Arts & Entertainment

Founder of Music City SF Live Entertainment Complex Angling for Reality Show to Get It Out of Debt

Local musician Rudy Colombini has been creating Music City SF, a live music hub and incubator on Bush Street, for the past 20 years. The 29,000-square-foot space is now in default, and Colombini hopes to raise funds via a reality show filmed at the venue.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: Michelle Tea’s 'Valencia,' Boozie Brunch, Culinary Cinema, and California Turns 175

This week: Michelle Tea’s Valencia turns 25, and California turns 175; Boozie Brunch boosts local restaurants while Pruneyard Cinemas pairs films with three-course meals; a state park's post-wildfire regrowth and Point Molate's transformation into a public park; plus cat pilates and Bay Area makers.

SF News

Saturday Links: Author of Satiric News Site ‘Marin Lately’ Revealed

Newsom is launching a new task force addressing homeless encampments along state roadways in California's ten largest cities; smoke caused by overheating brakes led to a BART meltdown Friday night; and a Marin County writer and father of three is having a heyday roasting the area's well-to-do.

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.

Arts & Entertainment

The Giants are Doing a ‘Pokémon Go Drone Show’ After Tonight’s Game

Pokémon catchers report for training after Friday night’s Giants-Orioles game at Oracle Park, as the team has lined up a massive “Pokémon Go Drone Show” so you can peek at giant Pikachus flying through the sky.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Souley Vegan Reopens, Shuggie's Reopens Sans Pizza

Bosco sets an opening date, Shuggie's reopens with its new more ambitious menu (and low-ABV cocktails), and Souley Vegan has made a triumphant return in Oakland, all in This Week in Food.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Amado’s on Valencia Street Has Quietly Reopened, Though Just on Weekends for Now

The bar and live music venue Amado’s closed permanently two years ago, but is now somehow open again, with a soft opening schedule of just weekend nights, and food only on Fridays and Saturdays (for now).

Business & Tech

California Uber and Lyft Drivers are Unionizing, and Uber and Lyft are Actually Going to Let Them

In a surprising deal that was somewhat brokered by Gavin Newsom, Uber and Lyft are going to let their 800,000 California rideshare drivers unionize and get collective bargaining rights, though drivers can still refuse to join the union.

SF News

Disgraced San Jose City Councilmember Faces Emotional Sentencing Hearing For Child Molestation

Former San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres, who was convicted in April of molesting a younger male relative, faced a fraught sentencing hearing Friday in which his victim yelled at him and called him a "monster."

SF News

Lurie’s So-Called RV Crackdown Begins Today, But Two-Hour Parking Limit Still Months Away

Mayor Lurie’s new effort to get many RVs off SF streets with a two-hour parking limit is now in effect, except the actual two-hour parking limit does not kick in until November. And the city will offer cash in an RV buyback program.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

New Upscale Billiards Lounge, With Cocktails, Debuts In the Mission District

A new upscale billiards lounge with a cocktail bar has just opened on Mission Street, in the space that was formerly home to ECHO nightclub.

SF News

Car Crashes Outside Gay Club In Downtown San Jose Ahead of Silicon Valley Pride Celebrations

In what appears to have just been a random incident involving a very drunk and unruly driver, a car crashed twice along Post Street in downtown San Jose Thursday night, leaving the driver and a passenger injured and endangering pedestrians.

SF News

Friday Morning Constitutional: The Sun Finally Came Out on the Playa

The weather finally improved at Burning Man on Thursday; Trump is revoking Kamala Harris's Secret Service detail; and Governor Gavin Newsom's national approval rating has come up significantly since June.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Children’s Fairyland Celebrates 75th Birthday This Weekend

Ariana Grande’s national tour will kick off in the Bay Area; college football is officially back underway; and Oakland’s Children’s Fairyland has its 75th birthday party and parade on Labor Day.

Business & Tech

Former Bay Meadows Racetrack Finally Getting Its Last New Buildings, 18 Years After It Closed

It’s taken 18 years to fully develop San Mateo’s 83-acre former horse racing track Bay Meadows, but a developer is finally submitting permits for the final two buildings of what will be a seven-building complex.

SF News

Oiled-Up Castro Creeper Who Exposed Himself to Girls Convicted, Faces Possible Five-Year Sentence

A man who was called out by teenage school girls and their parents after he repeatedly showed up outside a boba shop and exposed himself to them has been convicted on multiple felony counts.

Bay Area Sports

Golden State Valkyries Have the Highest Average Attendance for Home Games In the Whole WNBA

Despite having no star players, a mediocre record, and playing in just their first season, your Golden State Valkyries have scored the highest average home game attendance numbers in the entire WNBA.

SF News

Oakland Police Say They Impounded Six Vehicles Connected to Sunday's Sideshow Near Piedmont

The Oakland Police Department wants the public to know that enforcement actions take place well after sideshows occur, even if it doesn't look like police are intervening at the time.

SF News

SF Desperately Offers $5,000 Airbnb Gift Cards to Get People to Leave Troubled Potrero Hill Housing Complex

Are people really “squatters” if they paid rent, but the units were illegal and a rogue property manager was secretly pocketing the money? The City of SF says yes, and they're offering Potrero Hill tenants $5,000 Airbnb gift cards to move out.

SF News

Dangerous High-Speed Chase Through SF Ends With Suspect Jumping Into the Bay

A San Francisco man who was wanted for a violent felony in Southern California was spotted by police in the Tenderloin Tuesday, and a potentially disastrous high-speed chase ensued.

SF News

Lurie Strikes Deal With Caltrans to Sweep Encampments at Highway Off-Ramps and Overpasses

We’ve all seen large homeless encampments beneath freeway overpasses in SoMa and the Mission, and Mayor Lurie just got the green light from Caltrans to start clearing encampments at eight major overpasses and entrance ramps.

SF Politics

SF Dems Deadlock Over Engardio Recall Endorsement, Leaving Him Swinging In the Wind

It probably wouldn't have mattered much at this point, but the SF Democratic County Central Committee is not endorsing for or against the recall of Supervisor Joel Engardio, after a deadlocked vote.

SF News

Thursday Morning What's Up: 137 Arrested In SF Protest Over Arming Israel

The SFPD arrested 137 protesters outside Sen. Alex Padilla's office; expect DUI checkpoints this weekend in SF; and Los Gatos city leaders don't love a new proposed RH store.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Cause Possibly Identified

Investigators may have identified a possible cause of the Pickett Fire near Calistoga; Victor Aenlle testifies in the San Mateo Sheriff hearing; and the SF school board rejects a proposed Mandarin-immersion school.

Arts & Entertainment

Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Getting $300,000 for Stage Upgrades, New Paved Walkways

SF Rec and Parks has found a little money with which to give McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater some new enhancements, with better seating and new paved walking paths that should be ready for the next annual Jerry Day celebration.