SF News Saturday Links: Pelosi, Other Leaders Call For Swalwell to Withdraw From Governor’s Race Commercial salmon fishing is opening this spring for the first time in four years; Oakland will start issuing parking meter citations Sunday from noon to 6pm as it's no longer free; and Nancy Pelosi and many other leaders are asking Rep. Swalwell to step down from the Governor's race.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Details Revealed In Oakland Coffee Shop Owner’s Disappearance New state legislation could lower residents’ PG&E bills by 30%; more people have been spotted paying for signatures on petitions relating to the billionaire tax; and new information has been provided on the disappearance of Amy Hillyard.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Everyone Loves a Bakery Rose Pizzeria's SF location is nearing its opening, the Caché team is expanding downtown, and Sol Bakery opens this weekend in Hayes Valley, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Around 1,600 PG&E Customers Lost Power Friday Near Lake Merced, Stonestown Mall Just three weeks after the last unplanned power outage, 1,600 PG&E addresses lost power Friday afternoon near the area of SF’s Lake Merced, Stonestown Mall, and SF State, and it was restored less than an hour later.
SF Politics Former Staffer Says Rep. Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her Twice We have an April surprise in the race for governor of California, and one that could have some impact on what is already a crowded and messy fight between Democratic candidates ahead of the June 2 primary.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Says Drug-Free Supportive Housing Would Allow Relapses If They Don’t Disrupt Others’ Sobriety Dorsey, who struggles with his own substance use disorder, introduced legislation calling for future city-funded supportive housing to be drug-free, which he says would allow for relapses if they don’t put fellow residents’ sobriety at risk, but some advocates remain skeptical.
SF Politics Kamala Harris Says 'I'm Thinking About It' With Regard to 2028 Run We may indeed see Kamala Harris run for president for a third time, folks, as she continues to strongly hint this week that this is what she's planning to do in 2028.
SF News Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sam Altman's House, Suspect Arrested Outside OpenAI Headquarters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home was targeted by a suspect early Friday morning, and that suspect then proceeded to head to OpenAI's offices, where he allegedly was ranting about burning the place down.
SF News Seven Arrested, Including Three County Officials, In Connection With Deadly Esparto Fireworks Explosion A Yolo County sheriff's lieutenant and his wife, who owned the property where last summer's deadly fireworks explosion occurred in Esparto, have been arrested along with five others, and formal charges were set to be announced Friday.
SF News Teen Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries In Mission District Shooting Following Fight Just hours after city officials called for an end to street violence by announcing a 24-hour ceasefire Thursday afternoon, a teenager was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a fight near Mission and 18th streets that resulted in gunfire.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Democrats Holding 'Shadow Hearings' on Election Shenanigans Congressional Democrats held a 'shadow hearing' in SF Thursday on election integrity; a California sheriff's deputy was killed trying to serve an eviction notice; and Castro residents are upset about Philz's new policy against Pride flags.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo and Waze Are Mapping SF's Potholes BART had another significant meltdown today due to a problem near San Bruno; Waymo and Waze are launching a pothole-mapping project in SF; and First Lady Melania Trump might be trying to get ahead of a bombshell story about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein — and/or how she met Donald.
SF News Construction Begins on 100% Affordable ‘Marvel in the Mission’ Development Crews officially broke ground on the mammoth, long-awaited “Marvel in the Mission” affordable housing development adjacent to the 16th Street-Mission BART Station, with the first phase featuring 136 units of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless residents.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Gets Its First Gluten-Free, Celiac-Safe Italian Restaurant, Clementina There is no life without pasta for most Italians, and given that some Italians must also grapple with the scourge of celiac disease and gluten intolerance, people have found a way to make delicious pasta, and pizza, without the gluten.
SF News Calling It a 'Crisis Point,' DA Brooke Jenkins and Other City Leaders Call For Ceasefire Amid Spike In SF Homicides There was a press conference Thursday morning on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to address the noted uptick in homicides since the start of the year, which puts the city on track for potentially double the number of homicides we saw in 2025.
SF News Supes Veto Appeal to Legalize $5M North Beach Mansion Illegally Converted From Four Units The SF Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reject an appeal to retroactively legalize a $5 million North Beach single-family home that was illegally converted from four rent-controlled units by a previous owner.
Arts & Entertainment Elon-Headed Robot Dog Spotted In San Francisco A robot dog with the head of Elon Musk that was part of an art installation at Miami Art Basel in December was seen prancing around San Francisco on Wednesday, as part of a promo for an upcoming art show.
SF News Let the Boycott Begin!: Philz Coffee Locations Barred From Hanging Pride Flags Homegrown coffee brand Philz has gone corporate, and its CEO may have miscalculated with a new policy change aimed at not alienating bigots or the religious right, or something.
SF News Right-Wingers Accused of Inciting Fights, Pepper Spraying Silicon Valley Shoppers For YouTube Views A Costco shopper in Mountain View is suffering from vision loss after he was pepper sprayed during an altercation with a right-wing instigator/YouTuber from Southern California.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Oakland Vietnamese Restaurant Rammed By Vehicle Three Times Tay Ho restaurant in Oakland was rammed by a would-be smash-and-grab thief; demonstrators marched on Market Street against the Iran War; and around 100 youths were detained after breaking into a shuttered theater in San Jose.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SEIU Pulls Endorsement of Wiener Over Prop D SF filmmaker Kevin Epps was sentenced to six years for a 2016 shooting; the service workers' union has pulled its endorsement of Scott Wiener for Congress; and Philz Coffee employees are circulating a petition over a Pride flag issue.
SF News SF Supervisor Mahmood Introduces Ban on Uncertified Batteries Following Increase In Fires SF Supervisor Bilal Mahmood and SFFD introduced legislation banning the sale of lithium-ion batteries without a UL certification label due to increased fire risk, giving city agencies authority to penalize retailers and issue fines to consumers who violate the law.
SF News Incoming Rain Will Bring Possible 1.5 Inches to SF Between Thursday and Sunday Enjoy the sun today because rain is on its way again for the next several days across much of Northern California.
SF Politics SF Has a New Homelessness 'Czar,' and He Comes to the Job From Massachusetts San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the appointment of a new director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing on Wednesday, following the recent resignation announcement by current director Shireen McSpadden.
SF News Northern California Man Shot By ICE Was Not Gang Member, Lawyer Says, Was Acquitted of Murder Charge In El Salvador A Salvadoran man who his lawyer says is a family man and day laborer who's engaged to a US citizen was shot by ICE agents in Patterson, California Tuesday, south of Tracy. His lawyer says it was a case of poor investigative work by ICE.
