SF Politics Saikat Chakrabarti's Big Ad Push Puts Him Five Points Behind Wiener In New Poll While it's still Scott Wiener's race to lose, the relative newcomer to San Francisco politics, progressive candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, is apparently gaining traction.
SF News Two Arrested In Shooting Near Sam Altman’s Home Following Separate Firebomb Attack A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of firing a gun while driving past the Russian Hill property of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman early Sunday, two days after a different suspect, who is also in custody, allegedly threw a Molotov Cocktail at Altman’s house.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: North Beach Caught Off Guard By Surprise Fireworks A private company's celebration fireworks rattled North Beach and Telegraph Hill for the second year in a row; former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has a new gig; and Kevin McCarthy says Swalwell was known in DC to prey on young staffers.
SF Politics [Update] Eric Swalwell Suspends Campaign For Governor, Continues to Deny Assault Allegations Congressman Eric Swalwell had been digging in all weekend casting the sexual assault allegations against him as a political conspiracy, but Sunday evening he announced he was suspending his gubernatorial campaign.
SF News Trump Fires Presidio Board of Trustees Following Last Year’s Executive Order Trump has followed through with his threats to fire the Presidio’s entire board of trustees following his executive order last year — likely out of spite against Pelosi, and it’s unclear when new trustees will be appointed.
SF News Sunday Links: California Hit With Thunder, 30,000 Lightning Strikes Over the Weekend A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck Humboldt County Saturday morning; residents on the waterfront were nonplussed over a private 10-minute fireworks show over the bay; and California saw over 30,000 recorded lightning strikes this weekend.
SF News Teen Dies In Suspected DUI Single-Car Crash In Novato, Four In Critical Condition One teen was killed and four others are in serious and critical condition following a suspected DUI single-car crash in Novato early Saturday, and it’s believed they’re not from Novato.
SF News Suspect In Sam Altman Molotov Cocktail Attack Identified, Charged With Attempted Murder The 20-year-old suspect who allegedly threw a Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman’s house and was later arrested outside OpenAI’s headquarters was identified as a man from Texas who was charged with attempted murder, arson, and several other charges.
SF News Saturday Links: Pelosi, Other Leaders Call For Swalwell to Withdraw From Governor’s Race Commercial salmon fishing is opening this spring for the first time in four years; Oakland will start issuing parking meter citations Sunday from noon to 6pm as it's no longer free; and Nancy Pelosi and many other leaders are asking Rep. Swalwell to step down from the Governor's race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Details Revealed In Oakland Coffee Shop Owner’s Disappearance New state legislation could lower residents’ PG&E bills by 30%; more people have been spotted paying for signatures on petitions relating to the billionaire tax; and new information has been provided on the disappearance of Amy Hillyard.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Everyone Loves a Bakery Rose Pizzeria's SF location is nearing its opening, the Caché team is expanding downtown, and Sol Bakery opens this weekend in Hayes Valley, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Around 1,600 PG&E Customers Lost Power Friday Near Lake Merced, Stonestown Mall Just three weeks after the last unplanned power outage, 1,600 PG&E addresses lost power Friday afternoon near the area of SF’s Lake Merced, Stonestown Mall, and SF State, and it was restored less than an hour later.
SF Politics Former Staffer Says Rep. Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her Twice We have an April surprise in the race for governor of California, and one that could have some impact on what is already a crowded and messy fight between Democratic candidates ahead of the June 2 primary.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Says Drug-Free Supportive Housing Would Allow Relapses If They Don’t Disrupt Others’ Sobriety Dorsey, who struggles with his own substance use disorder, introduced legislation calling for future city-funded supportive housing to be drug-free, which he says would allow for relapses if they don’t put fellow residents’ sobriety at risk, but some advocates remain skeptical.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Says 'I'm Thinking About It' With Regard to 2028 Run We may indeed see Kamala Harris run for president for a third time, folks, as she continues to strongly hint this week that this is what she's planning to do in 2028.
SF News Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sam Altman's House, Suspect Arrested Outside OpenAI Headquarters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home was targeted by a suspect early Friday morning, and that suspect then proceeded to head to OpenAI's offices, where he allegedly was ranting about burning the place down.
SF News Seven Arrested, Including Three County Officials, In Connection With Deadly Esparto Fireworks Explosion A Yolo County sheriff's lieutenant and his wife, who owned the property where last summer's deadly fireworks explosion occurred in Esparto, have been arrested along with five others, and formal charges were set to be announced Friday.
SF News Teen Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries In Mission District Shooting Following Fight Just hours after city officials called for an end to street violence by announcing a 24-hour ceasefire Thursday afternoon, a teenager was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a fight near Mission and 18th streets that resulted in gunfire.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Democrats Holding 'Shadow Hearings' on Election Shenanigans Congressional Democrats held a 'shadow hearing' in SF Thursday on election integrity; a California sheriff's deputy was killed trying to serve an eviction notice; and Castro residents are upset about Philz's new policy against Pride flags.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo and Waze Are Mapping SF's Potholes BART had another significant meltdown today due to a problem near San Bruno; Waymo and Waze are launching a pothole-mapping project in SF; and First Lady Melania Trump might be trying to get ahead of a bombshell story about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein — and/or how she met Donald.
SF News Construction Begins on 100% Affordable ‘Marvel in the Mission’ Development Crews officially broke ground on the mammoth, long-awaited “Marvel in the Mission” affordable housing development adjacent to the 16th Street-Mission BART Station, with the first phase featuring 136 units of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless residents.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Gets Its First Gluten-Free, Celiac-Safe Italian Restaurant, Clementina There is no life without pasta for most Italians, and given that some Italians must also grapple with the scourge of celiac disease and gluten intolerance, people have found a way to make delicious pasta, and pizza, without the gluten.
SF News Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.
SF News Supes Veto Appeal to Legalize $5M North Beach Mansion Illegally Converted From Four Units The SF Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reject an appeal to retroactively legalize a $5 million North Beach single-family home that was illegally converted from four rent-controlled units by a previous owner.
Arts & Entertainment Elon-Headed Robot Dog Spotted In San Francisco A robot dog with the head of Elon Musk that was part of an art installation at Miami Art Basel in December was seen prancing around San Francisco on Wednesday, as part of a promo for an upcoming art show.
