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Two homes were damaged in a fire in SF's Sunset District Thursday; the snowmelt happening in the Sierra is unprecedented in its speed and volume; and SF's emergency sirens sure would come in handy if Iran were to, say, send drones here. buff.ly/dBZSWOI
A highly visible mansion at Divisadero and Pacific in Pacific Heights has finally sold after languishing on the market for over two years, and it has sold to a foreign government. buff.ly/KPj2l0B
Carl Jones, Jr., who grew up in SF’s Fillmore District, was fatally shot on Sixth Street in the South of Market neighborhood on March 3, and a neighbor who rescued Jones’s dog Teddy G at the scene has been trying to find a family member of Jones to adopt the dog. buff.ly/7mopcKQ
Newbie SF Supervisor Alan Wong launched a “dumb laws” contest Wednesday inviting residents and small businesses to submit examples of regulations or permit requirements they consider unnecessary. buff.ly/uC5TVag
BART has set aside over $500,000 to fight citations for violations dating back to 2019, as Cal/OSHA considers fining the agency more than $200,000 over a 2024 incident where managers allowed workers onto tracks with a live third rail. buff.ly/dpkmCaz
A local celebrity of a very particular kind, Mark Bittner, has passed away, 21 years after he helped put San Francisco's wild parrots on the map in 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.' buff.ly/OJLduy8
Oakland is having its big rally at noon in Frank Ogawa Plaza to celebrate hometown Olympian Alysa Liu, who trained at the Oakland Ice Center and grew up in nearby Richmond.
San Francisco voters may see three major charter reform measures on the November 2026 ballot — proposals that would reshape how City Hall works while drawing early criticism from labor leaders who say the changes could concentrate power and limit public participation. buff.ly/2Kthl4Q
The Oakland Police Commission is holding community meetings about hiring a new chief; construction is beginning on what will be the tallest building in Berkeley; and Vallejo just had its first homicide of the year. buff.ly/2x8p1Jq
Yes, we are apparently arriving at the day, or we've already arrived there, when AI agents interact with one another and "gossip" about their respective systems on a social networking platform. buff.ly/Fd6pac1
Chinatown residents are unnerved by a seemingly random attack in which a man waiting to cross the street was randomly and violently stabbed in the back by another man who said nothing and proceeded to continue crossing the intersection. buff.ly/12HY7WQ
The lawyer for the man accused of assaulting Mayor Daniel Lurie's bodyguard in a Tenderloin alley last week suggests that the confrontation was entirely the mayor's fault, and he did not need to stop his car to engage with the suspect. buff.ly/2Vnqi2H
The SF Ethics Commission found that Mark Farrell’s 2024 mayoral campaign failed to report certain payments, misreported spending, and improperly documented some donations — but still “substantially complied" with the law. buff.ly/TrZ2AjA
The consequences of Trump's (and Israel's) war with Iran could hit very close to home if Iran, or one of its proxies, were able to launch a drone strike from a vessel in the Pacific aimed at California.
The daily lineups are now here for Outside Lands 2026, and after a couple of pre-sales last week and the lineup announcement, three-day tickets have sold out in record time. buff.ly/3hsyp6v
East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell appears to be pulling ahead of the pack of candidates for California governor, and thankfully it's not just the two Republicans at the top of the polls anymore. buff.ly/3kf5D6O
Two children, ages 5 and 7, had to be airlifted to UC Davis Tuesday after a crash involving a car in Angwin, in northern Napa County, and a third child also suffered injuries. buff.ly/ZZ7yiTM
A warming trend begins today across the Bay, and some areas could see 90s by Monday; the SF developer seeking to turn Safeways into housing eyes one in San Mateo; and SF's District 4 voters who like Sunset Dunes don't have a supervisor candidate to vote for. buff.ly/f7BkMLB
The state Democratic party is trying to shame its own governor candidates out of the race; there’s a reason for all these teachers’ strikes lately; and the pissing match between Trump and SF’s Anthropic keeps escalating. buff.ly/tn7PLT8
Yes, there is an overpopulation in dog shelters, but may be a snip too far that the SF Board of Supervisors will soon consider legislation mandating that all dogs in SF be spayed or neutered. buff.ly/ghj5yf4
A proposed development so massive that Caltrain and developer Prologis seem afraid to show people, just yet, how big the buildings would be, gets a few more renderings this week, as the transit agency submits its application for the long-discussed Railyards project. buff.ly/axzeVTL
Arrests have now been made in the January 7 killing of 24-year-old Kembery Chirinos-Flores in Sunnyvale, and one of the suspects is the father of the woman's five-year-old son. buff.ly/2zPYDWm
SF's favorite pricy gourmet grocer, Bi-Rite, is set to become a four-location enterprise with news that they have snagged a new space on California Street in the Outer Richmond. buff.ly/UY3emBA
A 31-year-old Palo Alto man is being held on 12 statutory rape charges as investigators suspect he engaged in sexual relationships with two San Mateo County high school students. buff.ly/tT7FVzl
350 staffers in the Berkeley Unified School District face layoffs; punk icon Jello Biafra has had a stroke and is recovering; and a 1,300-pound NASA probe is expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere and crash down, somewhere, today. buff.ly/3GH4Txy
A 37-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a stabbing last week in Chinatown; the second victim has been ID'd in the Oakland bar shooting; and chaos has erupted in New York outside the mayor's residence. buff.ly/yCdC5AD
ICE deported a six-year-old deaf boy from Hayward along with his mom and brother, but Eric Swalwell is trying to win the return of this family of three, and his staff did at least get the kid his hearing aids. buff.ly/Stocezd
The two Tenderloin denizens who got into a street scuffle last week with bodyguards assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie have been charged and will be arraigned Tuesday. buff.ly/KYzeaeI
Residents are protesting at FanFest Saturday over SF Rec and Park’s plan, in partnership with the Giants, to install 20 acres of artificial turf at Crocker Amazon Park to create five new baseball diamonds. buff.ly/lSupElX
Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has now settled its antitrust case with the US Department of Justice, and as part of the settlement the company has said it will divest some of its exclusive operating agreements with venues. buff.ly/eflX9h1