SFPD arrests young suspect who allegedly threw Molotov cocktail at home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman SFPD were sent a photo of a young male arson suspect accused of tossing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Earlier today, a man was arrested after allegedly tossing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home.

Mission Local found an inmate booked into S.F. County Jail on a bevy of arson and explosives charges ... and attempted murder.

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Sunset Buzz: In a world of AI, Jay Pham says, consider an Irish sports bar The Four Deuces, 2319 Taraval Street, has anchored the neighborhood for decades. The latest chapter comes with a change in ownership.

Sunset Buzz: 19th Ave closes three weekends starting Apr. 24, Szechuan Cuisine is on leave all month, and "Dirt Alley" just sold its naming rights for $140K to Notion AI.

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S.F. unions pledge to fight ‘every one’ Mayor Lurie's proposed layoffs Lurie says layoffs are necessary for the city’s recovery. City workers say there’s no recovery without them.

S.F. unions have pledged to fight "every one" of Mayor Lurie's 127 layoffs.

Lurie says the layoffs are necessary to balance the city's budget. City workers say San Francisco's economic recovery is impossible without their labor.

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San Francisco police this morning arrested a young suspect accused of tossing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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Excelsior Buzz: a new cannabis dispensary coming to Persia Triangle The dispensary, Green Field, will open at 4687 Mission St. and it's been seven years in the making, according to the owner's brother.

Excelsior Buzz: a new cannabis dispensary is coming to Persia Triangle.

The dispensary, Green Field, will open at 4687 Mission St. and it’s been seven years in the making, according to the owner’s brother.

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Matt Dorsey says he’d have deserved to be evicted for drug use, as his new legislation now proposes.

His proposal would mark a major shift in how SF handles drug use and homelessness.

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People We Meet: Nigel Poor’s prison-life podcast is coming to S.F. The artist-cum-podcast host has spent a lifetime thinking about San Francisco’s discarded objects — and its people.

Before "Ear Hustle" hit 75 million downloads, Nigel Poor was an artist obsessed with time and forgotten things — flies, found objects, prison letters.

Now she and Earlonne Woods bring their prison life podcast to SF's Toni Rembe Theatre Apr 11: missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-n...

Amid an ongoing budget crunch, San Francisco will see the closure of three public health clinics in coming months, including two youth clinics in the Tenderloin and Haight-Ashbury.

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SEIU California un-endorses Scott Wiener for S.F. Congress for opposing CEO tax The CEO tax was placed on the ballot by local labor unions, including San Francisco branches of SEIU

SEIU California has un-endorsed Scott Wiener for Congress because he opposes the CEO tax.

But San Francisco SEIU members have wanted a sole endorsement for Connie Chan since the beginning.

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Tale of two neighborhoods: SoMa sales slide as Mission Bay's grow Sales-tax data shows South of Market remains far below its pre-pandemic footing, while neighboring Mission Bay has rebounded

San Francisco’s recovery isn’t happening the same everywhere.

SoMa’s sales tax is down 50% since 2019. Just a mile away, and home to big employers like OpenAI and UCSF, Mission Bay’s has grown 20%.

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Shuttered Mission Cultural Center could reopen by summer The new temporary leadership is working to comply with guidelines mandated by the city to access funds that could reopen the center by summer.

After it said in January it would close indefinitely, the Mission Cultural Center has some good news: It may reopen as soon as this summer — if the city lets it.

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Mission Buzz: Los Coyotes taqueria rides again Owners of Los Coyotes are in conversations to return to their former home. Peruvian restaurant Cholo Soy reopened after its closure in 2018.

Mission Buzz: Four years after it was displaced by a fire, Taqueria Los Coyotes could return to its spot at 16th and Mission by the end of the year.

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Michael Levine, Massachusetts Medicaid exec, to be head of S.F. homeless dept. Levine, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s choice, worked with Health Department head Daniel Tsai on Massachusetts Medicaid for four years.

Mission Local has received confirmation that Michael Levine will be the next director of San Francisco’s Dept. of Homelessness.

The Massachusetts Health exec was the only candidate put forward for the job.

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S.F. set to lose 450+ shelter beds in Tenderloin San Francisco is on track to lose hundreds of shelter beds as the city began closing multiple homeless shelters in recent weeks.

NEW: San Francisco is on track to lose more than 450 shelter beds as the city began closing multiple homeless shelters in the Tenderloin area in recent weeks.

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Meet the District 2 Candidates: Should addicts who relapse be evicted from their housing? Sherrill and Brooke weigh in on legislation that would enable residents of permanent supportive housing to be evicted for drug use

Should people be evicted from permanent supportive housing for using drugs?

District 2 supervisor candidates Stephen Sherrill and Lori Brooke weigh in on legislation that would allow just that.

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Mission Local is expanding, adding new neighborhood coverage Mission Local is expanding to new neighborhoods, with beat coverage in the Tenderloin, Richmond, Sunset, Bayview, and Mission District.

And it won't stop there. In the coming months & years, we anticipate growing across San Francisco and assigning a reporter to YOUR neighborhood, wherever it is.

You can read more about what this all means here:

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The five neighborhoods with dedicated reporters are:

—The Sunset
—The Richmond
—The Tenderloin
—Bayview-Hunters Point
—and of course, the Mission District

We'll continue providing citywide coverage, we'll be telling stories from everywhere, but we will focus on these areas.

These pages reflect our new editorial direction, placing reporters in neighborhoods across the city.

That means we'll be covering all news, big & small, in areas like the Tenderloin—we want you to rely on us in these neighborhoods, just as you've relied on us in the Mission.

Mission Local is GROWING!

You don't need to be a particularly close reader to know we've been reporting beyond the Mission District for some time.

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25-story Marina Safeway behemoth, inconceivable even to sci-fi futurists, looking very real D2 supe and mayor can shake their fists at the proposed high-rise — but little more. Neither joined last week's call for a Safeway boycott.

Even the sci-fi fantasy "Big Hero 6" couldn't envision tall buildings in the Marina.

But, barring unforeseen lunacy, one is coming to the Marina Safeway site. No matter what politicians want. Or a small group calling for a Safeway boycott.

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What's on now at San Francisco museums, April 2026 A new show at the Asian Art museum takes you into a web, Monet and Venice at de Young and Mary TallMountain at the Tenderloin.

Need a break from the world? Visit a museum where you can walk through a web, see the start of the reimagining of the Fisher Collection or go to Venice with Monet. You could also stay local and learn about Mary TallMountain. Here’s our guide with reviews.
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S.F. D2 supervisor candidates knock on doors hoping for different answers Stephen Sherrill has spent the past year on a listening tour of D2. But challenger Lori Brooke says he isn’t actually hearing them.

When District 2 supervisor candidate Stephen Sherrill goes canvassing, he asks voters what he can do to help them.

But challenger Lori Brooke says he isn’t actually hearing residents, particularly on housing.

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John Elberling, combative S.F. nonprofit housing leader and political power player, dies at 79 The nonprofit leader helped preserve affordable housing in South of Market and shaped San Francisco politics for decades.

John Elberling, the pugilistic SoMa nonprofit housing CEO and political power broker, died yesterday at age 79.

He was a man who made many friends and many enemies and had his fair share of critics.

As he himself put it in 2021: "Fuck 'em."

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Meet the District 4 candidates: Who do you support for Congress? Three candidates are in agreement on who to support in the congressional race. Two others say they are still undecided.

Meet the District 4 candidates: Who do you support for Congress?

Three out of five candidates have the same person in mind.

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S.F. Ethics Commission will weigh in on Lurie-Trump phone records By 8-1 vote, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force declares mayor violated open-records law. Mayor’s team says there are no more documents to produce.

The San Francisco ethics commission will take up the issue of whether Mayor Lurie violated the law by withholding records related to his Oct. 22 call with President Trump.

The Sunshine task force voted 8-1 to say yes, he did, & referred the matter up.

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S.F. jury convicts Mission woman of murdering and dismembering her roommate Lisa Gonzales was convicted for the grisly 2018 murder and dismemberment of her tenant Margaret Mamer in their Mission District home.

An SF jury convicted Lisa Gonzales for the grisly 2018 murder and dismemberment of her roommate Margaret Mamer in their Mission District home.

It was a “deeply disturbing and heartbreaking case" that shook the neighborhood.

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At S.F. congressional debate, candidates go on the attack Taiwan, Gaza and local transit come up as three leading candidates jostle to place in the top two on June 2.

The candidates to replace Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco's congressperson took jabs at each other at Tuesday night's debate.

Saikat Chakrabarti changed his stance on Taiwan and Scott Wiener brought out his tiny violin.

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Sunset on Sunday Streets? S.F. cuts funds to 18-year-old street fair The 18-year-old neighborhood street festival is at threat of being cancelled. Organizers are working to raise $50,000 by the end of March.

UPDATE: On March 31, Sunday Streets said it had fundraised to hold a half-season in 2026 with events in the Tenderloin, Bayview, and Excelsior. The fate of future events is still uncertain.

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Saikat Chakrabarti flooding the zone with canvassers, paying up to $45/hr for 250+ of them Congressional candidate and centimillionaire Saikat Chakrabarti is following Daniel Lurie’s playbook and self-funding a door-knocking army.

San Francisco congressional candidate and centimillionaire Saikat Chakrabarti is following Daniel Lurie’s playbook: He's self-funding a door-knocking army.

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SFPD watchdog boss faces rare evaluation after toxic workplace lawsuit. Here’s what that might mean. The last Department of Police Accountability director to undergo a similar evaluation quickly resigned under pressure.

San Francisco's police watchdog boss is up for a performance evaluation after a fired employee filed a lawsuit earlier this month.

The last director facing a similar evaluation quickly resigned under pressure.

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