The popular skatepark at UN Plaza is getting upgraded and expanded in early February, with several new beginner-friendly, skate-able features being added, and Converse is hosting a skateboarding event in the park on February 15.
25-year-old Adrian Jerry "AJ" Gonzalez is hoping to be set free despite admitting to the 2015 murder of his 8-year-old neighbor, Maddy Middleton.
The rumors appear to be true that ICE agents tried at least five detention operations in San Francisco over the last few days, but were apparently turned away, and a who’s-who of SF City Hall officials rallied against this Tuesday morning.
The latest piece of governing-by-fiat from Trump, which is perfectly in line with that Project 2025 he claimed not to know much about, is an immediate freeze of federal funding and grants of many kinds, set to take effect later today — but a federal judge has already blocked it.
A creepy group that had been nicknamed "The Cult" by neighbors in Vallejo were implicated with a sword attack on their landlord two years ago. Now, two alleged associates of the group are in custody for murdering that landlord as well as a border patrol agent in Vermont.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta took a $16,000 contribution from a Southern California casino in his first month on the job. The problem? His office was investigating that casino for money laundering at the time, and the charges have since disappeared.
A shooting Monday outside a cannabis business in SoMa led SFPD officers to surround a building where, later, a shootout took place with the apparent suspect in the first in the shooting, who ended up dead.
A woman was found dead on a Santa Rosa sidewalk Monday evening; a Vallejo school remains without power after a copper wire theft; and NVIDIA lost a record-breaking $600B in market value in one day on Monday.
A crackdown on illegal activity on Sixth Street has yielded 218 arrests; the Nike store is going to be wrapped in a huge NBA-themed ad for All Stars Game Week; and Katy Perry is playing the Chase Center in July.
Details are scarce, but state Senator Scott Wiener claimed today that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were investigating SF office building employees Friday as part of President Trump’s mass deportation sweeps.
Some parents of children who attend school in the Castro neighborhood say that a man who may be a registered sex offender has been oiling himself up and repeatedly exposing himself to teen girls in the neighborhood.
The new San Francisco speed monitoring cameras have been in the works for about a year and a half, and they’re supposedly going to finally arrive in March, with a billboard and online ad campaign going live now to announce their arrival.
After 38 years of slinging "extreme" beers for a crowd of beer geeks and average beer lovers alike, the Lower Haight's Toronado is facing the end of an era and an uncertain future.
While there is no evidence yet that anyone was detained, San Jose officials have confirmed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were carrying out some sort of operation Sunday, and a watchdog group says they were back at it Monday morning.
A Sunday evening sideshow led to Oakland's 11th homicide of the month and of the new year, with two other people injured by gunfire.
A new AI model released by Chinese startup DeepSeek has caused a great flurry of buzz and consternation in the American tech world, and that was reflected in a bunch of Silicon Valley companies' stock prices Monday morning.
A 40-year-old man and his romantic partner stand accused of killing the man’s 97-year-old Sacramento grandmother and dumping her in the trunk of a car, and they also allegedly emptied out the household’s safes.
A Sunday night fire in the Tenderloin displaced eight residents; a school in Vallejo had to cancel classes due to copper thievery; and homes in Atherton are using a whole lot of electricity.
U.C. Berkeley professor and 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm survivor is tackling California’s insurance crisis, using data-driven models to address climate risks and protect homeowners in fire-prone areas.
Chronicle culture critic Peter Hartlaub pens a piece about the early ’80s when San Francisco politicians declared war on arcades and the media painted Tommy Guerrero, who was a 14-year-old skateboarding prodigy and "Scramble” wizard at the time, as a delinquent.
A tax form left on an Apple printer sparked a proposed class action lawsuit involving 12,000+ women, alleging systemic gender pay disparities and biased practices.
Sonoma State eliminates its NCAA sports teams, leaving 227 transfer student-athletes scrambling; San Francisco's Chinese American community leaders vow to protect immigrant rights; and John Muir Land Trust purchases private island in S.F. Bay, which will be restored to its natural state.
Thousands attended the March for Life in San Francisco, along with several Proud Boys and 100 counter-protesters, while pop-up drag performer Shane Zaldivar sparked a cultural clash.
SF-born Margaret Cho wowed Celebrity Jeopardy! viewers with a stellar performance, securing a spot in the semifinals. Cho might end up competing with Oakland's W. Kamau Bell who advanced earlier in the season.
San Francisco AI startup founders accused of years-long scheme involving falsified financials, forged emails, and a $4.2M home—all while failing to pay employees.
