SF News Tropical Storm Mario Headed in Our Direction, Might Bring Dry Thunder, Lightning Along with the heat wave that’s expected Monday, Tropical Storm Mario, which briefly died then came back to life, could hit the Bay Area late Wednesday and into Thursday. The storm might produce some dry thunderstorms and a small amount of rain that's unlikely to hit the ground.
SF News Family of Deceased SFPD Recruit Orders Second Autopsy, Hires Lawyer Who Won Cases Against LAPD The family of Jon-Marques Psalms are ordering a second autopsy after the medical examiner’s report confirmed he died as a result of a high-intensity training exercise at the SF Police Academy. The family’s attorney says Psalms was tackled and disarmed by an opponent wearing a padded “RedMan” suit.
SF News Sideshow Spectator Dies After Attempting to Jump Between Freeway Ramps in East Bay A person attending a sideshow fell to their death early Saturday morning while attempting to jump across a gap between freeway ramps in the East Bay suburb of Crockett. More than 200 people attended the event, which consisted of around 150 cars.
SF News Sunday Links: Small Businesses Say Google Misled Them Into Opposing New Privacy Law California tied with Louisiana for highest poverty rate in the US; lawmakers passed a bill that would protect the state’s vaccines from federal interference; and Google told small businesses Assembly Bill 566 would hurt their online ad reach.
SF News 3 People in Overturned Kayaks Rescued From McCovey Cove During Giants-Dodgers Game Nearby kayakers and a boat emblazoned with the Ghostbusters logo came to the aid of three people whose kayaks overturned while they were watching the Giants-Dodgers game Saturday. The Giants lost the game, 13-7.
SF News Oakland-Based Platform Accused of Stiffing Nonprofits Thousands of Dollars, Has F Rating Numerous nonprofits are saying Oakland-based donation processing platform, Flipcause, mishandled their funds, costing them thousands of dollars. The company currently has 81 unresolved Better Business Bureau complaints.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch Ballhalla DJs and Jalapeño Guy bring the beats, while Transit Month rolls on with art, walks, and the Worm Run. Add temple brunch, Doors Open tours, a rediscovered Coppola short, open studios, Black Neighborhood hikes, and a garter snake revival.
SF News Saturday Links: State Bill Would Relax Height Limits Within Half-Mile of Transit Hubs About 100 people gathered to protest the detainment of a 73-year-old grandmother Friday night; SFUSD said it will fill its vacant school crossing guard roles by the end of the year; and a new bill would allow for apartment buildings up to nine stories adjacent to transit stations.
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.
Arts & Entertainment Vacant Haight Street Dispensary Space Now Home to Once-Bankrupt Marijuana Company Eaze The former Berner’s on Haight dispensary was Haight Street’s first legal dispensary, changed its name to Blaze on Haight, and then went out of business. Now it’s open again under the brand Eaze, who themselves declared bankruptcy earlier this year.
Arts & Entertainment 'The Reservoir' at Berkeley Rep Plumbs the Depths of Addiction and Familial Love Berkeley Rep's 2025-26 season opened this week with playwright Jake Brasch's semi-autobiographical play 'The Reservoir,' which is an unconventional, mostly unsentimental examination of the parallels between severe alcoholism and dementia.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Beer and More Beer East Brother Beer Co. brings the Rec Room to the Metreon, Park Station debuts in Alameda, and Hon's Wun-Tun House expands to the Sunset, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment Flower Piano 2025 Now Underway In Golden Gate Park, and Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary Twelve pianos are now placed in Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden to host more than 100 performers over the next two weekends, and it’s the 10th anniversary of this extraordinarily charming fall event.
SF News Expect the Heat to Return to the Bay Area Monday and Tuesday San Francisco's first significant bout of "real summer" or "September summer" looks to be headed here on Monday, with the possibility of those unsettling offshore winds that leave the city feeling hot hot hot.
SF News Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Plan Narrowly Passes Planning Commission, Right Along Party Lines A ten-hour-long Planning Commission meeting allowed Mayor Lurie’s “family zoning” plan to clear its first legislative hurdle on Thursday, but the SF Board of Supervisors seems primed to add a ton of amendments to the ambitious upzoning proposal.
SF News Two Zizian Defendants Back In Solano County Court, One Seeking New Attorney There has been some movement in the cases of the multiple people tied to a small but violent, cult-like group that originated in the Bay Area several years ago. And two suspects were back in court this week in Solano County.
SF News UC Berkeley Hands Feds List of 160 Allegedly ‘Anti-Semitic’ Students and Staff, in Total Capitulation to Trump After months of pressure from the Trump administration, UC Berkeley has handed the feds a list of 160 students and faculty accused of “anti-semitism,” with no detail on what merits this allegation, and it’s probably just Palestine protests.
SF News BART to Pay $6.75M to Settle Lawsuit From Woman Shot By BART Police In Union City A woman who was pulled over by BART police last November and accused of doing donuts in a station parking lot, and who then tried to drive away from officers, ended up shot three times, and now she is getting a significant legal settlement.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: 22-Year-Old Arrested In Kirk Shooting A 22-year-old Utah man with apparent anti-fascist views has been taken into custody for the murder of Charlie Kirk; a woman found dead in a Napa hotel appears to have taken her own life; and a new park opens on Treasure Island Saturday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Uh-Oh, Brock Purdy Is Injured, Could Be Out for Up to Five Weeks A dead body was found Thursday morning in the Berkeley Marina; an East Bay elementary school has a flea infestation; and Brock Purdy is out this Sunday and maybe longer with multiple injuries.
SF News Father of Man Killed at Burning Man Implores Trump and FBI to Intervene in Homicide Investigation Nearly two weeks after the suspected murder of a Russian national at Burning Man, the victim’s father in Russia is calling on President Trump and the FBI to get more involved with the seemingly stalled investigation.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Final Game Tonight Determines Who They Play in the Playoffs, and the Game’s on KPIX Thursday night’s Golden State Valkyries game will determine whether their playoff matchup will be against the #1 team in the WNBA, or a red-hot team on a 15-game winning streak, or a team they might stand a pretty good chance against.
Arts & Entertainment 'Shucked' at the Curran Is a Pun-a-Minute, Corn-y Good Time 'Shucked,' a new Broadway musical that delighted audiences in New York in 2023, arrived in San Francisco this week on its first national tour, and it's a genuinely funny, light-hearted treat of a show in an old-timey vein.
SF News BART Board Does Some Grilling, Managers Give Some Explanation About Last Week's Systemwide Meltdown Today was a BART directors board meeting day, and it fell just six days afer the transit system experienced a systemwide meltdown just before the morning commute — for the second time in four months.
Arts & Entertainment ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ at the Victoria Theatre Works All Day as a Screwball 1980s Nostalgia Romp Dolly Parton herself wrote the music to ‘9 to 5:The Musical,’ running this month at the Victoria Theatre, a slapstick revue featuring over-the-top wigs and a comedic commitment to specifically recreating the year 1980.
