SF News California Forever Loses Shipbuilding Contract to Texas, But They Say They're Still 'On Track' California Forever, the oddly named outfit seeking to build a new city from the ground up in eastern Solano County, has lost out on a chance to bring a $3.2 billion shipbuilding facility to the county's waterfront.
SF News Owner Had Taken Capsized Boat on Open Ocean to San Diego As the Bay Area continues to grapple with Tuesday's terrible boat tragedy, we've slowly learned a bit more about the boat involved, its captain, and how four people likely lost their lives when it sank.
SF News BART Fare Evader Turns Out to Be Georgia Fugitive Convicted of Murder In 2024 BART police apprehended a man they witnessed attempting to evade fare at El Cerrito del Norte Station Tuesday, only to discover he was an escaped murder convict from Georgia who had been on the run for the past two years.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: French Bulldog Missing After San Jose Crime Spree A French bulldog taken in a home-invasion robbery in San Jose remains missing; a man was killed in a hit-and-run in Redwood City after a side-swipe incident; and Muni's T line will be out of service this weekend and next in the Bayview.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flamingo Chick Hatches at SF Zoo Santa Clara County is going door to door to find Costco-bought grapevines that might be infested with glassy-winged sharpshooters; Thomas Keller's restaurant group is settling a harassment case; and a flamingo chick just hatched at the SF Zoo.
SF News SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce Faces Lawsuit, Sexual Misconduct Claims as Board President Steps Down After 13 board members threatened to resign over the organization’s handling of sexual harassment and hostile work environment allegations — while also facing a lawsuit by three employees, its former board president stepped down.
Bay Area Sports MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Points Finger at Giants Over Pride Night Hat Controversy Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball, made some new comments this week about last month's Pride Night debacle in which four Giants pitchers decided to protest the recognition of LGBTQ fans by way of their uniforms.
Bay Area Sports SF Likely to Be Named Host of 2028 MLB All-Star Game, Pending Olympics Decision Major League Baseball has been in talks for the past year about participating in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and if players are allowed to compete, SF would likely be chosen to host that summer’s All-Star Game at Oracle Park.
SF News Civil Trial Begins for Former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, Accused of Assaulting Multiple Women While criminal charges were taken off the table for winery owner and former mayor of Windsor Dominic Foppoli, he is now standing trial in a civil case in Sonoma County brought by seven women who accused him of sexual assault and domestic abuse.
SF Politics SF Supes Reduce Affordable Housing Requirement as Costs Continue to Stall New Construction The Board of Supervisors voted to lower the inclusionary housing requirement for new market-rate projects, with supporters arguing it will help encourage development while acknowledging that high costs and financing challenges are still keeping many projects from moving forward.
SF News Victim Identified as Boat Captain's Brother In Tuesday Sinking on the Bay; Missing Women Were Reportedly Trapped In Boat's Cabin Some further details have emerged in Tuesday's tragic sinking incident on San Francisco Bay, which involved a 49-foot cabin cruiser boat with 20 people and a dog onboard.
SF News Nima Momeni, Convicted of Killing Bob Lee Over 18 Months Ago, Sees Sentencing Delayed Again The sentencing of Nima Momeni, who was convicted in late 2024 of the 2023 stabbing murder of tech founder Bob Lee, has been delayed once more as his new attorney argues there was racial or ethnic bias at play in his trial.
SF News Weekly Anti-Trump Protest Outside SF’s Tesla Showroom Still Going Strong, Much to Neighbors’ Ire Since launching in early 2025, the anti-Trump protest at Van Ness and O’Farrell has consistently drawn a crowd every Saturday at noon, and some nearby residents are apparently fed up with the noise, as the city has received hundreds of complaints this year.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Supervisors Approve Drug-Free Housing Ordinance The SF Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance to require sobriety for supportive housing; the capsized pontoon boat sank in an unusually deep part of the Bay; and Oakland street vendors are protesting a crackdown.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Man Arrested After Leaving Large Bag of Meth in Ride-Hail Vehicle A woman was struck by a train in Santa Rosa; a San Francisco man was arrested for allegedly starting a fire near Union Square then assaulting firefighters attempting to extinguish the fire; and SFPD arrested a Sacramento man who left a large bag of meth in a ride-hail vehicle.
SF News Three Missing, at Least One Dead After Boat Sinks Near Alcatraz A boat carrying around 20 people sank in San Francisco Bay Tuesday afternoon, and at least one person is dead and three others are missing.
Arts & Entertainment Popular ‘Pursuit’ Game Kicks Off With Monthlong, Citywide Scavenger Hunt San Francisco's monthlong Pursuit scavenger hunt kicked off Saturday, inviting anyone to join a citywide search for hidden clues and puzzles after drawing more than 2,000 participants in last year's game
Business & Tech Group of Employees Sues Meta Saying AI Wrongly Targeted Those on Legitimate Leave for Layoffs A group of 26 employees of Meta who were all informed in May, along with around 8,000 others, that they would be laid off, are suing the company saying that an AI system disproportionately targeted those on medical or family leave for layoffs.
SF News SF Sheriff’s Deputy Charged After Caught on Camera Allegedly Groping Inmate Amid two federal lawsuits against the SF Sheriff’s Office over alleged mistreatment of female inmates, a deputy was charged with battery and misdemeanor assault after she allegedly asked a female inmate if she had implants then touched her breast.
Business & Tech Four SF Grocery Outlet Stores Are Now Using Facial Recognition Software at Entrances Grocery Outlet has begun installing technology at several Bay Area locations, which stores images of customers’ faces alongside security camera footage and compares it against a “watchlist” with info about suspected criminal activity shared by other retailers.
SF News Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Car On Sixth Street A man who was struck by a vehicle early Tuesday in SoMa has succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, marking the city's 12th pedestrian death of the year to date.
SF News PG&E Warns of Possible Power Shutoffs In East Bay, Marin, Due to Coming Winds Hot, dry conditions and some incoming high winds mean that PG&E is warning of potential PSPS events in the next two days for multiple counties, including three in the Bay Area.
SF News Trans March Organizers Protest Police Overreach, Seek for Charges to Be Dropped Against Vandalism Suspects Organizers of this year's Trans March say that the events that unfolded during and after the march were an example of clear police overreach, and they are seeking policy change from city leaders as well as the dropping of charges against four individuals.
Business & Tech Uber Is Blaming Waymo For July 4th Traffic Fiasco In SF As San Francisco city leaders continue to assess what went wrong on the night of July 4th to create such a traffic mess around the Marina and Presidio, a letter from Uber points to a few key obstructions caused by — you guessed it — Waymo.
SF News Missing SF Man Left Home Without Glasses, Shirt, Leaving Family Deeply Concerned The family of 41-year-old Ray Whidden, who hasn’t been seen since last Thursday, fear an altercation occurred before he went missing because he left his shirt and broken glasses at home, without which he’s almost clinically blind.
