SF Politics South Lake Tahoe Mayor Faces Up to Six Months in Jail After Bar Fight Last Year South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass was convicted of misdemeanor harassment Thursday over a confrontation with a bar bouncer in October amid a turbulent year for the city’s leadership, and he faces up to six months in jail.
SF News Waymo Receives Approval to Expand Future Service to Entire Bay Area The California Public Utilities Commission has given Waymo approval to expand its service to the rest of the Bay Area and other parts of California.
Arts & Entertainment Seattle Man Embarks on Cross-Country Bike Ride From SF to NYC A cyclist from Seattle is documenting his cross-country road trip on TikTok, which he began at the Golden Gate Bridge, and he aims to reach New York City within a month.
SF News Grocery Outlet Opens In North Beach at Former Safeway Site as Chain Celebrates 80 Years Grocery Outlet opened its newest San Francisco location Thursday on the edge of North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf, ahead of the company’s 80th anniversary this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Francisco Celebrates 100 Years of Dahlia Fever A new local paper that’s run solely by AI agents is bristling feathers; the SFPD is seeking assistance solving a 2006 homicide; and the dahlia became SF’s official flower back in 1926, and now’s the time to check them out.
SF News Chris Isaak’s Former San Mateo County Beach Property Opens Monday as New Public Park A former private beach property near Half Moon Bay once owned by musician Chris Isaak is opening Monday as a new 58-acre public park, giving visitors official access to Tunitas Creek Beach for the first time.
SF News SF Transit Group Launches Platform to Report, Track Harassment on Muni Muni riders can now report and track harassment through a new tool called “Eyes on Board,” designed to give victims a voice and provide the public with resources on supporting fellow riders and improving transit safety.
Business & Tech Long-Vacant Divisadero Car Wash Site Is Finally Headed for Redevelopment Construction at the long-stalled Touchless Car Wash site at Divisadero and Oak streets is set to begin later this year, as Greystar, the largest developer in the US, has acquired the project from the previous builder.
SF News Elite Members-Only Club The Battery Faces Lawsuits Alleging Wage and Labor Violations, Harassment Two employees have separately sued the exclusive San Francisco club known as The Battery, alleging wage and labor violations, with one worker also accusing the company of allowing years of harassment and discrimination tied to his disability.
SF News FAA Announces New Landing Procedure to Speed Up Arrivals at SFO In an effort to address significant delays at SFO caused by a ban on parallel-runway landings in March, the FAA is now allowing staggered arrivals on clear days, which will increase the number of arrivals from 36 per hour to 42.
Arts & Entertainment Gold Rush-Themed Immersive Experience From Dickens Fair Team Coming to Pier 35 This Month The team behind the Great Dickens Christmas Fair is launching a Gold Rush-era immersive experience at Pier 35 called San Francisco Historium Spotlight later this month, which they aim to make an annual event.
Business & Tech AI Data Center Planned In Downtown Oakland, Backlash Sure to Follow An East Bay developer announced plans to build a 20,000-square-foot data center in downtown Oakland, which would support AI and robotics research at a much larger “innovation campus” a block away.
SF News Jury Convicts SF Man of Nine Charges In 2025 Sexual Assault on Muni Bus A 26-year-old man was recently convicted of several charges for violently sexually assaulting a woman last year during a late-night Muni bus ride after the rest of the passengers had exited.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Merchants Say Business Has Fallen By 60% During Portsmouth Square Revamp Spotify will begin labeling music by AI artists next month; the SFMTA held a “Fare Day Out” event reminding people to pay their fares; and Chinatown merchants say the Portsmouth Square renovation has affected their business.
SF News One Person Injured In Fire at 10-Story Senior Housing Building In Twin Peaks A fire broke out on the eighth floor of a low-income senior housing development in SF’s Twin Peaks Tuesday, injuring one person.
Arts & Entertainment The Foundry In SF’s SoMa Changes Leadership, Aims to Host More EDM, Community Events A group of music industry professionals has taken over leadership of the Foundry in SF’s SoMa district, which recently announced a roster of EDM shows this fall, and they plan to organize more community-based events.
Bay Area Sports Twenty 49ers Players Face Injuries as Substation Conspiracy Theory Parody Account Surfaces A conspiracy theory surrounding the electrical substation next to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara now has its own parody social media account as roughly twenty 49ers players are currently sidelined this season due to injuries.
SF News Watchdog Group Says SFPD Officers Used Excessive Force After Pursuing Wrong Suspect A civilian oversight group found that two SFPD officers used unnecessary force after they typed the incorrect plate number and pursued the wrong man, smashing his window and pepper-spraying him at point-blank range, an encounter that preceded his apparent suicide.
SF News Teen Driver In Marin County Crash That Killed Four Passengers Denied Diversion The 17-year-old driver in last year's fatal crash in Marin County has been denied diversion, and the families of the four teens who were killed remain divided over how she should be punished.
Business & Tech Ex-Google Employee Gets Flooded With Submissions For ‘ChatTJB’ Bot Powered By Just Him After launching a billboard in SoMa last month, Tucker Bryant, creator and sole operator of the site ChatTJB, which is powered by the “average individual,” began receiving thousands of requests from users seeking advice and volunteers eager to become human “AIs.”
SF News TV Host Chris Hansen, Film Crew at Scene of Recent SF Child Exploitation Sting Operation Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen and a film crew were on the scene during a child predator sting in San Francisco last month, which was not announced during last week's press conference.
SF News Pickup Truck Strikes Two Pedestrians, Rams Light Pole In SF’s Union Square Two pedestrians suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Union Square Sunday when they were struck by the driver of a pickup truck who a witness says was driving recklessly through a red light at the intersection.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Removes Connie Chan Chatbot After Backlash From Pelosi, Other Democrats Scott Wiener is taking down the chatbot he launched to mock congressional opponent Connie Chan after receiving backlash from Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers, acknowledging he “clearly missed the mark.”
SF News US Marshals Arrest Local Art Fraudster Luke Brugnara In Pandemic Relief Scam Local real estate investor and convicted fraudster Luke Brugnara, who recently erected an illegal fence at Thornton State Beach, was arrested at his Sunset home after six months on the run from a federal warrant over alleged pandemic relief fraud.
Business & Tech Local Billionaire Michael Moritz Launches $150 Million Challenge to Improve San Francisco Billionaire philanthropist and political activist Michael Moritz is offering up to three organizations from anywhere in the world as much as $50 million each for their winning ideas on improving life for San Francisco residents.
