SF Politics Landlord Sues California, Argues Section 8 Rules Violate Property Owners' Civil Rights A Sacramento landlord is suing California, arguing that requirements tied to accepting Section 8 tenants violate property owners’ Fourth Amendment rights, an argument that recently upended New York’s voucher anti-discrimination law.
Arts & Entertainment Flamingos Thriving at SF Zoo After Hatching of First Four Chicks In Nine Years The flamboyance of Chilean flamingos at the San Francisco Zoo had their first successful breeding season in a decade, and the zoo is happily sharing the story of this success.
SF News Woman From Ukraine Forcibly Detained at SFO In Viral Video; Feds Say She Overstayed Her Visa A 38-year-old photographer and cafe worker who's been living in San Francisco for over a decade was detained by ICE agents at SFO as she was returning from a trip to Portland Wednesday, in a video that has since gone viral.
SF News FBI Arrests 25 Human Trafficking Suspects, Rescues 53 Survivors In Bay Area During World Cup Eleven children were among the 53 human trafficking survivors rescued during FBI enforcement operations throughout the Bay Area during the World Cup, and 25 suspects were arrested.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Livermore Business Robbed During Little Fire Evacuation A Livermore business was robbed during the Little Fire evacuation on Tuesday; a movie shoot in downtown Santa Rosa included actors dressed as ICE agents; and RH has scrapped plans for a big new store and restaurant in Walnut Creek.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pixar Layoffs Were Delivered Via ‘Elastigirl’ Letterhead At-large Oakland City Council member Rowena Brown says she was assaulted and robbed by an acquaintance; a Ukrainian woman was detained by ICE at SFO; and Pixar delivered its layoff notices on letterhead featuring Mrs. Incredible.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Hold Hearing on Kaiser’s Push to Expand AI Use, Lay Off Mental Health Staff Behavioral health clinicians from Kaiser met with the SF Board of Supervisors Tuesday to discuss language in the company’s contract demands that would allow them to expand AI use for mental health care while laying off more employees.
SF News Cause of Death Revealed In Case of 37-Year-Old Woman on Big Sur Camping Trip; Foul Play Not a Factor Back in April we heard several disturbing details about a woman who was found dead in a river in the Ventana Wilderness area of Los Padres National Forest, near Big Sur. But now her official cause of death has been determined, and foul play was ruled out.
SF News Parents of Teen Victims Divided About Whether Marin County Girl Should Face Trial Over Deadly Crash The four sets of parents and guardians of the four teen girls who were killed in an April 2025 crash in Marin County are divided in how they believe the now 17-year-old driver in the case should be held accountable.
SF News Raccoon Chews Through SF Renters’ Wall as Landlord Takes Weeks to Resolve Infestation Two SF renters were forced to endure nightly chewing and scratching noises inside their wall by a mother raccoon who had crawled in through the exterior of the building and given birth inside, and it took two months for the landlord to resolve it.
SF Politics Yes, San Franciscans Will Be Voting on the Closure of the Great Highway One More Time In November Sunset District opponents of the closure of the Great Highway are trying again, and a new ballot measure aimed at reopening the road has now officially qualified for the November ballot.
SF News SF District Attorney Announces Charges Against 18 ‘Stud Alley’ Block Party Attendees Eighteen of the 20 people who were arrested during an annual, unauthorized block party during Pride weekend were set to appear in court on misdemeanor charges Thursday.
SF News Two Men Sentenced to Life For Revenge Killing of San Mateo Father In Front of Toddler Son Two men who were convicted in the October 2020 gang-related murder of a 30-year-old San Mateo man in his driveway, in front of his two-year-old son, have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
SF News Authorities Investigate Fatal Shooting of Elderly Man at North Oakland Bus Stop A 74-year-old man was fatally shot at a bus stop on Martin Luther King Jr Way in North Oakland Wednesday morning, and investigators are seeking more information from the public about the incident.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Streets to Close for SF Marathon This Weekend Prepare for street closures Saturday night and Sunday morning for the SF Marathon; two San Jose police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who'd just killed his son; and local HIV organizations have been blindsided by federal funding cuts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Orcas Seen Hunting In Monterey Bay Nine striking workers were arrested Tuesday outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; some glass fell from a 17th story window in downtown SF; and orcas were captured on video hunting dolphins in Monterey Bay.
SF Politics SF Civil Grand Jury Tells City to Fix Outdoor Warning System or Replace AlertSF A new report from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is urging Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors to adopt a better emergency warning system, as AlertSF has been deemed inadequate, and that old outdoor siren is too expensive to fix.
Business & Tech OpenAI Says Its Technology Acted on Its Own When It Hacked Another AI Company A pair of OpenAI models breached the systems of New York City-based AI repository Hugging Face after OpenAI relaxed its safeguards during an internal cybersecurity evaluation.
SF News Suspect In Hate-Crime Vandalism at Pac Heights Church Creates Chaotic Scene In Court A San Francisco man suspected of spray-painting homophobic and antisemitic messages on a church in Pacific Heights in February, appears to be a fairly unstable character who was poorly behaved at a court appearance last week.
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Will Kick Off With Tribute Concert Again, This Time For Steve Earle The initial segment of the lineup for the 2026 edition of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — which is, in fact, the 26th annual Hardly Strictly — was released Wednesday, along with an announcement about a benefit concert before the festival starts.
SF Politics Wiener Lands Endorsement From Dolores Huerta While Chan Focuses on United Farm Workers’ Bid Labor leader Dolores Huerta has announced she’s endorsing Scott Wiener to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House, which came as a surprise for supporters of Connie Chan, who’s considered the more pro-labor candidate.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Car Destroys Parklet Outside Anina and Brass Tacks In Hayes Valley A Honda crashed Tuesday night into the parklet that sits outside the bars Anina and Brass Tacks on Hayes Street in Hayes Valley, destroying it, but thankfully no one was sitting in it at the time.
SF News SF Man Arrested In Israel, Extradited In 2017 Fatal Hit-and-Run In South San Francisco A suspect who fled the country in 2017 was brought back from Israel last week and booked into San Mateo County Jail in connection with the hit-and-run death of a South San Francisco woman.
SF News Wildfire Near Pleasanton Reaches 1,000 Acres, 40% Containment A vegetation fire dubbed the Little Fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon in eastern Alameda County, has now burned over 1,000 acres and was 40% contained as of Wednesday morning.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Injured By Car While Picketing at C&H Plant In Crockett A man was struck by a car that drove through a picket line outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; the downtown community benefit district in SF just added the Ferry Building; and Napa is considering banning drive-thrus.
