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14/10/2025

✈️ SF Fleet Week 2025 Update: Air Show in Question Amid Federal Shutdown 🇺🇸🇨🇦🌉

San Francisco’s iconic Fleet Week air show might look a little different this year — or possibly be postponed altogether until 2026 — due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

As of now, U.S. military pilots from Navy Region Southwest are unable to participate, and if the shutdown isn’t resolved soon, they’ll be grounded this year. The original air show was scheduled for the weekend of October 10–12, 2025, but that’s now up in the air — literally. 🛩️

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SAN FRANCISCO—For this year, there may not be an air show from the United States military personnel in the Navy Region Southwest due to the federal shutdown. But if it is resolved soon, it will go forth as planned on the weekend of Friday, October 10, 2025 to Sunday, October 12, 2025. But it looks...

14/10/2025

🚨 HIT-AND-RUN INJURES TWO NEAR BUENA VISTA PARK 🚨
Witnesses Needed – Community Support Urged

On Friday, October 3, 2025, around 9:51 PM, a devastating hit-and-run took place near Haight & Lyon Streets, at the edge of Buena Vista Park. A vehicle struck what appeared to be either a bicycle or a moped, critically injuring two young men.

Eyewitnesses say one man was found unconscious on the sidewalk, while the other lay half-conscious in the street. Both were rushed to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition. 💔

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SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, October 3, 2025, at 9:51 p.m., on the edge of Buena Vista Park, near the intersections of Haight Street and Lyon Street, a hit-and-run incident occurred with a vehicle colliding into either a bicycle or a moped. Witnesses reported after the accident that they saw one man o...

14/10/2025

🚨 Suspect Arrested in San Francisco Shooting Investigation 🚨

On Monday, October 6, the San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of Jesus Romero, 37, of Oakland, in connection with an attempted homicide that occurred in the Mission District last month.

📍 On September 21, around 1:15 AM, officers responded to reports of a shooting near 24th & York Streets. They found a victim with a gunshot wound and rendered immediate aid. Paramedics transported the victim to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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On Monday, October 6, the San Francisco Police Department reported that a suspect had been arrested in connection to an attempted homicide.

11/10/2025

🧠💚 World Mental Health Day 2025
October 10

At San Francisco News, we believe that a healthy city starts with healthy minds.

This year’s theme — “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right” — is a powerful reminder: everyone deserves access to mental health support, free from stigma or shame.

In a world that moves fast, take a moment today to slow down, check in with yourself, and reach out to others. Mental health matters — in San Francisco and beyond.

🕊 You’re not alone. And it’s okay to ask for help.

11/10/2025

Early Sunday morning, October 5, first responders rushed to a residential high-rise on the 300 block of the Tenderloin after reports of an apartment fire — and what followed was a tense and dangerous situation.

💥 A suspect had barricaded himself inside a 7th-floor unit, actively resisting arrest and allegedly setting the fire himself.
👮‍♂️ As SFPD officers and firefighters forced entry to stop the blaze and apprehend the individual, two officers sustained injuries and were hospitalized. Thankfully, their injuries were non-life-threatening.
👥 Two other tenants were treated at the scene but declined further medical attention.

By 7:25 a.m., the fire was successfully contained, thanks to the rapid response from San Francisco’s firefighters and police.

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SAN FRANCISCO—Firefighters were called to a residential high-rise on the 300 block of Tenderloin due to a fire breaking out. Two police officers were hospitalized while two tenants were treated at the scene, but they declined other medical treatment. There was an incident involving two police offi...

11/10/2025

🚨💊 SFPD Seizes Deadly Drugs, Weapons, and Cash in Major Oakland Bust Linked to SF Drug Trade

On October 1, SFPD executed a high-risk search warrant in Oakland, uncovering a cache of fentanyl, methamphetamine, co***ne, and an unserialized “ghost gun” — all allegedly intended for the streets of San Francisco.

Here’s what was seized:

🔹 180+ grams of fentanyl
🔹 57 grams of methamphetamine
🔹 16 grams of co***ne
🔹 $25,000+ in cash
🔹 A fentanyl press, scales, and ammunition
🔹 A toddler was found inside the home

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n Friday, October 3, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they executed a search warrant on October 1

11/10/2025

🚔💼 Months-Long Investigation Leads to Major Recovery of Stolen Goods, Drugs, and Fi****ms in San Francisco

What started as a stolen trailer report in May led SFPD officers down a months-long investigation that uncovered a hidden world of stolen vehicles, drugs, and weapons — all in the heart of San Francisco.

📍 Location: 500 block of 32nd Avenue
📆 Timeline: May – September 2025

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SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, October 3, the San Francisco Police Department announced they recovered almost a pound of methamphetamine, multiple fi****ms and silencers while recovering a classic Porsche 911, Yamaha motorbike and tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of other stolen goods, following a ...

04/10/2025

What started as a social media obsession with baby names a decade ago has grown into a boutique business helping tech titans, celebrities, and the anonymously rich name their little ones. 💼💡

From suggesting names over email for $200 to full-scale “baby-branding” experiences starting at $10,000, Taylor offers a VIP-level service for parents looking to name their child with meaning, style, and strategy. 🍼📈

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SAN FRANCISCO—Taylor A. Humphrey, 37, the only baby-naming consultant in the Bay Area based in San Francisco, built her luxury baby-naming enterprise, whatinababyname.com, due to her obsession with baby names, which she posted about a decade ago on social media. Humphrey is among the dozen or so i...

03/10/2025

On Friday evening, September 26, San Francisco lost a man who had turned his life around — and was working every day to make our streets safer.

Joey Alexander, 60, was an Urban Alchemy ambassador and a formerly incarcerated individual who dedicated his second chance to protecting the community — especially the most vulnerable.

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SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, September 26, 2025, just before five o’clock in the evening, former convict Joey Alexander, a 60-year-old Urban Alchemy ambassador, was shot with a shotgun after he told the 42-year-old shooter, Edmund Bowen, not to do drugs in front of the San Francisco Public Main Libr...

03/10/2025

After 75 years serving the Inner Sunset, Progress Hardware will not be returning. The beloved neighborhood fixture at 724 Irving Street, family-owned since 1948, was devastated by a 3-alarm fire in August 2023 — and the road to recovery has proven too steep.

In the months that followed, the community rallied. A GoFundMe raised over $63,000, and support came from the SF Office of Small Businesses and Supervisor Myrna Melgar, whose office granted $9,750 in fire relief funds. 🙏

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SAN FRANCISCO—Progress Hardware, established in 1948, had been closed down since a three-alarm fire occurred on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. A GoFundMe page raised more than $63,000 for rebuilding the store, which is located at 724 Irving Street. Progress Hardware also received a grant for fire disast...

03/10/2025

In January, a fire next door left her 400 sq ft bakery smoke-damaged. By May, she’d finally reopened — and sold out everything during her soft launch. Even the mayor came by for his cookie fix. 🙌

Then in June, while dropping her daughter off at college, vandals shattered her front window. The repair cost? Over $6,000 — not including a roll-up security door. She was heartbroken… but not alone.

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SAN FRANCISCO—Yvonne’s Southern Sweets, owned by Yvonne Hines for the last 19 years, in the same location of 5128 3rd Street in Bayview-Hunters Point District, had been undergoing a lot of changes in 2025. Known for its seven-up cake, peach cobbler and butter pecan cookies and Mayor Daniel Lurie...

02/10/2025

Born and raised in San Francisco, Betty Yee is a proud daughter of Chinese immigrants who helped keep her family’s laundry business running while still a child — even before she learned to speak English. 🇨🇳➡️🇺🇸

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SAN FRANCISCO—Betty Yee, born October 19, 1957, is a San Francisco native. She helped with bookkeeping at her family’s laundry business while growing up. Even though she spoke no English as a child, she eventually graduated from Lowell High School to move onto study at University of California a...