SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Menlo College Student Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl A 19-year-old man is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in his Menlo College dorm room; a Berkeley restaurateur pleaded no contest to a theft scheme involving his father; and a Danville shopping center appears to be going belly up.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Arrested In Alameda Teen ‘Beach Takover’ Shooting Oakland airport is expanding its list of nonstop flights; Chevron spilled about a barrel of gasoline mixture into the bay; and two people were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred during a recent beach takeover in Alameda.
SF sports SF Giants Pitcher Logan Webb Melts Down, Deletes Account After Heated Exchange on X Following the SF Giants' 10-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, pitcher Logan Webb lashed out at a local sports producer on X before deleting his account.
SF News Property Owners Secure Approval for 23-Story Tower at Market and Duboce A new, very tall building could one day rise at the corner of Duboce Avenue and Market Street on Mint Hill, as the property owners have paid for design work and ferried it through city approvals with the state density bonus included.
SF News SFO to Build High-End Terminal With Luxury Lounge, Private TSA Screening, and Valet Service Travelers willing to pay a premium for a more exclusive airport experience could eventually avoid the crowds and chaos of SFO's main terminals at a proposed new private terminal.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Julius' Castle, the Long-Shuttered Cliffside Telegraph Hill Restaurant, Readies for Fall Reopening The historic and storied Julius' Castle, overlooking the Bay on Telegraph Hill, is finally opening its doors to the public again this year, after a decade and a half of rumors and neighborhood squabbles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Combination French Crêperie and Taqueria Opens on Divisadero A small bistro on Divisadero that debuted three years ago as a crêperie specializing in Breton-style buckwheat gallettes has pivoted for a second time and has now rebranded on its awning as Divis Taqueria, under the same ownership.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Coliseum Loses Its Last Team as Oakland Roots Soccer Club Announces Move The Oakland Roots soccer club won't be playing its matches at the Oakland Coliseum after this season, meaning the aging stadium will go fully dark in 2027 barring some other interest in the venue.
Business & Tech Developer Eyes Cow Palace In Plan to Build Data Centers at Eight Bay Area Fairgrounds The historic Cow Palace and several other Bay Area fairgrounds are considering a proposal by a private company to build data centers and helipads across California — with the goal of developing 70 by 2030.
SF News Oakland Names New Police Chief From Veteran Ranks Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Thursday morning the selection of James Beere to be the next chief of the Oakland Police Department.
SF News Man Accused of Delivering Weed Vape to 12-Year-Old’s Sonoma County Home via Snapchat Rohnert Park police arrested a 21-year-old man after a woman caught him at her home allegedly selling a cannabis vape pen to her 12-year-old following a deal arranged on Snapchat.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Technical Glitch Causes Check-In Delays at SFO There were delays at SFO's International Terminal Wednesday due to a technical issue with check-ins; a 3.5M earthquake shook San Benito County this morning; and a Napa County burglary suspect allegedly took a selfie of himself during the crime.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Murder Charges Filed In Oakland Shooting of Father of 4 The suspect in the April fire-bomb attack on Sam Altman's home was back in court today; murder charges have been filed in a June 14 shooting that killed a San Leandro father of four; and Alan Wong has taken a sharp right-ward turn since joining the SF Board of Supervisors
SF Politics SF Ballot Measure Could Help Establish the First City-Run Public Bank in the US The SF Board of Supervisors voted to add a measure to the November ballot that would help the city work toward establishing its own public bank, which would fund affordable housing, green energy, and small businesses — the first of its kind in the nation.
Business & Tech Meta Once Again Steps In It, Releases AI Image Tool That Turns All Instagram Photos Into Targets For Manipulation Meta/Facebook has often been its own worst enemy over the years, and the judgment of CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to baffle and astound.
SF News Stanford Police Say No Evidence Found of Two Sexual Assaults Reported Near Campus In the Spring A female jogger reported being sexually assaulted twice near the Stanford University campus this spring, and the school’s police department says it was unable to find any evidence that either incident took place.
Business & Tech SF Telehealth CEO Gets Six Years In Prison, $1 Million Fine In Federal Adderall Fraud Case Two SF-based telehealth executives were sentenced to federal prison and fined $1 million each for carrying out a scheme that allegedly exploited relaxed COVID-era rules to fraudulently prescribe and distribute Adderall and other stimulants.
Arts & Entertainment Mission District Bank to Become Experimental Music Venue From Owner of Nearby Wine Bar A former Chase bank branch is set to become a new music and entertainment venue called Hidden Frequency, and it's a project that combines aspects of listening lounges, experimental music venues, and small performance spaces.
SF Politics Some San Francisco Cannabis Lounges May Soon Serve Food, Non-Alcoholic Beverages The SF Board of Supervisors advanced a measure Tuesday as part of a new state law allowing eligible cannabis dispensaries with lounges to serve food and non-alcoholic beverages, much like cafes in Amsterdam, which will be up for a final vote next Tuesday.
SF News A Bunch of People Were Injured on Electric Scooters in SF on the Fourth Another casualty of SF's disastrous July 4th celebration, or rather, casualties, were the spate of electric scooter injuries that landed at SF General as thousands of people were trying to get around the city by any means possible.
SF News Uh Oh: SF's Shuttered Downtown Mall Back on Market After Buyers Back Out The beleaguered former Westfield SF Centre mall will not be redeveloped by a pair of local of developers after all, and complications with the ownership of the land underneath the mall could be to blame.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Dry Lightning Might Arrive This Weekend A man who was shot in the East Oakland hills Tuesday was a city worker walking his dog; the SF Board of Supervisors voted to advance a ballot measure to create a public bank; and monsoonal moisture could bring dry lightning to CA this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Seizes Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Meth on SF’s Nob Hill California will begin sending DMV data to the feds as part of Real ID requirements; Oakland's city council voted to approve those sex-work barriers off International Boulevard; and three people were arrested and large quantities of narcotics were seized.
SF News SF Launches ‘StopScams SF’ to Help Residents Prevent, Recover From Fraud The city of San Francisco launched a new program aimed at spreading awareness about the latest scams and providing support to SF residents who become victims of fraud.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Silicon Valley Restaurant Goes Viral Over Note on Menu Asking Children to Behave A restaurant in Foster City gained widespread attention over a message on its menu telling parents they’ll be charged if anything is broken or damaged due to kids behaving disrespectfully — while going on to list recent costly mishaps.
