Business & Tech Elon Musk Wants to Open One of Those Tesla Diners in the Bay Area Well look who wants to open a business in California now, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it “makes sense” to build one of his Tesla Diner locations in Palo Alto, in addition to the one that opened in LA this summer.
SF News Feds Launch New Tesla Probe After Several Cars Run Red Lights, Veer Into Traffic in Self-Driving Mode NHTSA opened its third probe into Tesla of the year. The agency said it's received 58 reports of the manufacturer’s "Full Self-Driving" system ignoring red and green lights, veering into oncoming traffic while changing lanes, and using the incorrect lane to turn or go straight.
SF News 2024 SF Tesla Arsonist Found Guilty on 10 Counts, Because He Torched Six Other Cars Too The man arrested for torching two Teslas within a block of each other in SoMa on the same night in early 2024 was indeed a serial carsonist, as he was just found guilty at trial of also having torched five other cars the week before.
SF News Parents of College Students Killed in Piedmont Cybertruck Crash Sue Tesla, Say Kids Were Trapped in Burning Car The lawsuits against Tesla seemed likely after three college students died in a burning Cybertruck in Piedmont, and the parents of the victims say the doors of the Cybertruck would not open as the vehicle burned.
SF News Tesla Driver In Deadly January SoMa Crash Charged on Six Counts, But Judge Releases Him From Jail A 67-year-old man has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter for a January crash that killed a man and a dog plus injured seven people, but a judge just released him from jail, and his Tesla may have been at fault.
SF News Tesla to Redesign Door Handles Following 140 Reports of Trapped Occupants, Feds Investigating Tesla is reconfiguring its car door handles so occupants can more easily unlock them manually when the power fails. This follows a report revealing more than 140 complaints of failed locks, which prompted the launch of a federal investigation Monday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawmakers OK Bill to Rollback Cannabis Tax to 15%, Awaiting Newsom’s Approval Valkyries Coach Natalie Nakase was awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ and Vs guard Veronica Burton received ‘Most Improved Player;’ nasal sprays containing azelastine may help prevent contracting COVID-19; and the state excise tax on cannabis could go back down to 15% from the current 19% soon.
Business & Tech Tesla Opens Up Robotoaxi App to All In SF, But Can They Even Do That? Tesla is pushing ahead with its Robotaxi service in SF, despite what we thought were a lot more regulatory hurdles that, as far as we know, Tesla's autonomous taxis have not actually gone through.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Driver Appears to Nap on MacArthur Maze, Sparks Outrage The former Delta pilot who was arrested for child sexual abuse at SFO in July appeared in court Friday; it's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast; and a Tesla driver appeared to be snoozing behind the wheel last week.
SF News Truck Carrying Tesla Batteries Overturns on I-80 Near Truckee, Prompting Complex Cleanup A big rig carrying a load of Tesla batteries went off the freeway and overturned, and now westbound I-80 is seeing some significant delays near Truckee.
SF News Sunday Links: Tesla Ordered to Pay $243M in Fatal Florida Crash Involving Autopilot Software The dog stories continue this weekend with Pacifica's World Dog Surfing Championships highlights; two former San Ramon students were paid $7 million in a settlement over a sexual abuse case involving a teacher; and Tesla was found partly liable in a 2019 autopilot crash in Miami.
Business & Tech Tesla Rolls Out Ride-Hail Service In Bay Area, Careful Not to Call It 'Robotaxi' So, it seems that Tesla still doesn't have permits to operate a self-driving taxi service in California. But after launching just such a service for a select few users in Austin, the company appears to be doing the same thing in the Bay Area, but here they're not calling it self-driving.
Business & Tech Tesla Is Maybe Launching Robotaxis In San Francisco This Weekend, For Testing An internal memo apparently informed Tesla employees that the company was planning to put its robotaxis, with drivers behind the wheel, on the streets of San Francisco this weekend — but do they even have a permit for this?
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink That Tesla-Branded Diner Has Opened In LA, and Predictably It Is Being Yelp-Bombed The 24-hour Tesla Diner just opened earlier this week in West Hollywood, serving smashburgers, hot dogs, chicken and waffles, breakfast tacos, and more. But apparently you can't park there unless you drive a Tesla.
Business & Tech Tesla Lawsuit Underway That Could Temporarily Yank Its License to Operate in California State Attorney General Rob Bonta has Tesla in his crosshairs, and is aiming to temporarily suspend the company’s ability to do business in California, charging that Tesla’s “autopilot” and “full self-driving capability” claims are misleading bunk.
Business & Tech Musk Threatens to Bring Tesla's LiDAR-Free Robotaxis to Bay Area Within Months Lest we thought that Elon Musk was finally done with the Bay Area, having closed down Xitter's offices and moved several of his companies to Texas, he's now claiming that Tesla's robotaxis will be coming to compete with Waymo soon.
SF News Saturday Links: Tesla Driver Rescued After Car Hangs Over 200-Foot Cliff at Devil’s Slide Caltrain is increasing its rates by 25 cents starting Tuesday; East Bay Blue Bottle workers are unionizing; and a Tesla driver was rescued after the vehicle was found dangling over a 200-foot cliff at Devil's Slide — held up by a single tree.
SF News Heir to Hills Bros. Coffee Fortune ID'd as Owner of Tesla Parked In Alta Plaza, Arrested In Bizarre East Bay Incident We're now getting some clues about that Tesla that was found parked in the middle of a walkway in Alta Plaza Park last week, and it appears linked to a local resident from a prominent family who may be in the midst of a mental health crisis.
SF News A (Probably Drunk) Tesla Driver Parked Their Car In the Middle of Alta Plaza Park Someone managed to drive their Tesla Model S into the middle of Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights overnight and left it there.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Lost $150 Billion In Value Today Amidst Trump-Musk Spat Mayor Daniel Lurie surprisingly slammed the Twitter tax break; a new trove of unearthed Sly and the Family Stone recordings is coming out this summer; and Tesla lost $150 billion in value just today over that whole hilarious Trump vs. Elon skirmish.
SF News Driver Blames Tesla in Deadly January SoMa Crash, 20 Traffic Violations Linked to Same Name New details have emerged about the January SoMa crash that killed Mikhael Romanenko and his dog, injured seven others, and was perpetrated by a driver who may have at least 20 prior traffic violations—who now claims the Tesla accelerated on its own.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Dispensary Near Tesla Dealership Offers Discount Joints to Protesters Japantown’s Japan Video and Media is closing today; the brutalist and fugly Vaillancourt Fountain appears further doomed; and a pot dispensary near the SF Tesla dealership enticed customers with 20% discounts to anti-Elon protesters.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Electric Jeep Catches Fire While Charging At Google Campus, Spreads To Other Cars A Boston man was arrested in the Bay Area for smuggling Irish nationals into the US; a boat containing 30 humanitarians, including Greta Thunberg, was reportedly attacked by Israeli drones; and four vehicles were destroyed on Google's campus.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Bibliophiles Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day Saturday As Amazon Holds Overlapping Sale A former San Bruno elementary school teacher was sentenced to 25 years in prison for molesting four of his students; Cornell removed Kehlani from its Slope Day lineup due to her pro-Palestine views; and Amazon is holding a major sale the same time as Independent Bookstore Day.
SF News Idiot From Modesto In a Company-Owned Cybertruck Gives Nazi Salute, Sparks Internet Rage A guy who had the misfortune of riding around in a Cybertruck in 2025 San Francisco and decided he was annoyed with people making unkind gestures at him gave a Nazi salute out the car's window, and it was caught on video.
