Executives at one of the leading names in the local AI boom, OpenAI, are reportedly "rattled" by ongoing pushback and regulatory setbacks in California regarding its move to restructure itself as a for-profit entity.
The yellowjacket population is surging in both the East Bay and North Bay this summer, and since the bugs are very aggressive and can sting multiple times, county authorities have their hands full cleaning out an unusually large number of nests.
A man who was serving as a visiting pastor at a Sunset District church in recent years allegedly defrauded at least four parishioners out of tens of thousands of dollars, purporting to be a licensed attorney.
The victim in one of several shootings that took place Saturday morning, in the aftermath of the First Fridays street festival in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood, has been identified as a 28-year-old who recently moved to Oakland from SF.
Roughly two dozen people attempted — and five people succeeded — to tightrope walk a 1,600-foot path on nylon rope next to the Golden Gate Bridge this past weekend, 75 feet above the ground in Marin County’s Kirby Cove.
The 53-year-old Stockton man implicated in Sunday's deadly Napa crash has been arrested for murder; two people were shot overnight in Oakland; and today marks five years since that infamous 'Orange Sky Day.'
The two-headed snake on display at a Berkeley pet store has died at age one; a Hindu temple in Dublin was burglarized; and Washington was abuzz about the release of Donald Trump's 2003 birthday drawing and note to Jeffrey Epstein.
A man who came to Burning Man from Minnesota found himself run over by a Tesla Cybertruck on the playa and had to be airlifted to a hospital, and he was left with some very injured feet.
After a year-and-a-half of there being 68 tiny homes in a former Walgreens parking lot at 16th and Mission streets, they’re being torn down, but will be replaced by a larger housing complex that will also house people coming out of homelessness.
A 36-year-old American citizen who has been living in Thailand for 11 years and working as a schoolteacher, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport for allegedly possessing over 100 gigabytes of pornographic material featuring minors.
Remember that planned 61-story tower at First and Mission streets that a Chinese developer broke ground on in 2016, only to run into pre-pandemic financial trouble and then fully halt construction in mid-2020? Well it may not be a semi-filled hole in the ground much longer.
The 49ers delighted fans with a rip-roaring fourth quarter come-from-behind victory Sunday, but kicker Jake Moody is once again Public Enemy #1 in San Francisco, as by no means should this have needed to be a come-from-behind victory.
A new Mediterranean restaurant from the owner of Sens, Bon Delire, and Barcha is headed for one of the larger, recently vacated spaces in the Ferry Building.
A titanic figure in the California Democratic party in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, and co-architect of the “Willie Brown-John Burton political machine,” former statehouse leader and US Rep. John Burton has died while in hospice care.
A pedestrian was struck and injured in a collision with a streetcar on San Francisco's Market Street Sunday afternoon.
Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events say the event should not be blamed for shootings that happen hours later; transit advocates are rallying in SF today; and the trial of one of Trump's attempted assassins begins today in Florida.
Six passengers were killed and another suffered major injuries Sunday evening when the driver of their vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree about 12 miles north of St. Helena. The driver, who survived, was arrested for suspected DUI.
A 24-year-old guest was found dead inside her room Thursday morning at Napa Valley’s 5-star Bardessono Hotel and Spa, located in Yountville. The death has been ruled suspicious, and the investigation is ongoing.
'US News & World Report' will start disclosing which hospitals pay for rankings in its “Best Hospitals” list after an investigation by SF City Attorney David Chiu’s office. Chiu also published an op-ed in the publication criticizing its ranking methodology.
The Valkyries played a strong game but lost against the Minnesota Lynx; posts on social media are saying salt trucks have been deployed across Chicago in anticipation of ICE; and an unemployed tech worker was shot and killed by police during a knife attack.
Novato police arrested 33-year-old David Slattery Friday morning after he crashed his car into the Islamic Center of North Marin and allegedly attacked someone inside the mosque.
This week: Kids capture Tenderloin in photos; Rainbow Sierrans hike decades-strong; “HOLE” digs theater at the beach; Fairfax still hums Summer of Love; Bimbo’s has secrets; Butterfly Fest blooms; Wonder Funday sparks STEAM; Architecture + the City unfolds; Voices of Adventure screens outdoors.
Multiple people were wounded and two people were killed in at least three separate early morning shootings Saturday in Oakland that may have stemmed from the First Fridays street festival.
Oakland police detective Phong Tran, who's about to go on trial on felony bribery and perjury charges, faces new allegations; the big Mexico-Japan soccer match takes place Saturday at the Oakland Coliseum; and BART never followed through on promises to install a back-up system.
Oakland celebrates Pride on Sunday — it's in front of City Hall this year; 50 years ago today a Manson follower tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in Sacramento; and Hawaii has joined California, Oregon, and Washington in creating a unified vaccine policy in the absence of CDC support.
