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A San Francisco Court Just Reopened Bond Hearings for Immigrants Detained Across California

A federal appeals court headquartered in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot jail…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A New Fence at 700 Missouri: The Last Marker of Potrero's Cleared Annex

A $160,000 over-the-counter permit for a permanent fence at 700 Missouri St is the quiet coda to this spring's HOPE SF…

CultureAugust 2, 2026

Berkeley Clears Hopkins Street Bike Lanes in 7‑2 Vote, Ending an Eight‑Year Standoff

After public comment pushed a Berkeley City Council meeting past midnight, the council voted 7-2 to repave Hopkins…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Nine Years, Four Mayors, $166 Million: What San Francisco Paid for 160 Homes at a Former Haight McDonald's

The affordable-housing complex that opened this week at 730 Stanyan St.

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

A 'Never Again' Coalition Confronts a Planned ICE Facility Near Gilroy as a September Injunction Hearing Nears

Descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II stood in San José's Japantown last week and drew a…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Parents of SFO Ramp Worker Crushed Under a Cargo Pallet Sue the City and Two dnata Contractors

Seven months after 28-year-old John Lacayanga was found pinned beneath a cargo pallet he had been towing on an SFO…

PoliticsAugust 2, 2026

In Downtown Berkeley, a Vacant Half Price Books Becomes a Six‑Month Arts Marketplace — on a Discounted Lease

Zero Empty Spaces will turn the long-vacant Half Price Books at 2036 Shattuck Ave.

TechAugust 2, 2026

Future Bars Turns Its Own Nightingale Into Shotski's Alpine Lodge on Kearny

Future Bars converted its Nightingale Bar at 239 Kearny St.

FoodAugust 2, 2026

The Bunker Goes Dark: What It Sounds Like When the Giants Turn on Their Own Radio Home

A baseball team and its radio station are supposed to be one organism — the broadcast is where the franchise lives in…

SportsAugust 2, 2026

Pay or Don't Play: Oakland's Last Team Learns to Rent by the Kickoff

Three weeks after announcing that 2026 would be their final season at the Coliseum, the Oakland Roots are back on the…

SportsAugust 2, 2026

A Beer‑and‑Wine License Is Changing Hands at Izumi Kaiten Sushi's Japantown Address

A holding entity called STE 355 LLC has applied to take over the existing beer-and-wine license at the Kintetsu Japan…

FoodAugust 2, 2026

Pasta Supply Co Files for a Third SF Location, at a Shuttered Cole Valley Peet's

A June 30 DBA registration and a July 31 Type 41 license application at 919 Cole St are the first hard confirmation of…

FoodAugust 2, 2026

Joyride Pizza Seeks a Beer‑and‑Wine License at Its Valencia Street Address

The Samovar-tied Joyride Pizza brand filed for an on-sale beer-and-wine license at 411 Valencia St., an address its…

FoodAugust 2, 2026

Lion and Dragon Dancers Fill Chinatown Today as Leung's White Crane Turns 55

Leung's White Crane marks its 55th anniversary Sunday, Aug.

EventsAugust 2, 2026

Padres Have a Reason to Show Up. The Giants Have a Countdown Clock.

Here's the situation, and it's not complicated.

SportsAugust 2, 2026

Plank Closes at Jack London Square After Nearly 12 Years

Plank, the dining-and-games complex on Oakland's Jack London Square waterfront, closed permanently on Sunday, Aug.

FoodAugust 1, 2026

Bonita Taqueria y Rotisserie Opens Third Location on Noe Valley's 24th Street

The family-run rotisserie-chicken taqueria opened July 8 at 4063 24th Street, in the former Tacolicious/Todo el Día…

FoodAugust 1, 2026

OhmConnect, the Startup That Paid You to Turn Off the Lights, Is Closing. It Didn't Die — It Got Absorbed.

OhmConnect's consumer demand-response platform is winding down after 10 years.

TechAugust 1, 2026

Semicon West Leaves San Francisco for Phoenix After 50 Years — The Conference Followed the Fabs

SEMI is moving its flagship semiconductor conference from Moscone Center to Phoenix permanently starting in 2027…

TechAugust 1, 2026

On Howard Street, Two Manufacturing Buildings File One Permit to Become Housing

A single $1.5 million tenant-improvement permit filed July 30 would convert floors 1–3 of 952 and 960 Howard Street…

CultureAugust 1, 2026

A $1 Permit at 930 Geary: The Amsterdam Café Moves to Make Its Crowds Official

A Tenderloin craft-beer bar files an administrative assembly-occupancy permit — no construction, one dollar — to…

CultureAugust 1, 2026

On Harrison Street, an $80,000 Permit Turns an Office Into a Spa the City Calls a Massage Parlor

A change-of-use permit filed July 30 would convert a two-story office at 681 Harrison Street into an aroma therapy spa…

CultureAugust 1, 2026

A Marin Hilltop, 40 Homes, and a Test of How Far California's Density‑Bonus Law Can Stretch

A Strawberry neighborhood group has sued Marin County to block its just-approved 337-home redevelopment of the former…

PoliticsAugust 1, 2026

SFPD Floods a Two‑Block Stretch of Mid‑Market With 24/7 Foot Patrols After Three Shootings in Five Days

San Francisco is blanketing a two-block stretch of Mid-Market with round-the-clock police foot patrols through Monday…

PoliticsAugust 1, 2026