SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland First Fridays Makes Its Return This Weekend Gavin Newsom upset the trans community with some remarks on his podcast; Pittsburg Center’s BART station will be closed this weekend; and Oakland First Fridays returns from its winter hiatus Friday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Outside Lands ‘Eager Beaver’ Tickets on Sale Wednesday, First Act May Have Leaked Severe budget cuts are soon to hit SF art museums; Elon Musk’s DOGE axe came down on three Bay Area federal offices; and the early-bird Outside Lands presale tickets go on sale Wednesday morning.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Today Was San Francisco’s Warmest Day So Far In 2025 Meta accidentally showed people a bunch of graphic videos and porn on Instagram Reels; a new video game makes Renel Brooks-Moon the Giants' PA announcer again; and SF temperatures went above 70 degrees today for the first time in 2025.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Remember, the Central Subway Is Closing for a Few Weeks, Starting Wednesday Mayor Lurie is ordering all City Hall workers back to the office; there was a stabbing at a Santa Rosa high school Tuesday; and the Central Subway is about to close for 17 days, starting tomorrow.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Yosemite ‘Firefall’ Is Back in Action, and Now It Has a Webcam Two Bay Area tech companies have been sued for facilitating child sexual abuse; Mitch McConnell is at long last retiring; and it’s firefall time at the famed waterfall in Yosemite, and that waterfall now has a livecam.
SF News Day Around the Bay: A Polo Ralph Lauren Store Is Coming to San Francisco Mayor Lurie has named his new SFMTA director; California may crack down on power-guzzling data centers; and SF’s first Polo Ralph Lauren store brings a bit of positive retail news to the city.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Rain Expected to Let Up by Noon Friday, Shouldn't Ruin Big Weekend Witnesses say they didn’t even hear police sirens before Sunday’s police car chase parklet crash; there will be no “men vs women” three-point shooting contest at the NBA All-Star festivities; and the rain has already canceled one NBA party but showers are expected to end.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Patti Smith Returning to Bay Area for 50th Anniversary of ‘Horses’ Tour A SFPD officer was slashed with a piece of broken glass during a SoMa arrest; a red-faced Shopify quickly removed Kanye’s swastika t-shirt site; and Patti Smith is playing both SF and Oakland for the 50th anniversary of her album ‘Horses.’
SF News Day Around the Bay: Shen Yun Reportedly Under Federal Investigation Over Visa Fraud Dogpatch’s Esprit Park has reopened after an $8.5 million remodel; the Castro creep who was allegedly exposing himself to teens has been charged; and Shen Yun is apparently under a federal DHS investigation for possible visa fraud.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Today Was the Rainiest February 4 in San Francisco History Cruise has officially killed off its robotaxi services; SF County Jail is back to its pre-pandemic population levels; and today was the rainiest February 4 in the recorded history of San Francisco.
SF News Day Around the Bay: One Day After DC Plane Crash, San Carlos Airport Might Lose All Air Traffic Controllers Mark Zuckerberg is none too pleased that Facebook staffers are leaking his Trump capitulations to the media; a whopping 1,500 dolphins had a caravan through Monterey; and the San Carlos Airport might get rid of all air traffic controllers right after that horrific DC crash.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Warriors Are Retiring Andre Iguodala's No. 9 Jersey Google is capitulating to Trump on the Gulf of Mexico moniker; Scott Wiener wants to let insurance policyholders sue Big Oil companies for climate change; and Andre Iguodala’s jersey is being retired to the Chase Center rafters.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Chinese New Year ‘Year of the Snake’ Statues Are Now Up in SF Some SF in-home caregivers allegedly drained a millionaire's bank account before she died; the JCPenney at the Tanforan shopping center is closing; and those Lunar New Year statues are back in SF for the Year of the Snake.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Books Inc. Files for Bankruptcy, Will Close Berkeley Store We’re getting more information on Sunday’s mass-casualty crash in SoMa; Vans has closed its Marina District store; and the 174-year-old Bay Area bookstore chain Books Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and will close its Berkeley location.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jackson Street Starbucks to Close A downtown Starbucks is facing a looming closure; CashApp has agreed to a $255 million settlement; and pop megastar Lady Gaga was spotted in a very unexpected place.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tuesday Morning Tenderloin Apartment Fire Blamed on Scooter Battery The death toll now stands at 25 in the Los Angeles-area wildfires; a man was shot and killed at an East Oakland encampment; and a scooter battery is being blamed for causing a Tuesday apartment fire at Ellis and Hyde streets.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gov. Newsom Orders Inquiry Into L.A. Fires Gov. Newsom is ordering an investigation into the lack of available water to battle the LA fires; a beloved Oakland Zoo elephant recently died; and President Biden just issued temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Anti-LGBTQ Crusader Anita Bryant Has Died The Southern California fires are now nearly as large as San Francisco itself; Kohl’s is closing five Bay Area stores; and Anita Bryant, who famously took a pie in the face from a gay rights activist in 1977, has reportedly died.
SF News Day Around the Bay: The Giants Have Signed Pitching Ace Justin Verlander The Palisades Fire is wreaking absolute havoc in Southern California; that long-promised ability to just tap your debit card to pay transit fare is being delayed indefinitely; and the Giants just acquired three-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Justin Verlander.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Unveils PR Team Mayor-elect Lurie just unveiled his new PR team; Supervisor Matt Dorsey is emphasizing a Sixth Street cleanup; and the veteran behind the Cybertruck explosion apparently wrote a manifesto detailing his despair in the days leading up to the incident.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF-Based Car Rental Company Linked to Both New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks We’re learning new details about the New Year’s gas station homicide in the Mission District; a large-scale public menorah in Oakland was defaced for the second year in a row; and the two New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas both involved cars from an SF rental company.
SF News New Year’s Eve Around the Bay: Muni Fares Are Going Up to $2.75 Tomorrow They’re predicting no fog for tonight’s fireworks display; the Chronicle ran down which SF neighborhoods get the most DUI citations; and your Muni fare is going up to $2.75 effective January 1.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Trump Asks Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Trump is hoping for a stay on the TikTok ban; homelessness surged across the country in 2024; and red wine sales in SF saw a sharp decline this year.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFO Gets a New ‘Sensory Space’ for Neurodiverse Travelers Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie named a few more new staffers; the egg shortage is showing no signs of cracking for Bay Area grocers; and the SF International Airport just opened their new Sensory Room.
SF News Christmas Eve Around the Bay: Christmas Tree Retailer Clancy’s Faces Uncertain Future at Inner Sunset Home Bissap Baobab has at long last won their liquor license fight; Marina and Cow Hollow residents have clawed back some free parking; and the future does not look bright for the Inner Sunset Clancy’s Christmas Trees.
