news roundup

14 Mar 2022

Monday News Roundup: Breed’s ‘State of the City’, Lowell Admissions Debate Continues

Hey San Francisco, I’m here to give you last week’s news, and one item from over the weekend stands out: Stuart got hitched! Congratulations Stuart, enjoy the ride. There’s a lot of other stuff to catch up on, so let’s get right to it… State of the city  Mayor Breed

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28 Feb 2022

Monday News Roundup: Vacant Homeless Housing, Breed’s Continued TL Crackdown

Hey San Francisco, Last week was hard, with all that’s going on in Ukraine. I hope you’re hanging in there, but if you could use a little boost, check out these tips on self-care from Broke-Ass Stuart’s Dee Dee Thompson. The only one I’d add to her list: reach out

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21 Feb 2022

Monday News Roundup: Election results, CA Approaches Endemic

Hey San Francisco, and happy Presidents’ Day. I finally got out to see the Magnificent Magnolias at the Botanical Garden on Saturday. If you haven’t been, it’s worth a visit. If you get your tickets online ahead of time (they’re free for SF residents), you can bypass the line at

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14 Feb 2022

Monday News Roundup: IKEA Breaks Ground + Landmark Police Brutality Trial Begins

Hey San Francisco and Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t know about you, but I saw more stories about pancakes than I did about the Super Bowl over the weekend. That’s because local chef Curtis Kimball hosted his second free pancake fest outside of his home in Bernal Heights on Saturday,

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07 Feb 2022

Monday News Roundup: Police Chief Scott Spars with DA Boudin, High Vacancy Rate Revealed

Hey SF, I’m Natalie, a correspondent for The SF Minute, an email newsletter that helps you stay on top of news here in San Francisco. Did you feel yesterday’s earthquake? The 3.2-magnitude quake’s epicenter was near San Leandro in the East Bay, and according to the Chronicle, “San Francisco reported

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05 Nov 2021

Friday News Roundup: DA charges SFPD officer with homicide and Giants Buster Posey retires

Hey there, San Francisco.  Happy Friday. It was a busy news week across the city, from a Giants’ star announcing his retirement to a certain law school making moves to change its name. If you want to receive these news roundups every weekday, I’d love for you to sign up

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10 May 2018

This Week’s News, America, People’s Park, & People’s Strikes

We’ve got a loaded news wrap for you, stacked full of history, homeless, strikes and being black in America. Here goes…   Fight Brewing at People’s Park There’s a long history of resistance at the site of Berkeley’s People’s Park – it was actually built by the community itself out

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01 Feb 2018

This Week’s Need to Know News for the Bay Area & Beyond

In this slightly special edition of the weekly news wrap, we touch on a few less local stories and take a little extra time to discuss the memo fallout, because it’s actually a shit storm swirling around us today. But first, we’ll start with a very special toilet. Golden showers

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