Turns out anyone with an internet connection, and not even a password, could access the feeds of a line of the Flock surveillance cameras that are currently all the rage with the SFPD and Oakland Police Department.
Doug LaMalfa, who has represented California's 1st Congressional District for the last 13 years, died suddenly on Monday at the age of 65. No cause of death has been announced, but LaMalfa's death will further constrain Republicans' narrow majority in the House.
A few more details were released in the case of an 11-year-old girl shot Monday in Antioch; the body of a woman who went missing Friday while hiking was found in the American River; and Newsom begins his final year in office with an $18B deficit.
The demolition of Alioto's began today at the Wharf; an 11-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet in Antioch; and Hilton is apologizing for a Minnesota hotel that was refusing rooms to ICE agents.
The wild corruption case of a SF City Hall Workers' Comp department employee who embezzled $627,118 and blew city money and personal tech gear has ended, and that now-fired employee is headed to prison.
After President Trump invaded Venezuela and deposed President Nicolás Maduro Friday night, the Bay Area reacted fast, as protests took over both San Francisco and San Jose by Saturday afternoon.
A famous waterfront hangout in Marin County that boasted plenty of celebrity guests in the 1970s — and where Robin Williams once worked as a busboy — has shut its doors for the second time in 45 years.
An excellent free activity to take the kids to this month (once the rain dies down), as the San Francisco Zoo will offer free admission to kids 11 and under for the entire month of January.
It seems odd that there are businesses that still want to stay open in a dead mall, but one of them has frontage on Mission Street, and the other two are apparently trying to stick it out for some reason.
A standoff with an “armed individual threatening to harm themselves and not complying with officers' commands” at Embarcadero and Brannan streets began just after noon Monday, and much of that area remained blocked off for hours.
Daniel Lurie is correct to say that much of the country has "an outdated notion" of what San Francisco has been like the last year or two. But is it right to give him credit for a perceived turnaround in the city that was kind of underway before he took office?
After the daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones was found dead in a hallway at the Fairmont Hotel just hours after midnight on New Year’s Eve, we’re learning she racked up something of an arrest record in the Bay Area in 2025.
The San Francisco Fire Department performed a rescue and put out a car fire on Junipero Serra Boulevard Sunday morning, and one person in the crash required hospitalization.
A 3-alarm fire has mostly destroyed a San Jose Buddhist temple; Oakland saw a triple homicide Saturday morning; and those King Tides continued flooding the Embarcadero over the weekend.
Residents throughout Marin County received alerts Sunday night that emergency dispatch centers were having periodic outages and to seek help at their closest fire stations. AT&T mobile and internet service was reportedly down, which was expected to be restored by 11:30 am Monday.
A scuba diver in the Cannery Row area of Monterey Bay caught a rare glimpse of an “undulating” juvenile ribbonfish, also known as “king-of-the-salmon,” which is typically found a few thousand feet below the surface.
San Francisco dog owners are spreading the word about a popular local dog sitter who’s accused of mistreating numerous animals in his care at his Lake Merced condo, leading to the deaths of two dogs over the Christmas holiday.
A new state website enables California residents to delete their data from over 500 brokers; a person was rescued from the frigid water “clinging to a rope” at SF’s Pier 9 Saturday; and a hiker has been missing in the Sierra Nevada since Friday.
Those wacky black helmets did the 49ers no favors in a Saturday night game, as they blew their storybook chance at home field advantage through the Super Bowl, getting suffocated by Seattle 13-3.
The driver of a stolen car crashed into Lightning's Boxing Club in Oakland early New Year’s Day after colliding with another car — sending two people to the hospital — then fleeing on foot. The estimated repair costs are between $50,000 and $1000,000.
Finding Bay Area waterfalls and undisturbed mushroom rings, a self-guided tour of SF libraries, and a cavalcade of custards in San Jose. Plus, a new all-ages club in Richmond, the best view via SF’s public-private open spaces, and how artist Morisot was more than Manet’s muse.
Yet another power outage hit about 3,400 residences in SF’s Richmond District and Seacliff Friday; 12 people were injured in a two-car crash near SF’s Balboa Park; and a land surveyor found a skull off Highway 1 near Monterey this week.
The owners of independent live music venue, Bottom of the Hill, announced Friday they’ll be closing the doors to the 35-year-old institution after New Year’s Eve 2026. The owners hope the space can be taken on by another community-minded business.
A coastal flood advisory is in effect through the weekend with heavy flooding already taking place in Marin; the FBI says they prevented a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina; and a man was filmed attacking someone at the San Carlos Caltrain station.
If you feel you still haven’t paid your respects to the dearly departed albino alligator Claude, there will be a large, public (and free!) “celebration of life” for the deceased 30-year-old gator at the Golden Gate Bandshell.
