New bars have opened in both the Castro and North Beach neighborhoods, Lazy Bear is set to close this summer for a renovation, and the Chronicle's critic sees a lot of greige at RH's Palm Court restaurant.
A recent WIRED investigation uncovered a high-end crime ring that appeared to be shipping stolen Bay Area electric bikes to Mexico. New reporting shows that the local epicenter of this ring may be a transmission shop in San Jose.
A new electric air taxi service is looking to launch in the Bay Area, with its first taxi-port to be built at a South San Francisco office complex — and they have plans to offer 10-minute rides to San Jose and 15-minute rides to Napa.
Thursday’s FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s house appears to be part of a larger investigation of Oakland’s trash pick-up contractor, and this thing might be a Mohammed Nuru-caliber scandal that ensnares many more politicians in Oakland — and beyond.
An area north of Antelope Lake in Plumas National Forest is going to play host to around 10,000 unwashed hippies next month, and area residents and the local sheriff are sounding alarm bells and wondering what kind of mess they'll be cleaning up.
Parts of the East Bay could see 100-degree temps this weekend; the CPUC says AT&T has to continue being the carrier of last resort for rural communities; and KTVU says goodbye to Julie Haener.
The doctor who drove his family off a San Mateo cliff will avoid jail time; another SFO runway is reopening in time for a coming travel rush; and Laguna Honda Hospital is officially off the schneid and fully recertified.
Levi Strauss family heir money and venture capitalists’ bucks are flying into the campaign accounts for SF mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie, but he’s burning through it too, and has spent $1.2 million with Election Day still five months out.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was among the many who paid homage to the late Willie Mays at Mays’s Oracle Park statue Wednesday, so who knows, maybe Spike Lee will show up at the ballpark for Thursday night’s free showing of Giants’ Negro Leagues tribute game.
The California Supreme Court has struck down an anti-tax measure that had qualified for the November ballot through a signature drive, saying that it violates state constitutional procedure.
Hoping to memory-hole the flooding drama at 33 Tehama, the luxury SoMa high-rise is suddenly rebranding itself as “Spera,” and while it is at the exact same location, it now claims to be located at 39 Tehama Street.
A 34-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with multiple arson incidents and the firebombing of a campus police vehicle at UC Berkeley, and these may have been acts of protest over the university's treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters.
A highly historic feature could be puffing up at this year’s SF Pride celebration, with Civic Center Plaza planning to host SF Pride’s first-ever legal marijuana sales and consumption area — though the permit has technically not been approved yet.
A lot of tickets have already been sold, and fans of Tyler, the Creator will be disappointed to learn that he will not be making a return visit to Outside Lands this year after all.
Not sure what's going on here, but hours after a shooting at Lake Merritt, and less than a day after signatures were verified in a recall campaign against her, the FBI raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.
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Fourteen people were injured, one of them critically, in a shooting Wednesday evening after a fight broke out during an unsanctioned Juneteenth gathering by Lake Merritt in Oakland — which also devolved into a sideshow. This is the second Juneteenth shooting in Oakland in three years.
The annual rise in COVID infections is arriving along with summer gatherings as it has before; Sonoma County sees an 11% uptick in homelessness; and Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ban cellphones from schools statewide.
A juvenile was shot and injured at 15th and Market streets Tuesday night; Assemblymember Matt Haney is being called out for lavish spending on sporting events; and the Club Q shooter has taken a plea deal on federal hate crime charges after previously pleading guilty in state court.
Recall-mania is back in 2024, as a group hoping to recall Mayor Sheng Thao has enough verified signatures to make the November 2024 ballot and possibly remove the embattled mayor.
Another trailblazing moment first for those who blaze up: Next month’s California State Fair will have legal cannabis sales and consumption, the first-ever state fair with pot being smoked legally on-site.
A fight is ongoing over SF Mayor London Breed's new proposed budget, in which she is attempting to cut the 14-year-old program Community Ambassador Program in order to close a major deficit.
The game commemorating baseball's Negro Leagues that is being played Thursday at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, which Giants legend Willie Mays had intended to attend in person before he passed away Tuesday, will be screened at Oracle Park for free.
After nearly a year of controversy, the SFMTA has decided to flip-flop the Valencia Street bike lane back to the old curbside design, but the new curbside bike lanes won’t be completed until January 2025 at the earliest.
The Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill now has a bigger Pride Flag — and a Progress Pride Flag at that — than the Castro's flying atop the building. And the Beacon Grand's is even bigger.
The “Say Hey Kid” and all-time greatest Giant Willie Mays passed away Tuesday at the age of 93, leaving a legacy of 24 All-Star appearances, countless broken racial barriers, and a statue at the SF ballpark by which he will always be remembered.
