• San Francisco police have re-arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting in March, in addition to a second suspect. The SFPD touted the quick arrest of 19-year-old Edwin Depaz Maldonado of Richmond and another man the day after the March 27 shooting at Harrison and Third streets, and it's not clear why he was freed and arrested again on Thursday in Oakland; also arrested was 20-year-old Eliseo Maldonado-Alvarez in San Rafael, who was not originally arrested in March. [Chronicle]
• The El Cerrito Plaza BART station was temporarily closed Monday afternoon after a person was found dead on the concourse level. Foul play is not suspected, and trains continued to run through the station, with bus shuttles provided from El Cerrito Del Norte. [NBC Bay Area]
• The city of Suisun City is the latest local government to be hit with a cyberattack, which has forced the closure of City Hall and led to 911, fire, and police dispatch calls being rerouted. [KTVU]

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• Donald Trump and RFK Jr. continued to do their worst to the public health system today, with a new executive order to change the recommended childhood immunization schedule. Despite no scientific evidence that the existing schedule causes health risks, RFK remains obsessed with misinformation about autism, etc., and ridiculously, the order calls for the separation of the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots, which will create potential chaos in the healthcare system. [CNN]
• Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris remains hospitalized in the Bay Area following a medical emergency last week that caused the last-minute cancelation of a Chase Center concert with Lionel Richie. A GoFundMe campaign has launched to help Paris and his wife, singer Kathy Merrick, with unexpected expenses tied to his hospitalization, including travel to and from LA where the couple lives; and TMZ reported Friday that Paris suffered a cardiac incident and was in critical condition. [Chronicle]
• Trump gave himself an AI photo makeover when sharing a photo from his golf cart over the weekend in New Jersey, making himself thinner and more golden hued, and thought no one would notice. [NY Mag]

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• Fisherman's Wharf's "New Bushman," who first got on our radar in 2022, was out terrorizing people along one of the wooded paths at Outside Lands over the weekend, and per usual the videos are amusing.

Top image: Photo by Ashotush Gupta

The 17-year-old driver in last year's fatal crash in Marin County has been denied diversion, and the families of the four teens who were killed remain divided over how she should be punished.

The courtroom was packed Monday with relatives and friends of the four Marin County girls who were killed in a fatal crash in April 2025, as well as Marley Barclay, the only surviving passenger, as the Chronicle reports. More than a dozen people spoke to Marin County Superior Court Judge James T. Chou before he made his decision, with some asking him to give the driver a chance to avoid further prosecution and others arguing she should be held accountable.

Barclay, who was injured in the crash, told the court that she still remembers seeing headlights from what she believed was an oncoming vehicle shortly before the crash, which CHP investigators were unable to substantiate.

“I saw a lot of things that no 14-year-old should have seen,” Barclay said, per the Chronicle. “I know what I saw that night.”

The girls had reportedly been heading from Fairfax toward Woodacre for a sleepover when the driver lost control around a bend in San Geronimo Valley Road and slammed into a redwood tree. The car caught fire, killing four of the five passengers.

CHP investigators determined that speeding caused the crash, estimating the car was traveling 60 to 65 mph in a 40 mph zone. With the vehicle's black box destroyed in the fire, investigators relied in part on the speedometer, which had melted in a position indicating a speed of about 60 mph.

The investigation has remained a major point of disagreement among the families. Some relatives questioned the CHP's handling of the case, arguing that the speedometer did not provide sufficient evidence, while also pointing to the surviving passenger's account of another vehicle being present. The defense had also previously challenged the CHP investigation, which Chou rejected.

Linda Kepley, whose daughter Ada was killed, said she believed there were still unanswered questions, but also urged the court to consider the driver a “good kid” who would live with the consequences of the crash for the rest of her life, per the Chronicle.

“We need to focus on trying to find a positive way for us to heal,” Kepley said.

Other family members took the opposite position, arguing that the driver should face consequences regardless of the remaining questions about what happened. They pointed to the restrictions on her provisional license, which prohibited her from driving with passengers under the age of 20, which Prosecutor Cassandra Edwards echoed.

“She broke that promise and it resulted in the deaths of four of her dear friends,” Edwards said.

Defense attorney Charles Dresow argued Monday that his client had already demonstrated remorse and was eligible for diversion based on a probation assessment.

The Chronicle reports that the driver, who was seriously burned in the crash and has said she does not remember the wreck, addressed the courtroom before the ruling. She acknowledged her role as the driver, noting that she’s mourned the loss of her four friends every day since the crash.

“Regardless of the outcome, I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to honor my friends and their memory,” she said.

Chou ultimately denied diversion, and the teen will continue to face prosecution as a juvenile. She could face up to a year in juvenile detention.

Her next hearing is scheduled for August 24.

Previously: Parents of Teen Victims Divided About Whether Marin County Girl Should Face Trial Over Deadly Crash

Basically confirming what some SF homeowners have been saying in response to an onerous city mandate to install sprinkler systems in every unit of their high-rise buildings, a new report says that, for some older buildings at least, it could cost upwards of $200,000 per unit.

Condo owners in multiple neighborhoods around the city where there are older high-rises of varying ages have been decrying a city mandate, with a deadline of 2027, to have sprinkler systems installed in every unit. Technically, the mandate applies only to pre-1975 buildings of 12 stories or more that don't have two interior stairs separated from the rest of the building by fire-rated walls designed to withstand fire for two hours — about 126 buildings in all, concentrated in Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, the Marina, Pacific Heights, and Russian Hill.

Fire officials and city leaders had claimed that homeowners were blowing the issue out of proportion, and that sprinkler installations might only cost around $20,000 per unit — which should be considered a good investment in fire safety for out-of-compliance buildings. But homeowners said that after their HOAs had looked into the project, they were getting estimates in the $200K to $300K per unit range, and the mandate was, in turn, depressing their resale values.

Homeowners succeeded in February in getting the mandate delayed by five years, and in the meantime, city supervisors commissioned a report from the Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office. Now that report is back, as the Chronicle reported Monday, and it's basically good news for some buildings and bad news for others.

The building stock in question, the report finds, is so varied, that while, yes, it might only cost $15,000 per unit for some buildings that already have some of the necessary plumbing there, it will in fact cost $225,000 per unit or more for the oldest buildings that will need to be replumbed at great complication, with new water lines into the building, and new systems throughout to keep there from being unsightly pipes running everywhere.

"When there are this many buildings, there are going to be a lot of edge cases, and buildings that take a lot of work to get water pumped up to the top of a hill," says Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, speaking to the Chronicle. “We can’t have mandates in the name of safety that don’t take cost to residents into account."

Supervisor Danny Sauter, whose district, along with Sherrill's, includes many of the buildings in question, even suggested that he wanted to look into alternatives to wholesale sprinkler installations.

"If there are other improvements and upgrades that still meet the goal of fire safety but can be done in a less intrusive or more cost-sensitive way, I am very interested in that," Sauter tells the Chronicle.

And former SF Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, who now serves as spokesperson for the Building and Construction Trades Council, suggests that the mandate could still go forward because most industry experts believe, for the majority of buildings, the cost will be in the $15K to $20K per unit range.

Advocates for the homeowners have pointed out that other cities that have tried to enact similar sprinkler mandates have mostly walked them back, including San Diego and Houston. San Jose reportedly achieved "full compliance" with its mandate, but it only applied to 11 buildings — and obviously SF is a denser city than any of those three, with more high-rises.

The mandate has already been kicked down the road at least five years — we thought it was 2032, but the Chronicle now mentions a 2035 deadline. We'll see how the Board of Supervisors addresses this in the coming weeks or months, and whether some older buildings might get exemptions.

Previously: Former Fire Marshal Who Wrote SF's High-Rise Sprinkler Mandate Now Consulting With Condos It's Impacting

After launching a billboard in SoMa last month, Tucker Bryant, creator and sole operator of the site ChatTJB, which is powered by the “average individual,” began receiving thousands of requests from users seeking advice and volunteers eager to become human “AIs.”

The project started as an art project by Tucker Bryant, a Stanford graduate and former Google product manager who wanted to poke fun at the increasingly automated world of AI chatbots, as SF Gazetteer reported last week. He launched ChatTJB in April as a chatbot-style website where every response would come from Bryant himself, rather than an artificial intelligence.

Rather than generating answers with a large language model, ChatTJB sends each question to Bryant, who reads it and responds himself, when he is "awake and motivated."

The site's popularity began to skyrocket after Bryant put up a billboard in SoMa last month near Sixth and Shipley Streets. Photos of the sign began circulating online, including on Reddit, sending the number of questions submitted to ChatTJB from a few dozen to thousands, at one point reaching roughly 5,000 submissions an hour. Bryant told Futurism he was personally answering them all.

He said the idea came partly from the concept of “cognitive surrender,” which he describes in a YouTube reel as the public's willingness to trust AI-generated advice, even when it's wrong. He said he had recognized the tendency in his own interactions with chatbots and wanted to create an experience that looked like a conventional AI service but required users to contend with the unpredictability and inconvenience of dealing with an actual person.

The approach can result in wildly different responses depending on the question. Bryant has even produced images for users, although his version of image generation involves hastily drawn graphics rather than an AI image model.

According to Futurism, while plenty of people have used ChatTJB to troll him, Bryant said others have come to the site with surprisingly personal questions, prompting him to drop his usual casual approach and respond more like a supportive friend.

Some users have reportedly reminded him to eat, drink water, and take breaks as Bryant works through the enormous backlog. He notes that the concerned messages from users have been another reminder of the human element that’s been built into the project.

The flood of questions eventually forced Bryant to pause the service, and he's now cautiously experimenting with turning ChatTJB into a community effort. He's reportedly received more than 1,000 messages from people interested in being “average individuals,” and he's begun allowing some approved volunteers to respond to questions while he tests moderation tools.

Bryant said he wants to proceed cautiously, as he does not want to put users or volunteers at risk.

“I’m going to move slowly,” Bryant told Futurism. “This was just intended to be an art project.”

He said the response has been meaningful enough that he is willing to see where the community version goes, but that ChatTJB could be scaled back or paused again if the experiment does not work.

Related: Fake, Satirical Startup 'Replacement.AI' Puts Up Haunting Billboards In SF, NYC

Image: gluggin/Reddit

Sunshine remained in short supply on the third and final day of Outside Lands. But that didn't stop possibly the biggest crowds of the weekend from catching highlights like headliner Rüfüs Du Sol, two servings of Death Cab for Cutie, and a surprise set from Leon Bridges.

The big takeaway from this Outside Lands was that, yes, the kids love EDM and rap and pop, but rock is far from dead, despite the message of articles like this one from 2023 decrying the death of rock as a popular genre. It may as well have been 1995 out there in Golden Gate Park, with the mix of hard-driving rock acts, singer-songwriters trying to one-up Taylor Swift for original lyrics, and R&B crossover acts like Dijon and Labrinth experimenting with rock and industrial sounds in ways that would make Prince proud (RIP).

(It should be noted that, for the aging readers of the New York Times, critic Jon Pereles countered the "rock is dead" narrative eight months ago in this year-end piece, in which he specifically called out the popularity of Dijon and another act that made a notably raucous Outside Lands appearance on Friday, Turnstile.)

Also drawing big crowds of fans this weekend were rock bands like Balu Brigada, Geese, Momma, and Wet Leg — the latter two being female-led and sounding at turns like they were paying homage to the likes of Hole, early Liz Phair, and the Breeders.

Opening things up on Sunday on the main stage, as they did last year, was the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, who delighted the early-arriving young audience with a cover of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club," among other pop selections.

One of Sunday's opening and closing acts was what would be called a legacy act these days, Death Cab For Cutie, who just put out a new album this summer but whose debut album came out 28 years ago this month.

Before Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard played a single note Sunday, he shouted out Outside Lands' medical team for injecting him with steroids after he woke up without a voice.

"Now I feel like I could fight 100 men!" Gibbard joked, and he went on to lead the band, albeit a bit hoarsely, through a full performance of the group's 2005 album, Plans — and true to the demographic, Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is the same age as Gibbard (49), was spotted enjoying the show from the crowd at the Sutro Stage.

Gibbard and the band would return about eight hours later to the same stage, doing a more career-spanning set and sounding much more warmed up, including favorites like "The New Year," "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," and "I Will Possess Your Heart," as well as new tracks "Riptides" and "I Built You a Tower."

Brooklyn indie rock act Momma made the most of their mid-afternoon Sutro set, wafting chill fuzz and catchy licks into a impressively big crowd that included Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould. Continuing in the lineage of acts like Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail, Momma and their ruminative riffs felt like they were made to be heard on a foggy Sunday afternoon.

One of several nepo babies at this year's festival, Will Ferrell's kid Magnus Ferrell, delighted afternoon audiences with his falsetto pop crooning.

British singer Jade, formerly of the girl group Little Mix, drew a sizable crowd on the main stage as the afternoon wore on, performing her hits like "IT Girl," which she opened with, "FUFN (Fuck You For Now)", and "Angel of My Dreams."

Disco Lines gave the main stage a bump as the dolphin-loving DJ brought pyrotechnics and beats so loud that several speakers temporarily failed. It wasn't enough to ruin the mood, however, with the apex coming when a sea of fans grooved along to a remix of Dom Dolla's "San Frandcisco."

Empire of the Sun also had the Polo Field crowd dancing into the sunset hour, in their full-color regalia and anime-esque set. Aussie frontman Luke Steele declared, toward the end of the set, "America needs a cleansing," and obviously he wasn't talking about the racial or ethnic kind despite the odd choice of word. He seemed to be referring to a cleansing of anger and division, and went on to say, "I love this beautiful country, America," and told everyone in the audience to turn to someone beside them and say, "I love you, you’re amazing."

Meanwhile The Temper Trap brought fun vibes to the Sutro Stage. They were followed by indie artist Not For Radio, aka María Zardoya of The Marías.

New York-based sibling quartet Infinity Song proved their 1970s-inspire mettle by opening their set on the Panhandle Stage with a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" that morphed into an 11-minute, three-act rock opera, aided by the talents of vocalists Angel and Momo Boyd. They quickly delighted the audience with their own tunes "Hurricane" and "Hater's Anthem" as well.

With only hours left before night's end, Outside Lands pulled one final trick out of their hat in the form of surprise set from Grammy-winner Leon Bridges. Taking the intimate Duboce stage, Bridges and a backing band of three singers, two brass players, and a DJ played songs from the artist's forthcoming new album, Happiness Anytime.

Witnessing this all transpire from within a grove of eucalyptus trees was a mighty special moment, with Bridges serenading fans over blasts of sax and a crowd so big that it seemed to stretch forever.

Then it was time for headliner Rüfüs Du Sol to take over the main stage while Baby Keem drew his own crowd at the opposite end of the festival grounds.

As the subwoofers bellowed from headliner Rüfüs Du Sol's set through the trees to the Sutro Stage, where Death Cab was doing their second set, Ben Gibbard offered thanks to the admittedly small crowd that turned out to see their performance, saying, "Here at Death Cab for Cutie incorporated, we appreciate you spending your time with us versus whatever that is."

A few more photos below.

Related: Outside Lands 2026 Day Two: The Strokes Find Redemption, Lucy Dacus Croons, and Drag Queens Reign Supreme

Zack Ruskin also contributed to this report.

Top Image: Photo by Josh Stansfield/SFist

Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen and a film crew were on the scene during a child predator sting in San Francisco last month, which was not announced during last week's press conference.

Deputies with the San Francisco Sheriff's Office were caught unaware during last month’s child exploitation undercover operation when Chris Hansen, the former host of NBC’s To Catch a Predator showed up with a film crew, as the Chronicle reported last week.

Hansen and his crew reportedly confronted some of the men who were arrested during the operation, which will presumably be featured in his latest series, Takedown with Chris Hansen, on Hansen's TruBlu network.

The deputies’ union said its members were not formally briefed or consulted on the arrangement, including some rank-and-file officials. Additionally, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins didn’t disclose Hansen’s involvement when they announced the arrests last week.

Tara Moriarty, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, told the Chronicle that Hansen had expressed interest in observing and participating in one of the department’s operations, adding that the partnership formed after the Sheriff’s Office conducted similar operations during this year’s Super Bowl and World Cup festivities.

Moriarty said that, despite Hansen’s presence, the July 29 and 30 operations were “planned, directed, and carried out by law enforcement.” Authorities released drone footage captured from above of the operation, which can be seen via ABC 7.

According to the Chronicle, Danilo Quintanilla, president of the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, acknowledged that the involvement of a television personality in an active investigation “may understandably generate scrutiny and questions about the role of media in law enforcement operations.” However, Quintanilla also said Hansen’s long-running work exposing online child exploitation could bring additional attention to the issue.

Per the Chronicle, Hansen has faced criticism from journalists over his undercover methods and relationships with law enforcement while also attracting a large following. Hansen will reportedly be portrayed by Robert Pattinson in Primetime, an upcoming A24 feature film (which looks like a horror film from the trailer) about his child predator sting operations.

Previously: Five Men Arrested In San Francisco In Child-Exploitation Sting Operation

Image: Chris Hansen; Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Samsung

Police in Oakland will hopefully be able to track down a vehicle that allegedly committed a hit-and-run Saturday night in East Oakland that left one woman dead.

The crash occurred near the Eastmont Town Center around 11:45 pm Saturday, as KRON4 reports, on the 2500 block of 73rd Avenue. The suspect vehicle was apparently heading northbound on 73rd Avenue when the vehicle struck a woman at the intersection of 73rd and Garfield Avenue, leaving her lying in the roadway and fleeing the scene.

First responders reportedly performed life-saving aid, but the woman was pronounced dead on the scene.

As KTVU reports, witnesses say that the victim was a woman in her 40s. The witnesses added that vehicles frequently drove at unsafe speeds in the area but the police, despite having a substation right there, rarely pulled anyone over for speeding.

"Put some more speed bumps around here, have a little more surveillance here, because that should not be happening," said one local resident, speaking to KTVU.

There were several security cameras in the area, including, presumably, at the police station, but no suspect vehicle has been identified, at least publicly.

The Oakland Police Eastmont Substation is located at 2651 73rd Avenue, in Eastmont Town Center. This is also the location of the Oakland Police Traffic Division headquarters.

The victim's name has not been released pending next-of-kin notification.

Three months ago, East Oakland saw another deadly crash late on a Saturday night, when an allegedly speeding juvenile driver crashed into a group of pedestrians at 85th Avenue and International Boulevard, killing three of them.

Well, now we know how Mark Zuckerberg was spending his August vacation, aboard his yacht off the coast of Alaska. And apparently his vessel refused to respond to a call for assistance from a disabled skiff that had run out of fuel last week.

The incident happened last Monday night, as the Alaska Beacon was first to report, and news of the Zuckerberg yacht situation blew up after a passenger on a small cruise ship — which actually responded to the call — posted about it on Bluesky.

Apparently, two women with a child and a dog ventured out too far in a small skiff with too little fuel between Petersburg and Juneau, and became stranded. They put out a call for assistance through the US Coast Guard, and a small cruise ship in the area, the UnCruise Wilderness Legacy, came to the skiff's rescue — but only after the captain informed passengers on the Wilderness Legacy ship that Mark Zuckerberg's yacht was in the area and was radio'd first because they were closer, and no one aboard responded.

"There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this," said NY-based software engineer Michael Love, in his Bluesky post.

Zuckerberg's custom-built, $300 million, 387-foot yacht named Launchpad, which hit the water in the summer of 2024, is known to "go dark" by turning off its AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponders, for privacy. The boat sleeps up to 24 guests and always travels with a 220-foot support vessel called Wingman that has its own helipad, and deck space for carrying various equipment, like luxury tenders and water scooters.

But clearly the Wilderness Legacy captain knew the boat was in the area, as did the Coast Guard. Per the Alaska Beacon, the Coast Guard clarified that there was never any distress call, only a general request for assistance after it was determined the skiff was not in distress.

After it was reported that the Launchpad ignored the call — and after the Associated Press picked up the story — a spokesperson for Zuckerberg issued a statement claiming that the Launchpad crew was operating on a "different radio channel" and had not heard the initial call, and Mark Zuckerberg himsel was not on board.

"Mark and his family were not on board at the time of the incident," the spoksperson said. "As the Coast Guard noted, the boat was not in distress, and by the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway. We’re grateful all parties are safe."

Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have three daughters, ages 3, 8, and 10, the older two of whom reportedly attend a private, home-based school at the family's compound in Palo Alto that they launched during the pandemic with friends. The Zuckerberg-Chans also have homes in Tahoe and on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, as well as a new home on the private island of Indian Creek in Miami.

Related: The Still Unexplained Closure of the Private School Opened By Chan and Zuckerberg Is Causing Enrollment Problems for East Palo Schools

Top image: Chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. Marc Zuckerberg's yacht "The Launchpad" is seen on December 19, 2024 in Raiatea, French Polynesia. (Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

Two pedestrians suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Union Square Sunday when they were struck by the driver of a pickup truck who a witness says was driving recklessly through a red light at the intersection.

Shortly before 12:30 pm Sunday at O’Farrell and Cyril Magnin streets, in front of the Handlery Union Square Hotel, the driver of a Ford pickup allegedly struck two people walking in the area before hitting a light pole, as the Chronicle reports.

Both pedestrians were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, and the San Francisco Fire Department said they were in stable condition. The truck also collided with the front of a delivery truck, while video from ABC 7 showed extensive damage to the Ford’s front end.

A witness account posted to Reddit described the truck traveling north on Cyril Magnin Street before entering the intersection against a red light. The witness said they heard tires screech and saw the truck approaching, after which it veered around traffic waiting to turn onto O’Farrell Street.

The witness said the driver appeared to be traveling at roughly 40 to 45 mph and did not seem to slow before hitting the pole. They also said the pole may have prevented the truck from reaching more pedestrians.

“I think the pole acted as a bollard of sorts and prevented the situation with pedestrians from being even worse,” they wrote.

Per Reddit, the hotel had surveillance footage showing the truck approaching the intersection without slowing. The witness said they remained at the scene and provided statements to police.

They said the pedestrians appeared to have suffered relatively minor injuries, including a broken ankle and cuts, although those details have not been independently confirmed.

The witness also took photos of the scene, which showed the light pole and street signs completely sheared off. The truck had also appeared to be wedged against a fire hydrant.

The pickup driver reportedly remained at the scene, and authorities are investigating what led to the crash.

An ALERTSF notification was sent around 1 pm advising drivers and pedestrians to avoid the area.

Just a few blocks away, a woman riding an scooter was fatally struck Friday morning at Market and Powell streets.

Related: Woman on Scooter Fatally Struck By Truck at Market and Powell

Top image: tsar73/Reddit

T0p image: Photo via SF Fire Department

Saturday night's biggest surprise was the return of Friday headliner Charli xcx, who took the stage with The Strokes for a performance of "Take It Or Leave It" to send fans home on a major high.

Day Two of Outside Lands saw another sold-out crowd descend on Golden Gate Park to romp and revel under overcast skies for an eclectic lineup that included sets from Pink Patheress, The xx, and Dijon. And once again, the sun did not manage to make a single appearance.

The Chronicle this year asked the question on every older person's mind who's been going to this festival longer than they'd care to admit: Does Outside Lands (now) Have a Teenager Problem? The 15- to 18-year-olds they surveyed all had pretty much the same answer, which is "no," but some admitted that their cohort could get a little aggressive when it comes to pushing their way to the front of a crowd, because hey! How many concerts have these kids actually been to? They're still learning.

While things were getting underway in mid-afternoon, singer-songwriter-guitarist Lucy Dacus provided a perfect late afternoon soundtrack filled with booming ballads.

Midway through her set, Dacus even brought out her partner and Boygenius bandmate Julien Baker for a tender duet of "Bullseye" that saw the two perched together on an ornate Victorian sofa.

Adding to the warm and fuzzies, after she performed the Boygenius song "True Blue," Dacus shared that "the person I wrote that song for is here today. Love you.”

Dacus also invited the crowd to join her in saying "Fuck ICE" at one point — they happily obliged. She then added: "Feels good right?"

Meanwhile, the Dolores Stage welcomed artists from Oasis to deliver drag performances that included numbers from San Francisco staples like Tito Sito and gag-worthy turns from recent RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Kori King and Lydia Butthole Kollins.

Taking the stage in an elaborate puppet costume, she quickly shed her top skin to break out the moves to a super mix of Betty Hutton's "It's Oh So Quiet" and Lady Gaga's "Mary Jane Holland." Hopefully the QR codes conveniently placed on the screen behind her led to many well-deserved tips!

The afternoon also saw a main stage sets from rock act Djo front by Stranger Things actor Joe Keery and singer-model Ethel Cain.

Thankfully, Saturday never got brutally chilly. In fact, it was the perfect temperature for some performers. During her DJ set at the Panhandle stage, drag queen Trixie Mattel asked how many in the massive crowd assembled to watch her were feeling cold.

"I don't care if you're cold," she cackled. "This air feels amazing!"

Flanked by four back-up dancers, Mattel's set got off to an inauspicious start as the dance crew's track cut off midway through their choreography. Undeterred, they continued the routine in silence, then did it again when the sound once more dropped. Eventually, all was rectified, with Mattel joking that the problems arose because "all of this wiring was done by gay people."

Decked out in a metallic pink dress with futuristic shoulder armor, it was worth the wait as a full-on dance party was finally able to erupt in a roar of glitter and bass.

The kids packed themselves into large crowds for sets by a pair of EDM acts, Łaszewo, on the Twin Peaks stage, and Snow Strippers, on the Sutro stage.

Plenty of folks also turned out for Dijon, who packed Twin Peaks for his early evening set heavy on songs off his critically-acclaimed 2025 album, Baby.

For some, Saturday's zenith meant a date with The xx at Twin Peaks or with PinkPantheress at Sutro.

For others, it was about whether The Strokes would suck. Returning after a 2021 set that continues to live in infamy, the band decided to set things right with a full-effort performance that even saw the return of Friday headliner Charli xcx as a special guest.

Lead singer Julian Casablancas added to the moment by highlighting the fact that both The Strokes and Charli released new albums on the same day last month.

"This is a nice evening," he said. "We've got a special guest. A superstar. In the battle of the albums, you defeated us. She won by a lot. She's a giant pop star, in our defense."

And with that, Charli was back to trade vocals with Casablancas on Is This It closing track "Take It Or Leave It." Likely made possible as a result of the pop star's choice to pivot her in-store appearance at Amoeba music from Friday to Saturday, fans were utterly elated to get to go one more round with her.

Sounding sharp and keeping his tangents to a minimum, Casablancas and the rest of The Strokes' set finished strong. They may even be invited back again now that they've proven they are absolutely capable of delivering the headliner goods.

A few more photos below.

Related: Outside Lands 2026 Day One: Geese Shreds, Charli xcx Triumphs

Top Image: Josh Stansfield/SFist

Jay Barmann also contributed to this report.

Image: CANTON, OHIO - AUGUST 08: Roger Craig speaks via video during the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Tom Benson Hall Of Fame Stadium on August 08, 2026 in Canton, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Things were foggy but largely friendly on Day One of Outside Lands, with the Polo Field and adjoining meadows of Golden Gate Park packed with some 75,000 fans for dozens of acts, large and small.

The sun never came out and it was a chiller-than-average start to the festival Friday, but the vibe was light throughout. Conan O'Brien was back in town attending the festival with his daughter, Neve, as he's done in multiple previous years.

This year's Outside Lands lineup, as we noted before, has veered strongly in the direction of the type of electro-heavy performers who have previously been featured at the Portola Festival. And a strong lineup of DJs in the SOMA dance area only elevated the always high demand to get in there, leading to an extraordinary long line just to enter Marx Meadow that began around 3:30 pm.

Also, perhaps moreso than some recent years, some heavier rock acts took over the bigger stages and got the crowds fist-pumping and, in the case of Turnstile's early evening set on the Sutro Stage, moshing like maniacs.

The Polo Field was also pretty full by mid-afternoon for the main stage set from the electrifying UK rock duo Wet Leg. Sporting a shock of pink hair, singer Rhian Teasdale flexed and writhed her way through fiery renditions of "Mangetout" and "Catch These Fists" from their latest album, 2025's Moisturizer.

The Friday curation for the LGBTQ-focused Dolores' Stage was handled this year by goth outfit Hot Goth GF, featuring acts like Ms. Boan (seen below), and Romy.

Friday also felt like a super-sized edition of last week's Charli xcx look-a-like contest as numerous young fans arrived dressed themselves in tribute to Friday's headliner.

Memphis rapper GloRilla followed Wet Leg, resetting the energy from mosh pit madness to a cracking club.

Tinashe brought pop energy and a legion of fans to the Twin Peaks Stage for her 5 pm set, booty-shaking to a stream of hits including "Nasty," "No Broke Boys," and "Crash Out."

Many made their way to the Sutro stage for Brooklyn rock act Geese, who ultimately proved they are not a "psy-op." Instead, the set that saw lead singer Cameron Winter's voice impressively channel everyone from Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty to Counting Crow's Adam Duritz as he lead his crew through a scintillating run of scorchers.

Impressively, fans even turned out in droves for small sets like Virginia dubstep artist ALLEYCVT, who made an iconic evening appearance at Duboce Triangle, a stage tucked away in the eucalyptus groves of McLaren Pass.

Perhaps that's why there weren't more people in attendance for the highly-anticipated reunion of Clipse, comprised of brothers Gene "Malice" and Terrence "Pusha T" Thornton. Despite a surprisingly paltry turnout, the siblings put on a great party, even busting out some footage of OJ Simpson's infamous Bronco chase for visual accompaniment during "So Be It."

Labrinth, best known for creating many of the soundtrack moments for HBO's Euphoria, brought his atmospheric, often unsettling brand of alt-R&B to the main stage as the sun was going down.

Many fans en route to see Charli xcx close out the main stage on Friday night were compelled to stop at the Dolores' Stage for a spell to twirl to the tunes of a captivating DJ set from Romy, aka Romy Madley Croft. Best know as the guitarist and co-vocalist of The xx, she'll thankfully play again with the full band at tonight's edition of the festival.

No one is accusing Charli xcx of being a one-trick pony but her evolution from the Brat era to the show she delivered to close out Day One of Outside Lands was nothing short of masterful. Focusing mainly on the more raw, rock-heavy tracks from her new album — Music, Fashion, Film — the 34-year-old British pop star proved she's got the chops for rock as a full band and plenty of backup dancers filled the Lands End stage with sultry spectacle and infectious earworms.

Charli didn't say much in between songs, but it's unlikely her most ardent fans cared given every second of her 80-minute set was a pure delight. And, of course, she played "Apple," "360," and the rest of the hits, but she finished the set not with one of her well known bops but with one of her new tracks, "No One Lasts Forever," an infectious song that nonetheless deals with ideas that are not usually the purview of pop, like "the crushing highs and lows of ego," and which fades into the voice of filmmaker David Cronenberg talking about mortality and an artist's life, and a near-death experience he had.

Programmed against headliner Charli xcx were Modest Mouse, crooning and rocking on the Sutro Stage, and Griztronics, who had the large crowd dancing at the Twin Peaks Stage before the metaphorical lights came up and the place cleared out.

A few more photos from Friday below.

Jay Barmann also contributed to this article.

Image: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Phoebe Bridgers, winner of the Best Alternative Music Album award for "The Record"- Boygenius, Best Rock Song award for "Not Strong Enough", Best Rock Performance award for "Not Strong Enough" and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance award for "Ghost In The Machine", poses in the press room at the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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Video:

• Outside Lands is officially underway! KRON4 was on the scene as the gates were opening Friday before noon.