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.
SF News Big Rig Fire Near Golden Gate Bridge Causes Southbound Traffic Backup A big rig truck caught fire Wednesday morning just past the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza, in the righthand-most southbound lane, leading to a traffic backup for those traveling into the city.
SF News Berkeley Police Arrest Screaming Naked Man Carrying Shotgun at Tesla Service Center A 35-year-old suspect was arrested in Berkeley Monday morning after police received several reports of a man running naked down the street, smashing windows, and he was later found screaming and waving a shotgun inside the Tesla Service Center.
SF News Family of Shooting Victim Samantha Emge Not Satisfied With Accidental Death Narrative The young woman who was shot, police initially said accidentally, in a Sunset District apartment two weeks ago, was in a sometimes rocky relationship with the man who shot her. Her family says police need to investigate the case further.
SF News Former SF Resident Visiting From LA Found Dead After Leaving Martuni’s Sharbel Saker, a former SF resident who had worked at Fisherman’s Wharf prior to moving to LA last year, was found dead early Friday near Market and Page streets after reportedly leaving Martuni’s piano bar on mid-Market.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland Apartment Fire Displaces Residents, Kills Cat An apartment fire in Oakland displaced some residents and left one cat dead; Livermore city leaders want to build their own alternative to a BART extension; and Eric Swalwell pushes back on online "misconduct" rumors.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Southwest Airlines Now Offers Flights Out of Sonoma County Airport An SF man was found guilty of kicking a small dog multiple times in the hallway of an SRO; Iran agreed to Trump’s two-week ceasefire; and Southwest Airlines is now flying out of Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa.
SF News Nanny Arrested at SFO For Allegedly Charging $60,000 on Former Boss’s Credit Card An SF woman was arrested at SFO and taken into custody by Tiburon police last week on suspicion of racking up $60,000 in fraudulent charges on her former boss’s credit card for extravagant purchases including international travel, luxury hotels, and spa services.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder Extends Leave of Absence to June 30 San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who has not been present for board or committee meetings since mid-March, just submitted a request to the Board of Supervisors to extend her leave of absence for mental health reasons.
SF News Person Injured After 100-Year-Old Russian Hill Elevator Falls Three Floors An elevator malfunction in SF's Russian Hill Monday caused it to plunge three stories with someone inside before the emergency brakes abruptly stopped the free fall, sending the person to the hospital with moderate to severe injuries.
Arts & Entertainment Stern Grove 2026 Lineup Includes Patti LaBelle, Violent Femmes, Public Enemy, and Al Green The Stern Grove free summer concert lineup landed today, and like last year, it's an impressive array of young and established talent, with a couple of truly iconic R&B legends and a pioneering rap group to finish out the season.
SF Politics New California Law Would Open Up Conversion Therapy Practitioners to Malpractice Lawsuits California's novel solution to the Supreme Court's rejection of LGBTQ conversion therapy bans, which could be replicated elsewhere, is a law that would allow for greater civil damages through malpractice lawsuits for those pursuing the discredited practice.
SF News SoMa Residents Demand More Housing, Redistribution of Shelters to Other Neighborhoods Residents filed a civil rights complaint, alleging the city treats western SoMa as a “containment zone” for poverty despite recent legislation, and they’re asking the state to decertify Lurie's upzoning plan.
SF Politics New DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Threatens to Remove Customs From SFO, Other Sanctuary City Airports Newly installed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says that airports in sanctuary cities shouldn't have the privilege of processing international passengers, if they don't want to cooperate with ICE and Border Patrol.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle Critics Unveil Another Arbitrarily Ranked Top 100 There is probably an editor over at the Chronicle who thinks that making the Top 100 a ranked list is controversial and fun, sparking conversation and argument. But it's actually just deeply misguided and insulting to chefs. Period.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Five-Year-Old Drowns In Lake Shasta A five-year-old boy drowned in Lake Shasta Monday; a fuel spill shut down all southbound lanes of I-880 in Oakland this morning; and a 53-year-old suspect has pleaded not guilty to $225K in copper wire thefts on the Peninsula.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Police Are Cracking Down on Scofflaw Cyclists SF police are issuing citations to cyclists who blow red lights and such; the city is about to lose 450 shelter beds in the Tenderloin; and Trump escalated his war rhetoric against Iran even further today.
