The brutalist and not particularly well-liked Villaincourt Fountain at the Embarcadero Plaza might be getting demolished and removed, but a gang of enthusiasts, including the designer Villaincourt himself, are on a bender to preserve it.
After a Friday night SUV crash that took the lives of four students at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo, and left two others severely injured, the family of one surviving teen just gave some details on how it all happened.
The Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race down the crookedest street in Potrero Hill, Vermont Street, was back on Easter Sunday, and was one of multiple big events around the city.
A popular taco truck specializing in Mexico City-style al pastor tacos, started by one of the co-founders of Papalote, has landed a new pop-up location near Union Square, in a former Chipotle.
An apparently Bay Area-based con artist was on the verge of scamming an elderly Atherton man out of $15,000, but fortunately his caregiver and family intervened, and the would-be con artist was taken into custody.
The bodies of Christ came out for stiff competition at the annual Easter Sunday Hunky Jesus Competition, with a Beyonce-inspired winner, and baby you can see his halo plus many of the other messier messiahs in these semi-NSFW photos.
A flight attendant for British Airways on a layover after a flight from London to San Francisco was found dead in his hotel room last Thursday after failing to appear with fellow crew members for the return flight.
Well, it did not take long after Friday's updated ranked-choice voting results for candidate Loren Taylor to concede his loss to former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, saving us from a drawn-out contest while Alameda County slowly tabulates votes.
Pope Francis died Monday morning at age 88; the four teen girls killed in a crash in Marin County Friday have been identified; and Warriors fans gathered for a big watch party outside the Chase Center Sunday for Game 1 of the playoffs.
This week, 4/21-27: Five-day sustainable fashion exhibition; queer-oriented climate meetup; live-painting and art auction; two-day celebration of queer country-western dance culture; and the 5th anniversary of the JFK Promenade.
This week's notable humans include San Rafael resident, retired SFFD lieutenant, and dedicated volunteer John Chung; San Francisco author and historian Beth Winegarner whose work aims to remember the forgotten; and Walnut Creek's Anya Gupta, 16-year-old founder of Key Future News.
The Bay Area played host to a variety of Earth Day activities this weekend, including BART’s nature walks, the 2025 Climate Action Youth Summit, and the Green Business Expo and Earth Day Festival. Plus, a citywide cleanup with Refuse Refuse is coming up on Tuesday.
The opening of the new Sunset Dunes park was a big success, but opponents' concerns haven't been addressed; the city announced the winners of its first Culture Forward grant program; and a Sacramento sheriff's deputy was fired for shoving an elderly prisoner to the ground.
An estimated 4 million protestors showed up nationwide on Saturday voicing their opposition to the Trump regime. Thousands rallied across San Francisco with protests taking place in Ocean Beach, Civic Center, Union Square, and Chinatown.
Four teenage girls were killed in Marin County on Friday night after their vehicle veered off the road and hit a tree. Three of the girls died at the scene, and a fourth victim passed away at the hospital. Two others are in critical condition.
Anastasiia Arabadzhy left Ukraine in January 2024 and has already opened two Alphora Nails locations in SF and Sausalito, capitalizing on the Bay Area's obsession with Russian manicure techniques that actually last longer than three days.
Dallas police were filmed tasing and arresting Michael Singleton, a Black executive chef based in Oakland and Dallas, as he told onlookers he was being wrongfully accused of possessing cocaine. Singleton has since been released and all charges dropped.
Cole Valley's first night market was a big hit on Thursday; San Jose police are searching for a missing teen; and a Georgia man who was detained by ICE in Florida has been released.
California Tesla owners claim that Tesla alters odometers to speed up warranty expiration; police were called to three different Bay Area schools on Friday; and officials have introduced a bill keeping ICE off CA school campuses.
With about 45,000 more votes counted than had been tallied on Election Night, former Congresswoman Barbara Lee has moved into a solid lead in the race to become Oakland's next mayor.
Just a couple years after the San Jose Fire Department was red-faced over on-duty firefighters visiting strip clubs, there’s another scandal where a station captain has been arrested on suspicion of stealing drugs.
The Golden State Warriors may have a secret weapon in their upcoming playoff matchup with the Houston Rockets, as Texas teams tend to lose when Senator Ted Cruz attends games, and Houston fans are urging him to stay home to avoid the “Cruz curse.”
15-year-old San Francisco native Ethan Liao already played Carnegie Hall this year, and now he’s headed back to New York to Jazz at Lincoln Center after his new composition won a top national prize. We’ve got a taste of his very notable sounds.
Bar Shoji opens for cocktails and food, The Morris celebrates Chartreuse, and Loquat Bakery gets a rave for its Iraqi sandwich pop-up, all in This Week In Food.
The San Francisco Zoo is moving forward, undeterred, with their plan for panda diplomacy, and they say things are on track to bring a pair of giant pandas to SF in the next year.
