Evacuation orders have been given for parts of San Mateo County, the Oakland Zoo and Alameda County Fair closed today amid the potentially dangerous weather conditions, and we can expect record rainfalls throughout the Bay Area today.

A toppled tree killed a Santa Cruz driver Friday, a small 2.8-magnitude earthquake shook Contra Costa County earlier this morning, and the Alameda County Fair returned yesterday — running now until Halloween.

A couple describes seeing Phish fan Ryan Prosser leap to his death at the Chase Center, SF-based writer-director Joel Souza is recovering from injuries after being shot by a prop gun that killed his cinematographer Thursday, and supporters of DA Chesa Boudin held an anti-recall rally.

A new study has found that states that did lottery drawings to boost vaccinations saw little uptick in people getting shots, Marina residents hire a rent-a-cop, and the supply-chain crisis is hitting the wine industry with a wine bottle shortage.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died from COVID despite being vaccinated because he also had cancer, over 11,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area were without power due to last night's rain, and parents and teachers who oppose vaccine mandates are staging school walkouts today.

The Estrada Fire has now burned at least 148 acres, cold (and potentially rainy) weather is coming our way this week, and you’re not the only one who's furious about yesterday's smoke show at the de Young Museum.

The Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) is canceling bus service for its elementary schools next week after staff members were exposed to COVID-19, Daddy's Barbershop in the Castro is closing after 14 years, and another 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck NorCal yesterday.

Today's the day masks come off in some indoor settings in SF and Marin, early tests look promising for the Millennium Tower fix resuming, and the SoCal oil spill seems to have been considerably smaller in oil volume than originally reported.

A man who shouted at and took pictures of some car burglars on the Embarcadero says they shot at him, London Breed pushes back on Walgreens, and Facebook says it's adding harassment protections to its policies for public figures and journalists.

The Dodgers obliterated the Giants during last night's game in the playoff series, more 20mph speed limits could come to San Francisco, and testing will begin at Millennium Tower for a future repair plan that may (or may not) help the building from sinking further.

The Giants quite handsomely beat the Dodgers 4-0 in last night's playoff game opener, a falling tree injured four firefighters battling the KNP Complex fire, and Golden Gate Park will again host a forest of LEDs this winter.

A new report suggests the Millennium Tower fix continued despite warnings about the building sinking faster, infamous Antioch dive ABC Rendezvous Bar went up in flames this morning, and life expectancy for U.S. men has dropped by two years due to COVID.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all suffered a major outage Monday morning; 10 people were injured when a car drove into the front of a convenience store in San Leandro; and the Giants clinched the NL West crown on Sunday.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) extended Saturday's Spare the Air Alert to Sunday, two more small earthquakes rattled the Bay Area, and SF just recorded its second-driest water year on record.

Oakland recorded its 105th homicide of the year yesterday, the Women's March is expected to make its way to the Embarcadeo Plaza today, and a small earthquake struck on the Hayward Fault near San Leandro.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19, the Oakland branch of the NAACP is calling for Frank Somerville's reinstatement at KTVU, and drugmaker Merck says it has an effective antiviral pill for COVID that halves hospitalizations.