A mix of strong winds and high temperatures has left some parts of the Bay Area with Red Flag Warnings, Oakland's much-anticipated Horn Barbeque finally opens today, and Target is looking to hire some 130,000 holiday workers.

A small vegetation fire in a Santa Rosa neighborhood where the Tubbs Fire struck three years ago freaked everyone out on Thursday, and SF Mayor London Breed is pledging $28.5 million to the city's Latinx community for pandemic relief and testing.

Johnson & Johnson has begun a final-stage trial of its one-shot COVID vaccine in 60,000 volunteers, Newsom is making a big climate announcement today, and the Giants hold on to a wild-card spot.

Pelosi says "we would win it all" if the election were tomorrow, damages are being assessed in the North Complex fire, and hospitals in the Bay Area say they are starting to see their first flu cases of the season.

A father and son were rescued off a cliff at Fort Funston Saturday after attempting to climb down it to the water below, a string of sexual battery cases has shaken the otherwise sleepy Sea Cliff neighborhood, and a huge crowd of generally unmasked people gathered at Fort Mason yesterday afternoon.

SFDPH health inspectors have started assessing schools in the city ahead of in-class teaching, Oakland's youths are rallying to save the planet, and a woman was hospitalized this week after a coyote bit her on the leg at a remote Marin County beach.

TikTok is leaving the Apple and Google app stores under Trump's orders, the North Complex fire is now the fifth largest in state history as well as the fifth deadliest, and Census enumerators in SF say they were told there was no more work in August.

Some Santa Clara County business owners are lobbying for faster "red" tier reopening, almost everyone in the CZU Lightning Complex fire zone has returned home, and all Yoga Tree studios are remaining closed indefinitely.

Two people were killed in a shooting near San Jose State Tuesday night, UCSF is seeking study participants for an app-based location-tracing effort for COVID-19, and more than a dozen SF schools may be reopening for in-person teaching soon.

The deYoung Museum is reopening on September 25, four CHP officers likely exposed to fentanyl on Sunday on the Golden Gate Bridge are out of the hospital, and a doctor says breathing this air is equivalent to 8 cigarettes.

People are actively fleeing the Bay Area to escape the hellacious air conditions, BART (being BART) suddenly shut down this morning, and gyms, nail and hair salons, and hotels are readying to reopen for certain indoor services starting tomorrow.

The SF Fire Department held a pared-down version of their annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony, BART is increasing train frequency starting Monday, and Bay Area brides are finding wedding venues won't give their money back for canceled ceremonies.

This year's fires are prompting rethinking in fire management policy, the state Supreme Court has allowed SF's Prop C to stand — providing more money for homeless services — and people landing at SFO on Wednesday were pretty freaked out by the orange sky.

Three SF men were arrested for multiple burglaries in North Beach, BART is adding back some more rush-hour trains, and near-surface smoke is expected to remain light in SF throughout the day.

Most evacuation orders in Sonoma were downgraded this morning, Marin County has to wait to enter the "red" tier for reopening, and tens of thousands of Bay Area residents are without power today and likely tomorrow too.

SF hit 100 degrees on Sunday for the first time in three years, the Creek Fire in Madera County has grown to 79,000 acres, and three people were shot — one fatally — during a late Sunday sideshow in SF's Excelsior District.

Over 200 people trapped by the fast-growing Creek Fire in the Sierra National Forest were rescued by helicopter Saturday, both an Excessive Heat Warning and Flex Alert are in effect through the long weekend, and four Trump-sign-touting boats sank during a Trump boat parade on a Texas lake yesterday.

It looks like we’re in for another hellacious heat wave this weekend, both Mayor Breed and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were at Dolores Park Friday to remind people to wear masks, and SF will now allow people to visit their loved ones at nursing facilities — albeit outside.

Alameda parents are upset over a racist online learning program, the SF Sheriff's Department wants to take over SFO duties, and a potentially damaging report emerges about Trump disparaging war dead.

Tracking the Hennessey Fire's rapid spread two weeks ago, a National Guardsman had to be rescued in Sonoma County after a fall, and casinos are reopening for outdoor gambling in San Jose.

Facebook and Twitter have shut down a Russian "troll factory" that was employing American freelancers, Pacifica is closing all of its beaches this weekend, and Carole Baskin is going to be on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

Water has been contaminated by melted pipes in Santa Cruz after fires, a 52-year-old SF man was found dead at a marijuana grow up north, and Twitter has removed a conspiracy tweet about the CDC.