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.
Business & Tech Tesla Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit From Fremont Factory Worker, Still Has More Discrimination Suits Pending One former Fremont Tesla factory employee has received a settlement in a three-year-old lawsuit over alleged racially charged workplace incidents. But there are still more big lawsuits against Tesla looming, including a class-action suit from 16,000 Black workers.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Officials Introduce Bill Prohibiting ICE From California Schools Without Warrant California Tesla owners claim that Tesla alters odometers to speed up warranty expiration; police were called to three different Bay Area schools on Friday; and officials have introduced a bill keeping ICE off CA school campuses.
SF News Sunday Links: Hundreds Attend Juanita More’s People’s March, Dance Party, For Democracy Hundreds marched and danced during the annual People's March for Democracy; ICE now has access to the records of undocumented immigrants under federal investigation; and a 64-year-old man reportedly propositioned two underage girls in Petaluma.
SF News Tesla Cybertruck Vandal, Seen on Video, Sought In Novato An individual who creeped into a Tesla Cybertruck owner's driveway in Novato over the weekend and vandalized the vehicle is being sought by Novato police.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oh, No: Tartine Investor Involved In Elon Musk's LA Diner/Drive-In Project Well, it's been a minute since Tartine Bakery was making headlines for its unionization dispute. And now that everything associated with Elon Musk has the stink of Trumpian Republicans, a Tartine partner getting in bed with Musk is not a good look.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 'Tesla Takedown' Events Planned Around Bay Protests at Tesla dealerships are happening across the country today; Gov. Newsom issued an executive order to expedite the undergrounding of power lines; five Kohl's stores are closing around the Bay.
SF News Humpday Headlines: A Tesla Drive-In Movie Theater? A judge could decide the fate of the VTA workers' strike; The Atlantic has published all of the Signal thread from those Trump officials; and Elon Musk is looking to open a Tesla charging station that doubles as a 24-hour diner and drive-in theater.
SF News Watch: Older Woman In Berkeley Gives a Whoopin’ to Pro-Trump Counterprotester Who Tried to Stun-Gun Her The Bay Area’s latest viral video star is a woman who opened a can of whoop-ass on some young Trumper half her age after he tried to stun-gun her at a Berkeley Tesla protest Saturday.
SF News Man Arrested In San Jose For Allegedly Keying a Tesla, as Seen In Viral Video A probably politically motivated act of vandalism has resulted in an arrest in San Jose, after a man seen in a viral video keying a Tesla in a Costco parking lot has been taken into custody.
SF News Saturday Links: Tesla Driver Arrested For DUI After Crashing Into Muni Train, Destroying Transit Stop A Tesla driver who crashed into a Muni train was arrested under suspicion of driving while intoxicated; helicopters have been banned from Washington DC airport; and a Walnut Creek nine-year-old is the youngest person to complete a BART speedrun.
SF News Turns Out That Tesla Showroom on Van Ness Is Operating Without Proper Permitting Here’s the latest from the department of government inefficiency: the Van Ness Tesla showroom that’s been the site of Elon Musk protests also lacks its permit approvals, though it seems the Department of Building Inspection just dropped the ball.
SF News Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three The Highway Patrol’s investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.
SF News Sunday Links: The US Army Is Using 'CamoGPT' To Omit DEI References From Training Materials The US Army is using an aptly named bot called 'CamoGBT'; 350 protestors in Manhattan shut down the Tesla showroom, resulting in six arrests; and SF's 20-something population is declining more quickly than other cities.
SF News Saturday Links: Arson and Vandalism Abound At Tesla Sites Nationwide And In France Seven Telsa charging stations in Boston and a Tesla dealership in France were set on fire; sources say the Trump administration has been falsely flagging the business expenses of USAID and EPA employees as "fraud;" and Walgreens has been acquired by a private equity firm.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Tesla Owners Increasingly Face Harassment Tesla owners in the Bay Area are loading up on anti-Elon bumper stickers to avoid harassment; VTA workers may be striking next week; and another new Costco opening draws whiskey lovers to line up for deals.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Elvira Donates Tesla With 'Elon Sux' Painted On It To NPR Trump issued an executive order calling for swathes of US national forests to be used for timber; Elvira donated her Tesla to NPR while wearing a "Make America Goth Again" hat; and a San Mateo substitute teacher was arrested for possession of child pornography.
SF News Scenes From Saturday's Protest at SF's Tesla Showroom Yesterday‘s rally at SF’s Tesla showroom had another large turnout with protesters crowded around the intersection and in the center island on Van Ness. The energy was lively as participants chanted and waved to drivers who honked encouragingly, along with the occasional dog, barking in solidarity.
SF News Meet The Organizer Who Turned The Tesla Showroom Into a Weekly Protest Hub Patty Moddelmog has been spearheading Saturday protests outside the Tesla showroom in SF, and about 200 people showed up last week, with the Brass Liberation Orchestra adding a tuba bass line to chants like, “People over profit, stop the coup!"
