There are currently five to-go cocktail-serving “entertainment zones” either approved or proposed in San Francisco, but Mayor Lurie is pushing for five more, to bring more high-octane street parties during events where streets are closed to traffic.
Assemblymember Matt Haney has taken up the cause of the extension of last call at California bars to 4 am, structuring some new legislation around so-called "Hospitality Zones."
The new outpost of Flour + Water Pizzeria, and the first of what are planned to be several satellite Flour + Water Pizza Shops in the city, is opening next Monday at the new Mission Rock development.
No one saw this coming! Your San Francisco Giants suddenly have the best record in baseball, ahead of the superstar-studded, mega-salaried LA Dodgers and New York Yankees.
Fast fashion retailer Zara is planning to relocate a block away from its existing location in Union Square and open a huge new flagship store at the corner of Post and Powell.
This year's Fillmore Jazz Festival, which had been canceled as of last week due to lack of funds, has been saved thanks to local billionaire Chris Larsen.
Former Sheng Thao chief of staff Leigh Hanson was kept on after the recall, but was fired Sunday over a 2024 meeting note that referred to Black people as “tokens,” though she says it was a reference to certain Black people being paid by the recall campaign.
A three-year-old child was killed in an apparent DUI accident involving a Bobcat on private property in Petaluma; an SUV went over the seawall along Marina Green Drive; and former FCI Dublin guard 'Dirty Dick' won't be taking the stand in his own defense.
Free cone day Tuesday; comedians roast the audience on Wednesday; transit-oriented stories on Thursday; Cesar Chavez parade and festival on Saturday, as well vintage show at Fort Mason.
Highlighting the uplifting stories of Bay Area residents and the communities they support, featuring Arthur Dong, San Francisco native and gay Chinese American filmmaker; Hafeth “Omar” Mansouri and his canine colleague Major of "Corner Stories;" and trans barber Santana Vasquez.
During the California Academy of Sciences anniversary event on Friday, staff members represented by the union, CalAcademy Workers United, were spreading the word about their ongoing struggle negotiating a fair contract with management.
UCSF neurologist Stephen Hauser won a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for his multiple sclerosis work; one resident was killed and three injured in an early morning fire on Sunday in Fremont; and an anonymous benefactor has been fulfilling innovative locals' wishes.
Thousands of demonstrators showed up to “Hands Off” protests across the Bay Area on Saturday, and at least 1,400 nationwide, in the biggest show of resistance yet against the current administration.
An arson investigation has been initiated over a four-alarm fire that broke out at a Nob Hill apartment building on Saturday evening, bringing over 120 firefighters to the scene and injuring three residents.
28-year-old Leqiang Wang of San Mateo was arrested at LAX on Thursday after police found an arsenal of automatic rifles, silencers, and other firearms at Wang’s home while investigating Wang as a potential suspect in a stalking case.
A huge protest will be at Civic Center today alongside 1,200 others nationwide; Concord landlords paid fake activists to wear "Repeal Rent Control" shirts to a city council meeting; and the 2025 Sunday Streets schedule has been announced.
Usha Vance's former law firm filed a federal lawsuit against Trump, along with more than 500 others; shots were fired during an armed robbery in Brentwood on Friday afternoon; and an American "danger tourist" visited remote, indigenous North Sentinel Island, leaving behind a Coke.
Former Santa Clara city councilmember Anthony Becker was convicted of perjury for trying to do the 49ers a favor, but he won’t do jail time, and will just get 40 days of community service.
San Francisco's notoriously high rents are on the rise again, and fast.
A new brewpub and bar called Fifty Vara debuts in the Sunset, Draymond Green's new Civic Center restaurant Meski opens its doors, and Niku Steakhouse is temporarily closed by a fire, all in This Week in Food.
Just as a deal to place TikTok in the hands of US owners was almost in place, China pulled ByteDance out of that deal in response to our tariffs, though Trump is selling this as him just extending the deadline.
Great comedians sometimes make for great actors, and Suzy Eddie Izzard joins those ranks with her solo performance of 'Hamlet,' now playing at ACT's Strand Theater.
A new pattern of theft popping up in San Pablo is hardly the smash-and-grab variety, but one where some apparently nice youngsters roll up in a car offering free jewelry, only to steal elderly peoples’ real jewelry.
Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) celebrated a full 12 months of monthly parties on Thursday night with Mayor Daniel Lurie and around 18,000 people in attendance.
A stunning reversal after Steph Curry’s off-court business Thirty Ink made the splashy $8.5 million purchase of a new Dogpatch headquarters, as Curry’s people now say they’re backing out of the deal over some bizarre squabble over union carpenters.
