SF News Day Around the Bay: Waymo Ridership Has Majorly Skyrocketed The rain and wind have caused a host of troubles around the Bay including power outages; SF can't afford to paint all the "daylighting" curbs red; and Waymo ridership has skyrocketed in the last year.
SF News Good News for Newsom, as California Deficit Slashed From $68 Billion to Just $2 Billion What a difference a year makes, as the state’s Legislative Analyst Office said early last December that California had a $68 billion budget deficit, but now that deficit is down to just $2 billion.
Arts & Entertainment Fur Real: Puppies and Kittens Return to Macy’s Windows in Union Square on Friday Santa’s little yelpers will be back in the windows for the SF SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy's promotion starting this Friday at noon, and the impending closure of Macy’s means this may be the last year for what is purr-haps SF’s favorite holiday tradition.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Acclaimed Oakland Restaurant Daytrip Is Calling It Quits, Owners Say Costs Are Too High In another disappointing end-of-year closure announcement in the local restaurant world, a restaurant that won national accolades is shutting its doors in Oakland after three years in business.
SF News Mountain View Barber Skips Bail on Charges of Sexually Assaulting Men While They Were Unconscious A 34-year-old Mountain View man may have sexually assaulted as many as 20 men after spiking their drinks, and he’s skipped bail and currently remains at large, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
SF Politics Dean Preston Makes End Run to Thwart Fillmore Safeway Development Plan In the waning days of his time on the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Dean Preston made a final effort Tuesday to stop a plan to redevelop the Fillmore Safeway property and to make sure it becomes affordable housing.
SF News Placer County Approves Massive, 85-Acre New Development at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Despite major community objections, Palisades Tahoe won approval on Tuesday for a gigantic, 85-acre expansion that would add 1,500 hotel rooms, plus shops, restaurants, and a movie theater to their resort.
SF News Defense Rests In Bob Lee Murder Trial, Rebuttal Begins The defense rested its case Tuesday after over a week of presenting witnesses supporting the theory that Nima Momeni was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Bob Lee three times in April 2023.
SF News Pregnant Woman Shot In Bayview Domestic Dispute A pregnant woman was shot twice in the stomach Tuesday at a residence in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, and both she and her baby are expected to survive.
SF News It’s Official: Valencia Street Bike Lanes Moving Back to the Curbside, Starting in January The 15-month experiment of moving Valencia Street’s bike lanes to the center of the street has just been officially reversed, as the SFMTA just voted to move Valencia's bike lanes back to the curb in early 2025.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Body Found Near Oakland Freeway A dead body was found near an I-880 exit in Oakland this morning; the rain forecast for SF continues to top out at 1.5 inches; and House Speaker Mike Johnson makes sure everyone knows he's transphobic.
SF News Day Around the Bay: You Can Be Primus’s New Drummer, as They’re Now Accepting Applications Someone pulled the fire alarm at City Hall while a Board of Supervisors meeting was in progress today; San Mateo County supervisors are angling to remove their embattled sheriff; and Primus is holding open auditions where you could be their new drummer.
SF News Vallejo Police Say 63-Year-Old Man Admitted to Stabbing His Mother to Death, Also Allegedly Stabbed His Wife A Vallejo couple was hospitalized Saturday with stab wounds, and now the Vallejo PD says the male in that couple admitted to stabbing and killing his mother. And sure enough, police found her dead at her home.
SF News SF Bathhouses Could Be Back, After Supes Remove Onerous Regulations From Law Only one gay bathhouse remains in San Francisco, as requirements mandating unlocked doors and registries of patrons have thrown cold water on the bathhouse scene generally. But Supervisor Rafael Mandelman just got those restrictions stripped away.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lower Haight's New Cocktail Spot Stoa Lands on National Best New Bars List Stoa, the one-year-old cocktail bar with food in the Lower Haight from the team behind Nopalito, just landed on a national list of the best new cocktail bars in the country.
SF News Child In Alameda County Tests Positive for Bird Flu Nobody panic. But one of 27 human cases of avian flu to date in California has turned up in Alameda County, in a child.
SF News Man Gets Trapped In Downtown Public Restroom, Jaws of Life Used to Free Him A door jammed on one of those antique-style public restrooms with the automatic doors on Market Street, trapping a man inside sometime Tuesday morning.
Bay Area Sports Transgender Volleyball Controversy Hits SF, as Christian School Forfeits Game Against SF Waldorf Over ‘God’s Word’ The transgender women in volleyball disputes are being waged on yet another front close to home, as a Merced Christian high school just forfeited their game against San Francisco Waldorf School because they believe Waldorf has a transgender player.
SF Politics Mark Farrell’s ‘Most Successful’ VC Investment at Risk of Being Delisted From NASDAQ SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell touted his business success during his failed run for mayor, but the company he described as his “most successful” venture capital triumph is now facing tough times and a potential delisting from the NASDAQ exchange.
SF News Fire Heavily Damages Four-Story Residential Building In SoMa A two-alarm fire caused heavy damage to a four-story apartment building in SoMa, and it's unclear if the building was occupied.
SF News BART Police Shoot Female Suspect In Officer-Involved Shooting In Union City A female suspect was shot and injured by BART police Monday night and her condition is unknown, and the BART Police Department has so far released just a few details about what happened.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Postal Worker Killed In Santa Rosa Crash A US postal worker was struck and killed by an SUV in Santa Rosa Monday; the atmospheric river rain will arrive Wednesday morning; and a hacker appears to have gotten damning testimony on Matt Gaetz.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Overdose Deaths Hit Promising New Low The number of people who died in October in SF from accidental drug overdoses was lower than at any point in the last several years; incumbent SF school board president Matt Alexander appears to be keeping his job; and Muni fare inspectors are back out in full force.
SF Politics Supervisor Joel Engardio Now Facing Recall Effort as Constituents Fume Over Great Highway Vote While District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio rode a wave of recall-fueled voter discontent into office after the Chesa Boudin and school board recalls, the recall movement is now coming after him, following his advocacy for the car-free Great Highway in the Outer Sunset.
SF News Another Person Has Died After a Boat Capsized In Bodega Bay Two weeks after a pair of boats capsized in Bodega Bay, killing five on one boat and two people on another, another capsize has occurred in the bay killing one person.
