SF Politics At Final Governor's Race Debate Before Primary, Becerra Gets Attacked, Porter Still Trying to Break Through On Thursday night at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, seven of the candidates for California governor debated one last time before the June 2 primary, each trying to change their standing in the polls and become one of the top two vote-getters.
SF News Kars4Kids, Found to Be Front for New Jersey Jewish Organization That Does Little for Needy Kids, Now Banned in CA The decades-long scourge of that all-too-earwormy "1-877-KARS4KIDS" jingle is thankfully over, or almost over, for Californians at least, as a court has ruled the ads must stop running due to false advertising.
SF News SF Elites Lynne Benioff, Trevor Traina Appointed to Trump’s New Presidio Trust Board Among the new upper crust Trump allies replacing the previous members of the Presidio Trust’s Board are Trevor Traina, tech entrepreneur and son of SF socialite Dede Wilsey, and Lynne Benioff, who previously served on the board for a decade.
SF News Bizarre Details Emerge In Santa Clara Murder-Suicide, Which Involved Estranged Brothers The scant details about a fatal shooting and a second body subsequently found inside a burning home in Santa Clara last week told none of the story, which actually involves a man secretly renting a home next door to his estranged brother before allegedly killing him.
SF News Academy of Sciences Director Resigns Amid Union’s ‘Cut From the Top’ Campaign Facing a $7.3 million deficit and less than three weeks after the layoffs of 53 California Academy of Sciences employees, the museum’s executive director announced he’s resigning at the end of the month.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Prop D Could Hamper the Local Economy, Controller Says Prop D, the "CEO tax," could cost the city in terms of jobs and GDP but would likely bring in $300M annually; Vallejo police arrest woman in pepper-spray road-rage attack; and it's apparently miserable working at Meta right now.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former Newsom Aide Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Becerra Campaign Funds California State University is trying out three-year degrees with some of its undergraduate programs; police are in search of four smash-and-grab suspects in Concord; and Newsom’s former-chief of staff pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud Becerra’s campaign.
SF sports PETA Blasts 49ers Player George Kittle For Bragging About Killing Spider A comical story from the 49ers' George Kittle about killing a spider prompted an unexpectedly tongue-in-cheek scolding from PETA, along with educational tips on relocating spiders outside instead.
Arts & Entertainment How to Enjoy the 114th Annual Bay to Breakers While Avoiding Traffic Spring is in full swing and Bay to Breakers is this Sunday, so here’s how to enjoy — or avoid — the plethora of festivities happening this weekend.
SF News Will Cesar Chavez Street Be Renamed For Dolores Huerta? Chuck Norris?? A committee is being established to lead the process of renaming Cesar Chavez Street, 30 years after the name supplanted Army Street, and following the revelation that the workers' rights icon sexually assaulted women and girls.
SF News SF Man Charged In 27 Separate Walgreens Thefts In SF; Other Alleged Prolific Retail Thieves Also Nabbed The San Francisco Police Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force on Thursday announced the arrests of and charges against five individuals accused of prolific retail thievery in the city.
SF News San Leandro Police Chief Placed on Leave Following Misdemeanor Hit-and-Run Charges A year after San Leandro Police Chief Angela Averiett was accused of swiping the side of another car in the East Bay then driving off, she now faces misdemeanor charges and has been put on administrative leave.
SF News Survivor of Lake Tahoe Capsize Tragedy Describes Key Mistakes That Led to Eight Drownings A newly obtained police report reveals statements that were made by a survivor of the tragic event on Lake Tahoe last June that left eight people dead, regarding the poor decisions made by the group prior to the boat capsizing.
SF Politics New Poll Shows Becerra at Top In Governor’s Race and Still Climbing Despite a tense exchange with a reporter this week, along with recent criticism from colleagues, gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is now in the lead in a new poll and continues to rise.
SF News Alameda County Agrees to $36M Settlement For Son and Family of Dublin Couple Killed By Deputy The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week voted to approve a sizeable settlement — the largest ever payout related to the Sheriff's Department — to the family of a Dublin couple killed by a former deputy in 2022 in a tragic love triangle case.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Very Windy Weekend Ahead You can expect a very windy weekend around the Bay starting Friday; Tuesday night's fire in the Tenderloin actually displaced 46 people; and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan remains stubbornly confident in the governor's race despite polling in sixth place.
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.
