A new izakaya lands near Union Square, the Castro gets a new Northern Thai restaurant, and the Chronicle's Cesar Hernandez gives his review of RT Bistro, all in This Week in Food. buff.ly/wqSeWm5

A damning new civil grand jury report points the finger at Yolo County officials who, the report says, knew about the illegal fireworks storage facility in Esparto for years but failed to enforce county codes. buff.ly/Yo57sCN

Amy Hillyard, who’s the owner of Farley’s coffee shop in SF and Oakland, went missing in Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood Wednesday, and she’s considered at-risk due to a medical condition. buff.ly/XSFOpLx

Officials are cataloging the numerous tributes to Cesar Chavez throughout San Jose following recent allegations that Chavez sexually assaulted Dolores Huerta and at least two others, and there will public hearings to rename them. buff.ly/2BOLicQ

A 76-year-old driver allegedly jumped the curb while parking and smashed into a building in SF’s Chinatown Friday, striking two people, one of whom may have been a construction worker. One person was killed, and another was hospitalized with serious injuries. buff.ly/G2fcK3f

A Benicia couple was charged with child abuse after their teen suffered severe injuries in an e-moto crash in Walnut Creek last fall. The Contra Costa County district attorney alleges they allowed him to drive in an unsafe manner for years. buff.ly/jGoIlIS

Two SF supervisors propose law to make SFPD ID federal agents; the 25-year-old man arrested for involuntary manslaughter in a Sunset shooting was a Biden staffer; and David Sacks is stepping down as Trump's 'crypto czar.' buff.ly/XRc927s

We all know that Trump is highly influenced by television, and a fairly out-of-date prime time special by Bill O'Reilly on NewsNation Thursday titled "The Decline and Fall of San Francisco" is likely the reason the city was on his mind again. buff.ly/ndJmoGO

Antoine Watson, who killed 84-year-old "Grandpa Vicha" five years ago, was sentenced to time served for involuntary manslaughter; a United flight out of SFO had a near miss with a Black Hawk helicopter; and Cesar Chavez Day is officially no more in California. buff.ly/vCRA07L

The Sacramento Bee, like many publications across the country, has been experimenting with AI-generated content for its website, particularly in the realm of real-time wildfire and earthquake news. But it seems like they need more human eyes on this stuff. buff.ly/fNZwgEg

The Michelin Guide has just revealed its midyear additions, giving some hints about which new Bay Area restaurants are already on the radars of inspectors and up for potential star ratings. buff.ly/DNOzbLZ

Possibly thanks to the involvement of Netflix, the MLB Opening Day game at Oracle Park Wednesday night featured a drone pyrotechnic show during the national anthem, with the American flag going — ironically? — up in smoke. buff.ly/5lSwV5P

Authorities released the names of the suspect and victim — who both attended SFSU at the same time — in Tuesday’s fatal shooting in SF’s Sunset District, and authorities are investigating whether or not the gun was shot intentionally. buff.ly/Sudtgyc

The SF Downtown Development Corporation awarded two safety ambassador programs — stationed in Union Square, Yerba Buena, and at downtown BART stations — a $5 million grant to stay afloat for the next year. buff.ly/Sqsc8dT

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office had their helicopter out for a vehicle pursuit Wednesday which may have escalated because they pulled the helicopter out, and thankfully no one appears to have been seriously hurt. buff.ly/xYoVNCC

Antoine Watson is expected to be sentenced today for the Jan. 2021 killing of 'Grandpa Vicha' Ratanapakdee; H Mart is opening its big new Dublin location; and the International Olympic Committee is officially barring trans female athletes. buff.ly/Gycxdgd

That controversial Lowell High math teacher has been forced to resign; a big-budget movie shoot is happening Thursday near Telegraph Hill; and Stephen Colbert is going to be writing a 'Lord of the Rings' movie. buff.ly/vvgDOvF

Ugh. Melania Trump thinks more robots should be teaching children, which dovetails nicely with the administration gutting the Department of Education. And here she is walking through the White House with a humanoid robot at her side. buff.ly/B8VzYxE

It's a bad week in the courts for Meta, and also for Google and YouTube, after juries in two states came back with verdicts against the companies in high-profile cases about the dangers of social media for teens. buff.ly/2usZfpz

Stonestown Galleria was evacuated Wednesday afternoon due to police activity and a threat that hasn't yet been disclosed — possibly an armed individual — and the SFPD was asking the public to avoid the area. buff.ly/HBzBQnO

A person suspected of an earlier assault barricaded themselves inside a unit at the Cadillac Hotel in SF’s Tenderloin District Tuesday, and the SFPD eventually took them into custody with the help of crisis negotiators. buff.ly/NFladeb

We now have a fuller picture of what went down at Gate E2 at SFO's Terminal 3 on Sunday night, how ICE agents ended up there, and what happened with the woman afterwards. buff.ly/A2SdybL

Tuesday was a particularly violent night in San Francisco, with two separate homicides, in what has become a relatively violent start to 2026, particularly compared to the year prior. buff.ly/bynQRRw

One person was found dead in a single-alarm fire at a residence in SF’s Portola District Tuesday evening, which investigators believe began in the home’s kitchen or living room, causing substantial damage. buff.ly/cJGBEyG

A judge has now fined SF Public Defender Mano Raju for refusing to take some new cases; the canceled gubernatorial candidate debate could impact the race; and the SF school board has voted to extend the school year by one week. buff.ly/qlmCmVX

A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a Muni bus early Tuesday morning near Union Square, after he reportedly fell from the sidewalk into the path of the bus. buff.ly/Hy1Xlup

A Florida-based cosmetologist who came to the Bay Area to administer silicone butt injections to a 34-year-old OnlyFans model in 2023 has been convicted in San Mateo County of involuntary manslaughter. buff.ly/uG2KNX3

Elderly driver Mary Lau will have to explain what happened in the West Portal crash that killed a family of four in 2024 in two civil lawsuits filed by relatives of the family last year, and jurors will now determine any monetary damages. buff.ly/ctx4Q7Q

A former dishwasher at the French Laundry in Yountville has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 50 other employees alleging that the restaurant routinely violates state law around mandatory break times and overtime. buff.ly/L6FWVDo

For the second time in four months, a false-alarm alert about an earthquake was triggered in Northern California, and this was actually multiple alerts, but this time there thankfully were no loud alarms pushed out to cellphones in the Bay Area. buff.ly/8efBbT5

A witness at SFO Sunday filed a complaint that SFPD officers violated sanctuary laws by shielding ICE agents in plainclothes from bystanders who were asking them to identify themselves, as the ICE agents attempted to restrain a woman who was being deported. buff.ly/KFZIwU1

California voters are showing a "historically high lack of awareness" of the governor's race; a planned debate between the candidates tonight was canceled; and Foster City continues to be under a ransomware attack. buff.ly/NLdHAGr

A person was stabbed in the Civic Center area Monday; the immigration court in SF just removed some 500 people "in absentia"; and Markwayne Mullin has been confirmed as the new DHS secretary. buff.ly/s5VZc0T

Two and a half years after the death of 27-year-old product designer Kimberly Wong in her Presidio Heights apartment, her boyfriend Scott Fisher was set to go on trial this week for her murder. But he has now changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. buff.ly/SNadMDr

A new study found that about 16% of people who died from COVID-19 in the first two years of the pandemic weren’t counted in the official US tally, totalling about 155,000, for a multitude of reasons — including political ones. buff.ly/p05faqf

The home on Monterey Boulevard in SF's Westwood Highlands where investigators believe a mother killed her husband and two daughters before taking her own life last October is now up for sale. buff.ly/EIMYtw7

The SF Giants will face off with the New York Yankees on Opening Day Wednesday, and fans who aren’t attending the game at Oracle Park will need to subscribe to Netflix to watch, plus a slew of other platforms throughout the season. buff.ly/uw4ZBdZ

Maybe it's indicative of larger troubles and maybe it's just a sign of a simple mistake that, unluckily, was caught on camera and went viral. But Hamburger Project in the Mission is having to respond to a photo of raw meat and mayo that was left outside its door in the sun. buff.ly/pTSFRdq

True to form as a Trump-loving Republican sheriff, and likely just trying to court attention from Fox News and Trump himself, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized 650,000 ballots that were cast for or against Prop 50 in November. buff.ly/6fh4fow

Investigators with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal stabbing in a quiet neighborhood in Lafayette over the weekend, and a 35-year-old suspect was taken into custody. buff.ly/ZMOQzia

Denise Huskins, the Vallejo woman whose 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault case was featured in Netflix’s American Nightmare, is pushing for changes to state law after learning her assailant was given access to explicit video evidence from her case. buff.ly/btw3iow

ICE agents may not be getting deployed to help a dwindling TSA force at San Francisco International Airport amid the partial government shutdown, but they were there on Sunday anyway, conducting an unrelated arrest. buff.ly/7BK9Raj

One dog died and two residents were displaced in a Bayview house fire Sunday; 12 people were displaced by a fire on Guerrero Street; and Steph Curry may make it back to play for the last few games of the Warriors' season. buff.ly/viDv9zv

Del Popolo announces it's closing, Esme sets an opening timeframe on Divis, and Grand Lake Kitchen comes to Noe Valley, all in This Week in Food. buff.ly/lNGXRgA

Thousands of flower lovers will be lining up Saturday to receive eight free tulips at Union Square’s annual “Tulip Day,” which is held annually in honor of International Women’s Day, and it’s advised you get there very early. buff.ly/KEYijLY

A week ago we lost Joe Kukura. He was the associate editor of SFist and a longtime contributor to this site and others, but he was also a great friend to many and a true bon vivant of San Francisco. His friends have now sent in many remembrances. buff.ly/hrcAgdv

A protest is being planned Saturday with organizers saying they want to push the CEOs of artificial intelligence companies to pause the development of the technology. buff.ly/uaJoWTw

The much-loved LED art installation on the cables of the Bay Bridge, the Bay Lights, will be re-illuminated Friday with a fair amount of fanfare planned for their return. buff.ly/qYGPnBk

Family members held a vigil Thursday honoring the family of four that was tragically killed by a driver in West Portal two years ago, and advocacy groups are reminding Mayor Daniel Lurie that the 100-day deadline on his Street Safety Initiative is next week. buff.ly/xqXXKLI

Two attempted car thieves led East Bay authorities on a Dukes of Hazzard-style chase the wrong way along surface streets and down Highway 4 after puncturing all four tires on spike strips. buff.ly/ew0DsQ0