Confronted with the very messy optics of steering millions of dollars to someone whose business partner may be a target of the very same FBI investigation that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may be a target of, Thao is choosing to merely duck the vote.
Donald Trump is again making promises to constituents that he may or may not keep, believing it's politically expedient to tell some libertarian crypto bros that he would pardon Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if he became president again.
A woman was killed Friday after falling out of a vehicle doing donuts in San Jose; Pleasanton police catch suspect with loaded ghost gun; and most of Bolinas Beach is closed due to an urgent public health concern.
SF just rolled out some new mobile security cameras for "high-crime zones"; two planes crashed in mid-air in Tahoe; and the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair just celebrated its 45th edition on Sunday.
The former South of Market home of presidential nominee Kamala Harris has now been transformed into a Kamala Harris-themed Airbnb, though it will cost you a minimum of $6,000 to stay there.
A couple thousand corgis and their human companions unleashed corgi magic at the Alameda County Fairgrounds for the tenth anniversary Corgi Con Saturday, and made short work of many different contests where they competed fur prizes.
It's been 50 years since BART began shuttling passengers under the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco. And with a recent seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube complete, the agency is celebrating the big anniversary today.
A man somehow ended up with his leg trapped under a Muni bus at Geary and Masonic over the weekend, and was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Some of the 26 individuals who are facing criminal charges stemming from a Tax Day protest in April that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours made court appearances on Monday, and were joined by activists protesting their prosecution.
Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference, which these days is all about AI, is set to bring in about 45,000 attendees when it kicks off Tuesday in SoMa, which is the biggest crowd it's had since the pandemic.
Wednesday was going to be the big day when the SF Unified School District would announce which schools they’re going to close. But in a surprising Sunday afternoon statement, they said they’re putting off that announcement “until October.”
One person and two cats had to be rescued from a fire escape Sunday evening after an accidental kitchen fire spread inside a top floor apartment in SF's Little Saigon neighborhood.
Ryan Routh, the suspect arrested for possibly trying to assassinate Donald Trump, was a known, passionate supporter of Ukraine; Salesforce gives money to SF schools for AI education; and Jane's Addiction cancels reunion tour after onstage fight.
An updated status report from Cal Fire's webpage stated that the fire's forward progress was halted about an hour after it initially started, at 2:20 pm, and that the fire crew eventually swelled to 40 at some point during the blaze.
The Oakland A's lost twice in a row to the historically awful White Sox; Donald Trump survived another attempt on his life today; and a "miracle" rescue occurred in San Jose.
In a press release published earlier today, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they arrested a "burglary crew" of four people they say are responsible for more than $100,000 in multiple retail thefts perpetrated across both San Mateo County and San Francisco.
X has finally shuttered its San Francisco headquarters; Trump is threatening to rescind wildfire funding; and an Oakland Police officer is on leave as an ongoing reckless driving investigation proceeds.
One of Pamela Price's top officers has a lightning-rod past; A San Jose school district is resting its hopes on a new leader; and Springfield, Ohio is now under threat after Trump's attacks during the debate.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Nuru with a pattern uncovered during mayoral candidate Mark Farrell’s time on the Board of Supervisors, as a report details how he got $1.2 million in donations directed to a nonprofit where his wife serves on the board.
It’s been a jackpot for SFPD efforts to crack down on illegal gambling operations this week, as after a Tuesday raid on an underground Tenderloin casino operation, police on Wednesday popped a Cayuga Avenue home that also had an apparent illegal gambling den.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office told SFist that the suspect is currently being held without bail, and that an arraignment is scheduled for October 1.
The curious matter of a $10,000 Martha’s Vineyard house rental paid for with your tax dollars had led to the resignation of an SF City Hall commission director, and she appears to have also approved more than a million dollars in contracts to a man that lives with her.
A major police situation was happening in or near Powell Street Station Friday morning after an armed suspect apparently fired a gun, and then was shot by police.
An SUV driver had some reason to be so upset with a Tesla driver in Orinda that he reportedly punched the Tesla driver, who then allegedly shot and killed the SUV driver, bringing a rare gun homicide to the wealthy suburb of Orinda.
One of Major League Baseball’s most prominent agents has stirred the pot about the possibility of the A’s staying in Oakland for another year or longer, and it may be significant that the players’ union has still not signed off on the deal for the A’s to play in Sacramento.
