drake has done his level best to take over the headlines with his antics.
SF News
Suspect ID'd In Wild Wednesday Hit-And-Run Rampage In the Tenderloin
The allegedly intoxicated suspect hit two pedestrians and at least six cars, in a police-chase rampage that was captured in shocking video.
SF News
Elizabeth Warren Campaign Puts Up 'Break Up Big Tech' Billboard In SoMa
Just as she and her Democrat cohort are descending on San Francisco for the state party convention this weekend, Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign decided to throw up an anti-tech billboard at Fourth and Townsend.
Bay Area Sports
Warriors Fall to Raptors 118-109 in Game 1 of NBA Finals
The Golden State Warriors couldn't put together one of their patented late-game runs, Thursday night, falling to the Toronto Raptors 118-109 in Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
SF News
Democratic Candidates For 2020 Descend On SF For Convention This Weekend
Thirteen of the hundred or so people running for the Democratic presidential nomination next year are heading to San Francisco this weekend for the California Democratic Party Organizing Convention, which kicks off today at the Moscone Center.
SF News
Friday Morning Constitutional: Zuckerberg Votes To Keep Himself In Power
An arrest was made in a 2016 murder at the Endup, West Oakland is getting a grocery store for the first time in 40 years, and a local radio station is taking a break from Drake during the NBA Finals.
SF News
Day Around The Bay: Pelosi And Clinton Slam Facebook Over Altered Videos
Some more details on that rampaging vehicle in the 'Loin yesterday, a San Mateo County couple is accused of human trafficking, and the Transbay Transit Center won't be opening until July.
Bay Area Sports
Toronto Raptors Fans Shot Off 3 AM Fireworks To Disturb Warriors' Sleep
Some fans of the Toronto Raptors apparently shot off fireworks in the wee hours of Thursday morning outside the hotel where the Warriors are spending the week, ahead of tonight's Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Arts & Entertainment
Watch The Gorgeous Trailer For 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco', Which Premiered At The Castro Last Night
Writer-director Joe Talbot's feature-film debut, The Last Black Man In San Francisco, made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and as it heads into wide release, it just had its official premiere at the Castro Theatre on Wednesday.
SF News
Oakland-Based Pot Delivery Company Green Coast Lays Off 136 Workers
Signs of the market correction in the legal marijuana sphere abound, and now a prominent Bay Area dispensary that is a delivery-only operation is significantly cutting its workforce.
SF News
Racist-Texting Former Cop To Be Sentenced For Bank Robberies
Back in February we learned that suspended SFPD officer Rain Daugherty, who earlier was part of that 2015 racist-texting scandal, had pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery. Today he's getting sentenced, and he may get up to three years.
Bay Area Sports
For the Giants, the Rebuilding Effort Starts Now
The San Francisco Giants are in the midst of a horrible stretch in which they have lost seven consecutive games. With their playoff hopes virtually non-existent, even at this relatively early stage in the season, how should the team's front office handle the remainder of the 2019 season?
SF News
Breed Bolsters Funding For Transgender Homelessness Prevention
Mayor Breed has added a couple million dollars to the budget to subsidize housing for transgender and gender non-conforming people.
SF News
Burning Man's Federal Permit Still Hinges on Final Environmental Impact Statement
Drama between the Burning Man organization and the Bureau of Land Management is nothing new. But as the festival has ballooned in size over the last decade, tensions are running high around the latest approval process for Burning Man's 10-year permit.