SF Politics Feds Reveal New Allegations Against Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as Informant Takes Guilty Plea We now know that the key informant in the federal bribery and corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner, and a father-son business duo has pleaded guilty himself, and more details in the case have emerged.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pixar Layoffs Were Delivered Via ‘Elastigirl’ Letterhead At-large Oakland City Council member Rowena Brown says she was assaulted and robbed by an acquaintance; a Ukrainian woman was detained by ICE at SFO; and Pixar delivered its layoff notices on letterhead featuring Mrs. Incredible.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Firefighter Revives Pigeon With Oxygen Mask In Viral Video Two of Amazon's Bay Area delivery partners are closing; a San Jose man was arrested in connection to a crash that killed a woman and her baby in December; and a firefighter came to the rescue of a pigeon.
SF News Why So Many Girls and Young Women Can't Escape Sex Trafficking on Oakland's International Boulevard Victims of sex trafficking on Oakland's International Boulevard often struggle to escape, while recent changes to a state loitering law intended to protect sex workers have made it more difficult for police to pursue traffickers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Seizes Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Meth on SF’s Nob Hill California will begin sending DMV data to the feds as part of Real ID requirements; Oakland's city council voted to approve those sex-work barriers off International Boulevard; and three people were arrested and large quantities of narcotics were seized.
SF News Illegal Fireworks Ignite Tree, Damage Vehicles In East Oakland Neighborhood An East Oakland family saw two of their vehicles damaged by a fire that was sparked by illegal fireworks Saturday night.
SF News Sex Trafficking Sting Tied to World Cup Tourism Leads to Five Arrests, Rescue of Oakland Minor In collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, the SFPD arrested five suspects in three separate World Cup-related sex trafficking stings and provided assistance and resources to survivors, including a minor from Oakland.
SF News Oakland Auto Glass Repair Shops Say Business Slow Due to Fewer Car Break-Ins A decrease in Oakland smash-and-grabs and vandalism has led to a downturn in business for local auto glass repair shops, which report that cracked windshields from road debris are now a more reliable source of revenue.
SF News Laney-Merritt Colleges Approve Merger Amid Faculty, Student Pushback In an effort to address steep enrollment declines, Merritt and Laney colleges announced the approval of plans to merge under the new “Oakland City College” name by next fall, while keeping both campuses open — a move that some students and faculty say left them blindsided.
SF News Day Around the Bay: All BART Stations In San Francisco Now Have Free Wi-Fi A giant Musk inflatable flew over NYC’s Times Square Thursday; a local nurse and TikTok creator was identified as the victim in a fatal shooting in downtown Oakland; and free Wi-Fi is now available at all of SF’s BART stations ahead of the World Cup.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Adds Extra Security For First Fridays Event After Multiple Violent Incidents Oakland officials and law enforcement are bolstering security for tonight's First Fridays event, after several post-event incidents in which violence has broken out near the event area.
SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay Activists Hold ‘Die-In’ Amid Medi-Cal, CalFresh Cuts Two East Bay middle school students had to be airlifted to a burn center after a spill in their science lab; a tank containing toxic chemicals in Southern California is under threat of exploding at any moment; and activists held a protest in East Oakland over cuts to government programs.
Arts & Entertainment Zendaya and Tom Holland Adopt New Dog at Oakland Shelter Zendaya and Tom Holland recently adopted their third dog from a shelter while visiting Zendaya's family in Oakland.
SF News Oakland Sees 20% Drop In Homelessness, Alameda County Sees 13% Drop In Latest Count A drop in the number of homeless individuals on the streets may be a regional trend as we see Alameda County is reporting a decline similar to one seen in San Francisco over the last two years.
SF News Top Oakland Official Resigns Over Inappropriate Texts About Female Staff Members Oakland’s city administrator resigned Friday after text messages between him and a top lieutenant were made public discussing female employees and colleagues in degrading ways.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 23 People Charged In Sunday’s Bay Bridge Dirt Bike Takeover Eighteen people contracted legionella infections from an outbreak linked to Kaiser's Santa Clara Medical Center; the Trump administration wants to allow sending guns through the mail; and Oakland police charged 23 people in connection to the Bay Bridge takeover Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Another Oakland First Friday Sparks Violence, Street Fights, and Organizers Again Defend the Event Oakland First Fridays, an event that began as a beloved, arts-driven street fair that activated a long dormant Uptown, continues to attract and/or inspire conflicts among attendees, and last Friday's was no exception.
SF News Driver Strikes Multiple Pedestrians on Sidewalk In Oakland Then Flees Scene Seven people were injured, two of them critically injured, after a driver allegedly struck them on the sidewalk in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood Saturday in an early morning hit-and-run.
SF News Thieves Steal Band’s U-Haul Full of Gear In Oakland In Under Two Minutes LA-based band Moonchild, who were scheduled to play in Berkeley Wednesday, said they were aware of the Bay Area’s reputation for car break-ins but didn’t anticipate thieves would make off with their entire U-Haul of gear.
SF News Catholic Diocese of Oakland to Close 13 East Bay Churches Amid Lawsuits As the Catholic Diocese of Oakland faces mounting debt over the hundreds of child sexual assault lawsuits filed against its clergy members in recent years, the diocese announced the closure of over a dozen locations in the East Bay.
SF News Federal Judge Rejects Motion By Sheng Thao and Co-Defendants to Toss Evidence In Corruption Case The judge in the federal corruption trial involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants has denied a motion by the defendants to toss evidence that they say was obtained inappropriately by investigators.
SF News Oakland to Try Using Street Barriers to Curb Sex Work In 'The Blade' The city of Oakland is going to take a page out of San Francisco's playbook to try to discourage sex-work activity on a notorious section of International Boulevard.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump Signs Order to Fast-Track Psychedelic Research for PTSD, Addiction Eight children and teens were killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana; UK officials are investigating the death of a British athlete who was killed while filming an immersive series for AppleTV; and Trump signed an executive order to fund and loosen restrictions on psychedelic research.
Arts & Entertainment New Mural at Oakland Ice Center Pays Tribute to Skaters Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi Bay Area artist Julie Engelmann completed a new 100-foot mural on the exterior of Oakland Ice Center honoring Olympic figure skaters, Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi, who both trained there during their professional careers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Details Revealed In Oakland Coffee Shop Owner’s Disappearance New state legislation could lower residents’ PG&E bills by 30%; more people have been spotted paying for signatures on petitions relating to the billionaire tax; and new information has been provided on the disappearance of Amy Hillyard.
