Hotels and Airbnbs Are Making Bank by Gouging Super Bowl Visitors This Week
The inevitable surge pricing is now underway as the Super Bowl tourists come pouring into SF (and Santa Clara), with some hotels up to nearly $2,500 a night, and some SF Airbnb units costing $2,000 for the weekend stay. The tourists are already showing up in San Francisco for this...
Family of Four Killed at San Francisco Bus Stop as Elderly Driver Seeks Misdemeanor...
A family of four waiting at a neighborhood bus stop in San Francisco’s West Portal district...
Yuba County deputies disrupt Oakland fentanyl network
(FOX40.COM) — An Oakland fentanyl supply network responsible for distributing the deadly synthetic opioid into the Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas has been dismantled after a weeks-long investigation. Two suspects were arrested and roughly 4 pounds of fentanyl were seized in Oakland on Feb. 3 after a...
California’s Best Deep Dish Pizza Restaurant Just Opened a New East Bay Branch
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA – As an East Coast transplant, I can attest to the fact that it’s hard to find really good New York style pizza in the Bay Area. There’s a different kind of pizza, though, that’s excellent here–Chicago style deep dish. And that’s largely because of one local chain that does an extremely good job...
Bay Bridge Radio Fiddle Turns Deadly, San Mateo Driver Hit With Manslaughter Rap
A late-night drive across the Bay Bridge turned fatal when a San Mateo woman allegedly looked down to change the radio and slammed into slowing traffic, triggering a chain-reaction wreck that killed a 27-year-old man, authorities say. The multi-car collision unfolded in the westbound lanes near Yerba Buena Island...
Ahead of the Super Bowl, a radiation helicopter is circling San Francisco. Here’s why.
They aren’t looking for trouble; they’re mapping background radiation levels to establish a baseline before Super Bowl LX kicks off. It’s part of a program called the Aerial Measuring System, a federal capability that’s been around since the 1950s. Download the SAN app today to stay...
S.F. supervisor proposes tax to fund a public bank
The tax would raise $40-50 million a year and enable loans for affordable housing, small businesses, and green investments S.F. supervisor proposes tax to fund a public bank
Fight between teenagers led to shooting that killed 15-year-old near S.F. playground, police say
Two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, were arrested on suspicion of murder in a triple shooting that killed a 15-year-old girl near a playground in San Francisco, police said.
Excelsior Buzz: Get ready for the year of the fire horse!
For those who do not wish to travel far for festivity, mark your calendar for a Lunar New Year celebration on Ocean Avenue on Feb. 28. Excelsior Buzz: Get ready for the year of the fire horse!
Man pleads not guilty to deadly San Francisco shooting
Evan Abel Perez-Villanueva, 38, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with an allegation that he personally used a firearm in a Jan. 15 killing. Police responded that day to the intersection of 16th Street and San Bruno Avenue in the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood on reports of a shooting.
