SF News Day Around the Bay: ‘The Nut’ Becomes Walnut Creek’s Unofficial Nickname The woman whose body was pulled from the Bay has been identified; a local gallery owner has been accused of chronic non-payment; and Walnut Creek’s new nickname, “The Nut,” is now a thing.
Arts & Entertainment Pokémon Convention Hits Moscone Ahead of Championships Next Week, Street Closures Underway More than 50,000 fans will be visiting SF next weekend for the 2026 Pokémon World Championships at Chase Center as well as the new PokémonXP fan convention at Moscone Center, with some streets in SoMa closed through September 1.
SF Politics Aisha Wahab Wins Special Election to Finish Swalwell's Term State Senator Aisha Wahab has officially been declared the winner of Tuesday's special runoff election to fill the remainder of former Congressman Eric Swalwell's term that ends in January, representing much of Alameda County.
SF Politics New Bill Ending Child Marriage In California Moves Closer to Approval A state bill authored by San Jose Assemblymember Gail Pellerin that would set California’s minimum legal marriage age at 18 with no exceptions is awaiting final approval from the State Assembly and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
SF News Teen Hospitalized After Alleged Knife Fight at Oakland's Castlemont High School A juvenile was hospitalized after an apparent stabbing at Castlemont High School in Oakland Thursday morning.
Arts & Entertainment Intimate New Art-House Cinema Opening In Bernal Heights Bucking the trend of movie theaters closing, a new, 49-seat cinema is under construction on Mission Street in La Lengua/Bernal Heights, and is scheduled to open its doors this fall.
SF News Death of Two-Year-Old Girl Brings Toll to Three In Suspected Richmond Arson Fire A toddler has succumbed to her injuries in the hospital, bringing the death toll to three family members in a Tuesday night house fire in Richmond that police believe was intentionally set by a 32-year-old man who lived there.
SF News Man Stabs Five of His Coworkers at Casino Resort Near Sacramento A 22-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder in the alleged stabbings of five of his coworkers, none of whom suffered life-threatening injuries, at a restaurant located inside the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Placer County.
SF Politics Swalwell Detained at SFO, FBI Seizes Devices and Raids His Home In Sexual Assault Probe Things have officially heated up on the legal front regarding allegations of sexual assault that have been levied against former East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, after several months in which he seemed to be lying low.
SF News SF Woman Arrested for DUI, Kidnapping After Fleeing Police With Passenger Inside Car A 25-year-old SF woman, who was allegedly seen driving recklessly in Half Moon Bay with a passenger in the car, evaded police for six and a half miles, blowing a tire along the way, until she was eventually stopped in Pacifica.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Berkeley Encampment Sparks Fresh Outrage A video shot by an ABC7 reporter dropping her son off at college showing a homeless encampment has gone viral; a motorcyclist died on 101 in East Palo Alto; and a former North Bay librarian who now works for PBS says he is having a mental health crisis.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Andreas Fault Slipping Fast, Report Says Fairfield police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 36-year-old woman last month; a new report finds the San Andreas Fault's northern portion slipping faster than was previously understood; and a Porsche caught fire in the Marina.
Arts & Entertainment Tenderloin Museum to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Saturday Performances and a roundtable discussion will take place at Turk and Taylor Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, with a screening and panel of the Emmy-winning documentary 'Screaming Queens' to follow August 27.
Business & Tech That AI Store Manager In Cow Hollow Just Fired Its First Human Employee Andon Market, the AI-created store with no clear purpose for existing beyond as a marketing tool for the startup behind it, made headlines again this week after its AI agent manager decided to fire a store employee.
SF News Arson Suspect Arrested In Richmond Fire That Killed Father, Nephew Two people were killed and two others seriously injured in a house fire in Richmond Tuesday night, and a relative who also lives at the home has been arrested as a suspect.
Arts & Entertainment Mavis Staples Returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass This Year, Along With Los Lobos The third round of artist reveals arrived Wednesday for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026, and we learn that the great Mavis Staples, who continues touring at age 87, will be returning to the SF festival after last appearing in 2024.
SF News Dating Site Set to Launch Later This Year Promises to Match ‘Western’ Men With Asian Women A new SF-based dating site called WMAF Meet, short for “Western males and Asian females,” is drawing backlash online over its narrow focus on pairing white men with Asian women, whom the site describes as the “most in-demand” pairing in San Francisco.
SF News Antioch Community Rallies Behind Woman Berated By Racist Neighbor In Viral Video An Antioch woman is receiving an outpouring of support after a viral video showed her neighbor harassing and taunting her with racial slurs, as the man faces charges in a separate incident and police investigate an explosive device thrown at his home.
SF News Suspect In Max Maltzman Murder Will Be Tried as an Adult, Judge Rules The juvenile court judge has ruled, and the now 21-year-old man who is believed to have killed 18-year-old Max Maltzman in an abandoned Hunters Point warehouse three years ago will be tried in adult court, pending an appeal by his attorney.
SF News Rare Shooting In Sausalito Leads to Two Arrests At least one shot was fired in a rare gun incident in Sausalito on Saturday, which apparently stemmed from a fight between multiple individuals.
SF News Humpday Headlines: East Bay Congressional Race Looking Close The AIPAC attack ads appear to have narrowed Aisha Wahab's lead in the race to replace Eric Swalwell; a 27-year-old man was arrested for an unprovoked attack on an elderly man in Guerneville; and two people were stabbed in a road-rage incident in San Jose.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former Employee Sentenced to Jail In Killing of Condor Club Manager SF homes are selling for $1 million above asking price; two Empire Records artists are facing backlash over using generative AI; and a former employee was charged as an accessory after the fact in the murder of Condor Club manager Marc Calgani.
Business & Tech OpenAI Launches ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ Amid Lawsuits, Protests OpenAI launched “ChatGPT for Teens” Tuesday with enhanced protections around sensitive topics and features amid mounting lawsuits and nationwide student protests last week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Team to Open Burger Spot In West Portal The team behind Original Joe's and Little Original Joe's, as well as Elena's in West Portal, is readying to open another family-friendly spot in the neighborhood focused just on burgers and chicken tenders.
SF News Arrest Made In 2008 Cold Case Murder In Western Addition There has finally been an arrest in the 2008 murder of a young San Francisco man who was getting ready to get married the next day, and the suspect was found in LA.
