After a first interim season in the state capital, the former Oakland Athletics are still not going to start calling themselves the Sacramento A's in 2026, but they will have 'Sacramento' emblazoned on their alternate jerseys, in a nod to the local crowd.
After six and a half months of sitting there and trying to look intimidating, the SFPD’s giant, RV-style “mobile command unit” has been removed from the corner of 16th and Mission streets as the SFPD shifts gears on cleaning up that corner.
Pretty much anyone who has lived in the Bay Area any length of time and has done some driving on 101 north to Sonoma County is familiar with the infamous forever traffic situation you run into right at the Marin-Sonoma border.
The case that largely drove the recall of DA Chesa Boudin is still in the courts nearly five years later, and the attorney for the man accused of killing two women while driving intoxicated on New Year’s Eve 2020 is asking for diversion instead of a jail sentence.
The complete details of the case haven't been made public, but due to reportedly extensive legal issues with the case, neither of the two men who were jailed in connection with a deadly June 2023 shootout at an Oakland gas station are going to serve any significant time.
Another piece of public art has come to the Embarcadero this week, with the official unveiling Tuesday of 'Coralee,' a larger-than-life-size mermaid made of metal and other materials, by artist Dana Albany.
An East Bay man has taken a plea deal in a case in which a Georgia woman was lured to fly to the Bay Area with the promise of $5,000 for an OnlyFans gig.
Your dog might be relieved if the Blue Angels aren’t flying for next weekend’s Fleet Week celebrations, but there is indeed a possibility that the looming government shutdown will cancel the involvement of US military planes and ships.
A harbor porpoise has been spotted in the Napa River; Bay Area fans are psyched about Bad Bunny coming for the Super Bowl; and a second victim has died in last week's Dallas ICE facility shooting.
Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith is the opening act for the reopening of the newly renovated Castro Theatre, which the singer teased in a Monday TikTok post.
BART is adding more cars to trains as ridership increases; Toni Atkins is bowing out of the governor's race; and Oregon is suing the Trump administration over a National Guard deployment threat.
A new wrinkle in the case of a Sonoma County real estate tycoon accused of bilking nearly 200 investors out of $46 million, as it turns out most of his properties were financed by a single lender, raising questions about what they knew.
One of the biggest takeaways from Kamala Harris's new book '107 Days' is that there's no love lost between her and Governor Gavin Newsom, after each has risen separately out of the same political orbit over the past 25 years.
The devil is coming out of the details of Trump’s “no taxes on tips” policy, and it turns out tipped employees still have to pay taxes on those tips but then deduct them afterwards, and automatic service charges are still fully taxed.
Many of us are familiar with the frustrations of dating apps, and the seemingly endless cycle of not-quite-right matches and quick ghostings they bring with them. One Bay Area woman has taken matters into her own hands and gone analog with her search for a mate, on a fairly grand scale.
Redwood City-based Electronic Arts could be taken private in a $55 billion deal announced Monday that's backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and private equity firm Silver Lake.
Giants president Buster Posey has decided that .500 baseball is not going to cut it in the same division as the star-studded Dodgers, firing manager Bob Melvin Monday morning just as the Giants wrapped up their 2025 season.
The NFL made the bold decision to book Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny for this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show when the game is played in Santa Clara, and suffice it to say conservative pundits are apoplectic.
The 49ers gave up two interceptions, two fumbles, and a punt turn for a touchdown in a demeaning loss to the Jaguars, and punctuated this by telling Jacksonville's coach, “I’ll f*ck your world up,” and “I will f*cking end your f*cking life.”
Sonoma County Sheriff's rescuers performed two separate beach rescues Sunday; tiny coffee window in North Beach closed by the health department; and BART had more maintenance disruptions on Sunday.
The San Bruno Police Department took to social media over the weekend highlighting its conundrum regarding how to hold a driverless vehicle accountable for violating traffic laws. A state law on the matter goes into effect July 2026.
Over 5,000 lightning strikes were detected throughout California Wednesday, with 985 located in the Bay Area and Central Coast. Plus, two storms are forecasted for the coming week, with an inch of rain expected in the North Bay and half an inch in SF.
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced earlier this week the city will be hosting a rally and parade on Sunday, October 5 in celebration of the Ballers’ Pioneer League baseball championship win, the city’s first pro-sports championship celebration since 2018.
There have been a lot of shootings locally and nationally this weekend; the entrepreneurs who purchased Radio Shack and Pier 1 have been accused of running a Ponzi scheme; and a Concord cop must pay the medical bills and lost wages of a woman she hit in a crosswalk.
The dark-sided flycatcher, a small brown bird from Asia, made its California debut last week when it veered off-route and spent three days at the nature preserve behind Google’s Mountain View campus, attracting birding enthusiasts from across the country.
