SF News Saturday Links: Toddler Fatally Struck, Adult Injured, While Crossing Street in Mission Bay The US and Israel launched a targeted strike against Iran Saturday, who said it will retaliate; the names were released of the sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot East Bay musician Anthony Ant earlier this month; and a two-year-old was killed while crossing the street in SF’s Mission Bay Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Randa’s Market Adopts Third Cat, ‘Shadow,’ Following the Death of KitKat Trump was not happy about Anthropic’s refusal to allow the Pentagon access to its technology; Henrietta Lacks’ estate won a settlement from Swiss drugmaker Novartis for profiting off her cells for decades without their knowledge; and Randa’s Market in the Mission has a new cat named ‘Shadow.’
SF News K9 Happens to Find $2 Million Worth of Cocaine During Routine Milpitas Speeding Stop One driver in Milpitas picked the wrong Highway Patrol K9 to drive a little too fast around Thursday night, as the driver was pulled over for speeding, and the dog sniffed out nearly 27 pounds of cocaine in the car.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Say Bye to We Be Sushi SF awaits the openings of Maria Isabel and JouJou, We Be Sushi closes, and the Chronicle's Top 100 is getting its annual update very soon, all in This Week In Food.
Business & Tech DoorDash Launching Its Delivery Robots In Fremont, Because Maybe People There Will Complain Less DoorDash’s longtime dream of cutting paid human beings out of the delivery process is one step closer to reality, as they’re debuting their little robots to do food deliveries, but at first only in Fremont.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink JouJou, the New French Brasserie From the Lazy Bear Team, Lands In the Design District Next Friday One of last year's buzzed-about openings that slid into the new year, JouJou, is now ready for its debut, and Lazy Bear chef David Barzelay and his team are ready to bring back some old-fashioned glamour and pomp to the French brasserie.
SF News Authorities Warn of Potential Measles Exposure This Week at the Burlingame Panda Express A Santa Clara County resident tested positive for measles Wednesday after traveling internationally despite being previously vaccinated, and they reportedly visited a few places while unknowingly infected, including the Panda Express in Burlingame on February 23 and 24.
SF News Mayor Lurie’s Controversial New RESET Sobering Center Will Be See Its Contractor Paid Based on Performance An Arizona-based contractor will have a unique method of getting paid to operate Mayor Lurie’s forthcoming RESET Center that hopes to sober up public drug users, as they’ll be paid based on how effective the center is.
Arts & Entertainment Popular Sunset Night Market Returns With Lunar New Year Celebration The mega-popular Sunset Night Market, which became a victim of its own popularity last year when organizers called it off because it was becoming untenable, is returning Friday night with a Lunar New Year edition.
SF Politics More Absurd Great Highway Drama: Supervisor Wong Blames Opponent That His Ballot Measure Failed to Launch The candidates are already fighting in the June primary elections, and District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong is attacking his rival Natalie Gee for not helping him enough to get his ‘cars back on the Great Highway’ ballot measure.
SF News One Dead In Potrero Drive-By Shooting, Two Others Injured One person was killed Friday morning and two others were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood, near the affordable housing projects on Dakota Street.
Business & Tech Oakland-Based Fintech Block Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff, Because of AI It could be the first of many canaries in this coal mine, but Block announced a mass layoff on Thursday. And CEO Jack Dorsey is making no secret that this is about AI supplanting the need for human workers.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Teachers Avert Strike The Oakland teachers' union has reached a tentative agreement with the district ahead of a planned strike; BART's board approved its doomsday scenario plan; and Netflix shares rise after the collapse of the Warner Bros. deal.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yet More Complaints Emerge About Crowd Behavior at Marina Red Bull Event BART is offering a little more detail about its Thursday morning snafu; OpenAI is now gobbling up office space in Mountain View too, and some deplorable teens may have done some groping at Saturday's Marina Formula 1 event.
SF News In Marin Crash That Killed Four Teens, Parents Point Fingers at CHP, County Road Maintenance The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed her four teen friends has pleaded not guilty, but meanwhile, parents are bringing legal motions against the California Highway Patrol and Marin County.
Business & Tech ChatGPT Has Now Been Used In Two High-Profile, Violent Attacks, Raising Serious Safety and Liability Questions Not only did the unstable Green Beret with PTSD who blew up his Tesla outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas last year use ChatGPT to plan his attack, the Canadian woman who committed a mass school shooting earlier this month also asked the chatbot for help.
Arts & Entertainment East Bay’s ‘Punk in the Park’ Festival Slammed by Revelations That Promoter Was a Trump Donor Vallejo's upcoming Punk in the Park music festival was just tarred by revelations that the concert promoter donated to the Trump 2024 campaign, but the Dead Kennedys still insist they’re playing the show.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Maria Isabel, the New Mexican Restaurant From the Dalida Chef Couple, Opens In Presidio Heights Next Week The much anticipated second restaurant from chef couple Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, the pan-Mexican concept Maria Isabel, is readying for an opening early next week on Presidio Avenue in San Francisco's Presidio Heights.
SF News Mayor Lurie Says Protesters Were Chanting ‘Tax the Jews,’ But It Was Just One Unassociated Lady Passing By Mayor Daniel Lurie is not particularly helping San Francisco’s image at the moment, as he posted a false claim that SF protesters were chanting “Tax the Jews” at a Wednesday event, even though video debunks the claim.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands to Do 'Loyalty Presale' Next Week, Giving Past Attendees Early Bird Access Along With Lineup If you've purchased tickets for Outside Lands in the last five years, you'll be eligible to see the 2026 lineup and pay presale prices ahead of everyone else this year — and there is a second presale that gives everyone early-bird access as well.
SF News [Update] Walnut Creek Police Shoot and Kill Suspect In Early Thursday Morning Melee A man with apparently untreated mental illness was fatally shot by Walnut Creek police just after midnight Thursday in a residential area, and his mother is blaming the county.
SF News BART Service Restored After Melting Down, Yet Again, Between Oakland and San Francisco It's been a bad week/month/year for BART. Around 8:20 am on Thursday, all train service was halted between West Oakland and 24th/Mission stations due to a communication issue.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland School Board Approves 400 Layoffs Oakland's school board voted Wednesday to approve 400 layoffs, not including teachers; San Jose police release details about a murder-suicide; and Trader Joe's remains SF's cheapest grocer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF's First Lady to Lead Day of Service This Summer SF First Lady Becca Prowda, who has kept a low public profile, will be leading a citywide day of service; Steph Curry stopped at a food truck in Mission Bay; and Trump's nominee for surgeon general is, of course, vague about her vaccine views.
Arts & Entertainment Metallica Announces an Eight-Show October Residency at the Las Vegas Sphere Legendary metal band Metallica is bringing their act to the famed Las Vegas Sphere venue for eight shows this coming October, in a residency that’s being billed under the name “Life Burns Faster.”
