The family of a San Francisco man who was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend in 2022 is angry that she is already getting released from prison, after just a year and a half behind bars.
There was a significant delay in the BART system early Wednesday due to a police search for a suspect in San Francisco; a man who led North Bay police on a chase Friday remains critical from a self-inflicted gunshot wound; and cult filmmaker John Waters was injured in a car accident.
Yet another tax code change could be headed for SF's November ballot; a large house fire displaced seven people near Oakland’s Laney College; and some new COVID variants might show up to spoil the summer.
The first SF Mayoral debate is in less than two weeks, but London Breed may be a no-show, as there are ties surfacing between the debate’s tech PAC organizer, and both the Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie campaigns.
Did you see the giant blue and green lasers shooting into the sky near Coit Tower Monday night? They're scheduled to be back again Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and are brought to you by a company unsurprisingly named MegaLasers.
All signs are pointing to a major Transbay District development known as Parcel F, or 542-550 Howard Street, which was set to become the city's fifth-tallest building, being hopelessly stalled, and perhaps doomed, after the developer just missed another key deadline.
An East Bay woman who was on her way to work a night shift on Sunday night at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office was killed in a collision with an alleged drunk driver in San Leandro.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s mayoral campaign has revealed to the press what the fundraising numbers look like in his first month in the race, but like another late entry, Mark Farrell, these numbers cannot be independently verified and we’re just taking their word for it.
Police in San Francisco were led on a chase Tuesday morning through the Tenderloin and to the Embarcadero after a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.
A man reportedly went on a racist rant aboard a Muni bus last week, and a mother and her teen son are speaking out in the hopes of raising awareness and putting pressure on police.
A video from Sunday shows a self-driving Waymo robotaxi driving in the red ‘bus only’ lane on Van Ness Avenue, and apparently about to engage in an illegal left-hand turn.
Much like the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and Columbia have in recent months, the superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District is being called to testify before a Republican-led House committee.
Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, hit full capacity on Monday; the president of SF State sat down to have a dialogue with student protesters; and Elizabeth Holmes got a few months shaved off her sentence for good behavior.
A new study ranks Oakland as the worst city in the US for driving; an Oakland McDonald's is the subject of a strike by employees over rodents; and Jack Dorsey has departed the board of Bluesky.
A SoCal state Senator is pushing a new bill that would eliminate self-checkout from many stores in California, under the reasoning that self-checkout is responsible for a whole lot of shoplifting, and to keep more human cashiers employed.
London Breed’s office is making a big to-do over the latest city numbers that indicate tent encampments are at a five-year low, and while these numbers vary wildly over time, it does look like the trend line is going in a positive direction.
A 30-year-old North Carolina man who had come to San Francisco to audition for a band has been missing for six days, and his family is afraid that foul play may have befallen their loved one.
California Governor Gavin Newsom climbed atop the Golden Gate Bridge to tout the supposedly record-breaking $150 billion tourism dollars spent statewide in 2023, but cynics point out that may just be because of inflation-driven higher prices.
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Some sort of raid or major police action was happening Monday afternoon at a residential building on Sixth Street between Market and Mission streets.
A jet bridge collapsed last Thursday at SFO, just before a deplaning process was about to begin for an arriving Hawaiian Airlines flight from Maui.
Another punch in the gut to the SF bar scene, as the owner of Upper Haight rum bar Hobson’s Choice has announced the place is closing, though the establishment’s final day has not yet been determined.
A welcome week of balmy May weather is in store, with an area of high pressure that should ensure the marine layer stays at Bay for a couple of beach-worthy days.
There may be a motorcade or two complicating traffic near Moscone Center Monday afternoon, as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will be downtown to give a keynote at the RSA Conference.
A 61-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday, just before noon, along the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, near the county courthouse.
A Hayward man has been arrested for an April murder; lightning struck a home in a mobile home park in Placer County on Saturday; and four people were rescued in Tomales Bay on Sunday after their boat capsized.
