Joe Kukura

1 week ago | sfist.com | Joe Kukura

A melancholy ‘happy trails’ to Klay Thompson’s 13-year-old English bulldog Rocco, who has unfortunately gone on to that great splash puddle in the sky, though does so with a legacy of 61,800 Instagram followers. You may think it’s silly for the public at large to care about the death of a prominent sports personality’s dog. But the loss of these dogs is often newsworthy.

1 week ago | sfist.com | Joe Kukura

Mayor Daniel Lurie just announced a $100,000 prize to “reimagine” Market Street, though it may have helped if he had actually announced this more than six days before the contest's deadline. Last month, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie ruffled some feathers when announcing that Waymos will be allowed to drive on the otherwise mostly car-free Market Street. But Lurie wants more big changes on the still-recovering Market Street corridor.

1 week ago | sfist.com | Joe Kukura

The Oakland Unified School District school year has closed on one hell of a note, with a superintendent dismissed with no explanation, and allegations that a teachers' union official threatened a principal by saying she would “fucking beat her ass.”Thursday was the last day of the school year for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), and boy, probably every teacher and administrator in the district could use a little R&R right now.

1 week ago | sfist.com | Joe Kukura

Blaze one up to check out the biggest scandal of the day, as the New York Times has an exhaustive new exposé on how Elon Musk was hopped up on ketamine, ecstasy, mushrooms, and Adderall on the Trump campaign, and maybe in the White House. Today is one of those fun “resistance” days on social media, kind of like when Trump got COVID, because of a wild new exposé detailing just how many drugs Elon Musk has been imbibing, and how much.

1 week ago | sfist.com | Joe Kukura

Friday is expected to be a scorcher in the East Bay with the highest temperatures seen yet in 2025, with Concord, Livermore, and Walnut Creek all expected to hit the 100-degree mark. Meanwhile in San Francisco, Friday’s high temperature is now expected to be 76 degrees. [Chronicle]Tickets for those Grateful Dead 60th anniversary Dead and Company shows in Golden Gate Park go on sale Friday morning at 10 am PT.