SF News Daly City Man Accused In at Least Two Violent Incidents Arrested for Alleged Battery of Castro Bar Doorperson A 24-year-old Daly City man has been arrested in connection with a mid-April incident in which he allegedly punched a woman who was working the door at the bar Midnight Sun in the Castro neighborhood.
Business & Tech Report: Waymo Vehicles Create a Whole New Set of Traffic Safety Problems A recent CNN investigation found that while Waymo's robotaxis may reduce many of the risks associated with human drivers, they often create new problems of their own, from emergency response disruptions to close calls involving pedestrians and cyclists.
SF News 27-Hour Clipper Outage In May Caused By Unpaid AT&T Bill An extended outage on the Clipper card system that became a major point of frustration for BART riders last month appears to have been caused by an account being shut off due to an unpaid bill.
SF News Two Deaths In SF Streets Reported an Hour Apart In SoMa, Excelsior A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver in San Francisco's South of Market District Wednesday, and another person was found dead in the street in the Excelsior less than an hour later.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Richmond Apartment Sees 90% Rent Hike The latest governor's race numbers still have Steyer trailing; SF firefighter Ken Jones has lost his cancer battle, after his drawn-out battle with Blue Shield; and a Richmond couple says their new landlord is hiking their rent 90%.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Charges Filed Against Cop-Shooting Suspect The San Francisco DA has filed a litany of felony charges against the Oakland man suspected of shooting and injuring an SFPD officer; a body was found at a Waste Management facility in San Leandro; and BART's new fare gates are getting ads.
Arts & Entertainment An Ariana Grande Pop-Up Merch Shop Opens Thursday on Powell Street Ahead of her three shows at Oakaland Arena this weekend and next week, pop singer Ariana Grande and her team have opened a pop-up merch shop in Union Square, which will be open for the next week.
Business & Tech Google to Add Clearer Sources In AI Searches, Allow Sites to Opt Out Following UK Ruling Following a ruling from UK regulators, Google announced it plans to allow website owners to opt out of appearing in AI searches, and it’s also agreed to add clearer attributions and links to sources in its AI overviews.
SF Politics State Senator Aisha Wahab In Early Lead For Eric Swalwell’s Former Seat In 2027 The early front-runner in the primary for Eric Swalwell's former East Bay congressional seat next term appears to be State Senator Aisha Wahab, who currently represents roughly half the district, with former Dublin mayor and BART director Melissa Hernandez trailing behind.
SF Politics Chakrabarti Concedes Race for SF's Congressional Seat Saikat Chakrabarti is the subject of many headlines today calling out the massive amount of personal money he spent coming in a distant third in Tuesday's primary for California's District 11 House seat. And rather than wait for more numbers to come in, he is bowing out of the race today.
SF News SF Affordable Housing Project Opens in Record Time Through New Public-Private Partnership A new 145-unit affordable housing development was completed in a fraction of the typical time for half the cost in SF’s Mission District near the Bernal Heights border, and officials hope to use it as a model for future projects.
SF Politics SF Election Turnout Looking Historically Low, and Why Does No One Vote on Election Day Anymore? Mid-year special elections and primaries aren't often huge draws when it comes to voter turnout, but San Francisco has a major decision to make about a Congressional seat that could be held by the same person for decades. Was that not enough of a motivator?
SF News Pair of Significant Early Morning Earthquakes Strike Off NorCal Coast There were two earthquakes early Wednesday morning with magnitudes over 5.0 that rumbled under the Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast.
SF News Authorities Probe Death of SF Man Found Unresponsive Day After Transfer to Santa Rita Jail A man from San Francisco died at the hospital two days after he was found unresponsive at Santa Rita Jail, and an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.
SF Politics [Updated] Wiener and Chan Are Headed to the November Ballot For SF's Congressional Seat We will still be getting updated vote counts over the coming days and the final tally is not yet in, but as of election night, state Senator Scott Wiener and SF Supervisor Connie Chan were in solid first and second places in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi.
SF News Post-Election Headlines: Governor's Race Too Close to Call Becerra and Hilton hold the leads in the governor's race but Steyer may still be alive with millions of votes still to count; SF's props C and D both look to be failing; and incumbent supervisors Alan Wong and Stephen Sherrill hold solid leads so far in their ranked-choice contests.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo Couple Drowns at Fresno Waterfall The SF Giants hired a new third-base coach; a 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected near Cloverdale; and a local couple died at a waterfall in Fresno when the woman fell in, and her husband tried to save her.
SF News SF Chinese Hospital Names Wing After Donor Who Paved Way for New Cancer Center SF Chinese Hospital has renamed its outpatient center after philanthropist Charles Huang, honoring his $7 million donation in 2020 that funded infrastructure upgrades to the wing, which helped pave the way for a forthcoming cancer clinic.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Benu Alum Plans Korean Comfort-Food Restaurant on Oakland's Piedmont Ave A restaurateur with several recent hits under his belt has teamed up with a chef with SF fine dining cred to open a new Oakland restaurant focused on Korean comfort food and home-style cooking.
SF News Four-Year-Old Rescued After Becoming Trapped in 10-Inch Irrigation Pipe at Fairfield School A preschooler was safely rescued and uninjured after becoming stuck inside a 10-inch irrigation pipe for about 15 minutes outside a Fairfield preschool, prompting a response from firefighters.
SF News Sonoma Couple Says They Were Conned Out of $28K In 'Courier Scam' Sonoma County authorities want the public, especially the elderly, to be aware of a spate of scams involving couriers and demands for cash withdrawals under false pretenses. But in one recent case, an arrest has been made.
SF News Recent Workshop For Educators on ‘Adult Supremacy’ In Classrooms Sparks Backlash A local nonprofit rented an SFUSD high school for an ethnic studies conference for educators, featuring a workshop about “adultism” and power dynamics in the classroom, which has drawn predictable criticism, largely due to the mistaken belief that city funds paid for it.
SF Politics Will Mayor Daniel Lurie Keep or Lose Allies In Today's Supervisor Special Elections? In addition to the two bigger primary fights on the ballot today in San Francisco, for governor and for Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat, two moderate incumbent SF supervisors are fighting to hold on to their seats.
SF News SF Supervisor Alan Wong Seeks to Introduce Penalties for Setting Off Illegal Fireworks Ahead of the July 4th maelstrom of illegal fireworks lighting up SF’s foggy skies, Supervisor Alan Wong introduced legislation that would strengthen enforcement by allowing police to issue fines and pursue misdemeanor charges against repeat offenders.
SF News Injured SFPD Officer and Arrested Suspect In Sunday Shooting Both Identified The San Francisco police officer who was critically injured Sunday in the line of duty has been identified, and so has the suspect who allegedly shot at police, who is a convicted felon out on parole.
