SF News Shooting In SF's India Basin Leaves Four Injured; Man Shooting Gun Subsequently Arrested on Potrero Ave A shooting Tuesday evening in an industrial section of San Francisco left four people with gunshot wounds, and a subsequent incident a short distance away involving a man with a gun led to an arrest.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Three Wounded In Violent North Oakland Altercation Three men were wounded in a knife and gun fight in North Oakland Tuesday; a woman and a dog were found dead in a Santa Rosa home; and Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world's richest man.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers Finally Cut Kicker Who Almost Lost Them the Game Sunday An Oakland police raid at a liquor store put an elementary school on lockdown; Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies seized 500 pounds of meth; and the 49ers cut Jake Moody after two very discouraging seasons.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area’s World Cup Ticket Lottery Begins Wednesday — But Only If You're a Visa Customer In a sign of just how crassly commercialized next summer’s World Cup games in Santa Clara are going to be, the World Cup ticket lottery begins on Wednesday, but you’re only allowed to enter the first round of the lottery if you’re a Visa customer.
SF News Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Proposal Starts Slogging Through City Hall, With Both NIMBY and YIMBY Opposition Mayor Lurie’s “family zoning” plan could be his signature accomplishment and add 36,000 housing units citywide. Or it could get people pissed enough to recall him. We’ll start learning which this week when it heads to the Planning Commission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 19-Year-Old Hayes Valley Sweets Shop Miette Is Moving to Pacific Heights, With Owner Citing Crime as a Factor Beloved Hayes Valley patisserie and candy shop Miette, which would seem to have an ideal location in one of San Francisco's most thriving shopping hubs, is leaving the neighborhood for the tonier climes of Pacific Heights.
Business & Tech OpenAI Rumored to Be Considering Move Out of California Due to Pushback Over Restructuring Executives at one of the leading names in the local AI boom, OpenAI, are reportedly "rattled" by ongoing pushback and regulatory setbacks in California regarding its move to restructure itself as a for-profit entity.
SF News Late Summer Yellowjacket Menace Hitting Hard In Marin and Sonoma Counties The yellowjacket population is surging in both the East Bay and North Bay this summer, and since the bugs are very aggressive and can sting multiple times, county authorities have their hands full cleaning out an unusually large number of nests.
SF News Los Angeles Man Charged With Defrauding SF Parishioners Out of $400K at Church Where He Was a Pastor A man who was serving as a visiting pastor at a Sunset District church in recent years allegedly defrauded at least four parishioners out of tens of thousands of dollars, purporting to be a licensed attorney.
SF News Victim In One of Saturday's Shootings In Oakland Identified as 28-Year-Old Artist and SF Dispensary Worker The victim in one of several shootings that took place Saturday morning, in the aftermath of the First Fridays street festival in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood, has been identified as a 28-year-old who recently moved to Oakland from SF.
Arts & Entertainment People Tightrope-Walked a 1,600-Foot Highline Next to the Golden Gate Bridge This Past Weekend Roughly two dozen people attempted — and five people succeeded — to tightrope walk a 1,600-foot path on nylon rope next to the Golden Gate Bridge this past weekend, 75 feet above the ground in Marin County’s Kirby Cove.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: It's Been Five Years Since 'Orange Sky Day' In SF The 53-year-old Stockton man implicated in Sunday's deadly Napa crash has been arrested for murder; two people were shot overnight in Oakland; and today marks five years since that infamous 'Orange Sky Day.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two-Headed Snake at Berkeley Pet Shop Dies The two-headed snake on display at a Berkeley pet store has died at age one; a Hindu temple in Dublin was burglarized; and Washington was abuzz about the release of Donald Trump's 2003 birthday drawing and note to Jeffrey Epstein.
SF News Burning Man Attendee Got Hit and Mangled by Cybertruck While on Playa, Faces Months-Long Recovery A man who came to Burning Man from Minnesota found himself run over by a Tesla Cybertruck on the playa and had to be airlifted to a hospital, and he was left with some very injured feet.
SF News Mission District Tiny Homes for Formerly Homeless Site Closing, But for More Housing for the Formerly Homeless After a year-and-a-half of there being 68 tiny homes in a former Walgreens parking lot at 16th and Mission streets, they’re being torn down, but will be replaced by a larger housing complex that will also house people coming out of homelessness.
SF News American Teacher Living In Thailand Arrested at SFO for Child Pornography, Later Tried to Escape Back to Thailand A 36-year-old American citizen who has been living in Thailand for 11 years and working as a schoolteacher, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport for allegedly possessing over 100 gigabytes of pornographic material featuring minors.
Business & Tech Site of Long-Dead Oceanwide Tower Project In Downtown SF Back In Play With New Development Team Remember that planned 61-story tower at First and Mission streets that a Chinese developer broke ground on in 2016, only to run into pre-pandemic financial trouble and then fully halt construction in mid-2020? Well it may not be a semi-filled hole in the ground much longer.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Win 17-13 Opening Day Thriller In Seattle, But Boy Do They Have Kicker Problems The 49ers delighted fans with a rip-roaring fourth quarter come-from-behind victory Sunday, but kicker Jake Moody is once again Public Enemy #1 in San Francisco, as by no means should this have needed to be a come-from-behind victory.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Owner of Bon Delire and Sens Snags Boulette's Larder Space In Ferry Building A new Mediterranean restaurant from the owner of Sens, Bon Delire, and Barcha is headed for one of the larger, recently vacated spaces in the Ferry Building.
SF Politics John Burton, ‘Liberal Lion’ and Architect of Famed SF Political Machine, Has Died at 92 A titanic figure in the California Democratic party in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, and co-architect of the “Willie Brown-John Burton political machine,” former statehouse leader and US Rep. John Burton has died while in hospice care.
SF News Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By F-Line Streetcar on SF's Market Street A pedestrian was struck and injured in a collision with a streetcar on San Francisco's Market Street Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: First Fridays Organizers Push Back on Blame for Shootings Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events say the event should not be blamed for shootings that happen hours later; transit advocates are rallying in SF today; and the trial of one of Trump's attempted assassins begins today in Florida.
SF News Six Killed, 2 Injured in Solo Minivan Crash in Napa County, Driver Arrested for Suspected DUI Six passengers were killed and another suffered major injuries Sunday evening when the driver of their vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree about 12 miles north of St. Helena. The driver, who survived, was arrested for suspected DUI.
SF News Guest at Luxury Napa Valley Resort Found Dead in Her Room With Gunshot Wound A 24-year-old guest was found dead inside her room Thursday morning at Napa Valley’s 5-star Bardessono Hotel and Spa, located in Yountville. The death has been ruled suspicious, and the investigation is ongoing.
SF News SF City Attorney David Chiu Prompts ‘US News’ to Disclose When Hospitals Pay for Rankings 'US News & World Report' will start disclosing which hospitals pay for rankings in its “Best Hospitals” list after an investigation by SF City Attorney David Chiu’s office. Chiu also published an op-ed in the publication criticizing its ranking methodology.
