SF News SF District Attorney Announces Charges Against 18 ‘Stud Alley’ Block Party Attendees Eighteen of the 20 people who were arrested during an annual, unauthorized block party during Pride weekend were set to appear in court on misdemeanor charges Thursday.
SF News Two Men Sentenced to Life For Revenge Killing of San Mateo Father In Front of Toddler Son Two men who were convicted in the October 2020 gang-related murder of a 30-year-old San Mateo man in his driveway, in front of his two-year-old son, have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
SF News Authorities Investigate Fatal Shooting of Elderly Man at North Oakland Bus Stop A 74-year-old man was fatally shot at a bus stop on Martin Luther King Jr Way in North Oakland Wednesday morning, and investigators are seeking more information from the public about the incident.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Streets to Close for SF Marathon This Weekend Prepare for street closures Saturday night and Sunday morning for the SF Marathon; two San Jose police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who'd just killed his son; and local HIV organizations have been blindsided by federal funding cuts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Orcas Seen Hunting In Monterey Bay Nine striking workers were arrested Tuesday outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; some glass fell from a 17th story window in downtown SF; and orcas were captured on video hunting dolphins in Monterey Bay.
SF Politics SF Civil Grand Jury Tells City to Fix Outdoor Warning System or Replace AlertSF A new report from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is urging Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors to adopt a better emergency warning system, as AlertSF has been deemed inadequate, and that old outdoor siren is too expensive to fix.
Business & Tech OpenAI Says Its Technology Acted on Its Own When It Hacked Another AI Company A pair of OpenAI models breached the systems of New York City-based AI repository Hugging Face after OpenAI relaxed its safeguards during an internal cybersecurity evaluation.
SF News Suspect In Hate-Crime Vandalism at Pac Heights Church Creates Chaotic Scene In Court A San Francisco man suspected of spray-painting homophobic and antisemitic messages on a church in Pacific Heights in February, appears to be a fairly unstable character who was poorly behaved at a court appearance last week.
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Will Kick Off With Tribute Concert Again, This Time For Steve Earle The initial segment of the lineup for the 2026 edition of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — which is, in fact, the 26th annual Hardly Strictly — was released Wednesday, along with an announcement about a benefit concert before the festival starts.
SF Politics Wiener Lands Endorsement From Dolores Huerta While Chan Focuses on United Farm Workers’ Bid Labor leader Dolores Huerta has announced she’s endorsing Scott Wiener to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House, which came as a surprise for supporters of Connie Chan, who’s considered the more pro-labor candidate.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Car Destroys Parklet Outside Anina and Brass Tacks In Hayes Valley A Honda crashed Tuesday night into the parklet that sits outside the bars Anina and Brass Tacks on Hayes Street in Hayes Valley, destroying it, but thankfully no one was sitting in it at the time.
SF News SF Man Arrested In Israel, Extradited In 2017 Fatal Hit-and-Run In South San Francisco A suspect who fled the country in 2017 was brought back from Israel last week and booked into San Mateo County Jail in connection with the hit-and-run death of a South San Francisco woman.
SF News Wildfire Near Pleasanton Reaches 1,000 Acres, 40% Containment A vegetation fire dubbed the Little Fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon in eastern Alameda County, has now burned over 1,000 acres and was 40% contained as of Wednesday morning.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Injured By Car While Picketing at C&H Plant In Crockett A man was struck by a car that drove through a picket line outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; the downtown community benefit district in SF just added the Ferry Building; and Napa is considering banning drive-thrus.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Former SF Port Director to Receive Four Misdemeanor Charges The Gilroy Garlic Festival returns this weekend; Trump has frozen $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota; and prosecutors plan to charge Elaine Forbes, Sausalito city manager and former Port of SF director, with four misdemeanor charges.
Business & Tech Pixar Announces Large Round of Layoffs as Disney Moves to Cut Hundreds of Jobs Disney announced its third round of layoffs this year, eliminating several hundred jobs across the company, with Pixar expected to cut around 116 employees despite the box office success of 'Toy Story 5,' though Disney has not confirmed that figure.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two Richmond Men Suspected of Armed Robbery of Elderly Couple In SF San Francisco police released video of an arrest of two suspects who are believed to have stolen an SUV and then used it, days later, to commit an armed robbery in Visitacion Valley.
SF News Salesforce, Chris Larsen Donate $3M Each to Boost SFPD’s Real-Time Investigations Center The latest tech contributions to SFPD’s Real Time Investigations Center come from Salesforce and Chris Larsen with combined $6 million in donations, which will go toward boosting infrastructure and operations and developing “counter-drone” technology.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Outside Lands Brings Back 'Secret' Snack Menu, Reveals Limited-Edition Dishes The always robust food program at Outside Lands will again feature some off-menu snack portions of dishes at some vendors, as they did two years ago, and some limited-edition indulgences including an uni smashburger.
SF News Suspect In San Francisco Kitten Killing Fails to Show Up For Court Date, Warrant Issued The Reno man who was arrested in very dramatic fashion last week in a coordinated operation between the SFPD and SF Animal Care & Control, for allegedly torturing and killing a kitten in an ATM vestibule, is now apparently on the run.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The New York Times Returns, With Respect, to Chez Panisse, and Praises the New Bar Panisse After seven years of general disrespect and snubbing by the local paper of record, the SF Chronicle, Chez Panisse and its new next-door offshoot Bar Panisse get some sincere praise and quiet reverence from the New York Times.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jollibee Filipino Fast-Food Set to Open on SF’s Market Street July 31 After Years of Delays The nearly six-year wait for Jollibee to return to San Francisco is almost over, as the new Market Street location is scheduled to open its doors July 31.
SF News Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Gives $75 Million For Vanderbilt's New SF Arts College A new arts college named for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife is set to be the "cornerstone" of Vanderbilt's new San Francisco satellite campus, with the focus being a blend of arts education, design, engineering, and AI.
SF News Vallejo Police Fatally Shoot Carjacking Suspect Who Allegedly Opened Fire An armed carjacking suspect in Vallejo was fatally shot by police during a felony traffic stop Monday afternoon after he allegedly opened fire on an officer.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Giant Crow Sculptures Defaced By Vandal The CA DMV is expanding its digital ID program to 60% of drivers; bars in SF and San Jose saw a significant bump in business from the World Cup; and the giant crow sculptures in the Panhandle got defaced over the weekend.
