At least 12 people were stabbed at a Hamburg train station; Stanford students are on day 11 of a hunger strike over the school’s ties to Israel; and officials warn residents to stay out of the water at Ocean Beach following recent deaths and multiple rescues.
President Trump’s Federal Bureau of Prisons officials insist they are moving forward with their out-to-lunch scheme to reopen the tourist site Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison, despite that this is all galactically unrealistic.
Oh boy! The streetcar known as Boat Boi is among the vintage Muni streetcars that will be back in action for the summer months starting today, and there’s a real-time map where you can track which of your favorites are running, and where.
Regalito's replacement is on deck, El Techo reopens next week as a Cuban spot, and Niku Steakhouse is reopening after a fire, all in This Week in Food.
Santa Rita Jail and other prisons across the state are on high alert that a potent synthetic cannabis substitute is being smuggled into their jails, soaked into completely fake legal documents that the prisoners can just shred up and smoke.
A Tony-winning musical that tells the tragic, frustrating story about a Jewish man who was likely wrongly accused of murder and convicted on flimsy evidence in the Jim Crow South has just landed at SF's Orpheum Theater.
The nonprofit that throws those free movie nights in SF parks is now in a blockbuster financial scandal, so Mayor Lurie has put a pause on their funding, and three city departments are now conducting audits and investigations.
A change made in March to the Central SoMa Plan has already yielded some interest from a developer, with a long-stalled development property at 88 Bluxome now back in the mix as a high-rise residential complex.
A 24-year-old man was shot Thursday morning in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood, and he succumbed to his wounds early Friday, marking Oakland's 32nd homicide of the year.
One person was shot and injured in Potrero Hill Thursday afternoon; I-580 was shut down by a grass fire; and Harvard is suing the Trump administration yet again.
The fired SFPD officer who allegedly caused a DUI crash pleaded not guilty; the Golden State Valkyries won their first game ever; and BART’s Green Line won’t run again until Tuesday, but you can still transfer trains and get anywhere.
Federal officials allege that Sonoma County real estate tycoon Kenneth Mattson bilked nearly 200 investors out of at least $46 million in a series of fraudulent real estate deals, and arrested him today in a wine country gymnasium parking lot.
Sasha Velour, the winner of Season 9 of 'Rupaul's Drag Race,' is returning to her birthplace of Berkeley to perform in drag for the first time there next week, kicking off a tour with a two-week residency at Berkeley Rep.
The GOP-controlled US Senate just voted Thursday to revoke California’s mandate to switch to only electric cars by the year 2035, in an obvious middle finger to California from politicians who claim to support “states’ rights.”
The circumstances of the accidental death of Recology employee Alfredo Romero last Friday remain under wraps. And Romero's family says that not only did the company get his name wrong when they called to tell them about the accident, they refuse to explain how the death occurred.
Valencia Street’s former Lucca Ravioli space will now be handling a different kind of dough, as the point-of-sale system Square is taking the place over and turning it into something like an Apple Store for their own products.
The sculptor behind the 54-year-old Vaillancourt Fountain, which won't ever be called the most popular piece of public art in SF, took it upon himself to fly here this week and call for a preemptive hearing on its fate.
The effort to recall District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio claims it’s hitting a major milestone today, as organizers say they have more than the 10,000 signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot, and they’re submitting them this afternoon.
An elaborate, 12-minute, professional fireworks spectacular that took many SF residents by surprise last Saturday night turns out to have been a private show for which advance notice wasn't given to the public.
Two drivers were killed in a head-on crash Wednesday night on Highway 4 in Brentwood, which led to an EV battery fire; a divided Supreme Court shoots down a religious charter school; and homeless tents in SF are at a five-year low, but complaints are up.
JC Penney is closing at San Bruno's Tanforan Mall; a weird immersive attraction called Bubble Planet has opened next to Lake Merritt in Oakland; and that George Lucas museum in LA just laid off some staff ahead of its 2026 opening.
They’re still just giving out warnings for lead-foot drivers who are caught by those new speed-detecting cameras, but data from the first month of the program shows that a stunning 44% of all citations citywide were issued to drivers on Fulton Street.
Is Hollywood star Seth Rogen spending Wednesday in the cordoned-off bar the Make-Out Room? It’s possible, as he and Olivia Wilde have been spotted in SF, apparently shooting their new romcom called 'The Invite.'
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There was no Muni underground service between Embarcadero and Van Ness stations Wednesday afternoon, following a maintenance problem that is apparently centered at the Embarcadero end.
A big deal in the local tech world was announced Wednesday, as OpenAI is reportedly acquiring Johnny Ive's secretive hardware startup io for $6.5 billion.
