SF plans to direct $1.8 million in supplemental funding toward immigrant legal defense as ICE arrests rise across the Bay Area, bolstering services that help detained immigrants challenge their arrests and connect with legal support. buff.ly/4JF7GPw

The first fatal overdose in SF involving MGM-15, a potent kratom-derived opioid sold in products marketed as supplements, has prompted a health alert as police seize hundreds of kratom products and other items from local smoke shops. buff.ly/nvzpvyU

Lurie’s campaign says Prop F would preserve Police Commission independence, but the measure would give him new power to fire police commissioners without requiring approval, potentially exposing them to political pressure over officer discipline. buff.ly/gRpXlek

Following a year of complaints about alleged squatters at a vacant Sea Cliff mansion, the SF Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to authorize an auction of the property to cover more than $300,000 in unpaid taxes by the original owner. buff.ly/Gb4OFKg

A judge was set to decide Wednesday whether there is sufficient evidence to move forward to prosecute two SF shelter workers who were accused by the District Attorney of harboring a suspect who shot a police officer. buff.ly/H7nIas4

Some of the first real rain since spring will be drizzling over the Bay starting Wednesday and continuing into Thursday, but Southern California will be getting the brunt of the incoming storm. buff.ly/Yu8AxqV

ICE says the man arrested in SoMa was previously deported and had a manslaughter conviction; there was a vigil Tuesday for the security guard killed at the Warfield; and Trump's approval rating continues circling the drain. buff.ly/MHjWGc6

As two Northern California air taxi rivals remain embroiled in lawsuits over alleged trade secret theft and patent infringement, one of them has expanded into aerospace and defense with a deal to acquire three Boeing-owned businesses. buff.ly/ppXXjnf

A vegetation fire spread to several acres and caused damage to one notable estate Tuesday in the Berkeley hills. buff.ly/tZvcHOJ

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary 'You Can See Everything,' which was three years in the making, delivers, as promised, a gripping, tantalizing, and at times highly uncomfortable view into the final days of freedom of Elizabeth Holmes. buff.ly/Yk3bQIC

State Senator Scott Wiener is working to secure votes in the Richmond District, which Supervisor Connie Chan represents, while both candidates push to win over SF’s Chinese American voters in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress. buff.ly/ABJWVlf

A long-stalled plan to transform four blocks of the Western Addition into a dense, highrise residential neighborhood is moving ahead, as the co-op that owns the land secures funding for an initial phase of affordable housing. buff.ly/ZUbHDbx

SF supervisors and immigrant advocacy groups are holding a rally at City Hall today after ICE agents detained a man in SoMa and were spotted in the Excelsior, as cuts to immigrant services threaten hotline staffing and legal assistance. buff.ly/L2rx6za

SF has a deadline today to bid for PG&E assets in the city to build a city-owned power grid; a Moraga man has been arrested for assaulting a child in Rohnert Park; and there's a nationwide "AI walkout" today. buff.ly/mfJEfBb

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to review the case brought by six descendants of Serranus Hastings and a group of alumni of the UC law school arguing that the state violated its own law in stripping the Hastings name from the school. buff.ly/k0IG0Ez

A former political consultant testified in the Sheng Thao trial today; the elderly couple accused of murdering their son-in-law in Dublin pleaded not guilty; and charges may still be pending in LA against Eric Swalwell. buff.ly/0jQrRFl

Twenty-eight California immigrants are facing federal charges as the Trump administration targets alleged noncitizen voting ahead of the November election, while state officials say the cases offer little support for claims of widespread voter fraud. buff.ly/v8CaykI

SF’s latest guerrilla ad campaign is fighting AI propaganda with a dose of profane satire, as two local social media accounts join forces to mock the city’s relentless barrage of AI billboards while taking aim at billionaire-backed politics. buff.ly/CVY4Eg5

The defense attorney now representing the 77-year-old woman who's accused, along with her husband, of fatally shooting their son-in-law last month at a Dublin park, says that her son-in-law repeatedly threatened her life. buff.ly/LduxHOx

A lawsuit over the 2025 murder-suicide of a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office employee alleges that her estranged partner, a sheriff’s deputy, abused and supplied steroids to coworkers while displaying increasingly violent behavior that authorities failed to address. buff.ly/hIwfvXv