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Sunday Links: Ninety-Five Percent of Oakland Teachers Vote to Authorize Strike

The Oakland Zoo welcomes its first baby red-tailed monkey; a body that was found in Napa County is believed to be connected to the kidnapping of a Sikh man in San Joaquin County; and Oakland’s teachers’ union is demanding a 12% pay increase as 95% of educators voted to strike.

SF Towing Company Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Torching Rivals’ Trucks

A 29-year-old towing company owner was sentenced to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a plan to set the trucks of four rival companies on fire, along with two years for submitting fraudulent car insurance claims, with state welfare fraud charges pending.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: BART Poetry, Revolutionary Black Panther Art, and from Rural Alaska to the Super Bowl

This week: The Dipsea Trail, a crow take-over, award-winning BART poem, and site-specific sculptural CD art. Plus, a beloved pop-up bakery gets its own space, a local violinist shines at the Super Bowl, and Black Panther Emory Douglas’s collage images.

Saturday Links: Two Skiers Die in Separate Incidents at Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Resort

SFUSD is expected to announce preliminary layoffs for 42 employees; a celebration of life for Betty Reid Soskin, who died in December at 104, is set to take place in Oakland March 1; and two skiers died in separate incidents at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe Friday.

Day Around the Bay: Oakland to Celebrate Black History Month With Black Joy Parade

MAHA proponents are turning against RFK Jr. after Trump ordered a boost in the production of weedkiller glyphosate; authorities are investigating the ski guide company involved in the deadly Lake Tahoe avalanche; and Oakland’s ninth annual Black Joy Parade takes place Sunday.

Arts & Entertainment

Supervisor Mahmood Wants to Establish a ‘Theater Arts District’ to Gussy Up Mid-Market

It's no secret that SF’s Mid-Market home to many Broadway theaters and concert venues can be a little rough around the edges, so the district's Supervisor Bilal Mahmood hopes to jazz it up as a “theater arts district.”

Trump Administration Insists It Won’t Turn Shuttered FCI Dublin Into an ICE Detention Facility, But Says So in Very Fishy Terms

The notorious and scandal-tainted former federal women’s prison known as FCI Dublin was rumored to be in the Trump administration’s crosshairs to make it an ICE holding pen, but the administration claims it has no such plans.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Emperor Norton’s Boozeland Gets a Facelift With Colorful New Neon Sign

A new custom new neon creation gussies up the Larkin Street façade of the popular Tenderloin bar Emperor Norton’s Boozeland, with a neon design that’s actually based on the signature of Emperor Norton himself.

SF Police Car Crashes Into Bystander Vehicle During Chase, Injuring Driver

There was a crash early Friday morning at the edge of Pacific Heights in which an SFPD vehicle collided with a car while it was chasing down a different vehicle.

Arrest Made In Rincon Hill Killing of East Bay Rapper After Super Bowl

San Francisco police have made an arrest in the February 9 shooting of Bay Area rapper Curnal, aka Keonte Antonio Deshawn Woods, on Harrison Street in Rincon Hill.

Business & Tech

Who’da Thought? Tesla Owners Acting Like Real Jerks at Cow Hollow 24-Hour Charging Station

A new 24-hour Tesla charging station in Cow Hollow has become a late-night den of loud music, line-cutting, and Tesla bro arguments, and now the station's neighbors are getting exasperated.

Likely Illegal Fence Near Daly City Beach Comes Down Today

A fence that was put up by a convicted felon who claims ownership rights to the property, on a beachfront site in Daly City, is being dismantled today, according to a county supervisor.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Bar Part Time Guys Taking Over Bissap Baobab Space, Will Open Nightclub There

The natural wine bar with a nightly dance party that took the Mission by storm in the last couple years is expanding in the neighborhood with a second venue, which will be a nightclub with food and cocktails.

$590M In State Loan Funds Come Through For Struggling BART and Muni Systems

It's a bit less than what was promised last year, but Governor Gavin Newsom has signed off on a $590 million loan package for Bay Area transit agencies, which have been facing serious budget problems since the pandemic.

Six Women Who Loved the Outdoors Identified as Victims In Avalanche

Six of the nine victims' names have now been released from Tuesday's avalanche tragedy in Nevada County, and they were a group of women who'd bonded over their love of skiing and the outdoors.

Friday Morning Constitutional: Supreme Court Kills Trump Tariffs

The Supreme Court has struck down Trump's sweeping tariffs in a 6-3 decision; Fremont police say a dog bite prompted an unintentional officer-involved shooting; and a lecture by Bari Weiss has been canceled at UCLA.

Day Around the Bay: Richmond’s Own Alysa Liu Wins Figure Skating Gold, Bay Area Loses Its Mind

They caught the guy who allegedly stole Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s SUV; Yosemite National Park is totally closed because of extreme winter weather; and Richmond’s Alysa Liu won the Women's Single Skating gold medal.

Arts & Entertainment

K-Pop Mega-Star RM of BTS Is Getting an Art Exhibition at SFMOMA This Coming October

Run BTS fans run, as 200 works from the personal collection of BTS rapper and songwriter RM are coming to the SFMOMA this October, in the only gallery display the South Korean pop superstar will have in the US.

Arts & Entertainment

The Wait Is Ending! Bay Lights Will Officially Be Re-Lit on Friday, March 20

Our three-year-long regional loss of the beloved Bay Lights is finally coming to an end, as the lights will be officially re-lit and razzle-dazzling the Bay Bridge again on Friday, March 20.

Ninth Circuit Courthouse Security Officer Shot and Wounded Man With Knife

We're now learning of a shooting incident that happened last month at a federal courthouse in San Francisco in which a security officer shot a man four times.

Heads Up: BART Delays of 20-30 Minutes Expected Saturday Night as Crews Do Maintenance on the Transbay Tube

While the Saturday night BART delays are not expected to kick in until 10 pm, late-night Saturday BART riders should bring a book or something, as trains in the Transbay Tube will be delayed by at least 20 or 30 minutes.

Business & Tech

Meta Team Scolded For Wearing Those Ray-Ban Glasses In Court During Zuckerberg Testimony

The team attending the Los Angeles trial where Meta and YouTube execs are being tried for allegedly making their products more addictive to children to support CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed up, in the way of tech douches, wearing those Ray-Ban Meta glasses that double as video recording devices.

Suspect Who Stole Mayor Barbara Lee's SUV Had Been Camping Inside City Hall For Three Days

The still at-large suspect in the theft of Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's city-owned transport vehicle apparently spent all of President's Day weekend camped out inside City Hall.

Lurie Moves Ahead With ‘RESET’ Center Drug Sobering Facility, Even as City Attorney Questions Its Legality

Mayor Lurie signed a new drug-focused sobering center into law Wednesday, despite City Attorney pushback that the center has a “failure to comply with State law” and “non-compliance with standards for detention facilities.”

Mother and Son Found Dead With Multiple Gunshot Wounds In Pleasanton

A mother and son were both found dead inside a Pleasanton home on Wednesday, and the circumstances of their deaths remains unclear.