A recent near-miss between jets taxiing across runways at San Francisco International Airport was avoided by a United flight crew, and it appears to have been the fault of an overwhelmed and/or overtired air traffic controller.
High school senior Angelo Ray was charged with murder for shooting and killing his 17-year-old girlfriend in May, but he claims the shooting was accidental, and a judge granted his release as he awaits trial.
The Trump administration says they’re pulling $4 billion in federal funding for California’s now-three-decade-old dream of an SF-to-LA high-speed rail system, and the project’s new leader is looking for ways to get investors to subsidize it.
With nothing better to do in LA and without a protest to quash, the Trump administration is now using the National Guard to set up a perimeter around a completely peaceful and mostly empty city park, while federal agents on horseback roam around.
Oakland police are touting a drop in violent crime in June; San Jose police hold a news conference about the arrest of one of their own; and the death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 104.
Protesters showed up at Sam Altman's SF home on Sunday; a 37-year-old Oakland man was shot at his own Fourth of July party; and parts of Golden Gate Park will start to be closed off starting July 23 as Dead & Co. and Outside Lands setups begin.
On Saturday, Elon Musk declared he was starting a new political party to declare war on both Democrats and Republicans. By the time the markets closed on the first business day after that, Tesla shareholders lost a collective $68 billion.
The long-awaited, still controversial, $41 million renovation of the historic Castro Theatre may or may not be complete by year-end, but Another Planet Entertainment is now starting to line up bookings starting for March 2026 and beyond.
Something’s flying into the former Hobson’s Choice bar location at Haight and Clayton streets, a new concept called The Green Heron, from the same team behind SF’s two locations of The Red Tail Beer and Wine Bar.
The sharp decline in San Francisco overdose deaths in 2024 appears to be reversing itself in 2025, and the infusion of new synthetic opioids into the market has this year on pace to be SF’s deadliest year for overdoses since, well, 2023.
A month after a group of transit activists installed “guerilla benches” at SF bus stops that had no benches, the city’s Public Works Department says they will demand that these activists remove the unauthorized benches.
An Oakland Police detective who was arrested two years ago on bribery and perjury charges under former District Attorney Pamela Price continues to face the music for his alleged misdeeds. And multiple cases linked to him have ended in dismissal or lenient plea deals.
The ex-boyfriend of an 18-year-old recent high school graduate in Morgan Hill who was found dead last week was arrested Sunday as he tried to cross back into the United States from Mexico.
Business was abnormally slow at Fisherman's Wharf and elsewhere in SF over the holiday weekend; firefighters halted a 30-acre wildfire in San Jose Sunday night; and a man was shot at the Antioch BART station.
A Kentfield family is among the missing after Friday's flash floods in Central Texas. Mark Walker, 52, who's the brother of former Giants pitcher Tyler Walker, Mark's wife, Sara, 50, and their son Johnny, 14, were visiting Hunt, Texas. Their daughter Ellie was reportedly rescued from summer camp.
A Mumbai-based engineer who excelled in interviews reportedly held multiple Silicon Valley startup jobs at once, often disappearing after landing offers of up to $200K. Soham Parekh impressed on paper, but founders say most of his resume was fake.
A former San Jose police officer charged with DUI after a 2021 road-rage incident — with a child in his car — is avoiding prosecution through a military diversion program. He reportedly punched a woman in a violent case prosecutors say the law wasn’t meant to cover.
One person was killed and four injured in an early Saturday shooting in SF's Bayview District; Oakland has received a $10 million grant to improve street safety and expand bike lanes; and someone was stabbed with a glass shard for allegedly cutting in line for Pokemon cards.
Illegal fireworks ignited dozens of fires across the Bay Area on the Fourth of July — from Oakland and Alameda to Antioch and San Jose — with Oakland Fire Department responding to more than 60 fires.
A Milpitas woman has been arrested after police say she fabricated the disappearance of her 9-year-old son, Harshail Kumar, whom she reported missing on July 3. The child was found safe at home the next morning, but the search had already mobilized law enforcement, volunteers, and county resources.
Field Notes highlights the Tanforan Memorial’s history, Isaac Julien’s cinematic art at the de Young, SF’s cameo in 9 to 5, Pescadero’s coastal charm, and Charlie’s Café—a vibrant Mission District spot bringing people together with food and music.
A four-alarm fire broke out Friday evening in a commercial building near the Oakland Coliseum, which housed a suspected cannabis grow operation. About 75 firefighters were called to the scene, and the fire was brought under control after a few hours.
Giants legend Tim Lincecum was spotted in SF’s Noe Valley this week; eight people were shot early Saturday at a Philadelphia bar — two are in critical condition; and PG&E is helping customers catch up with overdue bills with a $50 million relief initiative.
The long-awaited Lillie Coit's in the former Washington Square Bar & Grill space is softly open as a pop-up, Mr. Digby's calls it quits in Noe Valley, and Le Soleil comes to Stonestown, all in This Week in Food.
The SF fireworks at Fisherman's Wharf will likely, again, be obscured by fog; a citywide scavenger hunt that happened last summer is happening again; and Trump said something antisemitic and then claimed ignorance of the term.
