Arts & Entertainment Dead & Company Lined Up to Play In Golden Gate Park for Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Mayor Lurie made a big ripple with a Monday morning announcement that Dead & Co. will be playing a three-show weekend in Golden Gate Park August 1-3, which will now be the main event of the Grateful Dead 60th anniversary celebrations.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SFPD Deputy Chiefs All Appear On the Way Out Most or all of SFPD Chief Bill Scott's deputy chiefs appear to be leaving too; SoMa and Mission Bay are seeing an uptick in petty crime; and there was a crazy scene in a quiet neighborhood in Dublin on Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Hunter Pence to Lead Guinness World Record Attempt A round-up of last week's highlights: BART’s meltdown, SFPD overtime, and a flipped Lamborghini. Plus, the week ahead: SFJazz jam session; a conversation with Rebecca Solnit; and Hunter Pence leading a Guinness Record attempt.
Business & Tech Tech Updates: New Groq AI Chips Push Boundaries Groq leads the race for energy-efficient AI infrastructure; SeafoodAI automates crab fishing for better traceability; and Google backs Charm Industrial’s biochar tech to advance carbon removal goals.
SF News Four Arrested in Sextortion Scheme Linked to San Jose Teen’s 2022 Suicide Two years after 17-year-old Ryan Last of San Jose took his own life, authorities have arrested four men in Côte d’Ivoire for their alleged roles in an international sextortion scheme that targeted thousands, including minors.
SF News Sunday Links: ICE Arrests California Father While His Children Wait Alone at Gas Station All 15 of Newsom's podcasts feature men, except for one that includes a man and a woman; two brothers were rescued from the surf at Ocean Beach; and ICE arrested a father and left his children alone in the car during a recent rash of raids along Central Coast.
Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Record-Breaking Bay FC Women’s Soccer Star Empowers Zambian Youth Now on Saturdays! Racheal Kundananji uplifts Zambian youth through sport; historian and retired librarian Dorothy Lazard inspires the community to preserve Oakland's past; and Sven Jobe and Mallie Testerman transform Pier 70 into an artists' hub.
SF News Activists Move to Reclaim Compton’s Cafeteria Site From Private Prison Operator San Francisco’s Board of Appeals has granted LGBTQ advocates the right to challenge the continued operation of a for-profit reentry facility run by private prison giant GEO Group at 111 Taylor Street—the site of the historic 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot.
SF News Nurse Sues El Camino Hospital In Mountain View, Says Manager Assaulted Her at Work Party A nurse is suing El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, claiming the hospital ignored her report of a sexual assault by her manager because the incident happened off-campus — during a retirement party at Morton’s Steakhouse in downtown San Jose.
SF News Saturday Links: Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks 1977 San Mateo Cold Case Three women were airlifted after a fire pit explosion during an Antioch barbecue; the mayor of Newark was arrested during the reopening of a New Jersey detention center; and the 1977 murder of Jeanette Ralston has been solved using DNA evidence.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Students From CSU Campuses Begin Hunger Strike Over Gaza, Defense Ties Students from Cal State campuses began a hunger strike demanding the CSU system continue divesting from defense contractors; an activist is working to prevent payment processors from funding racist campaigns; and a Soviet-era spacecraft is on its way back to Earth after 53 years.
Bay Area Sports Minnesota Fan Ejected After Two Racial Epithets Hurled at Draymond Green During Thursday’s Warriors Game Not one but two Minnesota fans yelled racist remarks at Draymond Green during Thursday's game, one getting ejected and the other high-tailing it out of the arena when security came at him, adding more tension to this playoff series.
SF News BART Says Morning Meltdown Was Due to Isolated Device Malfunction, No Further Problems Anticipated BART officials have been quick to reassure the public that Friday morning's complete and total shutdown of the system, which lasted for five hours, was due to a minor, isolated problem that has been addressed.
SF News New Report Shows Which Companies are Hiring the Most SF Cops, Sometimes Taking Them Off the Regular Beat San Francisco businesses are allowed to hire uniformed SFPD officers to work as private security at an overtime pay rate. As the department claims that it’s short-staffed, here are the companies pulling the cops to work as private security the most.
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Rolling Out New Homepage Design For First Time In 12 Years Next week, Netflix users around the globe will be seeing a new user interface — on television screens at least — the company debuting its first major overhaul of its app's landing page since 2013.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Brazilian Steakhouse Incoming on Polk Pier 39 gets a trendy new beer garden, a North Beach classic makes an unexpected comeback, and Polk Gulch is getting a new Brazilian steakhouse, all in This Week in Food.
SF News SF Public Defender’s Office Says It Will Stop Taking New Cases, Amidst Budget Cuts and Fentanyl Case Overload Maybe you don’t have the right to have a lawyer when arrested in San Francisco these days, as the backlogged SF Public Defender’s Office says they can no longer take cases as Mayor Lurie slashes their budget while jacking up the arrest count.
SF News Residents In Hayes Valley and Near 16th and Mission Complain About Approach to Shuffling Drug Trade Around Gatherings of habitual drug users and dealers that used to occur primarily on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin have shifted to other neighborhoods thanks to the mayor and SFPD's "cleanup" efforts, and neighbors on one Mission alley are protesting.
Bay Area Sports SF Is Getting a New Pro Soccer Team, and They’ll Play at Kezar Stadium Get ready for the minor-league soccer team Golden City Football Club to take over Kezar Stadium, as it was announced Friday that the new team is coming in 2026 or 2027, along with a $10 million renovation to make Kezar more of a pro sports venue.
SF News Man Dies After Running Into Water After Dog at Ocean Beach A man accompanied by one or two dogs at Ocean Beach died Thursday after trying to rescue one of the dogs from the surf, though it's not clear whether rough waters had anything to do with his injuries.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Ninth Circuit Denies Elizabeth Holmes's Appeal, Again A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has denied Elizabeth Holmes's request for a rehearing of her appeal; Alphabet stock took a hit this week due to AI competition; and two Supreme Court justices discuss pushing back on the president.
SF News Update: Limited BART Service Returns After Rush Hour Meltdown Due to Computer Issue BART was forced to close all 50 stations in the system Friday morning around 4:30 am due to an issue that was affecting service in the entire system.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Look Out for California Highway Patrol’s New ‘Camouflage’ SUVs A NorCal man was sentenced for running a $38 million stolen catalytic converter ring; A Pinole high school baseball coach was suspended over racist taunts; and CHP hopes to fool reckless drivers with their new ‘camouflage’ SUVs.
SF News Bay Area Catholics So Far Pretty Stoked With New American Pope, Leo XIV After the quick papal selection of the American-born, Chicago native now known as Pope Leo XIV, Bay Area Catholics have expressed hope for the new pope, despite knowing little to nothing about him.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Musicians Set to Protest Their Own Show for Tonight’s ‘Lord of the Rings' Accompaniment The show will still go on for Thursday night’s SF Symphony 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' screening with a live orchestra and chorus, but the symphony’s musicians will be rabble-rousing out front before the show to protest a wage cut.
