SF Bay Area

Can Steph Curry Hit 16 Three-Pointers and Take the Record Tonight?
Will it happen? It’s a long shot but as Steph said himself, “crazier things have happened.”

The Dark & Disturbing History of the St. Francis Hotel
The Westin St. Francis Hotel looms on the edge of Union Square, bearing silent witness to flocks of tourists and shoppers who likely know nothing of its history. Built in 1904, the St. Francis Hotel is now known to be one of the most haunted hotels in California. Many notable

SF Artist & Antique Dealer Attacked by “Crazy” with a Knife
UPDATE: On Wednesday Sackett posted on Instagram that the attacker used a 6 inch switchblade that cut through Sackett’s main nerve and two of his main tendons and clear to his Bone on his left wrist. He underwent over five hours of surgery. He still doesn’t know if he’ll have full use

Brunch Spot Apologizes for Asking Armed Police Officers to Leave
The owners of a restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood apologized Sunday for asking police officers to leave their eatery because the officers’ guns made employees uncomfortable. In a statement posted Sunday on social media, Hilda and Jesse owners Rachel Sillcocks and Kristina Liedags Compton said “these are stressful

Bay Area Home Depot Bandit Caught with $14k of Power Tools
Retail theft and burglaries always go up around Christmas time, but this year feels especially brazen. With organized heists being reported on across around the Bay Area, the most recent involved theft from 6 different Home Depots in the Bay Area. Redwood City police released the following info today about

Delicious Kitchen Story/Sweet Maple Opening 5 New Locations in Bay Area
Kitchen Story’s brunch is pretty delicious, full stop. It’s got unique twists on all the American brunch classics, often with Korean infusions, sometimes with French flair, and despite a hard couple years for the industry, the owner of Sweet Maple in Lower Pac Heights and Kitchen Story in the Castro,

“Twindemic” Warning: Omicron Variant May Have Genetic Snippet From Common Cold Virus
Scientists and health experts are encouraging all eligible people to get both flu vaccine and COVID booster shots, ahead of a potential “twindemic,” in which COVID-19 and flu cases rise at the same time. Pfizer’s effectiveness drops down to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to

Speak Truth to Power With City College’s Journalism Classes, Now Enrolling Students
Editor’s note: Enrollment is now open for the Spring 2022 semester, which starts January 18. Classes are remote and free for SF residents through Free City. You can see some of CCSF Journalism students’ work from the Spring 2021 semester published across 48hills, KQED, The Guardsman, and San Francisco Bay