The man killed in a Portola District shooting last week was identified, new data from OpenTable indicates that dining in SF restaurants is down 16% compared to last month, and SF Unified School District is spending $2.9M on air purifiers.

The FDA is expected to give full authorization to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week, all of the San Francisco Public Library's branches have reopened for in-person services, and wildfire smoke continues creating "unhealthy" levels of airborne pollutants in the Bay Area.

The 2020 Census confirmed Oakland’s population growth is racing past its housing stock, the Dixie Fire continues to grow (now measuring over 678,369 acres), and OnlyFans announced today that it will soon ban pornographic videos on the platform.

Sisters Coffee Shop has officially opened in the Mission District, a new study published Friday shows that the West Coast wildfires may have caused thousands of COVID-19 infections, and the 2020 census proved that California is growing and diversifying — including the City of Berkeley.

An air quality advisory has been issued throughout the Bay Area until Saturday, President Biden extended the pause on student loan payments, and Jon Jacobo — the current health chair of the Latino Task Force, who also serves as a commissioner for San Francisco — has been accused of rape.

San Francisco police are looking for a box truck that struck a man in the Western Addition late Thursday night, Disney is requiring nonunion employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated, and at least 43 trees could be cut down in San Jose — just to make way for two digital billboards.

There's a small chance of dry lightning early next week, Monterey's beloved (and pun-filled) Artichoke Festival is slated to return this weekend, and all Stanford students enrolled in the fall semester must now show proof of vaccination before returning to class.

The National Weather Service put parts of the Bay Area under a Fire Weather Watch for this weekend, a small plane crash in Napa killed three people, and Uber was fined $59M last year — but could now get away virtually scot-free.

There’s a shortage of Bay Area therapists conducting in-person sessions, a fire on the seventh floor of the Boyd Hotel around 10:49 a.m. Friday left one person hospitalized, and California's $600 pandemic stimulus checks are finally coming to low-income families and individuals.

SF is set to close all its remaining mass vaccination sites by July 14, UC Berkeley intends to hold an in-person graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 at the Greek Theatre, and former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.

SF police are seeking help in finding a stolen Yorkshire terrier, Caitlyn Jenner is proposing taking funds away from CA's bullet train project (to put toward continuing Trump's border wall), and now 80% of San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to block an Israeli cargo ship from unloading at the Port of Oakland, SF police arrested a suspect linked to a Polk Gulch homicide last month, and one large black bear was low-key filmed strolling in an East Bay neighborhood Friday.

Some parts of the Bay Area could see triple-digit temperatures this weekend, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office released pictures of the weapons used in Wednesday’s VTA train yard mass shooting, and Mr. Holmes Bakehouse has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

San Jose's Willow Glen apartments — a former senior living center — is now reimagined as a homeless shelter, the Castro's Moby Dick bar has finally reopened, and what looks to be another dead whale has washed up in the Bay Area… this time at Pacifica State Beach.

The Exploratorium will reopen July 1, the "boat tram" streetcar on the F-Line returned Friday, and Trader Joe’s has reportedly become the first major retailer to lift its indoor mask policy for fully vaccinated customers.

All Contra Costa County-run vaccination sites will now allow walk-ins, disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to go on trial this summer, and a convention by the American College of Rheumatology — which was slated to be SF's largest convention in 2021 — has been canceled.

Five very cute kittens were rescued out of a car engine compartment by Brentwood firefighters, San Jose's Happy Hollow Park & Zoo saw the birth of two rare lemurs, and almost all adults in the 94707 zip code of North Berkeley and Palo Alto’s 94304 postal code have received at least one vaccine dose.

The "Super Pink Moon" will glow in the sky later tonight, beloved Mission District watering hole Elda will move to a new "TBD" location in the city, and the decision by “Saturday Night Live” to pick Elon Musk as a host continues drawing backlash — on and off the internet.

The U.S. lifted its 11-day pause on using the J&J shot, the ex-teacher who coughed on a child’s face at a San Jose Yogurtland has been charged with assault, and the winner of last night’s San Francisco Giants game was — without question — a giant therapy bunny named Alex.

The Mrs. Dalloway’s bookstore in Berkeley is for sale, all but one of California's eleven industry sectors saw job growth in March, and an ignorant Twitter troll commented that prices at La Cocina's new Municipal Marketplace are too high — and the nonprofit was not having it.

Highway 1 along Big Sur will reopen by the end of the month, that huge rockslide blocking the US-50 route into South Lake Tahoe has been cleared, and New Belgium Brewing opened its first company-owned and operated taproom and eatery at 1000a 3rd Street in SF on Friday.

172-year-old Tadich Grill will reopen next week, a noose was found on USF campus grounds, and Mayor Breed announced Thursday that most SF adults will have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-May.