SF News

Day Around the Bay: Cybertruck Gets Stuck In Lake Mud Near Truckee

Two suspects from Vallejo have been arrested in connection with an April 13 murder in Vacaville; details have emerged about a South Lake Tahoe party where four died; and a foolish Cybertruck owner tried to take "Wade Mode" too far.

SF News

Wow, It’s Now Been Five Whole Years Since JFK Drive Went Car-Free

Golden Gate Park's east-west road formerly known as JFK Drive, now known as JFK Promenade, celebrated its five-year anniversary as a car-free thoroughfare with a Sunday party.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Mission District’s Beauty Bar Reopening Soon, Getting Its Mural Fully Restored

We’re looking at a June reopening date for Mission Street’s beloved kitschy nightclub Beauty Bar, which will be under new ownership, and it’s getting its popular mural redone by the same artist who originally painted it ten years ago.

SF Politics

Amid Layoffs and Leadership Change, SF Parks Alliance Appears Under Financial Strain

A local nonprofit that has had its hands in many prominent projects around San Francisco, and that was linked to the Mohammed Nuru corruption scandal, appears to be under a significant financial burden after some of its funding disappeared.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Jewish Deli-Inspired Restaurant (With Cocktails) Coming to the Marina

The Causwells team is pivoting their second space, which opened last year as the low-ABV cocktail and snack bar Lilah, and opening a new Jewish deli-inspired concept with high-ABV drinks.

SF News

SFPD Officer Violated Multiple Department Policies After Incident Involving His Son and Brother

A San Francisco police officer was called out by the Department of Police Accountability for a June 2024 incident in which he reportedly failed to disclose that he saw his son assault a man, and he failed to activate his body-worn camera in time to document the incident.

Bay Area Sports

Watch: Giants Win In a Walk-Off On Wacky, Slapstick In-the-Park Home Run

The final play of Sunday’s 3-2 Giants win was a blooper reel for the ages, as the Texas Rangers committed multiple comical errors allowing Heliot Ramos an in-the-park home run, making for the most hilarious baseball play of the season so far.

SF Politics

Kamala Harris Coming to SF to Give First Major Speech Since the Election

Our maybe possibly next governor Kamala Harris will be in town giving a speech this week, and it will mark her first significant remarks since being defeated in the November election by Donald Trump.

SF News

Renters Rally In Sacramento In Support of Statewide Rent Control Bill

People were projecting “Lower the rent! It’s too damn high” onto the State Capitol building Sunday night, and renters are rallying there again today, in support of a statewide rent control bill that would cut maximum rent increases from 10% to just 5%.

Arts & Entertainment

Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Final SF Concert, Takes the Applause For His 80th Birthday

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas took his final series of bows Saturday at Davies Symphony Hall at an event intended to celebrate his life and career.

SF News

Monday Morning Headlines: Petaluma Man Arrested for Threatening Salesperson

A Petaluma man was arrested for allegedly chasing down a door-to-door salesperson with a gun; a large fire damaged a warehouse in downtown Oakland; and the DEA raided an underground nightclub in Colorado, apparently looking to find undocumented migrants.

Arts & Entertainment

Things to Do This Week: May the 4th BART Ride Costume Party

This week, 4/28-5/4: Singer/songwriter series at Golden Gate Bandshell, McSweeney's Block Party at Lower Polk Art Walk, sunset screening of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a drag spectacle by Black, queer, trans, and disabled performers, and a May the 4th BART ride.

Arts & Entertainment

Notable Humans: Thomas Bennett’s Dedication to Miyako Ice Cream and the Fillmore Community

This week’s notable humans include Thomas Bennett, who made Miyako Ice Cream a Fillmore gem; Jilchristina Vest, curator of the iconic mural honoring the women of the Black Panther Party; and Denise Ebright, a dedicated teacher and coach recognized on Good Morning America.

Arts & Entertainment

Oakland’s W. Kamau Bell Wins ‘Celebrity Jeopardy,’ Donates Winnings to Oakland Schools

‘Celebrity Jeopardy’ winner W. Kamau Bell donated his $1 million winnings to DonorsChoose, funding over 200 projects at schools in Oakland and Mobile, Alabama.

SF News

Sunday Links: Jeffries, Booker Hold Sit-In At Capitol To Protest GOP Budget Plan

A Tenderloin resident was critically injured and a dog was killed during a small apartment fire on Friday; SF State has completed a new state-funded student affordable housing complex; and Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker held a sit-in protest Sunday on the Capitol steps.

Arts & Entertainment

Sempervirens Fund: Protecting Redwoods For Over A Century

Sempervirens Fund, founded in 1900, protects California’s redwoods through land conservation, forest restoration, and climate resilience efforts, saving over 35,000 acres since its start.

SF News

Local Arab Woman Targeted In Hate Incident On Way To Talk To Supervisors About Rise In Anti-Arab Hate

Local organizer and activist Nadia Rahman wrote about a recent anti-Arab hate incident she experienced in front of City Hall on her way to speak to the Board of Supervisors about the rise in anti-Arab hate in San Francisco.

SF News

Man Convicted Of Defrauding Bay Area Investors Over Fake Space Tech Company — For A Mere $50K

Ramesh Nathan was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for scamming investors, including veterans, with false claims about a fake space tech company and using their money for personal expenses.

SF News

Saturday Links: San Francisco Installs City’s First Curbside EV Chargers On Fillmore Street

Salinas-based Taylor Farms is being sued by victims from an E. coli outbreak last November; Torani syrups celebrates 100 years of business in the Bay Area; and SF officials installed the city's first curbside EV chargers on Fillmore Street.

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 Politics

Lots More Bay Area Tech Companies Gave Millions to the Trump Inauguration Than We Had Realized

The Bay Area spent more than $30 million sucking up to Donald Trump by shoveling donations to his inauguration, and as it turns out, tech companies like Uber, Robinhood, and Chris Larsen’s Ripple Labs all bent the knee with $1 million or more to Trump.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Le Colonial to Become Something New

The former Le Colonial space has a taker, a beloved local English muffin maker is moving into the Castro, and an SF brewery expands to Mission Bay, all in This Week in Food.

Business & Tech

You Might Be Able to Buy and Own Your Own Self-Driving Waymo Someday

If you’ve ever wanted to own your own self-driving Waymo vehicle, and are willing to shell out a great deal of money for it, parent company Google/Alphabet says it may eventually start selling those vehicles to the public.

Arts & Entertainment

Roxie Theater Explains How They Managed to Raise Millions to Buy Their Building

The Roxie Theater is still in the home stretch of its $7 million capital campaign to buy their building outright, but the theater’s leadership gave us some insights into how the mighty little Roxie had already secretly raised 75% of that money.

SF News

San Mateo County Sheriff Could Face Criminal Prosecution After She Finally Leaves Office

While the saga of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus plods on and she still refuses to leave office before they drag her out, we get a few more details about this most bizarre ordeal.