Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Kenny Alley, Holiday Architecture Book Fair, and Oakland’s Last Old Redwood This week: Where to find ladybugs in Oakland, Oakland’s “Old Survivor” redwood. Napa Valley holiday wine train, tea round-up, holiday architecture book sale, award-winning molé sauce, ancestral quilts, and Bruce Lee’s time on Bay Area streets.
Business & Tech DoorDash Wins Its Appeal to Test Food Delivery Drones in the Mission, and the Teamsters Aren’t Happy Delivery platform DoorDash bought a warehouse at 16th and Folsom to test delivery drones, but the Teamsters challenged their permit on zoning grounds. Now the drones will fly, after the SF Board of Appeals shot down the Teamsters' appeal.
SF News What We Know About the Fatal Mission District Shooting Early Sunday A shooting on 16th Street in SF's Mission District Saturday night/early Sunday left one person dead and another critically wounded, and the crime may have been caught on camera by a passing Waymo.
SF News Sunday Links: One Person Dies in Double Shooting in SF’s Mission District, Suspect Arrested The adult victim in last Saturday’s shooting near the Ocean Beach Safeway was shot through his window; tickets are now on sale for SF Sketchfest 2026; and two people were shot at 16th and Mission early Sunday, one person has died and a suspect arrested.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sons & Daughters Debuts New Digs, In the Former Osito Space, This Weekend Michelin two-starred restaurant Sons & Daughters, which transitioned in recent years from modern California cuisine to New Nordic under executive chef and co-owner Harrison Cheney, is about to transition again into much larger, swankier digs in the Mission District.
SF News Sunday Links: Former Employees Arrested, Suspected of Planning Condor Club Manager’s Death SFMTA announced there have been no reports of ICE on Muni despite concerns; Authorities in Monterey County are searching for two 12-year-old runaways involved in two hit-and-runs; and two former employees of Condor Club manager Mark Calcagni are suspected in his killing.
Arts & Entertainment Spike Lee Receives Mill Valley Film Fest Award, Suddenly Recalls He Made ‘Sucker Free City’ Esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee received a Tribute Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival this weekend. While on stage with Oakland-based actor Delroy Lindo, who starred in four of Lee’s films, Lee suddenly remembered he directed the 2004 film 'Sucker Free City.'
SF News San Francisco's Only Adult LGBTQ Homeless Shelter Doubles Number of Beds, Triples in Size LGBTQ homeless shelter, Jazzie’s Place, received an $18 million city grant to triple its size and increase its beds from 24 to 50, six of them for non-LGBTQ residents. It also added lockers with phone chargers and bathrooms with ADA-accessible showers and changing rooms.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Domestic Battery, But Not Charged The man from the viral “Blinking White Guy” meme lives in SF; the perpetrator of a Hayward murder-suicide was fighting with his parents over his hygiene; and the sheriff’s department is investigating a deputy accused of domestic battery.
SF News Saturday Links: Climber’s Death on El Capitan Inadvertently Livestreamed by TikToker One speed camera in SF’s South Beach generates a quarter of the city’s tickets; a fake Mission District lawyer and MAGA supporter won’t stop giving legal advice to immigrants; and the sole witness to climber Balin Miller’s death also livestreamed it.
SF News Saturday Links: New State Legislation Bolsters Access to Reproductive Care, Privacy Protections BART is now collaborating with Baggu after voicing displeasure with the brand’s unauthorized use of its logo; a person was critically injured in a shooting at SF’s Civic Center Friday; and Newsom signed new bills that strengthen reproductive health access and privacy protections.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Michelle Tea’s 'Valencia,' Boozie Brunch, Culinary Cinema, and California Turns 175 This week: Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ turns 25, and California turns 175; Boozie Brunch boosts local restaurants while Culinary Cinema pairs films with three-course meals; a state park thrives post-wildfire and Point Molate is opening to the public; plus, puppy yoga, cat Pilates, and Bay Area makers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Upscale Billiards Lounge, With Cocktails, Debuts In the Mission District A new upscale billiards lounge with a cocktail bar has just opened on Mission Street, in the space that was formerly home to ECHO nightclub.
Business & Tech Former Stuff Vendor to Open New Mission Offshoot Billed as Largest Vintage Consignment Shop In the Bay Area The beloved vintage houseware consignment shop / full-time flea market Stuff, which closed its Valencia Street location in January 2024 due to a rent hike, lives on in two locations now, but a third will bring the business back to the Mission.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland Police Seize 27 Guns in Weeklong East Oakland Arrest Sweep California and several other states are suing the federal government over its restrictions on gender-affirming youth care; Oakland's animal shelter can no longer accept all animals due to a 40% surge; and 27 guns were seized and multiple felony arrests were made in East Oakland this week.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: The Tanforan Memorial’s Legacy, Isaac Julien’s Dreamscape, and '9 to 5'’s SF Roots Field Notes highlights the Tanforan Memorial’s history, Isaac Julien’s cinematic art at the de Young, SF’s cameo in 9 to 5, Pescadero’s coastal charm, and Charlie’s Café—a vibrant Mission District spot bringing people together with food and music.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump’s DC Parade Falls Flat as Crowd Leaves Before Speeches Begin, 'Log-Jamming' Exits The gunman in the politically motivated Minnesota assassination is still believed to be in the Midwest; SFPD apprehended a hit-and-run driver during Saturday's No Kings protest; and Trump's military parade was a bit lackluster with attendees leaving early.
SF News Thousands Pack the Mission for Peaceful ICE Protest; SFPD Pulls Pepper Spray On Separate, Smaller Civic Center Protest As many as 10,000 protesters jammed the streets of the Mission District Monday night in yet more public opposition to ICE actions in California, but a small splinter group hit Civic Center late at night, leading to arrests and SFPD pepper sprayings.
Arts & Entertainment SF Porchfest Returns Saturday to Rock Out the Mission District with Lo-Fi Magic The seventh annual DIY “front porch” music festival SF Porchfest brings 74 live acts to 13 stages (well, porches) in the Mission District on Saturday, in what will be the biggest SF Porchfest ever held.
SF News SF City Hall Approves Mission Apartment Building, Despite Outrage That Landlord Is Profiting Off Fatal Fire The site of a deadly 2015 fire at Mission and 22nd streets has sat vacant and swampy for ten years, but the landlord whose neglect allegedly caused that fire has been rewarded with permission to build a fancier and more lucrative 10-story replacement.
SF News Residents In Hayes Valley and Near 16th and Mission Complain About Approach to Shuffling Drug Trade Around Gatherings of habitual drug users and dealers that used to occur primarily on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin have shifted to other neighborhoods thanks to the mayor and SFPD's "cleanup" efforts, and neighbors on one Mission alley are protesting.
SF News SFPD Arrests 21-Year-Old Suspect In Mission District Murder of Teen A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night in Novato in connection with a murder that occurred last Friday in SF's Mission District.
SF News Dr. Oz Pops Into SF’s Mission District, Visits Senior Care Facility and Actually Says Nice Things About It Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Dr. Mehmet Oz was in SF’s Mission District and Tenderloin, of all places, this week, with a visit and glowing remarks about a senior care facility on 30th Street.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Brucato, a New Restaurant and Distillery Tasting Room, Opening Next Month In the Mission A trendy new local maker of excellent amari — Italian-style, herbal digestif and aperitif liqueurs — Brucato Amaro, has set an opening date for their first tasting room, which is doubling as a full-service restaurant and cocktail bar.
SF News New 16th Street Police Presence Just Moving Blight to Nearby Alleys, Residents Say The hulking police RV and crew of officers now stationed at 16th and Mission may have cleaned up that one corner, but has moved new pockets of crime and drug bazaars to nearby small alleys, making life for residents there a newfound hell.
