SFUSD was drastically understaffed today amidst a ‘sickout,’ turns out someone tried to pipe-bomb Kamala Harris last January 6, and an obscure environmental measure might automatically render part of the Great Highway car-free permanently.

Two SF natives were arrested in Oakland last week for a bank robbery spree in SF last fall, a 4.8M earthquake hit the Eastern Sierra, and CA's indoor mask mandate has been extended until mid-February.

More than 20,000 people still don't have power near Tahoe, Zuni Cafe has harsh words for Matt Haney over his Tenderloin “state of emergency” vote, and the first days back in school have seen hundreds of SF teachers calling in sick.

Oakland's 'Jeopardy!' champ makes more history, Litquake's favorite laundromat has permanently closed, and an intentional Mission District hit-and-run has left a man seriously injured.

The New Year’s Eve event cancellations are rolling in, Tahoe is a mess but people keep driving there anyway, but the flip side is that snowpack levels are looking shockingly encouraging.

An SF navigation center has seen an outbreak of nearly 50 COVID-19 cases, today may prove to be historically cold, and former Raiders coach and beloved NFL broadcaster John Madden has passed away.

Oakland is beefing up police presence around Lake Merritt, Google will pay a $13 million settlement for stealing people's WiFi passwords, and the COVID-19 isolation period has been reduced to five days — but only if you’re asymptomatic.

The Warriors have COVID problems, the SF Gay Men’s Chrous had to cancel its Christmas show, and — stop me if you’ve heard this — the long-delayed Central Subway is supposed to be coming soon.

SF COVID cases just doubled in five days amidst the Omicron surge, a dead body on the tracks shut down Civic Center station, and the longest night of the year is underway.

The CDC says Omicron is quickly overtaking Delta as the dominant variant in the U.S., a mall shooting in San Jose prompts shelter-in-place order, and jurors are still out in the Elizabeth Holmes trial.

The Omicron variant is spreading at frighteningly exponential rates in major cities, Apple is delaying its return to the office indefinitely, and those meddling kids on TikTok are literally encouraging “acts of violence” at schools Friday.

We have our first look at a 3,000-unit housing village coming to Stonestown, you can now pass your iPhone data to a loved one when you die, and Stephen Curry just broke the all-time NBA three-point record.

The Harvey Milk mural in the Castro has been painted over, Michigan is awash in school shooting threats, and Scott Peterson is angling to have his murder case tried all over again.

Apps and websites had outages over an Amazon Web Services snafu, SF sheriffs will get overtime pay for guarding Walgreens stores, and yet another “Matrix Resurrections” trailer has dropped.

A planned CVS closure has Marin City residents upset, air quality has been kind of bad around SF due to a weather pattern, and it looks like rain may come in the long-range forecast later in the month.

A 25-year-old man from Concord who talked online about shooting up a synagogue two years ago has been convicted, an Emeryville accountant is in trouble with the IRS, and five more Omicron cases have been found in NY.

A new “Matrix Resurrections” trailer just dropped, SFUSD says Lowell High is sticking with lottery admissions for now, and a Santa Rosa household won Monday night’s episode of “The Great Christmas Light Fight.”

DA Boudin’s looting charges against the Union Square burglary suspects could backfire, the CDC will begin testing for the Omicron variant at SFO, and the female Berkeley falcon Annie is keeping both her suitors guessing on which she prefers.