Business & Tech SF Robotics Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Unpaid Wages Following an earlier lawsuit over a damaged Airbnb rental, former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt's startup Botco is now facing a class-action lawsuit from former contract workers who allege unpaid overtime and termination pay.
SF News Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports At least a dozen immigrants have been detained by federal agents at Bay Area airports over the past month — many over expired visas rather than active removal orders, leading advocates to suspect ICE is accessing flight information.
SF News SF Therapist Receives Felony Charges In Juvenile Hall Grooming, Sexual Abuse Case A former behavioral health clinician from San Francisco faces several felony charges for allegedly grooming a teenage client at a juvenile detention center in Contra Costa County for two years then sexually abusing him upon his release.
SF Politics SF Mayor Lurie’s ‘Clean Up City Hall’ Measures Qualify For November Ballot Three Lurie-backed measures headed to the November ballot seek to "streamline" City Hall, including two that would expand the mayor's authority and one that would significantly raise the minimum number of signatures required for petitions.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] LA Music Community Searches For Missing Elderly Folk Musician Who Grew Up In Marin Visionary experimental folk musician Linda Perhacs, who has dementia, was checked out of her memory care facility in Los Angeles eight months ago, and her friends and colleagues have been unable to reach the family member overseeing her care.
Business & Tech Apple Launches Leasing Program For iPhones, Macs Weeks After Price Hike Following a notable price hike and ahead of the rumored debut of Apple’s new foldable iPhone, which is believed to cost around $2,000, the company has launched a new leasing program for many of its high-end devices.
SF Politics San Mateo Congressman Introduces Federal Bill Regulating Robotaxis During Emergencies In response to recent Waymo incidents that have delayed emergency responders, worsened large-scale traffic jams, and sent vehicles through construction zones, Congressman Kevin Mullin has introduced legislation to establish national standards for cities and manufacturers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: COVID-19 Cases Surge In California, Up More Than 3% AI companies are destroying antique books in mass quantities after training their models; Visa is laying off about 2,600 employees; and positive cases of COVID-19 have gone up by more than 3% in just a month.
SF News Santa Cruz Lifeguard Who Saved Boy During Heroic Rescue Receives Invite to White House A teen lifeguard’s dramatic rescue of a boy in Santa Cruz was one of 34 rescues by State Parks lifeguards in the area over the weekend, and the man who filmed the incident hopes Trump’s recognition will help advance efforts to classify lifeguards as first responders.
Business & Tech East Coast Bloggers Awarded $56 Million In Cyberstalking, Harassment Case Against eBay A Massachusetts couple who publish a tech newsletter have been awarded $56 million in a settlement with eBay and three former executives over an alleged cyberstalking and harassment campaign sparked by their coverage of the company.
SF Politics Former Newsom Mayoral Aide Ruby Rippey Breaks Silence on Scandalous 2005 Affair Ruby Rippey, formerly Ruby Rippey-Tourk, has published a personal essay about her alcohol-fueled affair with Gavin Newsom during his first term as mayor of San Francisco — while Rippey’s husband Alex Tourk was one of Newsom’s top advisors.
SF News Two Drug Trafficking Suspects Arrested, 70 Pounds of Meth Seized In Sonoma County An estimated $1.5 million worth of methamphetamine was seized, and two suspected drug traffickers were arrested last week by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office following an investigation that began this spring.
Business & Tech President of South Korea Hosts AI Summit In SF, Makes $500 Billion Deal with Nvidia South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco over the weekend, bringing together local tech leaders and South Korea's top business executives before announcing a $500 billion partnership with Nvidia to build AI data centers in South Korea.
SF Politics Pelosi Spokesperson to Join Connie Chan’s Campaign For Congress Ian Krager, Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, will serve as spokesperson for SF Supervisor Connie Chan’s congressional campaign beginning August 1 until the election in November.
Arts & Entertainment Owner of SF’s Iconic Rooky Ricardo’s Records, Dick Vivian, Dies at Age 78 Dick Vivian, the beloved owner of Rooky Ricardo’s Records in the Lower Haight, whose easy charm and vast collection of soul 45s drew generations of customers, many of whom became lifelong friends, died Friday after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis last year.
SF News Suspect Shoots Four Men In SF Who Attempted to Intervene During Altercation With Woman Four men were shot while attempting to break up a verbal fight between a man and a woman on the edge of SF’s Tenderloin District early Saturday morning, and they were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Arts & Entertainment Santa Clara Mall to Host Ed Sheeran Lookalike Contest Ahead of Levi's Stadium Show Calling all pasty gingers around the Bay! The winner of Valley Fair Mall’s Ed Sheeran lookalike contest in Santa Clara Saturday will receive two floor tickets to Sheeran’s show that evening at Levi’s Stadium, plus other big prizes.
SF Politics Tens of Thousands of June Mail-In Ballots Tossed, Many Due to USPS’s New Postmark Policy More than a third of the 148,000 rejected mail-in ballots from California’s June primary were discarded because they were postmarked late, which experts largely attribute to a recent change in the US Postal Service’s postmarking policy.
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
