All the Dems won the big state races in CA including Sen. Alex Padilla, AG Rob Bonta, and obviously Gov. Gavin Newsom; Loren Taylor appears poised to be Oakland's new mayor; and overall the "red wave" predicted by Republicans did not come to pass and things don't look so grim for Democrats.

The owners of sandwich company Sandy’s plan on opening a physical eatery soon, the fatal multi-victim car crash in Redwood City Friday left two children parentless, and a winning $1.1M Powerball ticket was sold in San Leandro.

Two people were killed in a Redwood City car crash last night, San Francisco was slicked with rainfall again this morning, and Original Joe's is planning on opening an East Bay location in 2024.

David DePape will have a preliminary hearing date set today, security is high at the Pelosi home now that Paul is back recovering, and the man accused in a fatal beating at a Visitacion Valley 7-11 has been charged with murder.

The SF DA's Office filed more charges against serial stalker/groper Bill Hobbs, an SF supervisor is vowing more security at the Excelsior Safeway where a shooting occurred, and half of California's 10 biggest cities are electing new mayors.

Valencia Street is getting a new Korean snack bar, a mountain lion was spotted roaming around a San Mateo neighborhood Friday morning, and... have you checked out Menlo Park's floating "yellow brick road” yet?

A BART train was evacuated Friday due to a “major medical emergency" that led to a 20-minute delay across the network, San Jose police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a grandmother and her grandson, and there’s a pumpkin carving event today at the Mission Arts Center.

Oakland City Council candidate Nenna Joiner tweeted some troubling support for Kanye West, a Solano County high school student was caught with a gun at school, and an Alameda community theater has been going through some tensions over diversity and race that have bubbled up to the Chronicle.

It's going to be a windy day and a chilly night tonight, around 90,000 people received early warnings about Tuesday's earthquake, and a teen stabbed in Novato is in critical condition.

Police found nothing suspicious and no human remains in that buried Mercedes in Atherton, Gavin Newsom again vowed to complete his next term as governor, and there are apparently 300 COVID variants now circling the globe.

A preliminary 2.7-magnitude tremor rattled off near Morgan Hill this morning, PG&E shutoffs are expected to continue in the Bay Area until Monday afternoon, and Santa Rosa's first gun buyback event Saturday saw hundreds of firearms traded for cash.

PG&E shutoffs around the Bay Area are still possible Saturday, a wayward sea lion decided to climb atop a CA State Parks car this week, and a thief made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry at Mabel Chong Jewelry in SF Wednesday.

UC Berkeley has hired private security to patrol around dorms following a shooting, California may be losing its share of IPOs and startups, and Mayor London Breed gave an apology for comments she made about Hondurans.

There was a power outage Tuesday night in the Western Addition, the accused double-murdering Alameda Co. deputy is being arraigned today, and a new public toilet in Noe Valley is coming with a $1.7 million price tag.

The Napa Trumper who pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb "Democrat buildings" is being ordered to get a psych evaluation, two new Omicron subvariants are likely to drive some sort of winter surge, and Jane Fonda has endorsed Honey Mahogany for D6 supervisor.

BART police have arrested a suspect in an Oct. 6 sexual assault in Walnut Creek, two Sonoma County deputies shot a man near downtown Sonoma who they say fired on them, and flu season may have already arrived in California with an outbreak in San Diego.

There was an "ambush-style" robbery in the Mission District, a security camera filmed dozens of windows at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital being broken, and a Yountville bakery made a life-size replica of Han Solo frozen in carbonite — completely out of carbs.