What's up San Francisco! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Bay Area Home Where Landlord Is Accused Of Executing Tenant Now Renting For Nearly Double The Price (patch.com) — San Francisco readers may be stunned to learn that the Outer Sunset home where prosecutors say landlord Phillipe Chagniot killed his tenant is now back on the rental market at nearly double the victim's former rent. The property on 46th Avenue, barred from being sold by a local judge while the murder case proceeds, highlights both a shocking alleged crime and the city's steep housing costs.
2. Man Who Raped Women While Posing As Rideshare Driver In SF Sentenced To Life In Prison: DA (patch.com) — San Franciscans are learning that Orlando Vilchez Lazo, who posed as a rideshare driver to prey on women leaving city bars and nightclubs, has been sentenced to six life terms. The case, built on DNA evidence and undercover police work in neighborhoods like the Mission and South of Market, brings long-awaited accountability and some closure for survivors.
3. San Francisco supervisor seeks removal of city official after Chronicle investigation (sfchronicle.com) — San Francisco Supervisor Stephen Sherrill is pushing to suspend and potentially remove William Palmer, president of the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board, after an inspector general's investigation found multiple alleged law and ethics violations. The Board of Supervisors and Ethics Commission will now weigh detailed misconduct charges, while the case also fuels debate over a November charter measure to make it easier to oust city appointees.
4. 'We are in a housing emergency!' Mayor declares. - The Voice of San Francisco (thevoicesf.org) — San Francisco residents face what Mayor Daniel Lurie calls a rent emergency, with median rents jumping more than 25 percent in a year and new tenant protections on the table. Supervisors are advancing caps on certain rent hikes, stronger eviction safeguards, and millions in rental assistance and legal defense, while a proposed Housing Trust Fund expansion and office-to-housing conversions aim to boost long-term affordable housing.
5. A free, 8-hour music festival is coming to San Francisco's waterfront this Saturday — bringing 10 live bands, local artists, and food trucks to the Lower Great Highway (secretsanfrancisco.com) — This Saturday, TideFest 2026 will turn San Francisco's Lower Great Highway into a free, eight-hour waterfront music and arts festival hosted by beloved Outer Sunset bar The Riptide. From 1 to 9 p.m., you can catch 10 local bands, browse an artist market, sample food trucks, and enjoy an all-ages neighborhood party just steps from Ocean Beach.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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