SF News Day Around the Bay: Anthropic Says Three of Its AI Models Hacked Into External Businesses SFO is getting private sleep lounges in the fall of 2027; SF City Attorney David Chiu is suing two hotel booking sites, alleging they gouge customers; and some of Anthropic’s AI models hacked into the systems of three businesses.
SF News Union Workers at Ghirardelli’s SF Flagship Store Begin Three-Day Strike, Prompting Closure Ghirardelli Chocolate closed the doors of its flagship location in SF’s Fisherman's Wharf Thursday after union workers walked off the job to launch a three-day strike over an ongoing contract dispute.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Set Times Revealed, With the Usual Conflicts Galore Music festivals on the scale of Outside Lands are not designed for people with broad or varied tastes, and once again, the set-time schedule reveals a variety of moments when fans will have to make difficult choices, and likely miss an act or two who they'd otherwise like to see.
SF News [Update] Woodside Fire Grows to 75 Acres In Western Sonoma County, Smoke Spreading East A wind-driven wildfire that began Thursday is burning into an area of heavy timber along the Sonoma County coast near Highway 1, north of Jenner and Fort Ross.
Business & Tech Contract Workers Sue SF Robotics Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO, Alleging Unpaid Wages Following an earlier lawsuit over a damaged Airbnb rental, former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt's startup Botco is now facing a class-action lawsuit from former contract workers who allege unpaid overtime and termination pay.
SF News Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports At least a dozen immigrants have been detained by federal agents at Bay Area airports over the past month — many over expired visas rather than active removal orders, leading advocates to suspect ICE is accessing flight information.
Business & Tech Waymos Set to Return to SF Freeways Following Mishaps, Recall Waymo robotaxis are going to be popping back onto Bay Area freeways in the coming days, following a voluntary six-week recall in which the company's software was updated to better handle emergency road closures and construction.
SF News Major Traffic In Northern Marin County Following Collision Involving Downed Power Lines, Brush Fire There was a major backup on 101 Thursday morning impacting both northbound and southbound lanes, following a collision near the Highway 37 interchange in Novato that took out a power pole and sparked a small brush fire.
SF News SF Therapist Receives Felony Charges In Juvenile Hall Grooming, Sexual Abuse Case A former behavioral health clinician from San Francisco faces several felony charges for allegedly grooming a teenage client at a juvenile detention center in Contra Costa County for two years then sexually abusing him upon his release.
Arts & Entertainment 'Drag Race' Royalty Alaska Thunderf*ck to Play Mary In 'Oh, Mary!' In SF Speculation and rumors have been swirling for months now about who would play the titular role of Mary Todd Lincoln when Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' comes to San Francisco this fall, and now we have an answer.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFPD Increasing Mid-Market Patrols After Shootings The SFPD is increasing patrols following a spate of shootings in the mid-Market area; a gyrocopter crashed while taking off at Petaluma Airport; and Trump appears to be dropping his nomination of Todd Blanche for AG.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sportscaster Accuses ESPN of Holding Back Shanahan Crash Story A few more details emerge in the Sheng Thao corruption case; an Amazon engineer died by possible drowning in Lake Tahoe Monday; and a sportscaster is accusing ESPN of withholding the Kyle Shanahan crash story for over a week.
SF Politics SF Mayor Lurie’s ‘Clean Up City Hall’ Measures Qualify For November Ballot Three Lurie-backed measures headed to the November ballot seek to "streamline" City Hall, including two that would expand the mayor's authority and one that would significantly raise the minimum number of signatures required for petitions.
Arts & Entertainment Prepare for Jump-Scares as 'Terror Vault' Transforms Into 1980s Slasher Film This Halloween The now annual Halloween season tradition of 'Terror Vault' at the Old Mint in downtown SF returns this year with a fresh concept called 'Slashed - Return to Hellville,' taking inspiration from 1980s slasher films.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] LA Music Community Searches For Missing Elderly Folk Musician Who Grew Up In Marin Visionary experimental folk musician Linda Perhacs, who has dementia, was checked out of her memory care facility in Los Angeles eight months ago, and her friends and colleagues have been unable to reach the family member overseeing her care.
Bay Area Sports SF Giants' Troubles Continue as Outfielder Harrison Bader Has Scooter Accident Allegedly Involving Fire Truck The San Francisco Giants continue in their terrible, no good, very bad 2026 season, and now injured outfielder Harrison Bader has apparently made his foot injury worse with a scooter accident.
Business & Tech Apple Launches Leasing Program For iPhones, Macs Weeks After Price Hike Following a notable price hike and ahead of the rumored debut of Apple’s new foldable iPhone, which is believed to cost around $2,000, the company has launched a new leasing program for many of its high-end devices.
SF Politics San Mateo Congressman Introduces Federal Bill Regulating Robotaxis During Emergencies In response to recent Waymo incidents that have delayed emergency responders, worsened large-scale traffic jams, and sent vehicles through construction zones, Congressman Kevin Mullin has introduced legislation to establish national standards for cities and manufacturers.
SF News Three Arrested In SF Following Shooting at Market and Jones Streets Three suspects were arrested Monday evening following a mid-afternoon shooting on mid-Market that left one person with critical injuries.
SF News Humpday Headlines: East Bay Cat Euthanized After Getting Rabies An indoor cat in Pleasanton somehow was exposed to rabies and had to be euthanized; two small earthquakes were felt in Sonoma County Tuesday evening; and Antioch is turning down a $35M grant for homeless housing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: COVID-19 Cases Surge In California, Up More Than 3% AI companies are destroying antique books in mass quantities after training their models; Visa is laying off about 2,600 employees; and positive cases of COVID-19 have gone up by more than 3% in just a month.
SF News Santa Cruz Lifeguard Who Saved Boy During Heroic Rescue Receives Invite to White House A teen lifeguard’s dramatic rescue of a boy in Santa Cruz was one of 34 rescues by State Parks lifeguards in the area over the weekend, and the man who filmed the incident hopes Trump’s recognition will help advance efforts to classify lifeguards as first responders.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Bridge Gets Featured Role In 'Best Bridges' Meme Involving Taylor Swift Songs Swifties have latched on to a meme where people post "the four best bridges" or "the three best bridges" in the world, and in which they feature real-life bridges, like the Golden Gate, alongside one of Taylor Swift's famous and beloved song bridges.
Business & Tech East Coast Bloggers Awarded $56 Million In Cyberstalking, Harassment Case Against eBay A Massachusetts couple who publish a tech newsletter have been awarded $56 million in a settlement with eBay and three former executives over an alleged cyberstalking and harassment campaign sparked by their coverage of the company.
Bay Area Sports Kyle Shanahan Now Says He Was at Fault In Palo Alto Crash In Which He Was Seriously Injured 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was quick to respond to media reports Tuesday morning that the 21-year-old woman who was the other driver in the July 14 crash in Palo Alto that left him with serious injuries was the one deemed at fault.
