There will of course be SFPD DUI checkpoints this holiday weekend; yet another new SF block party debuts on July 4; and the SF Zoo is getting a new male gorilla to replace Oscar Jonesy who died in February.
There's a very unsettling correlation between the case of a Morgan Hill 18-year-old girl who’s been missing since Sunday and the discovery of a human body found Wednesday in that area, and police just confirmed that the body is hers.
The first of what will sadly likely not be the last local stories this weekend about casualties stemming from illegal fireworks arrives out of Hayward, where two people are reportedly in critical condition from fireworks exploding inside a home.
If you see illegal fireworks this weekend, they are almost certainly from one of about 13 perfectly legal fireworks stores in Nevada. And a look at these stores’ Yelp pages shows that almost all of their reviews are from California residents.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in its next term in a pair of cases out of West Virginia and Idaho challenging state laws against participation by trans athletes in girls' and women's team sports.
Yes, Del Monte Foods is based in Walnut Creek, but it may not be for much longer, as the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and it seems like Trump’s steel tariffs had a lot to do with this.
A male victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound early Thursday near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, and details of the case are so far very slim.
One person has been confirmed dead after Tuesday’s NorCal fireworks warehouse disaster, and now we have the identities of a few of those still missing, and it turns out the name of the fireworks company was Devastating Pyrotechnics.
What began as a 100-acre grass fire Wednesday afternoon in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County has grown to a 35,000-acre blaze in less than 24 hours.
A "heat dome" will bring warm temps to much of the state next week; and Oakland man was shot chasing after a car thief early Thursday; and Tesla sales continue to take a hit because of Musk's politics.
An SFMTA employee is being accused of major ethics violations; Mexico plays Honduras at the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Levi's stadium but fans fear ICE showing up; and a judge deals a blow to Trump's order on asylum seekers.
The magic is definitely gone from the old Bay Bridge Series now that the A’s are no longer on the other side of the Bay Bridge, but your San Francisco Giants play their first-ever series at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park this weekend.
We are within days of yet another famed and rare bloom of one of the SF Conservatory of Flowers’ famed "Corpse Flowers,” plus the terrible smell that comes with it, and this year's gigantic flower has its own livestream.
The list is likely to mount of Bay Area cities whose annual July Fourth fireworks shows are being impacted by Tuesday's explosion at a commercial fireworks supplier in Yolo County.
The Castro Coffee Company and Castro Nail Salon on both sides of the Castro Theatre are still open, despite eviction orders that they be out by July 1, and both small businesses seem determined to dig in their heels and stick around.
San Francisco's season of nonprofit upheavals continues as the longtime head of the San Francisco Zoo announces her plan to retire next month. The announcement comes a month after a report of dysfunction on the zoo's board, and an attempted coup by board members.
Check out those San Quentin prisoners styled out in tuxedos for the prison’s first father-daughter prom, where daughters in ballgowns visited their fathers for a red-carpet affair that in many cases was their first contact in years.
Friday’s three-vehicle crash in Albany that killed delivery driver Daniel Alejandro Oliva Morales has been deemed a DUI, and a 34-year-old El Cerrito man is being charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
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A massive fire broke out at a fireworks warehouse in Yolo County, in the small town of Esparto on Tuesday evening, sparked by an explosion, just days ahead of July Fourth celebrations.
A small wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon in Vacaville, but was fully contained within hours; Oakland's school district remains in dire financial straits; and Trump doubles down, yet again, on his Alcatraz plan, claiming that it's been quietly in the works for six months but that has to be a lie.
The lottery is open for the Pointer Sisters-Lyrics Born show at Stern Grove; a Cotati DUI suspect was pulled over with 70 empty beer cans in his vehicle; and Lafayette’s Park Theater that closed 20 years ago is set to reopen with a big renovation.
A 43-year-old Walnut Creek teacher has been charged with the rape, unlawful sexual intercourse, and assault of a student, and it does not help his case that he admitted to these things on a phone call that police had secretly wiretapped.
OG celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, who opened Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg in 2003 and has had a big hand in putting the tony wine country town on the proverbial map, is still making moves in his hometown.
A well-known Oakland attorney has been arrested on charges that he tried to sneak contraband to a prisoner in Solano County Jail, and further reporting on the matter says that the contraband he tried to sneak was a stack of pornographic magazines.
Three East Bay men are in custody in Florida after an alleged robbery attempt Friday at a seller of Apple products that ended with a chase and a police shooting.
