The astronauts who've been stranded in space for several months are getting picked up by a new crew; the Nintendo store is bringing its second US location to Powell Street; and an American influencer apologized for snatching a baby wombat from its mom in Australia.
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A series of Facebook posts have been circulating this weekend written by a Mendocino County woman urging the FBI to take on the case she says she's compiled against her elderly father, a prominent local doctor, asserting that he's a confessed serial killer spanning decades.
When Supervisor Danny Sauter requested more trash cans in his district, Public Works deflected by announcing the relaunch of the costly Slim Silhouette to replace existing ‘90s-era cans already on the streets, but they’re not adding additional trash cans to the mix, which doesn't solve the shortage.
Local community groups will be rallying in front of City Hall next Tuesday morning prior to SFMTA’s board meeting in the afternoon when the board will make its final decision on Muni service cuts.
A Tesla driver who crashed into a Muni train was arrested under suspicion of driving while intoxicated; helicopters have been banned from Washington DC airport; and a Walnut Creek nine-year-old is the youngest person to complete a BART speedrun.
A Pinole high school student was reportedly caught with a loaded gun at school and then fled police; Bay Area health officials urge residents to get the measles vaccine if they haven't already; and State Farm has been given the go-ahead to increase California customers' rates.
Your big days to go out and get Blarney-stoned for St. Patrick’s Day are Saturday at the parade and big downtown celebrations, and real St. Patrick’s Day Monday for the legendary Front Street bar block parties.
The circus continues out of Trump's Washington, where clown-car cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now apparently wielding the power of the FDA to go after manufacturers of amyl nitrate, or poppers.
Daytrip returns as a counter-service operation, Turtle Tower returns in new downtown digs, and finally we have a replacement restaurant moving into the former Petit Crenn, all in This Week in Food.
It's not clear why it took almost five months to file charges, but a suspect has now been formally charged in an October murder that took place inside a hotel on Seventh Street in SoMa.
The modern musical hasn't ever tackled the ubiquitous phenomenon that is reality television, maybe because the two worlds seem like they'd be incompatible. But Nobody Loves You, which just opened at ACT Wednesday, proves they can be a match made in Broadway heaven.
Today is Steph Curry’s birthday, but his gift came Thursday night, as he became the only player ever in NBA history to hit 4,000 three-point shots, just piling up more numbers for the man who already holds the record for the most three-pointers ever.
Here's some next-level scandal for the Bayview-based tow truck firm Specialty Towing, as its owner was just indicted for committing arson on competitors' tow trucks, crimes totally unrelated to the company's previous charges of fraudulent tows and fake car accidents.
In a rare bit of good news for the San Francisco Unified School District and its ongoing budget woes, the jobs of at least 100 teachers have been saved thanks to other teachers taking early retirement incentive packages.
Things are tense in Washington today as Congress moves to avert a government shutdown. And while there are arguments on both sides for how a shutdown would not help anyone, many Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, say that this was a "false choice" and they should have gone to the mat.
As we approach the five-year COVID lockdown anniversary, a New York Times feature talks to a dozen Oakland Technical High School grads about how it affected them to spend their prime teen years stuck in their room, and just on Zoom.
The remains of the child missing in Thursday's house fire in San Leandro were found; a fatal crash shuts down eastbound Highway 24; and a federal judge pushes back on Justice Department expanding January 6th pardons.
A couple was sentenced for robbing two SF banks in the same day; an SFO caterer is laying off more than 800 employees; and there’s a lunar eclipse coming tonight, but who knows if it will be visible in Bay Area skies.
An SFMTA employee and her partner have pleaded guilty to a $30,000-a-month Section 8 fraud scheme where they claimed they were caring for 17 children, but were not caring for any children whatsoever.
On Season 22 of Bravo's Top Chef, which was shot in multiple locations across Canada and premieres tonight (Thursday, March 13) at 9 pm, two chefs from the Bay Area are among the competitors.
Well well well, Mark Zuckerberg suddenly wants less free speech and more content moderation when it comes to a former Facebook employee who’s written a book exposing what it was like to work there, and they’ve hauled the publisher to court.
A car from BART's retired train fleet is making its final journey shortly on the bed of a big rig truck to Tuolumne County, where it will be incorporated into a newly constructed vacation home designed by a local architect.
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered six federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were summarily fired or laid off last month, some of them for cause.
Justice was apparently finally served after it stumbled the first time around, as a man who initially got off on a mistrial was finally convicted and sentenced for killing his wife and then pointing the gun at her four-year-old son.
A six-year-old child was initially reported dead in a huge Thursday morning fire near San Leandro that sent five people to the hospital.
