Two early morning fires in two days destroy commercial buildings in the East Bay; a man at the center of the BBQ Becky video has died; and SF's Castro Street is set to lose some palm trees.
The man accused of pushing a 74-year-old woman to her death at a BART station finally appeared in court; Lady Gaga got engaged to an SF tech executive; and Bayshore Boulevard 24-hour diner Silver Crest Donut Shop has closed, though perhaps only temporarily.
An unidentified 22-year woman was struck and seriously injured by a Calistoga Police Department vehicle Monday night, and the California Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation into what happened.
The former director of the SFPD’s now-dissolved nonprofit SF SAFE was arrested Tuesday on 34 felony counts, after reports of profligate misspending of public money on lavish parties, forged checks, and possibly her own rent. But did city officials get some of these gifts too?
A fungal infection that is becoming more common in California but was once rarely seen outside of Arizona and northern Mexico appears to have afflicted multiple attendees at the Lightning In a Bottle festival outside Bakersfield in May.
San Francisco's ever-shifting strategy to address the crisis of homelessness shifts again this week to an aggressive effort to clear encampments off of streets and push individuals to accept shelter and/or substance abuse treatment.
An NBC Bay Area report in May detailed that 25% of SF school crossing guards said they or their school children had nearly been hit by self-driving Waymos, and now Mayor Breed is promising to hold the Google subsidiary more accountable.
The Chico man suspected of sparking the Park Fire last week, which has burned over 380,000 acres of Northern California, has now been charged with felony arson and arson with aggravating factors.
An early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a popular bookstore on College Avenue in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood, and displaced five people who lived upstairs.
A nine-year veteran of the SFPD, Luciano Ortega, died unexpectedly Sunday; a body found in the Oakland estuary is being considered a suspicious death; and "White Men for Harris" raises $4 million in one fundraising call.
The City of Oakland has completed the sale of its share of the Coliseum; a suspect was arrested for allegedly lighting brush fires on I-880 with a blowtorch; and Waymo has way more cars on the road than they did a few months back.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be in the Bay Area for a fundraiser Monday night, with tickets as much as $50,000 per couple, but you can pay your admission in crypto.
The host of a recent Mark Farrell fundraiser in the Marina went off on SF for “lawlessness and wokeism,” a description Farrell called “pretty compelling.” But now Farrell says he disagrees, and Mayor Breed is taking him to task.
Your San Francisco Giants have shown some promise after the All-Star break, despite the 53-55 record. It still may not be promise of being a playoff contender, given they are fourth in the National League West, and eighth in the Wild Card standings.
You may recall Mendocino County’s 2021 Hopkins Fire, which destroyed more than 250 acres and nearly 30 homes, and now a 23-year-old man is on trial for the second time for allegedly starting it, after his first trial was declared a mistrial.
A San Francisco Supervisor has some new proposed legislation that would pay an extra $100/week incentive to city welfare recipients if they are in substance-abuse treatment and succeed in staying clean.
Twitter/X owner Elon Musk’s latest volley in the 2024 presidential campaign is a completely fake doctored video of Kamala Harris, clearly intended to deceive people, as the Trump-Harris election has Silicon Valley’s wealthiest tech bros at each other’s throats.
About to enter is sixth day, the Park Fire in Northern California has now scorched over 562 square miles, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles, and it is the sixth-largest wildfire in recorded California history.
A 15-year-old girl was fatally shot in Hayward; the Point Fire in Contra Costa County is now 92% contained; and President Biden is set to give remarks about a push for term limits and stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court.
BART service was stopped at four Oakland stations and there were delays throughout the system extending into Sunday; the Park Fire is now 12% contained; and SF health officials are advising indoor masking again.
There were evacuations Friday in Bay Point and Concord, as the Point Fire in Contra Costa County grew to more than 470 acres, but was 40% contained as of Saturday.
The Park Fire has now exploded to cover more than 300,000 acres; the minor league Oakland Ballers have a player revolt on their hands; and road closures galore loom for Sunday’s San Francisco Marathon.
The accused shooter in the Mission District barbershop shooting appears in court; two people were killed driving off a cliff at Devil's Slide; and Waymo is dragging the tire slasher and other vandals right to court.
There’s a new contest where you could win four VIP seats into Giants games from Cuervo tequila, and the Giants are also pushing commemorative jackets from their last World Series title, for about a thousand bucks.
Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s 20-year-old trans daughter, gave her first public interview following Musk’s attacks on her in a recent interview, and also took to social media to say that Musk is (zing!) “in a ketamine-fueled haze.”
