SF News Day Around the Bay: LinkedIn Announces Layoffs LinkedIn is going to have some layoffs, but it's unclear how many; Eric Swalwell's wife was seen out without a wedding ring on; and Margaret Cho is bringing her new comedy tour to SF in two weeks.
SF Politics Hundreds Hand-Deliver Postcards to City Hall Urging Lurie to Stop Budget Cuts Community groups and activists delivered 1,500 postcards imploring SF Mayor Daniel Lurie to avoid cutting crucial programs and instead use reserve funds or increase tax revenue to balance the city's budget.
Arts & Entertainment Four Healthy Peregrine Falcon Chicks Have Hatched on a Ledge at San Jose City Hall There's some good news on the local raptor front, which we all could use after a rough few years for Bay Area peregrine falcons: Four chicks have hatched this spring in the nest box atop San Jose City Hall, and biologists from UC Santa Cruz have given them a clean bill of health.
SF News Censorship Alleged at Marin County Student Newspaper Related In Part to Epstein Files Story A high school newspaper in Larkspur has been at the center of a fiery debate about the First Amendment, after teachers and students say the paper has been pressured to censor itself by the school administration.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Vote to Cut 43 Inactive Commissions In Effort to Streamline City Hall The Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to streamline City Hall by cutting dozens of the city’s committees while implementing changes to some existing groups. The proposal will appear before voters in November.
SF Politics Fiona Ma's Sex Scandal From Five Years Ago Has Of Course Come Up In the Race for Lieutenant Governor Former SF supervisor and assemblymember Fiona Ma, who has been the state's treasurer since 2019, is now running for lieutenant governor, and naturally a sexual harassment lawsuit against her has come up.
SF News SFist Is Seeking a Contributing Editor SFist has an opening for a motivated newshound with weekend availability, and a deep knowledge of the Bay Area.
SF News Glitch Allows Waymos to Enter Flooded Roads, Prompting Probe, Voluntary Recall Around 3,800 Waymos were recalled by the company after an empty vehicle drove onto a flooded roadway in San Antonio and got swept away, prompting a federal investigation.
SF News East Bay Family Sues PG&E, Contractors Over Home Explosion That Injured Six An Alameda County family is now suing over a dramatic gas-leak explosion last December that was caught on camera, injuring three people inside and destroying their rental home.
SF News Two Dozen Displaced In Tenderloin Apartment Building Fire A fire Tuesday night in San Francisco's Tenderloin damaged a six-story building and displaced 25 people, but thankfully no one was injured in the blaze.
SF News Humpday Headlines: San Franciscans Mostly Somewhat OK With Waymos Now The 76-year-old driver accused in a deadly Chinatown crash has pleaded not guilty; the chief of police in San Leandro has been charged in a hit-and-run; and a new poll finds San Franciscans mostly OK with self-driving cars, but it's a mixed bag.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Still No Word About Anchor Brewing Two Years Later A Fremont donut shop has had thieves crash through its doors four times in two years; Trump wants to build a missile defense system dome around the US; and Anchor Brewing remains closed two years following its purchase.
Business & Tech Texas Attorney General Sues Netflix, Claiming It Tracks Users’ Every Move In a new lawsuit, the Texas Attorney General accuses Netflix of tracking and selling users’ data and behavior patterns to other large tech companies.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Outside Lands Food Lineup Includes Dishes From SF Icons Original Joe's, Perry's, and Balboa Cafe The all-important food and beverage lineup for Outside Lands 2026 has been released, and among the new offerings this year are some dishes from historic San Francisco restaurants who have never been part of the festival before.
SF News Overwhelmed UCSF Parnassus Workers Say ER Conditions Are Unsafe For Patients Workers say that overcrowding and staffing shortages at the UCSF Parnassus emergency room are putting patients in unsafe conditions, with many receiving care in hallways or on the waiting room floor.
SF Politics Some Democrats Float Strategy of Waiting Until Final Days to Vote In Primary For Governor, Focusing on Frontrunner Though it's not likely, Democrats in California run the risk of splitting their votes in the June primary and getting locked out of the November election, so some are arguing for being strategic with your vote.
SF News New San Francisco Homeless Census Shows Slight Drop, But Methodology Also Changed The preliminary results of this year's point-in-time homeless count, which was conducted in San Francisco in late January, are out and Mayor Daniel Lurie is touting the 4% overall drop in homelessness since 2024.
SF News SFMTA Launches Advance Reservations at 16 City-Owned Parking Garages Drivers can now reserve spots at most city-owned parking garages throughout San Francisco up to six months in advance. SFMTA also announced it’s phasing out the Pay by Phone app this month to be replaced by two new options.
SF News Three Men From Tennessee Indicted In Strong-arm Crypto Robbery Spree Across Bay Area and LA We still don't know who the brains are behind the operation, but three young men from Tennessee were indicted by a federal grand jury and may lead investigators to the co-conspirator or co-conspirators who guided them to holders of large sums of crypto in California.
SF News Coyote Seen Lounging on Rooftop In North Beach North Beach residents spotted a sleepy coyote enjoying the view on a rooftop last week, and it was long gone when Animal Control officers arrived at the scene.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: FIFA Marks 30 Days Until World Cup Kickoff There are flag-raising ceremonies around the Bay today to mark 30 days until the World Cup; a dog was sickened by rat poison left in a Santa Clara park; and inflation just jumped the most since May 2023.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SoCal Mayor to Plead Guilty to Being a Chinese Agent Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, CA, has admitted to working as an agent of the Chinese government; two men have been charged over an Oakland sideshow last fall; and there was a stabbing at the Redwood City Safeway self-checkout area.
SF News Widow Sues ChatGPT For Aiding Gunman In Florida State University Mass Shooting A lawsuit was filed against OpenAI Sunday by the widow of a man killed in an April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, alleging ChatGPT advised the gunman on how to best carry out the shooting.
SF Politics Two Former Aides Suggest Quid Pro Quo In Breed's Appointment of Stephen Sherrill to Board of Supervisors Clearly because they want to damage Stephen Sherrill's reelection prospects, two former aides of Mayor London Breed are confirming what many already suspected about her appointment of Sherrill to the Board of Supervisors a year and a half ago.
SF News 50 Beagles Rescued From Wisconsin Lab Arrive in Bay Area, SF Activist Faces Felony Charges Animal rescue groups persuaded a Wisconsin breeding lab to sell 1,500 beagles after activists worked for a decade to free them, and 50 of the dogs arrived in the Bay Area Sunday. Meanwhile, an SF activist faces 12 years in prison for rescuing some of them prior to the deal.
