A three-hour standoff with an armed and apparently intoxicated man in his car ended peacefully in Berkeley, Aaron Peskin is trying to save laundromats, and more restaurants are adding "wellness fees" to checks.

Three shootings in East Oakland left one person dead this morning, more details are emerging about the arrest of former 49er Richard Sherman in Seattle, and longtime Bay Area lesbian activist and educator Sally Gearhart has died.

VTA light-rail service in San Jose won't be restarting this month after all, it's been confirmed that the pilot and a passenger died in yesterday's small plane crash in Monterey, and pop star Olivia Rodrigo is meeting with President Biden and Dr. Fauci about a youth vaccination campaign.

There was a small earthquake near Hollister this morning, a Bay Area doctor saved a choking fan at last night's Giants game, and though coastal cities and towns in higher elevations will be spared from triple-digit temperatures Sunday, inland areas will continue to scorch.

San Francisco is losing its only Top Round Roast Beef outpost soon, Valencia Street will again close to cars later tonight, and San Francisco police detained a suspect thought to be in connection with Friday's stabbing near Broadway and Powell Street.

The Montana grizzly bear that dragged a NorCal woman out of her tent and killed her has been shot and killed, a Flex Alert has been issued for 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, and video shows fallen rocks from yesterday's earthquake.

A UCSF professor of epidemiology urges people to wear masks during today's larger Independence Day events, five people were stabbed in downtown Napa Saturday night, and new cherry blossom trees were planted in Japantown.

On Friday, San Francisco police released surveillance footage of a man suspected to have stabbed a 31-year-old aboard a Muni bus earlier last month; the victim has since recovered from their non-life-threatening injuries.

A four-man crew of rowers has set a new world speed record for crossing the Pacific Ocean between SF and Hawaii, there’s a gas station charging nearly $6 for regular gas in SoMa, and a dead body washed up at the San Gregorio State Beach in San Mateo County on Friday.

Homeland security is warning of extremist group chatter about targeting mass gatherings over the Fourth, Pride weekend crowds left behind a lot of trash in Dolores Park, and Francis Ford Coppola is selling off his Sonoma wineries.

Governor Gavin Newsom is suing CA Secretary of State Shirley Weber over the fact that "Democratic" doesn't appear below his name on the recall ballot, and L.A. County health officials are encouraging everyone to keep wearing masks indoors due to the Delta variant.

"Safe and sane" fireworks are being sold all over the Bay even though they remain wildfire hazards, a swimmer has drowned at Lake Berryessa for the second weekend in a row, and Pride Sunday was a party all over the city.

Dolores Park and Oasis saw massive crowds Saturday to celebrate Pride, police arrested a suspect in connection with two San Francisco murders, and the death toll of the Surfside condominium building collapse has now risen to 9 people — with 156 individuals still unaccounted for.

The renter's market in SF is quickly evaporating as rents begin skyrocketing, a car fire caused traffic to back up on eastbound I-80 in San Francisco Friday, and nature is, in fact, healing — as evident by the wildlife returning to Bernal Heights Park.

The Newsom recall election is officially moving forward after petition signatures are affirmed, the SF Chamber of Commerce annual poll results come out today, and the Levi's Stadium mass-vaccination site is closing today after four months.

The Marin County health officer says "This is what herd immunity looks like" after two small COVID outbreaks failed to spread, there was a vigil for the Lake Merritt shooting last night, and Frontier Airlines is now trying to levy a "COVID Recovery" surcharge on all flights.

The SFPD is seeking a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and critically injured a woman near Fisherman's Wharf, an ongoing brush fire in Vallejo was likely sparked by fireworks, and concerns are growing about the Delta COVID variant infecting children and unvaccinated young adults.

Smoke from the Willow Fire near Big Sur is drifting our way, three people were killed and five others were wounded in a house party shooting in the East Bay, and taxpayers are footing the bill for that solo kayaker's Coast Guard rescue a few weeks back.