Plus: Claude gets a new street named after him ahead of the remembrance ceremony, and the world’s biggest popstar could be coming to SF.
On Thursday night, San Francisco police responded to a call involving a shooting at the intersection of 16th Street and San Bruno Avenue next to Highway 101. When officers arrived, on-site first responders discovered a victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
Unfortunately, the individual was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics after life-saving measures performed on the victim failed to revive them.
Per Bay City News, the shooting was reported about 9:42 p.m. and involved at least one victim — the individual discovered by onsite officers and paramedics, who was later pronounced dead. As of publishing, no further information is available about the incident or regarding the victim.
2025 ended with San Francisco’s lowest homicide count recorded since 1954, with 28 recorded murders; this correlated to a 20% year-over-year drop in documented homicides in San Francisco.
San Francisco police are still investigating this homicide, and anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.
What else transpired over the work week? Let’s take a look.
- Taylor Swift could very well be in San Francisco for the Super Bowl. The world’s biggest popstar and ubiquitous muse to white women everywhere, Taylor Swift, is reportedly going to celebrate the Super Bowl in the San Francisco Bay Area with her popcorn ceiling of a fiancé, Travise Kelce; a Sports Illustrated featuring Kelce’s nonprofit dubbed “Tight Ends & Friends” is hosting a Super Bowl week party at San Francisco’s Public Work’s February 5th at 9 p.m.; it’s unclear if Kelce will be in attendance … but if he is, his fiancé might be with him. More info.
- Claude is officially getting a street named after him. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has decided to name Music Concourse Drive between John F. Kennedy Promenade and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive — the street in front of Cal Academy — as “Claude the Alligator Way,” quite literally cementing his legacy. More info.
- Daniel Lurie’s first long-form public address for 2026 gave uncanny MAGA-like vibes. Mayor Lurie’s 44-minute “The State of the City 2026” saw the San Francisco mayor gush over the recent improvements across San Francisco — more than a few of these niceties maturing off of initatives introduced by London Breed’s administration — while stating “people are proud to call San Francisco their home again,” teetering oddly close to President Trump’s “Make America great again” rhetoric. More info.
- ICYMI, suits invaded downtown San Francisco this week. JP Morgan’s Healthcare 2026 conference packed hotels and restaurants in Union Square and SoMa this week, leading to a deluge of middle-aged men cloaked in suits and drowning in Santal 33 criss-crossing SF’s downtown sidewalks. More info.
- The Upper Great Highway will remain a car-free paradise. With SF Supervisor Alan Wong’s proposal to reopen the Upper Great Highway to private cars, which, by proxy, would demolish San Francisoc’s newest public park, Sunset Dunes, failing to garner sufficient support to appear on this year’s ballot, the car-free promenade is safe … for now; Wong vowed to *again* introduce a proposal that would open up the roadway before this year’s general election. More info.
