After more than four decades serving the city, longtime San Francisco publication SF Weekly is shuttering "indefinitely" as of Friday afternoon. The San Francisco Examiner Media Company, its parent organization, has decided to put the publication on hiatus, and it will stop printing issues at the end of the month, Broke Ass Stuart first reported . “We are putting SF Weekly on hold while we invest all of our resources in revitalizing and growing the SF Examiner," said recently appointed Examiner editor-in-chief Carly Schwartz in a statement to Broke Ass Stuart. "SF Weekly has been a vital part of the city’s discourse for years and we are looking for ways to maintain the brand in the future.” Schwartz confirmed SF Weekly's effective closure to SFGATE, but did not issue a separate statement. She also confirmed that the website archives will remain intact. The hiatus means that San Francisco no longer has an active alt-weekly, following decades of having two major competitors … [Read more...]

8 Masses of tourists and overpriced crab sandwiches usually keep locals away from Fisherman’s Wharf and the Pier 39 attractions. Now, the throngs have vanished — and hopes that residents will rediscover the waterfront during the quiet are fading. At Pier 39, the crowd-control signs at the sea lion observation deck seem meant for another era. The children’s carousel sits wrapped in plastic. Many fish restaurants have padlocks on their doors and closing signs on windows, while others — which reopened last month with outdoor tables — have few takers. “I’m very, very concerned about the future of the wharf,” said Drew Bernier, the assistant general manager of Scoma’s, a 55-year old seafood restaurant on Pier 47 with an avid following. “It’s horrible. It’s dead. It looks like the restaurants just quickly abandoned ship. It doesn’t look like anything was even nicely put away or organized.” Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39 are … [Read more...]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s been five years since Brandon Belt got to toast a playoff berth, so the Giants first baseman was admittedly out of practice when the champagne started to flow in San Francisco’s clubhouse. “I forgot how much this burns to get in your eyes, but it burns so good,” a beaming Belt said. “We absolutely love it.” READ MORE: California Recall: Many Voters Ready To Put Recall In Rearview Mirror The surprising Giants became the first team to clinch a playoff spot this season, hitting four home runs to beat the San Diego Padres 9-1 on Monday night for their season-high eighth consecutive victory. The Giants gather on the pitching mound for a victory picture after the game between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants on Sept. 13, 2021 at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. (Photo by Larry Placido/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) After finishing 29-31 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the Giants have turned things around in manager Gabe … [Read more...]

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN/CBS SF) – Officials with the California Highway Patrol are asking for help to solve a fatal hit-and-run collision that happened over the weekend on U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco that left a man dead. Just after 1 a.m. Saturday, CHP officers responded to the highway’s southbound lanes, just south of the Cesar Chavez on-ramp, for a report of a pedestrian lying in the shoulder. READ MORE: California Recall: "No" Vote Projected to Win in Recall Election; Newsom Remains Governor There, officers found the victim and medical crews pronounced him dead at the scene. His injuries appear to be consistent with being hit by a vehicle, CHP officials said. CHP investigators believe the victim may have been a transient. READ MORE: California Recall: Many Last-Minute Voters Prefer To Drop Off Ballots In San Jose The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify the victim. CHP officials are hoping that someone can come forward and help identify … [Read more...]

6 Body camera footage released Wednesday shows that the Vallejo police officer who killed a San Francisco man in front of a Walgreens last month was in the back seat of an unmarked pickup truck that had just pulled up to the scene when he fired a high-powered rifle through the windshield. Sean Monterrosa, 22, died after the 12:30 a.m. shooting on June 2, following a day of rallies and protests against police violence on people of color. The footage released Wednesday shows multiple views from inside the pickup truck, which officers used to respond to reports of looting at the store. But it does not show Monterrosa as he was shot or at any point before he was struck due to the camera angles, and police said that a store security camera that might have captured the shooting had been disabled by looters. Police Chief Shawny Williams previously said Monterrosa was on his knees and raising his arms, “revealing what appeared to be … [Read more...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Betty Ann Ong, an American Airlines flight attendant, was the first person to alert authorities that tragedy was about to unfold on Sept. 11, 2001. She relayed vital information to a ground crew that led to the FAA closing airspace for the first time in history. “Betty said to, ‘Ask for prayers; pray for us all’ and that she didn’t say, ‘Just pray for me,'” said Harry Ong Jr., Betty’s older brother. “She just cared for people and all the passengers.” This Saturday will be the 20-year anniversary of one of the most devastating days in America’s history. To the families of the victims, it’s another year and another day without their loved ones. Betty Ong (family photo) “I have a picture of her at my desk, I see her every day, I think about her every day,” Ong Jr. said. He said that Betty, the youngest of four siblings, loved being a flight attendant. They grew up without much money and her job allowed her to travel to places they only dreamed of as … [Read more...]