SF News Day Around the Bay: One SoMa Spot Sees the Most Speed-Camera Tickets One spot in SoMa has the most speed-camera tickets so far; SF police are warning seniors that thieves are targeting jewelry wearers; and a flight out of SFO had a close call with a drone.
Business & Tech Insurance Startup Launches FiDi Cafe That's Open 24/7 to Serve as Tech Hub An insurance startup recently opened an all-hours cafe and workspace on the edge of SF's Financial District — where most businesses go dark by 5 pm.
Arts & Entertainment Revised Plans For Embarcadero Plaza Renovation Unveiled, Including Grand Lawn and Dog Park After months of community input, SF Rec & Parks officials unveiled revised designs Tuesday for Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park, just as workers have begun disassembling the Vaillancourt Fountain.
Business & Tech Scientists Say AI Chatbots Gave Them Advice on Creating Biological Weapons A small group of biosecurity experts who consult with AI companies to stress-test their products are reporting that several chatbots on the market offered them detailed information on turning pathogens into potential weapons.
SF Politics Well Known Provocateur Has Been Trolling House Candidate Saikat Chakrabarti With Painted Van Some pre-primary shenanigans are afoot, and the culprit appears to be someone linked to state Senator Scott Wiener and/or his campaign, though no one has yet taken responsibility.
SF News SFO to Start Allowing Non-Ticketed Guests Past Security, For Goodbyes and Greetings at Gates The image of a happy couple being reunited just after an air passenger steps off the jetway is something out of a 90s romcom. But it is going to start happening again, at long last, at San Francisco International Airport.
SF News Driverless Cars Will Start Getting Tickets In California Starting July 1 New regulations go into effect July 1 giving officials authority over driverless vehicle companies, including ticketing for traffic violations, stipulating fleet sizes, and utilizing geofencing in emergencies — while also paving the way for driverless trucks.
SF News Oakland to Try Using Street Barriers to Curb Sex Work In 'The Blade' The city of Oakland is going to take a page out of San Francisco's playbook to try to discourage sex-work activity on a notorious section of International Boulevard.
SF News Over 200 Angry Donors Demand $1.5 Million In Refunds From Swalwell Campaign As legal expenses mount from multiple criminal investigations into the sexual assault allegations against former Representative Eric Swalwell, dozens of people who donated to his campaign for governor are pushing to get their money back.
SF News Humpday Headlines: New Twin Peaks Promenade Breaks Ground There's a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new promenade on Twin Peaks; BART and Muni have seen recent jumps in ridership; and the Supreme Court has dealt a final blow to the Voting Rights Act.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Crews Begin Disassembling Vaillancourt Fountain The State Department will be providing citizens the option to put Trump’s face on their passports; a suspect was arrested in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of a woman found in the Sierra Foothills; and the controversial Vaillancourt Fountain is being taken down.
SF News SF Resident Contracts New Strain of ‘Mpox,’ But Risk Still Low Health officials recently alerted the public to the first case of mpox Clade I in San Francisco, a newer strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which showed up in a resident linked to an international traveler.
Arts & Entertainment Extra-Large Sea Lion Who's Been Hanging Out By Pier 39 Makes National News The Stellar sea lion, nicknamed Chonkers, who has been hanging around the sea lion docks by Pier 39 for the last month, continues to capture both regional and national attention.
Arts & Entertainment Lurie Appoints SF’s First Arts Director, Forges Arts Partnerships In Shanghai Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed the city’s first arts and culture director Monday, an announcement that followed his recent trip to Asia, where he finalized partnerships with arts organizations Shanghai.
Business & Tech Mill Valley Homeowner Offers 13-Acre Estate In Exchange For Anthropic Stock A Mill Valley property owner and investment banker hoping to get into the AI market recently took to LinkedIn with the hopes of handing over his sprawling estate to an interested Anthropic shareholder in exchange for stock in the company.
SF Politics Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Trump Administration's Practice of Detaining Immigrants Without a Hearing The Trump administration was dealt another blow in federal court Tuesday with regard to its practice of rounding up and detaining undocumented immigrants who have, in some cases, lived and worked in the US for years.
SF News Yes, We're Really Going to Be Calling It 'Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport' It seems as though San Francisco city officials have given in, and while the name is different from what was originally proposed, Oakland Airport is now legally able to put "San Francisco Bay" in its name.
SF News Thousands of Those Jelly-Like 'By-the-Wind Sailors' Just Washed Up on Baker and Ocean Beach 'Tis the season once more for Velella velella, also known as "by-the-wind sailors," which tend to wash up onshore en masse on NorCal beaches in the spring and sometimes summer.
SF News Oakland Police Fatally Shoot Man Who They Say Pointed Gun at Officers and Children Police in Oakland fatally shot a man Monday afternoon in the Webster neighborhood of East Oakland, after he was reportedly pointing a gun at random people and children.
SF Politics Republican-Backed California Voter ID Measure Makes It On November Ballot A proposed measure backed by two Southern California Republicans would require voters to use identification at the polls and by mail, and local election officials would be expected to regularly verify voter rolls.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Piano on JFK Drive Vandalized The piano in front of the Conservatory of Flowers has been destroyed by a vandal; the Academy of Sciences is laying off 53 people; and the Supreme Court declined to hear a case about parental rights and a child's social transition at school.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sunset Dunes Celebrates One Year of No Cars The Academy of Art has just sold St. Brigid Church on Van Ness; there was quite a scene outside the Oakland courthouse where the Musk v. Altman trial is happening; and the California man who allegedly tried to shoot Trump on Saturday was formally charged.
SF News Arrest Made In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Rape and Murder In Placer County There has been an arrest in the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner in Placer County, and the culprit according to the sheriff's office, is a known sex offender who had only been out of prison 10 months when Wanner was kidnapped and killed.
SF News UPS Plane at Oakland Airport Spills 250+ Gallons of Jet Fuel, Some of Which Ended Up In a Storm Drain A jet fuel spill at Oakland Airport Monday resulted in possibly hundreds of gallons of fuel flowing into a storm drain that leads out to San Francisco Bay, but officials say the spill was contained.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rose Pizzeria, Born In Berkeley, Opens Its San Francisco Location In the Richmond The much acclaimed Rose Pizzeria, a favorite of both the SF Chronicle and the New York Times as well as SFist, has just debuted its much anticipated second location in SF's Richmond District. Let the jockeying for reservations begin!
