A heat advisory takes effect Saturday morning for much of the Bay; the Tenderloin CBD is taking over a key building for its headquarters; and Trump has named his new AI Czar, whose duties are unclear.
Local battle rapper Frak the Person takes Anh Phoong’s jingle contest to a whole new level; SF had its first flu-related death of the season; and Newsom signed a bill banning child marriage in California after years of previous legislative attempts.
A new Oakland Museum exhibit uses augmented reality to bring visitors into Dorothea Lange’s photographs of Japanese American families facing forced removal from the East Bay in 1942.
Some victim-blaming appears to have already begun in the case of the murder of 40-year-old New York Times Games engineer Jonathan McKinsey, as the suspected shooters, McKinsey's elderly in-laws, lawyer up.
After six years of litigation, Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle claims that it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors and denied them employee protections.
HomeRise, which is one of San Francisco's largest providers of services to the homeless or recently homeless, is calling it quits two years after the city auditor found evidence of wild fiscal mismanagement, and months after an employee was accused of sexually abusing clients.
Chronicle restaurant critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan revealed at an event Wednesday night, on stage with predecessor Michael Bauer, that the newspaper was bringing back the star system for reviews, which went away with Bauer.
Meta has been saving billions through a research tax credit by calling its AI data centers “pilot models,” while experts say the credit is meant for experimentation and innovation, not standard business expenses.
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Cafe owner Manny Yekutiel, whose political ambitions in San Francisco date back years now, has again been accused of aggressive groping and is facing a mass retreat among his endorsers for District 8 Supervisor.
A woman involved in a pursuit with officers from the South San Francisco Department died after she climbed over a guardrail and fell from an overpass in San Bruno, landing on the freeway below.
PG&E had another major problem on its hands Thursday, 24 hours after it was dealing with an unplanned power outage that impacted the entire Ferry Building.
Hundreds of nurses and others protested Palantir's work with ICE in SF on Wednesday; Scott Wiener and Connie Chan will be debating this evening; and Tennessee just botched an execution, leading the governor to halt all executions.
The body of a 46-year-old woman who went missing while swimming near the Antioch Marina last week has been found; two people died in a seven-car pileup in East Palo Alto; passengers on that almost-hijacked FlyDubai flight to Israel describe a harrowing scene.
Following recent incidents of students using racial slurs and other anti-Black language at local schools, community leaders are calling for SFUSD officials to take immediate action.
A new tiny-house village in the city of Richmond held its grand opening Saturday, providing brightly colored homes and wraparound services for a dozen young people ages 18 to 24 experiencing homelessness.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco has issued an update on a man who remains wanted on charges of possession of child pornography, who failed to appear in court in 2023 after charges were filed because, his brother says, he drowned while fishing in Suisun Bay.
Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, appeared in court Wednesday to face newly filed charges of murder in connection with the shooting death of their son-in-law in a Dublin parking lot Saturday.
Newsom signed a large package of bills aimed at immigration enforcement in California, including a ban on shock gloves, a 25% tax on private detention centers, and a new way for Californians to sue federal agents.
The often busy sidewalks of the Upper Haight turned violent Tuesday night with reports of gunfire and at least one person reportedly injured. Shots were fired at around 11:09 pm near the
After 23 years of a federal court-mandated monitor overseeing the Oakland Police Department, stemming from a scandal that occurred 14 police chiefs ago, a federal judge has lifted the mandate.
DoorDash plans to launch drone deliveries in suburban Northern California areas soon, but the company will need additional approval to conduct outdoor testing at its Mission facility under new legislation authored by Supervisor Jackie Fielder.
A power outage shut down business at the Ferry Building this morning; Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra will be debating tonight; and a federal judge has struck down a UC policy banning misgendering.
A Stanford organic chemist is among this year’s MacArthur “genius” fellows; OpenAI has a competing personal task agent for Meta’s Muse; and an elderly pedestrian was killed in an Inner Richmond crosswalk.
A San Jose woman accused of harassing a father and his daughter in a viral video appeared in court Tuesday on stalking and hate crime charges, with prosecutors also alleging she was out on bail in an unrelated case involving a death threat.
At a season wrap-up press conference Tuesday, the Giants brass acknowledged that this wasn't their year, and that the team's bullpen needs help next season. But when it came to discussing some non-baseball-related controversies, Buster Posey once again went mush-mouthed.
