Doomloop! Vol. 3: A new Howard Terminal proposal, death cults, and thundersnow
Your favorite weekly roundup of SF Bay Area News
In a follow up to their previous chin-stroker “Can San Francisco's New Mayor Make the City Shine Again?”, The New York Times now ponders: “San Francisco’s New Mayor is Rich. Is That a Good Thing?”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a new “hospitality zone” which he claims “will make downtown safe and kick-start our economy.”
The largest donor to the new mayor’s inauguration weekend was the San Francisco 49ers, which are based in Santa Clara.
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties are suing the Trump administration for its threats to withhold federal funds due to their “sanctuary city” policies.
A San Francisco GOP leader and web developer was spotted in a Mission District taqueria wearing a “Trump Won” hat and a jacket with the acronym “ICE”.
As reported by the San Francisco Business Times, the third-largest SF Bay Area nonprofit by revenue is the San Ramon-based Pac-12 sports conference, which currently consists of only two teams, neither of which is in California.
"Former mayor. You said mayor. She's not." countered a federal judge to the lawyer for recalled and indicted Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, during her first federal court appearance.
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The Oakland Roots Soccer Club, which hosts an average of 4,000 fans per game, have proposed a 25,000 seat stadium at Howard Terminal.
The San Francisco Examiner reports that a downtown cable-car stop will be revamped to be “Instagrammable” by employing “a suite of ‘tactical urbanism’ strategies.”
A 300-page nomination has been prepared to secure a national historic district designation for much of North Beach.
The iconic midcentury Birkenstock building in Novato has been listed for sale with SFGATE noting that locals have suggested it become an “indoor cannabis grow or an Amazon warehouse.”
In response to thousands of Californians losing their homes in the Los Angeles fires, Marin County homeowners are escalating their opposition to new housing with a call to “advocate for reflecting high fire risk in our state mandated (sic) building codes.”
A public parking permit plan in San Rafael has been denounced as “crazy”.
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In a response to its newfound profitability, San Francisco tech company Okta—which “gives you a neutral, powerful and extensible platform that puts identity at the heart of your stack”—has announced employee layoffs.
Following last week’s headcount reduction, the remaining City of Oakland employees will now be required to return to the office.
Bernard Arnault, CEO of French airport duty-free goods behemoth LVMH, reacted to Mark Zuckerberg’s dismissal of underperforming Meta employees as a chance to be “promoted outwards, so to speak”.
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Legendary KTVU anchorman Dennis Richmond, recognized by his smart suits and thick mustache, and once called “bigger than Oprah” by the San Francisco Chronicle, has died at 81.
As uncovered by SFGATE and Open Vallejo, there is apparently an SF Bay Area death cult called the Zizians, who promote “a radical form of Rationalism, which discusses the ethics of veganism, artificial intelligence destroying humanity and using scientific techniques to enhance human decision-making.”
“I can’t believe I’m gonna die on Ninth Street. Holy s–t, I’m dying on Ninth Street,” were the first thoughts of a local cannabis store owner when he was randomly shot seven times in SoMa, and who somehow—and miraculously—is able to speak to the press only days later.
Ayesha Curry allegedly blamed Oakland for the closing of her store Sweet July, which sold $130 hoodies and $73.50 soy candle trios on a quiet downtown block with minimal foot traffic.
Oakland has “rich history at the waterfront” declared Watsonville’s The Pajaronian, adding that its visiting reporter traveled to Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, where they enjoyed a Coke.
Locals on a weekend ski trip to the Sierras may experience a phenomenon known as “thundersnow,” when thunder, lightning, and snowfall occur simultaneously
An Oakland man has been found guilty of “pimping and pandering,” reports The Mercury Times.
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A social media user noticed that the entire front-of-house staff at Lower Haight coffee shop Reveille “seems to have disappeared at once”. Another user added, without evidence, that the owners are “rich Range Rover frat boys”.
