A string of sideshows Saturday night in multiple towns in Contra Costa County ended with one arrest, two people had to be rescued from a rip current at Ocean Beach on Sunday, and SF's largest downtown hotels are reopening.

Bay Area churches held vigils Saturday to honor George Floyd ahead of the anniversary of his death, another massive "Free Palestine'' protest was held in San Francisco, and a small (but destructive) wildfire between Windsor and Healdsburg erupted yesterday afternoon — but it was quickly contained.

A San Jose vehicle crash Friday night killed one pedestrian, the Harvey Milk Day Community Recovery Celebration will take place in the Castro today from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. at various locations, and Santa Clara County has now given more than a million COVID-19 vaccine doses.

There was a fatal officer-involved shooting in Pittsburg last night, human remains found in an East Bay Park have been identified as a missing San Leandro woman, and a wildfire was quickly contained on Mount Diablo this morning.

A 450-unit "co-living" development is being proposed in Potrero Hill, 10 suspects are being sought in a handbag heist at Stanford Shopping Center worth $150K, and Marin County twin brothers pleaded guilty in a pandemic assistance fraud case.

Two people fatally shot in SF last week have been identified, Cal Fire is warning that last year's burn scars could ignite again, and the Recall Gavin campaign is not happy with Republican candidate John Cox.

Firefighters are battling a large brush fire in Pacific Palisades (in LA), the details about what will change and how under the state's June 15th plan remain vague, and there was a surge in vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds in Marin County over the weekend.

One woman died following a suspected DUI crash in Cupertino, hundreds of young people in Marin County received Phizer vaccines over the weekend, and the smattering of tents and cars on a state-owned parking lot under Interstate 80 in San Francisco is expected to be removed Monday.

The water crisis on the Oregon-California border "couldn't be worse,” an Israeli airstrike bombed a Gaza high-rise that housed media offices, and SF police were informed of the whereabouts of a missing elderly man — who was at his other residence in Mexico.

The panhandler accused of slashing a man's face near Union Square has been identified, a rally is happening outside DA Chesa Boudin's office to demand justice for Asian American crime victims, and the House of Prime Rib is back open after yesterday's inspection.

Famed Bay Area interior architect Art Gensler dies at 85, Newsom wants to cover all back rent for low-income Californians, and Santa Clara County and the 49ers are teaming up to get teens vaccinated.

A big jump in COVID cases in Alameda County last week was the result of a state tabulation correction, a Sunday truck fire and subsequent grass fire shut down I-80 in Placer County, and Gov. Newsom is proposing new $600 stimulus checks for middle-income Californians.

Around 65% of all San Franciscans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, three people — a four-year-old and two women — were injured in the Times Square shooting yesterday, and local businesses are enjoying a second wave of increased sales amid looser COVID-19 restrictions.

A shooting near Lakeshore Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Saturday left more than one person injured, hurricane-like winds blew through the Bay Area, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf released her 2021-23 budget Friday — which showed that local police would receive $600M from the $3.85B plan.

An arrest has been made in a March 29 fatal shooting in the Mission, the 84-year-old woman stabbed on Market Street on Tuesday is in good spirits, a Chinese rocket is going to crash somewhere on the planet tomorrow, and the Chronicle wades into all the fnnch honey bear hate.

A Berkeley homeless woman has just been arrested for a hate crime for the second time this year, a big conference has pulled out of the Moscone Center for November, and a Southern California woman is dealing with a bunch of condors who won't leave her porch alone.

A woman was found shot outside the Grand Hyatt at SFO Monday night, SF General may reduce its reliance on sheriff's deputies, and some more information has trickled out about why two suspects were not charged in the November killing of rapper Lil Yase.

Solano County was issued a Red Flag Warning, seven people were arrested in Oakland yesterday during the May Day rallies, and a jewelry store in the 800 block of Washington Street was broken into Saturday — right in front of passerby.