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Mother Monster sent shockwaves through the internet over the weekend when she was spotted in Marin holstering (presumably) her first-born child. Social media was put into a frenzy over the weekend when news broke that 16-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga had (secretly) welcomed her first child into the world. Her fiancé and San Francisco-based entrepreneur Michael Polansky were photographed in Northern California — Marin, specifically — walking through a parking lot, the newborn coddled inside a baby sling around Gaga, the infant's head resting on her chest.   View on Threads   The pictures, which were acquired and released initially by Page Six, of Gaga and her newborn have garnered tens of millions of impressions across social media; keen “little monsters” noted that ...

Plus: A quick assemblage of (fake) homeless encampments sparked more than a few "311" calls in San Francisco's Financial District earlier this week. Friends and family of 32-year-old Gabriel Carreon noticed his absence and lack of communication this past week had grown uncomfortably long; Carreon was last seen on July 7th around noon. Up until Saturday morning, he was reported missing in San Francisco.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Reggie Aqui (@reggieaqui) Given the wave of recent anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiment and growing number of hate crimes directed toward queer people — trans women remain the most vulnerable demographic to homicide, with the demographic being four times more like...

Mayor Lurie has condemned San Francisco's transit nightmare over this past 4th of July weekend, promising that October's Fleet Week won't suffer the same headaches. Fourth of July in San Francisco is, ostensibly, a laughable affair. (That … and there’s an incredibly small list of celebratory items to wax patriotic.) Fireworks disappear into dense blankets of fog; cold, windy weather makes outdoor evening festivities less than enjoyable; and the most visible fireworks, barenone, are those set off illegally in neighborhoods until the wee hours of the morning. A more recent happening — the entire city of San Francisco having access to driverless Waymo rides since June of 2024 — is the presence of bricked self-driving cars causing pandemonium all over SF. The problem, which has been well d...

Since speed cameras were first installed in San Francisco last February, an average of 40,000 speeding cars have been taken off the road each day. The survival odds between a 20mph car crash and a 40mph car crash are unnervingly stark. A pedestrian or cyclist struck by a vehicle traveling at school zone speeds has about a 90% chance of surviving that crash, with the odds of walking away without major injuries at about a coin toss. But doubling that speed sends those favorable odds on a perpetual nose dive; pedestrians and cyclists involved in car crashes at those speeds have just a 20% of surviving, and, if they do, it’s almost certain they’ll suffer life-altering major injuries as a result of their flesh meeting metal. San Francisco’s pedestrian deaths exist well within the understood...

San Francisco firefighters were busy Tuesday morning, contending with two one-alarm fires, the earliest at 2165 Lombard Street and the other on Pier 28.  Tuesday’s first one-alarm fire erupted before sunrise, with the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) posting on social media just before 5 a.m. that first-responders were working on containing the blaze. Unfortunately, I started inside a beloved San Francisco institution: Mel’s Dinner.  *****Working Fire***** 1 alarm fire at 2165 Lombard St at Mel’s Drive In. Firefighters are on scene working to extinguish a fire that started in the flu area of the kitchen. Lombard St. between Fillmore and Steiner St is closed. Please Avon’s the area. #SFFD pic.twitter.com/sruzovRHLn — SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 3, 202...