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 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 Politics Former Santa Clara City Manager Sues City, Claiming Harassment Allegedly Orchestrated by 49ers Officials The fired former City Manager of Santa Clara had long raised eyebrows for her salary and benefits package, but now says some of that criticism was stage-managed by 49ers team brass, who did not appreciate her scrutiny of Levi’s Stadium.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Radio Announcer Greg Papa Diagnosed With Cancer, Is ‘Stepping Away’ From Broadcasts for Now The voice of the 49ers and former longtime voice of the Raiders Greg Papa announced Friday that he’s being treated for cancer, and will not be calling 49ers games anytime soon, but hopes to return to the booth.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir Arrested in LA on Charges of Obstructing Justice Fresh off signing a $92 million contract, up-and-coming 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir spent a few hours in a Los Angeles County jail Thursday night, and is being charged with obstructing justice in an incident that police say involved a gun.
SF Politics 49ers’ Favorite Perjury-Committing Santa Clara Elected Official Avoids Jail, Gets 40 Days of County Work Former Santa Clara city councilmember Anthony Becker was convicted of perjury for trying to do the 49ers a favor, but he won’t do jail time, and will just get 40 days of community service.
SF Politics Santa Clara Vice Mayor Resigns After Being Found Guilty of Perjury In 49ers Scandal A sitting Santa Clara City Council member and Vice Mayor of the city, Anthony Becker, was just found guilty of lying under oath about an illicit favor to the San Francisco 49ers ownership. He’s now stepped down, and he’s got prison time to worry about.
Bay Area Sports Ricky Pearsall Returns to 49ers Practice, Just Six Weeks After Being Shot in the Chest Just 44 days after he was shot in the chest, 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall suited up and returned to the 49ers practice field Monday, earning the teammate praise that he’s “the swaggiest white boy I’ve ever seen.”
SF News Report: Gun Used to Shoot Ricky Pearsall Was Purchased Legally at Arizona Pawn Shop It was obviously not legal for the 17-year-old minor accused of shooting 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall to carry a gun, but an investigation of the gun’s origin shows it was purchased legally, though may have been stolen once or twice since its last purchase.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Fans Were Already Lined Up at Noon to Get Into Levi’s Stadium Parking Lot for Tonight’s Season Opener A new, more restrictive tailgate policy at Levi’s Stadium may have backfired on its first try, as 49ers fans showed up earlier instead of later Monday, and set up their tailgate parties outside the stadium parking lot.
Bay Area Sports 12-Year-Old Arizona Kid Has 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall’s Old Phone Number, Has Been Inundated With Texts Since Shooting Last weekend’s shooting of 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall has upended the life of a 12-year-old boy in Arizona, who has since been bombarded by sympathetic text messages, because he has Pearsall’s old phone number.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Crack Down On Tailgate Parties in Parking Lot, Longtime Fans Are Furious The San Francisco 49ers are going to enforce a new parking lot policy called “Directed Parking,” which is similar to assigned seats. But longtime season ticket holders say it’s going to destroy the team’s famed tailgate scene.
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium Getting a $200 Million Facelift as Super Bowl and World Cup are Coming In 2026 With the 2026 Super Bowl and several World Cup games coming to Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers say they’re sprucing the place up with plenty of enhanced 4K, 5G, and whatever amenities there are in the pricey luxury suites.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers’ Star Receiver Brandon Aiyuk Demands to Be Traded The Sunset Night Market is getting ready to double in size; a big political fight just broke out between Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Aaron Peskin; and the 49ers’ leading receiver Brandon Aiyuk has requested a trade amidst a contract standoff.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 49ers' Christian McCaffrey Gets ‘Madden 25’ Video Game Cover (and the Curse That Comes With It?) The SF Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Breed’s controversial police commission pick; billionaire Chris Larsen wants to give SFPD $1 million; and 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will grace this year’s popular ‘Madden’ video game cover.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Settle Ongoing Lawsuits Against Santa Clara, But Santa Clara’s Mayor Says It’s ‘a Loan-Shark Type Deal’ The San Francisco 49ers organization agreed to cough up more money to the City of Santa Clara by settling two lawsuits, but the city bizarrely must still pay for “buffet service” for 49ers fans in the most expensive seats, and there’s a new $4 charge on Levi’s concert tickets.
SF News Day Around the Bay: NFL Draft is Tonight, 49ers Finally Have a First-Round Pick Again There’s impressive new renderings of a proposed reimagining of the former Westfield Mall; bike activists’ guerrilla street alterations near Duboce Park have been removed; and the NFL Draft is underway, with plenty of 49ers intrigue.
Bay Area Sports 49ers-Branded CA License Plates Are Coming, and You Might Be Able to Get One for Free A drive to get the California DMV to produce a 49ers logo-license plate looks likely to be successful, and you might even be able to get yours free, but you’ll have to act fast.
Bay Area Sports 49ers QB Brock Purdy Got Married This Weekend, and Here is the Wedding Registry Brock Purdy married his college girlfriend Jenna Brandt over the weekend, and we found their wedding registry, which is on Crate & Barrel and has mostly modest items priced at under $100.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Fire Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks, Making Him Scapegoat for Super Bowl Loss The 49ers’ defensive collapse late in the Super Bowl was the last straw that has drawn the firing of defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, who was shown the door despite the Niners being the third-best defense in the league over the season.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Can Only Lick Their Wounds, Hope Their Championship Window Isn’t Closing Your San Francisco 49ers have to somehow process and hopefully rebound from blowing yet another 10-point Super Bowl lead to the Kansas City Chiefs, but if it's any consolation, oddsmakers have installed the 49ers as favorites to win next year’s championship.
Bay Area Sports London Breed and Kansas City Mayor Make Most Predictable Super Bowl Bet Possible The mayors of SF and Kansas City made their obligatory Super Bowl friendly wager Friday morning on MSNBC, both offering up the most extremely obvious food dishes associated with their cities.
SF News SFPD Announces Street Closures for Super Bowl Sunday, Anticipating 49ers Fan Mayhem Whether the 49ers win or lose Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, SFPD and the Highway Patrol say they're still shutting down streets and highway off-ramps in anticipation of the rowdy public lunacy that may break out in the Mission District.
Bay Area Sports 49ers Taking Great Pains to Ensure Their Players Don’t Party Too Much In Las Vegas This Week Sunday’s 49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl will be the first one ever played in Sin City, and the 49ers team brass is going to great lengths to make sure the players keep their noses clean amidst the Las Vegas nightlife and gambling scene.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area Rappers Saweetie and P-Lo Release New 49ers Hype Song Ahead of Playoff Game Bay Area-born rappers Saweetie and P-Lo dropped a new song Friday, "Do It For The Bay," and an accompanying video to support the San Francisco 49ers in their playoff game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday.
