Democrats' post-mortems after this election were already exhausting last Wednesday, and they've only continued for the last nine days. And on networks like CNN, they have had to hammer home the reasons why Dems lost so terribly, in terms of losing control of the House and Senate.
It's Southwest Airlines' turn at being the one with all the publicized problems this week, with two of its jets flying out of the Bay Area needing to make emergency landings due to mechanical issues.
After three recent high-profile incidents of violence on BART trains or at its stations, a coalition of business leaders, elected officials, and community groups are telling Gavin Newsom to beef up BART security with California Highway Patrol officers.
With the big tree-lighting ceremony in Union Square this week, the pall hanging over the celebration is the impending planned closure of Macy's, with this potentially being the last Great Tree lighting in the square, at least by Macy's.
Dark days loom for Muni after the failure of Prop L, an incoming Trump presidency, and a deficit as high as $322 million, so there’s talk of eliminating the cable cars, or axing some lesser-used bus lines outright.
Defendant Nima Momeni took the stand in his own defense Wednesday, in a move that could prove damaging to the defense, depending on how his cross-examination plays out.
SFPD Chief Bill Scott says rumors of his retirement are "not coming from me."; the San Mateo County Sheriff spoke defiantly at a county board of supervisors meeting about not stepping down; and the UC system has a major budget shortfall.
The District 11 supervisor race in SF remains a matter of 200 votes; an Oakland murder suspect was tracked down in Philadelphia; and conservative attorney Ted Olson, who argued against Prop 8, has died.
After undisclosed acts of football team racism toward Black members of the team, Tamalpais High School has put the whole football program on probation, and will forfeit all of the team’s remaining games if there’s another incident.
A full-blown R-rated soap opera has broken out at the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, as the sheriff is alleged to have hired her boyfriend to a position she created, and used the n-word. Oh, and the president of the county’s deputy sheriff’s union was arrested Tuesday.
Despite the reputation that Oakland, and especially East Oakland, has for violent crime, the stats this year have trended downward. But there was one homicide Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, the first in almost two months.
A state commission is about to decide the fate of a proposed 3,200-foot underground seawall to protect a sewage tunnel on the southern end of Ocean Beach, but surfers say it would make the beach more dangerous not just for them, but for ordinary beachgoers too.
We learn this week that Apple and A24 are moving forward with a film adaptation of writer Michael Lewis's book about Sam Bankman-Fried, and Lena Dunham has been tapped to write the script.
San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum announced Wednesday that it is shutting down next month for "at least one year," saying that it is facing a severe budget shortfall and declining revenue.
Accused killer Nima Momeni took the stand Wednesday morning to tell his version of events in the April 2023 killing of Bob Lee, claiming he turned the knife on Lee in self-defense.
The overall $250 million sale of the Oakland Coliseum is being held up by East Bay elected officials, who seem to want to do more due diligence on deals they’ve already agreed to. But the City of Oakland is getting stiffed on payments because of it.
Maurice Monk was found dead in his Santa Rita Jail cell after staff had not checked on him in at least three days, and in her final weeks in office, Alameda County DA Pamela Price is charging nearly a dozen deputies and staffers with negligence in his death.
A female employee at the Ocean Beach Safeway was brutally attacked on Sunday; whooping cough is on the rise in the Bay Area; and Intel has brought back free coffee and tea for workers to "boost morale."
A man was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning on Market Street, and was found outside one of the entrances to the Embarcadero BART station, and a subsequent search for a suspect caused significant train delays.
Jerry Garcia’s voice has been sold to an AI firm for future use; Chyanne Chen remains barely ahead in the nailbiter District 11 supervisor race; but Myrna Melga has now flat-out won another term as District 7 supervisor.
A federal judge has sided with the City of San Francisco, saying that San Francisco International Airport's trademark is likely being infringed upon by Oakland Airport's new name, which was chosen by the Port of Oakland's board this spring.
Former Warrior Klay Thompson will get a hero’s welcome in his first return to the Chase Center Tuesday night, with fans sure to give him a standing ovation, all wearing commemorative Klay hats. But Draymond Green says, “I’m running through his chest.”
A ex-deputy in the Alameda County Sheriff's Department was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison for the 2022 murders of a Dublin couple inside their home.
Under cross-examination Tuesday, the friend who was with Nima Momeni's sister on the day before Bob Lee's murder told prosecutors that Khazar Momeni has a tendency to exaggerate.
Well, that’s one way to address a $214 million deficit. Muni just launched an online store, in time for the holidays, where you can buy Muni swag like t-shirts, hoodies, hats, socks, and even baby onesies.
