SF firefighters put out a fire overnight in Potrero Hill; the suspect in Monday's animal cruelty case has been charged; and there was a major fire tragedy at a Swiss Alpine bar during NYE celebrations.

https://sfist.com/2026/01/01/new-years-day-headlines-fire-extinguished-potrero/

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Parts of the Bay Area are under an "extreme cold watch" for Friday morning; another Oakland athletics coach had his life threatened; and ICE agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis today.

https://sfist.com/2026/01/07/day-around-the-bay-oroville-dam-spillway-lets-loose/

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The first espresso house on the West Coast, North Beach's Caffe Trieste, has lost its grande dame. The cafe’s co-founder Ida Giotta recently passed away, barely a month after her 101st birthday.

https://sfist.com/2025/12/12/caffe-trieste-co-founder-ida-giotta-has-died-at-age-101/

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A death onboard a BART train in the East Bay caused significant delays Monday evening; San Jose police revealed the Valley Fair Mall shooting suspect is 17 and has a prior gun charge; and Costco is suing Trump over tariffs.

https://sfist.com/2025/12/02/death-on-bart-train-leads-to-delays/

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The rain returns Wednesday in all likelihood; BART is jacking up its parking lot prices by as much as 30% on January 1; and the Macy' s Union Square Holiday Tree was lit back up again Monday night with marginal fanfare.

https://sfist.com/2025/11/11/day-around-the-bay-union-square-macys-holiday-tree-is-lit-back-up-again-everybody/

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A crew of six Southern California men has been charged with heists targeting Nvidia and Apple shipments, where they allegedly broke into warehouses or robbed delivery trucks of their high-priced contents.

https://sfist.com/2025/11/05/alleged-socal-tech-burglar-crew-charged-with-stealing-22-million-worth-of-gear-from-bay-area-companies/

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A shooting Tuesday evening in an industrial section of San Francisco left four people with gunshot wounds, and a subsequent incident a short distance away involving a man with a gun led to an arrest.

https://sfist.com/2025/09/10/shooting-in-sfs-india-basin-leaves-four-injured-man-shooting-gun-subsequently-arrested-on-potrero-ave/

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A 24-year-old guest was found dead inside her room Thursday morning at Napa’s posh Bardessono Hotel and Spa. The death has been ruled suspicious.

https://sfist.com/2025/09/07/guest-at-luxury-napa-valley-resort-found-dead-with-gunshot-wound/

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This week: Kids capture Tenderloin in photos; Rainbow Sierrans hike decades-strong; “HOLE” digs theater at the beach; Fairfax still hums Summer of Love; Bimbo’s has secrets; Butterfly Fest blooms; Wonder Funday sparks STEAM; Architecture + the City unfolds; Voices of Adventure screens outdoors.

https://sfist.com/2025/09/06/field-notes-sf-neo-futurists-dig-a-hole-youth-capture-the-tenderloin-rainbow-sierrans-hike/

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Over 20 nations are now condemning Israel's expansion plans; Giants pitcher Kai-Wei Teng dedicated his win last night to his dad; and a man was arrested after posting videos of his BMW M4 speeding at 170 mph.

https://sfist.com/2025/08/09/saturday-links-chp-arrests-bmw-driver-who-posted-alleged-170-mph-joyride-videos-online/

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What began as a 100-acre grass fire Wednesday afternoon in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County has grown to a 35,000-acre blaze in less than 24 hours.

https://sfist.com/2025/07/03/madre-fire-in-central-california-becomes-largest-of-the-year-to-date-overnight/

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Sideshows, the dangerous, impromptu car-spinning gatherings that were once the purview of East Bay communities alone, have been moving across the bridge in the last couple of years, especially on warm weekends.

https://sfist.com/2025/05/06/sideshows-have-made-it-all-the-way-out-to-the-sunset-and-residents-are-pissed/

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Warriors bad boy Draymond Green is getting into the restaurant game for the first time, and he's partnered with two well-known East Bay chefs to create a restaurant that celebrates "Black culture in San Francisco."

https://sfist.com/2025/02/04/draymond-green-is-partnering-with-two-east-bay-chefs-to-open-caribbean-ethiopian-restaurant-in-lower-nob-hill/

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San Francisco is under a Flood Advisory today as the heaviest rain is yet to come; multiple car crashes were reported around the Bay this morning; and State Farm wants to hike rates across the board by over 20%.

https://sfist.com/2025/02/04/tuesday-morning-topline-rain-likely-to-cause-minor-and-possibly-major-flooding/

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Apple Watch settles class action lawsuit over bloated batteries; an explosion at Martinez Refinery yesterday resulted in a shelter in place; Musk adds additional big-name defendants to his existing lawsuit claiming numerous large brands conspired to divest X of advertising revenue.

https://sfist.com/2025/02/02/sunday-links-small-planes-drifts-off-runway-at-palo-alto-airport/

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Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of Nima Momeni for the April 2023 killing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee, and prosecutors laid out their case one last time and shot down the defense's theory of the case as "workshopped" and "fabricated."

https://sfist.com/2024/12/02/prosecutor-uses-momenis-temperament-on-stand-against-him-in-closing-argument/

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The Mayor-Elect of San Francisco Daniel Lurie is still a walking question mark in many respects, but there are some educated guesses on how the wealthy heir and nonprofit executive is going to govern and try to fulfill his campaign promises.

https://sfist.com/2024/11/08/daniel-lurie-sweeps-into-mayors-office-promising-change-but-its-unclear-what-his-administration-will-look-like/

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Late Thursday, a message went out from Cal Shakes' Executive Director Clive Worsley making the sad announcement that the 50-year-old theater company, based in Orinda, would be shutting its doors for good amid significant financial strain.

https://sfist.com/2024/10/11/cal-shakes-a-beloved-summer-tradition-for-east-bay-theater-lovers-shuts-down-for-good-after-50-years/

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Oakland Airport's name change to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport has duped at least a couple of Spirit Airlines passengers so far, who have shown up at SFO wondering why they can't find any Spirit Airlines counter.

https://sfist.com/2024/09/05/at-least-a-few-airline-passengers-are-getting-confused-about-oakland-airport-name-change-showing-up-at-sfo/

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An unnamed man was stabbed and killed in a Leavenworth Street apartment on Monday afternoon, and a 37-year-old suspect was arrested for the killing shortly afterwards.

https://sfist.com/2024/09/04/man-fatally-stabbed-in-tenderloin-apartment-on-labor-day-suspect-in-custody/

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For the second year in a row, a dead body was discovered in Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands weekend, and again the death does not appear to have any connection to the festival.

https://sfist.com/2024/08/12/person-found-dead-in-golden-gate-park-during-outside-lands-again/

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SoMa’s Buzzworks bar is planning a giant rooftop expansion; Dr. Fauci popped in to San Francisco for a chat; and the year's biggest heat wave yet appears headed to California next week.

https://sfist.com/2024/06/27/day-around-the-bay-massive-heat-wave-heading-toward-bay-area-next-week/

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The Scottish woman who publicly outed herself as the inspiration for Martha, the stalker character in Netflix's hit series Baby Reindeer, is now suing Netflix for damages, defamation, and for causing "severe and extreme emotional distress."

https://sfist.com/2024/06/07/netflix-faces-lawsuit-from-real-life-woman-who-allegedly-inspired-baby-reindeer-stalker/

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A small team at SF's I.T. Bookman Community Center helped 1,500 individuals get to vaccine appointments, Dog Eared Books in the Castro will soon reopen as a different bookshop called Fabulosa Books, and there’s a brand-new campground on the SF Bay you can pitch a tent at now.

https://sfist.com/2021/08/27/day-around-the-bay-this-san-francisco-group-helped-vaccinate-1-500-people-against-covid-19/

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A pair of brothers up in Napa have constructed a rollercoaster in their backyard, which one person can ride at a time, styled like Disneyland's Matterhorn, complete with abominable snow monster.

https://sfist.com/2021/01/28/two-napa-brothers-build-mini-version-of-disneys-matterhorn-rollercoaster-in-their-backyard/

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Once upon a time, the space at 856 Bush Street was a bar called the Key Klub. It lived in that space from the 1940s or 50s until 1987, when it closed. The place was revived in 2014 as beer spot Hopwater Distribution, and now, the Key Klub returns in a new incarnation.

https://sfist.com/2021/12/09/key-klub-a-new-wine-bar/

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The impacts of the pandemic on public transit can not be overstated, and BART in particular is lowering its projections for ridership recovery below even where they had them a couple of months ago.

https://sfist.com/2022/02/08/bart-is-preparing-for-a-future-of-low-ridership-and-deficits/

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A recent investigation by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) found that the Valero Benicia refinery in southern Solano County has been emitting hazardous levels of toxic chemicals for years.

https://sfist.com/2022/02/25/air-quality-district-says-benicia-refinery-has-been-emitting/

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Newsom made a surprise visit to the Tenderloin today; an on-duty BART employee has been arrested in a fatal hit-and-run; and BART's new elevator at 16th & Mission somehow is costing $5 million.

https://sfist.com/2023/04/19/bart-needs-a-new-5-m-elevator/

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A Santa Clara city councilmember is in court over a leaked 49ers report; a Texas-bound passenger leaving SFO Sunday night has been banned for life from United Airlines over an assault; and the SF Main Library had $550K in damages from a clogged toilet in which someone flushed "foreign objects."

https://sfist.com/2023/05/03/united-airlines-bans-passenger-for-life-after-assault-at-sfo/

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