Business & Tech Waymo Takes Another Step Toward Entering Airport Taxi Market Waymo could have one of its biggest fights to date on its hands as it pushes toward providing rides between San Francisco and SFO — but a permit process is underway to allow the company to begin mapping the airport for that purpose.
SF News United Airlines Flight Snafu Diverts SFO-Bound Flight From New Zealand to Hawaii United Airlines just resumed the only non-stop route between the US and Christchurch, New Zealand, and it runs to SFO, but a Tuesday flight from Christchurch to SFO was diverted to Hawaii because it needed a crew change.
SF News Pedestrian Crash on Highway 101 Near SFO Snarls Early Morning Traffic A crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on northbound 101 near San Francisco International Airport left the pedestrian dead and all northbound lanes shut down for several hours early Tuesday.
SF News San Francisco Wins Preliminary Injunction to Block Oakland Airport From Using Its New 'San Francisco Bay' Name A federal judge has sided with the City of San Francisco, saying that San Francisco International Airport's trademark is likely being infringed upon by Oakland Airport's new name, which was chosen by the Port of Oakland's board this spring.
SF News Lyft Driver Accused of Punching Jewish Rider at SFO Gets Acquitted of Hate Crime Charges A Lyft driver faced federal hate crime charges for punching a Jewish rider at SFO in the early weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but a federal jury just ruled that it was not a hate crime, and the accused is off the hook.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SFO's Beloved Bouncy Walkways Are About to Go Away The bouncy rubber walkways of SFO's Terminal 3 are set to be demolished; DA Brooke Jenkins talks to Mission District businesses about crime; and Tyler, the Creator announces Bay Area tour dates.
SF News Oakland Airport Hits Back on SFO Injunction, Claims SFO 'Manipulated Results’ Showing People Went to Wrong Airport The latest legal drama regarding whether Oakland Airport can have "San Francisco" in its name comes from the Oakland airport, which has filed its opposition to SF’s injunction, and claims SF is faking the data that customers are confused by the name change.
SF News SF City Attorney Files for Injunction to Immediately Stop Oakland Airport's Use of Its 'Confusing' New Name The City of San Francisco has now filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against the Port of Oakland over the name change of Oakland Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
SF News At Least a Few Airline Passengers Are Getting Confused About Oakland Airport Name Change, Showing Up at SFO Oakland Airport's name change to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport has duped at least a couple of Spirit Airlines passengers so far, who have shown up at SFO wondering why they can't find any Spirit Airlines counter.
Arts & Entertainment SFO Bomb-Sniffer Dog Wins TSA 'Cutest Canine' Contest Barni, a 5-year-old German shorthaired pointer whom you may have encountered while waiting in a TSA line at San Francisco International Airport, just won a prize for being cute from the TSA.
SF News SFO Begins Construction On Yet Another Terminal Expansion The construction never really ends at SFO, it just moves over to another terminal.
SF News Rome-Bound Flight Out of SFO Diverts For Second Day In a Row There's been some bad luck on nonstop United flights to Rome out of SFO this week, with two now having had to divert after takeoff for different reasons.
SF News SF International Airport Has Changed Their Logo, Ditching the One They’ve Been Using for 24 Years After the Oakland Airport went and changed its name to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport," SFO is sort-of responding with a fresh, new version of the airport logo they’ve used for the last 24 years.
SF News Delta Meltdown Rages Into Fifth Consecutive Day at SFO (And Everywhere), Feds Launch Investigation Delta Airlines remained notoriously responsible for nearly 70% of flight cancellations nationwide on Tuesday, and SFist has shocking pictures and video from the epicenter of the airline-pocalypse, Delta’s hub at Atlanta airport.
SF News CrowdStrike Software Meltdown Causes Global Disruptions, Including Chaos at SFO, False Fire Alarms Across SF A faulty software update to a widely used piece of cybersecurity software has been causing widespread problems across the globe Friday, including flight cancellations and delays, 911 system failures, banking system crashes, and more.
SF News 23-Year-Old Man Arrested at SFO For Alleged Smuggling of 6 Kilos of Meth to Australia A Los Angeles man was arrested two weeks ago after he was caught by the TSA at SFO trying transport six kilograms of methamphetamine to Australia.
SF News SFO Runway to Reopen Ahead of Schedule This Month, Ending Months of Flight Delays Runway 28L at SFO, which has been closed since mid-January while construction crews have been making design improvements to two taxiways that should hopefully mean higher safety standards for planes moving around the airport.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Final Section of Harvey Milk Terminal to Open In June A big rig carrying 73,000 pounds of rice overturned in Oakland near the Bay Bridge this morning; the number of homeless families living in SF has doubled; and the last renovated section of Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at SFO opens on June 11.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Airport Went and Did It, Officially Approved ‘San Francisco' Name Change PG&E got their controversial “flat fee” rate change approved; a Piedmont man got no jail time for a fatal hit-and-run; and Oakland’s airport officially changed its name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.”
SF News Jetway Collapses at SFO, Damaging Hawaiian Airlines Jet A jet bridge collapsed last Thursday at SFO, just before a deplaning process was about to begin for an arriving Hawaiian Airlines flight from Maui.
SF News San Francisco Has Filed Its Promised Lawsuit Against Oakland and Its Port Commission Over Airport Renaming As expected, the City of San Francisco has filed a trademark infringement suit against the Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners and the City of Oakland over a plan to rename Oakland Airport.
SF News Oakland Port Commissioners Vote to Change Airport Name, Setting Up Legal Battle With San Francisco The Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners took their controversial vote on Thursday, and it was unanimous. They want to change the name of Oakland Airport to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport," and San Francisco is going to have some words with them.
SF News SF City Attorney Threatens Lawsuit Over Plan to Add 'San Francisco' to Oakland Airport Name The situation has heated up a week after Port of Oakland officials suggested they wanted to rebrand Oakland Airport by adding "San Francisco Bay" to its name. Now San Francisco is threatening legal action.
SF News United Airlines Jet Clips Wing of Another United Jet at SFO In yet another incident involving a United Airlines plane at SFO, a jet pulling into the gate Thursday night clipped the wing of another plane, causing the two planes to be temporarily stuck together.
SF News Toilet Overflows Into Cabin In Latest United Airlines Disaster on SFO-Bound Boeing Jet United Airlines really managed to outdo themselves with their latest mechanical problem this weekend, as a flight bound for SFO had to be diverted because of sewage flowing into the flight cabin.
