SF News Truck Crashes Into Oakland Apartment, Leaving Infant Boy in Critical Condition A one-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after a truck smashed into the side of his family's Oakland apartment building earlier today.
SF News San Jose Mother and Daughter Both Receive Prison Sentences Tied to 2023 Daycare Drownings A mother-daughter daycare team convicted of three felony child endangerment charges stemming from a 2023 double drowning at the pair's Happy Happy Daycare facility in San Jose were sentenced to sizable prison stints on Friday.
SF News Saturday Links: Democrat Xavier Becerra Advances to General Election for California Governor Democrat Xavier Becerra has officially qualified to run for governor in California's general election this fall; Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks was spotted shopping for analog treasures at Berkeley Typewriter; and the former home of Cal Shakes in Orinda reopens as music venue Siesta Valley Bowl.
SF News 73-Year-Old East Bay Man Sues Alameda County Over Wrongful Conviction, Decades on Death Row A 73-year-old Black man is suing Alameda County and its District Attorney's Office for what he argues was an unconstitutional jury selection process that helped to ensure his conviction 35 years ago.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stern Grove Announces Free Concert Series at SFO Stern Grove is going to be doing free concerts at SFO this summer, by Gate B4; Anthropic is in support of taking an industry-wide "pause" to ensure AI safety; and CA is part of a coalition of states suing over the Warner Brothers-Paramount deal.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: A New Bar and Restaurant Arrives Near the Ballpark Bar Malone's has softly opened in the former District space on Townsend Street, Goop Kitchen is opening a second location in SoMa, and there may be some movement, finally, over at Anchor Brewing, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Trump Sends $75 Million to Fund New Coal Export Terminal In Oakland After Years of Delays In a push to boost the export of coal to other countries, Trump invoked a wartime order to fund the development of 13 plants across the US, including Oakland, which is expected to be one of the largest facilities on the West Coast.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nopa, the Restaurant Anchor of a Neighborhood, Celebrates 20 Years Nopa, the bustling restaurant at the corner of Divisadero and Hayes in the Western Addition sub-neighborhood that came to be known as NoPa two decades ago, is celebrating 20 years in business this week, and they had a big bash to mark the occasion on Thursday night.
SF News Court Allows Kars 4 Kids to Keep Ads on Air In California While It Appeals Ban Just when Californians thought the airwaves would be free of those mind-numbing Kars 4 Kids jingles, a court ruled that the company can continue running its ads during the appeals process.
SF News Fairfield High School Relocates Graduation Ceremony Following Fatal Shooting After one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting outside a continuation school's graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School, Fairfield High announced its own graduation ceremony will be moved to a different location.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Adds Extra Security For First Fridays Event After Multiple Violent Incidents Oakland officials and law enforcement are bolstering security for tonight's First Fridays event, after several post-event incidents in which violence has broken out near the event area.
SF News Person Thrown From Three-Wheeler In Collision With Car In SF's Western Addition, Four Hospitalized Four people were hospitalized with minor to moderate injuries after a three-wheeled vehicle crashed into a car that allegedly ran a red light in San Francisco’s Western Addition, ejecting a passenger.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Becerra and Hilton Continue Leading Governor's Race Vote Count After the latest ballot count on Thursday, Hilton and Becerra remain neck and neck and Steyer still trails; voters in the North Bay continue to support the SMART train; and a new report says Super Bowl LX generated $720M in local economic activity.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alan Wong’s District 4 Win Strengthens Mayor Lurie’s Agenda Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed over the potential presence of a shark; two SoCal lawyers were penalized after including false, AI-generated information in a court briefing; and Alan Wong won big after joining forces with Lurie.
SF News Jeep Driver Strikes, Injures Scooter Rider In Suspected Road Rage Incident Witnesses at the scene of a collision on the Embarcadero say an altercation led to the driver of a Jeep intentionally running into a scooter rider who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Prominent North Beach Eyesore, the Verdi Building, Cleared for Partial Demolition A burned-out and long-blighted property facing Washington Square Park in North Beach is finally going to see a partial demolition and redevelopment, following an appeal from a single North Beach resident.
Business & Tech Suspected Thief Flees Scene In Waymo With Stolen Goods From Marina Yoga Studio The San Francisco Police Department is searching for a suspected thief who used a Waymo robotaxi as his getaway vehicle earlier this year in the city’s first reported case of this kind.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Acclaimed Prix-Fixe Restaurant Noodle In a Haystack Quietly Closes as Owners Plot Fast-Casual Venture An acclaimed Japanese prix-fixe restaurant that most of us were not lucky enough to dine at, Noodle In a Haystack, has closed, and its owners are going the fast-casual route in the hopes of finally turning a decent profit.
SF News Daly City Man Accused In at Least Two Violent Incidents Arrested for Alleged Battery of Castro Bar Doorperson A 24-year-old Daly City man has been arrested in connection with a mid-April incident in which he allegedly punched a woman who was working the door at the bar Midnight Sun in the Castro neighborhood.
Business & Tech Report: Waymo Vehicles Create a Whole New Set of Traffic Safety Problems A recent CNN investigation found that while Waymo's robotaxis may reduce many of the risks associated with human drivers, they often create new problems of their own, from emergency response disruptions to close calls involving pedestrians and cyclists.
SF News 27-Hour Clipper Outage In May Caused By Unpaid AT&T Bill An extended outage on the Clipper card system that became a major point of frustration for BART riders last month appears to have been caused by an account being shut off due to an unpaid bill.
SF News Two Deaths In SF Streets Reported an Hour Apart In SoMa, Excelsior A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver in San Francisco's South of Market District Wednesday, and another person was found dead in the street in the Excelsior less than an hour later.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Richmond Apartment Sees 90% Rent Hike The latest governor's race numbers still have Steyer trailing; SF firefighter Ken Jones has lost his cancer battle, after his drawn-out battle with Blue Shield; and a Richmond couple says their new landlord is hiking their rent 90%.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Charges Filed Against Cop-Shooting Suspect The San Francisco DA has filed a litany of felony charges against the Oakland man suspected of shooting and injuring an SFPD officer; a body was found at a Waste Management facility in San Leandro; and BART's new fare gates are getting ads.
Arts & Entertainment An Ariana Grande Pop-Up Merch Shop Opens Thursday on Powell Street Ahead of her three shows at Oakaland Arena this weekend and next week, pop singer Ariana Grande and her team have opened a pop-up merch shop in Union Square, which will be open for the next week.
