Business & Tech

Search Engine Yahoo! Hit With $15 Million Patent Infringement Bill

A federal jury in Oakland says Yahoo has to give a Texas-based software company $15 million for infringing on its quick-search patent.

Business & Tech

Man Knocked From San Francisco Garbage Truck Can Sue Uber, Court Says

An injured sanitation worker who was "doored" by an Uber passenger five years ago has the right to sue the driver and Uber, an appellate court has ruled.

SF News

500-Year-Old 'Pioneer Tree' Burns, Topples in Lagunitas

The Pioneer Tree, a massive and historic redwood within the Samuel P. Taylor State Park, fell Thursday morning following a small, isolated fire.

Bay Area Sports

Buster Posey Sells Lafayette Property, East Bay Realtors Get Him Nearly $10 Million — 'Custom' Treehouse Included

Posey and his wife just sold their mansion in the Happy Valley neighborhood of Lafayette

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Self-Driving Trucks At SF Moving Companies Could One Day Contribute To Loss Of 500K Long-Haul Jobs Nationwide

A new study from the University of Michigan says self-driving trucks could be the solution to the trucker shortage, replacing as many as 500,000 long-haul trucking jobs. Last-mile delivery, like local SF movers, might follow suit, too. [SPONSORED]

SF News

Vacant Minna Street Hotel to Become 75 Units of Transitional Housing

A new transitional housing and treatment program in SoMa aims to help people who struggle with homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, leading them to stints in the criminal justice system.

Business & Tech

No, Tech Isn't Moving Away; the SF 'Tech Exodus' Wasn't Such an Exodus, Study Shows

For months, news outlets have been crowing about a “tech exodus” from the Golden State, with pundits predicting that major companies would soon escape California’s high taxes and cost of living, and head for places like Texas, Arizona, and Florida. But the data just isn't showing it.

SF News

SF's Sunset District Terrorized Monday by Two Home Invasions, and an Armed Robbery/Carjacking

At least one group of people with guns spent all day Monday committing several crimes across the Sunset District.

SF News

Speed and Sunlight: The Recipe For an Eleven-Car Pileup In San Francisco

If you took I-280 north to work Tuesday morning, there’s a good chance you were late. A massive pileup of crunched cars blocked several lanes of traffic and slowed movement on the

SF News

Gen Z Moving To San Francisco More Than Any Other Group

People in the Gen Z age group moved to San Francisco more than any other city in the United States last year.

SF News

Firefighters Save Man Stuck in Underground Pipe in Antioch For Two Days

It took three and a half hours, fifty people, and risky maneuvers to save a man in his mid-30s from an underground pipe where he’d gotten stuck.

SF News

The Dixie Fire Was Officially the Most Expensive to Fight in U.S. History

The firefight in last year's Dixie Fire, which was paid for by the U.S. Forest Service using largely contracted local and private firefighting services, cost almost $640 million and ranks as the most expensive in history.

SF News

SF Teachers Camp Outside School District Headquarters, Demanding Missed Paychecks

Over 100 employees with the San Francisco Unified School District protested outside the district’s headquarters Monday, demanding missed or incorrect checks be rectified and paid out — and around two dozen of them spent the night outside the downtown district office.

SF News

Caught On Camera: Burglary Turns to Food Fight at San Francisco Walgreens

ABC 7's Dion Lim, who at this point is essentially the station's Walgreens theft beat reporter, brings us another video of a brazen shoplifting incident that devolves into food being thrown.

SF Politics

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Could Be Permanent in San Francisco

Paid leave during a health crisis could soon be a basic human right in San Francisco.

SF News

Burglar Uses Power Saw to Break Into San Francisco Newsstand, Takes $20,000 In Cash and Merchandise

Sunday morning, surveillance video captured a man slicing through the iron gates of one of the city's last remaining newsstands with a circular saw.

SF News

There Is a Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in California

Native American women in California are being kidnapped and murdered at an alarming rate, and tribes are beginning to speak out against it more and more loudly.

SF Politics

California Lawmakers Try Super-Wealthy Tax Once Again

California is home to the largest share of the United States’ billionaires. Soon, lawmakers say they could have to pay up.

SF News

J Trains Return to Downtown Tunnels as Muni Slowly Comes Back to Life

After two years of mostly abbreviated service, SF Muni lines are nearly all back and up and running at near pre-pandemic levels. And this weekend marks the return of Sunday night service until midnight, and the return of continuous J-Church service to Embarcadero.

SF News

Tanforan Mall Closing in San Bruno, Transforming Into Biotech Campus

For 51 years, The Shops at Tanforan have lived in San Bruno, about 10 miles south of the San Francisco city limits. Now, the mall is getting razed, and the 44-acre site is being redeveloped into housing and a new biotech campus.

SF News

Protesters Stage Walkout at Oakland Tech High School to Protest School Closures

On Thursday morning, teachers, parents, students, and other supporters of Oakland schools gathered outside Oakland Tech High School to stage a walkout.

SF News

Owners of Puppy Killed by Off-Leash Dog at Dolores Park Demand Justice

Weeks after a golden retriever puppy was mauled to death by a dog at Mission Dolores Park, the puppy’s owners are demanding the attacker be held responsible.

SF News

Caltrans Researching Redesign Ideas for SR37, Ahead of Projected Climate Change Road Flooding

If you’ve driven on State Route 37, you likely know how regularly the Bay Area commuter throughway experiences major traffic backup. Now, the State of California plans to revamp the Highway 37 corridor through projects expected to cost over a quarter-billion dollars.

SF News

Milpitas Woman Goes Missing, and Neighbor Is Arrested After Her Body Is Discovered In His Backyard

A Milpitas man is now in jail after police say he killed a woman and then buried her in a backyard.

SF News

East Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Mailman to Steal Identities

Mail theft has been an increasingly severe problem in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area since the start of the pandemic, and in one recent case, a mail thief based in the East Bay has pleaded guilty in federal court.