San Francisco Pulse

SF Restaurant Week returns April 10-19 with 200+ prix-fixe spots citywide, from neighborhood gems to tasting rooms.

• Treasure Island vibe: Mersea's...

Signs of downtown revitalization as distressed icons change hands:

• NY's Madison Capital took over 45 Fremont via deed-in-lieu after Shorenstein...

Escalating violence targets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman amid AI backlash:

• Friday 3:45am: Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, hurls Molotov at Altman's Chestnut St...

Key ruling in SF clash: Judge frees Tony Phillips after video shows Lurie's security guard shoved him first, not Phillips as aggressor.

• Tenderloin...

San Francisco is distributing $3.3 million via Community Challenge Grants to 25 resident and nonprofit projects, selected from 100+ applications, for...

Skywatchers, a Tenderloin-rooted arts collective, crafts rigorous performances from residents' stories, turning grief into joy and invisibility into...

Political Shakeups

• 🔥 Swalwell Suspends Campaign: Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his California governor's campaign after SF Democratic Party...

• Bold federal move: President Trump fired all six Biden-appointed trustees of the San Francisco Presidio Trust.
• Iconic park impacted: The board...

SF Democratic Party Chair Nancy Tung demanded Rep. Eric Swalwell end his gubernatorial campaign amid credible sexual assault allegations from a former...

SF tech elite targeted: 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama from Texas allegedly hurled a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's Russian Hill home ~4AM...

SF nightlife milestone: DJ Skip (Grant Medeiros) died Friday after 9-year battle with rare blood cancer.

• 33-year icon: Co-founded New Wave City in...

Tensions rise in SF's homelessness overhaul:

• Major closure: 280-bed Lower Nob Hill shelter at 711 Post shuts March 2027, after operator exit and...

Escalating dangers for SF tech leaders: A 20-year-old suspect threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Russian Hill home at 4 a.m. April...

Crime and Public Safety Alerts

• 🔥 Oakland Fentanyl Middleman Sentenced: Cristian Diaz-Villatoro, a Honduran national who funneled kilogram-scale...

SF-centric community events to hit this year:

• Fort Mason Night Markets: 4/17, 5/22, 6/19; 2nd Fridays May-Oct
• Cole Valley: 4/16, 5/21, 8/20,...

• 70-year legacy: Opened in 1956 by boxer Ralph Figari and wrestler Hank Hanestad; now oldest bar in Tenderloin since 2018 and a registered legacy...

Bay Area political shockwave: Rep. Eric Swalwell's CA governor campaign craters after SF Chronicle exposé on sexual assault allegations from ex-Castro...

Federal sentencing disrupts regional fentanyl flow to SF streets:

• Honduran national Cristian Diaz-Villatoro gets 8 years prison + 5 years release...

Massive cultural bash hits Japantown today–tomorrow (April 11–12) and next weekend, with taiko drums, food stalls, and performances across Post/Sutter...

Election integrity exposed in SF's high-crime Tenderloin:

• ABC7 I-Team confronted couple paying homeless $5 each to forge names like a dead woman's...