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.
SF News SFO Officials Push Back On Proposed Name Change For Oakland Airport Oakland Airport has been seeking ways to boost its profile among travelers, and on Friday the Port of Oakland announced that it was considering a name change to incorporate "San Francisco" into the name. And officials at SFO are not having it.
SF News Another United Flight From SFO Has Engine Issues, Has to Be Diverted to Denver The steady stream of mechanical problems with Boeing jets on United Airlines continues, this time with a Thursday night flight to Paris that only made it as far as Denver, because of engine issues.
Business & Tech Denver-Bound United Flight Out of SFO Suffers Bird Strike, Returns to Gate After Takeoff Another United flight out of SFO had an issue on Saturday morning, but this one was due to natural causes, or, rather, a random collision with nature.
SF News Lyft Driver Loses Job, Charged With Federal Hate Crime for Punching SFO Rider Who He Thought Was Jewish A 39-year-old Daly City man is no longer a Lyft driver after he allegedly punched a rider who he perceived to be Jewish at SF International Airport, and now he’s facing a possible 10-year prison sentence on federal hate crime charges.
SF News Gaza Ceasefire Protesters Block Security Gates at SFO International Terminal A protest arrived at the International Terminal at SFO Wednesday morning, with protesters calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
SF News Japan-Bound United Airlines Flight Out of SFO Loses Tire During Takeoff, Gets Diverted to LAX A United Airlines flight leaving SFO had a problem during takeoff on Thursday and ended up being quickly diverted to Los Angeles.
SF News Video: Man Arrested After Shrieking Freakout at SFO Ticket Counter A man who appeared to be in the throes of a mental health crisis, perhaps brought on by the stresses of travel, was seen shrieking in the faces of ticket agents at the Frontier Airlines counter at SFO recently.
SF News SFO's International Terminal to Be Named After Dianne Feinstein, Pending Final Board Approval The San Francisco Airport Commission has taken its vote and, predictably, it has unanimously approved the renaming of the International Terminal at SFO after the late Senator Dianne Feinstein.
SF News BART Announces the Next Eight Stations Getting Those ‘Evasion-Proof’ Fare Gates The new and supposedly gatehopping-proof BART fare gates are already in use at the West Oakland station, and now BART has announced the next eight stations that will get them. Of course, SF’s notorious Civic Center station is on the list.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hundreds of SFO Flights Delayed, Rain Floods Some SF Streets Monday’s rain caused notable flooding on a few SF streets; longtime SF favorite Jeffrey’s Toys says it’s in danger of closing; and more than 300 flights were delayed at SFO today.
SF News Bid to Rename SFO's International Terminal After Dianne Feinstein Gets First Hearing Next Month An effort to put late Senator Dianne Feinstein's name on one of the terminals at San Francisco International Airport will be having its first hearing next month at the Airport Commission.
SF News JetBlue Plane Collides With Pushback Vehicle at SFO, No One Injured There were a few delays Monday at SFO due to a minor crash between a JetBlue jet and a towing vehicle that was helping the jet push back from a gate, and all the passengers had to deplane.
SF News San Francisco-Bound Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Off-Duty Pilot Disrupts Engines A scary situation unfolded in the cockpit of an SFO-bound Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday, when an off-duty pilot traveling on a jump seat in the cockpit allegedly attempted to bring down the plane.
Business & Tech United Airlines to Start Boarding People With Window Seats First, Aisle Seats Last Hallelujah! United Airlines is soon going to implement a new boarding procedure that it previously tested at a handful of airports, boarding economy passengers with window seats first in order to cut down on boarding time.
