SF Politics Wiener and Chan Look Likely to Be Headed to November Ballot For SF's Congressional Seat We will still be getting updated vote counts over the coming days and the final tally is not yet in, but as of election night, state Senator Scott Wiener and SF Supervisor Connie Chan were in solid first and second places in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi.
SF News Post-Election Headlines: Governor's Race Too Close to Call Becerra and Hilton hold the leads in the governor's race but Steyer may still be alive with millions of votes still to count; SF's props C and D both look to be failing; and incumbent supervisors Alan Wong and Stephen Sherrill hold solid leads so far in their ranked-choice contests.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo Couple Drowns at Fresno Waterfall The SF Giants hired a new third-base coach; a 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected near Cloverdale; and a local couple died at a waterfall in Fresno when the woman fell in, and her husband tried to save her.
SF News SF Chinese Hospital Names Wing After Donor Who Paved Way for New Cancer Center SF Chinese Hospital has renamed its outpatient center after philanthropist Charles Huang, honoring his $7 million donation in 2020 that funded infrastructure upgrades to the wing, which helped pave the way for a forthcoming cancer clinic.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Benu Alum Plans Korean Comfort-Food Restaurant on Oakland's Piedmont Ave A restaurateur with several recent hits under his belt has teamed up with a chef with SF fine dining cred to open a new Oakland restaurant focused on Korean comfort food and home-style cooking.
SF News Four-Year-Old Rescued After Becoming Trapped in 10-Inch Irrigation Pipe at Fairfield School A preschooler was safely rescued and uninjured after becoming stuck inside a 10-inch irrigation pipe for about 15 minutes outside a Fairfield preschool, prompting a response from firefighters.
SF News Sonoma Couple Says They Were Conned Out of $28K In 'Courier Scam' Sonoma County authorities want the public, especially the elderly, to be aware of a spate of scams involving couriers and demands for cash withdrawals under false pretenses. But in one recent case, an arrest has been made.
SF News Recent Workshop For Educators on ‘Adult Supremacy’ In Classrooms Sparks Backlash A local nonprofit rented an SFUSD high school for an ethnic studies conference for educators, featuring a workshop about “adultism” and power dynamics in the classroom, which has drawn predictable criticism, largely due to the mistaken belief that city funds paid for it.
SF Politics Will Mayor Daniel Lurie Keep or Lose Allies In Today's Supervisor Special Elections? In addition to the two bigger primary fights on the ballot today in San Francisco, for governor and for Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat, two moderate incumbent SF supervisors are fighting to hold on to their seats.
SF News SF Supervisor Alan Wong Seeks to Introduce Penalties for Setting Off Illegal Fireworks Ahead of the July 4th maelstrom of illegal fireworks lighting up SF’s foggy skies, Supervisor Alan Wong introduced legislation that would strengthen enforcement by allowing police to issue fines and pursue misdemeanor charges against repeat offenders.
SF News Injured SFPD Officer and Arrested Suspect In Sunday Shooting Both Identified The San Francisco police officer who was critically injured Sunday in the line of duty has been identified, and so has the suspect who allegedly shot at police, who is a convicted felon out on parole.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Early Voting Turnout Is at Just 17% In CA Early voting turnout is at a fairly low 17%, but a surge of ballots is expected; Los Gatos is flying its first-ever Pride Flag on the town square; and a Senate bill seeks to limit how the military can use AI.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Team Australia Arrives In Bay Ahead of World Cup Team Australia has landed in the Bay, which will be its training home base for the World Cup; Adam Sandler and his wife took in a Valkyries game on Saturday; and Florida is now suing OpenAI.
SF sports SF LGBT Center's World Cup 'Pride House' Serves as Safe Haven for LGBTQ+ Soccer Fans Ahead of the World Cup's opening matches in Santa Clara, the SF LGBT Center in the Castro has launched SF Pride House, a hub for LGBTQ+ soccer fans featuring watch parties, community events, and other programming throughout the tournament.
SF News SF to Add Five Modern Monuments as City Decides Which Outdated Statues to Remove As the city evaluates and collects community feedback on which of its outdated monuments to replace, the SF Arts Commission recently selected five innovative artists to create temporary installations honoring communities often left out of the civic narrative.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie Says Most Layoffs Have Now Been Avoided In New Proposed Budget Similar to what happened last year, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had City Hall workers with an announcement about sweeping layoffs, only to later announce far fewer layoffs would actually be occurring.
Business & Tech Like OpenAI, Anthropic Makes SEC Filing Ahead of Possible IPO Days after Anthropic saw its valuation soar past competitor OpenAI, the company has made a confidential filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for a possible IPO.
SF News Husband of Social Worker Killed at SF General Hospital to File Lawsuit Against City A wrongful death claim has been filed against the city by the husband of Alberto Rangel, alleging that Rangel’s fatal stabbing by a patient at SF General Hospital last year was preventable, and he plans to file a lawsuit.
SF Politics Chakrabarti Campaign Tries to Amplify Pro-Israel PAC's Indirect Link to Connie Chan as Primary Race Tightens There appears to have been some last-minute maneuvers happening over the weekend by supporters of Saikat Chakrabarti, and Chakrabarti himself, in an effort to tie Connie Chan to a political action committee that is pro-Israel.
SF News Robbery Suspect and SFPD Officer Both Shot and Wounded In Gunfight In SF's Bayview District A shootout between SFPD officers and a pair of robbery suspects Sunday night left both an officer and one of the suspects critically wounded, and the second suspect was arrested.
SF News Driver Crashes Into Castro Restaurant and Parklet Then Flees Scene A Castro Street restaurant sustained considerable damage and a neighboring parklet was destroyed when a driver crashed into them early Sunday morning then fled the scene.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Elderly Alameda Woman Attacked By Wild Turkeys A new poll shows the race tightening for California governor and Steyer surging past Hilton; three people were shot early Sunday in San Jose; and an 83-year-old Alameda woman was attacked by a pair of wild turkeys.
SF News SF Giants Call Up Top Hitting Prospect in Last-Ditch Effort to Fix Lost Season The San Francisco Giants made a bold move Saturday, adding top hitting prospect Jonah Cox to their major league squad directly from Double-A. The surprising call for Cox to bypass any time at the AAA level comes as the team continues a historically bad start to its 2026 campaign.
SF News 17-Year-Old Dead, Three Injured in Overnight Collision with Recology Truck A Chevrolet Camaro with four teenagers inside took a terrifying 25-foot-plunge over San Francisco's eastbound 1-80 overpass late last night, killing one 17-year-old boy who wasn't wearing his seatbelt and leaving at least one other passenger with major injuries.
SF News Sunday Links: Woman Found Dead in Berkeley Apartment, Police Probe Possible Homicide A Berkeley property manager found one of his residents dead in her apartment on Saturday afternoon, prompting police to initiate Berkeley's first homicide investigation in 16 months. Officials have shared that the victim was in her 30s. [Berkeleyside]
