The CA DMV is expanding its digital ID program to 60% of drivers; bars in SF and San Jose saw a significant bump in business from the World Cup; and the giant crow sculptures in the Panhandle got defaced over the weekend.
Clint Reilly, the longtime SF political consultant and downtown real estate owner, has died; a group linked to Lowell High School is suing over an ethnic studies curriculum; and there was a serious late-afternoon backup on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge.
A new restaurant and cafe that opened on Haight Street in the former Citrus Club spot, which closed in April after three decades, received backlash over the “slop” food images featured on its AI-generated storefront menu.
Two proposals by Supervisor Connie Chan would let small businesses with the same landlord negotiate rents collectively while giving employees the first opportunity to buy the business if an owner decides to sell.
The retro-chic Champagne and oyster bar Leo's has quietly shut its doors in the Financial District, a decade after garnering national acclaim for its design.
A homeless man was reportedly struck and badly injured by a vehicle Monday morning in an alleyway behind the SFPD's Central Station in North Beach, and the driver was allegedly an off-duty SFPD officer.
"This is what queer joy looks like!" declared D'Arcy Drollinger, celebrating the reopening Friday of Oasis, the SoMa nightclub and cabaret venue she cofounded a decade ago.
Former longtime Port of SF Director Elaine Forbes, who became Sausalito's city manager three weeks ago, was arrested following an apparent mental health crisis onboard a yacht days after taking a leave of absence then being reported missing.
While a few secondhand accounts have emerged about what happened aboard the Volare last Tuesday, bringing a quick and tragic end to a memorial cruise for 20 family members and friends, today we get a firsthand account from one of the survivors.
Police say a suspect who was driving erratically with four passengers in the Mission Sunday refused to pull over and continued until they crashed into a truck and then smashed into the windows of car dealership, sending three to the hospital.
A Sunday fire in the Tenderloin has left an unknown number of residents displaced, and three people were treated for smoke inhalation.
The FDA now says the test showing cyclospora in Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce was a false positive; BART is adding more 10-car trains during commute hours starting today; and fentanyl overdose deaths are down in SF for the first half of this year.
A confrontation over a ticket error at SFO last week led to a lengthy back-and-forth between ticket counter agents and a Bay Area father that culminated in a United Airlines employee telling the man "Maybe we should call on ICE on you."
Getting old sucks. However, if you can feel even a fraction as alive as punk godfather Iggy Pop appeared during his headlining set Saturday at Oakland's Mosswood Meltdown, there's hope for us yet.
PG&E outage on Saturday leaves 9400 SF residents without power, L7 bassist Jennifer Finch dies at 59, and a Haight Street eatery faces blowback for using AI imagery.
Two men are facing federal charges for allegedly holding two US Forest Service workers hostage at gunpoint in a remote section of Northern California. Both workers were safely freed following an overnight standoff near Mt. Shasta that lasted 15 hours and included involvement from the FBI.
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The wreckage of a cabin cruiser that capsized and sank in the San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday has been located with assistance from sonar imaging technology. Authorities say the next step in the process is to evaluate whether the vessel can be raised for further examination.
Paul Pelosi to be charged with a misdemeanor for his alleged role in Napa hit-and-run, two men sue hospital after DNA shows they were switched at birth, and Oakland PD seek public's help to find a missing 13-year-old girl.
State Senator Scott Wiener sees sizable donations from viral Trans March video, a 7.3 earthquake rattles the Mexico-Guatemala border, and Canadian wildfires may impact Sunday's World Cup final.
It's rare that a club party lives on for 15 years, but the queer monthly and seasonal day party at El Rio called Daytime Realness has managed to do just that, against all odds, and in this fickle and ever-more expensive city.
A former SF Sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly forcing a woman to perform oral sex in the bathroom of the county jail, and trying to dissuade her from reporting it soon after — all within a month of being hired at County Jail No 2.
Chef Seth Stowaway returns with an underground dinner series, Handroll Hawker debuts on Polk, and Dead Letter arrives on the square in Sonoma, all in This Week in Food.
Shredded iceberg lettuce sold at some Taco Bell restaurants in five Midwestern states has been linked to the current outbreak of an intestinal illness known as cyclosporiasis, which is believed to have been supplied by Salinas-based Taylor Farms.
A family-friendly drone show is coming to Oracle Park in September which will feature images and characters from the Harry Potter universe, rendered in the air above the stands via 1,200 drones.
Buster Posey's recent unpopularity was on full display during a live interview on the Giants' flagship radio station, KNBR, when an unnamed producer was caught on a hot mic voicing his opinion off-camera.
