Meta has confirmed that it has launched a limited-time, invite-only bonus program for social media creators on Threads, in an apparent effort to boost engagement on the platform as it crosses the 150 million user mark.
The oldest restaurant in California, Tadich Grill, celebrated its 175th anniversary on Sunday, bringing many local luminaries, with political foes Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin burying their hatchets for one brief afternoon over cioppino and crab cakes.
It's a third pivot for the space downstairs from Che Fico, where Che Fico Alimentari will be calling it quits on May 9 to make way for a more high-volume to-go operation and more private dining space.
We may have another carsonist on our hands, or else the same individual who set fire to two Teslas in SoMa in February is back at it.
A San Francisco-based federal judge is sending an attorney to prison for ten years, after he hired a hitman to kill his estranged partner, a Zimbabwean fashion icon, but unfortunately for him the hitman was actually an undercover FBI agent.
After San Francisco saw a major plastering of posters about a missing teen last week, the story ended happily for parents Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield when their child was found safe.
A gunshot victim died in Oakland Saturday afternoon; the Chronicle alerts us to dogs overdosing on fentanyl; and the incoming class at Lowell High School is once again disproportionately white and Asian.
The teenage child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield was found in SF after being reported missing from Marin this week; a rare coin store launched a scavenger hunt with 11 classic coins hidden around the city; and a woman was fatally shot in San Jose this weekend.
After a drop in traffic tickets in San Francisco in the last decade, SFPD is amping up traffic enforcement at intersections notorious for speeders.
Former MLB player Dustan Mohr was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes with a 13-year-old girl; a refrigerant leak at a Concord Costco forced 1,000 people there to evacuate; and pro-Palestinian protests continue at Bay Area college campuses.
The average asking rent in San Francisco rose by 1%, the first increase in 8 months; London Breed's plan to bring giant pandas to SF still has some roadblocks ahead; and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz is selling her 65-acre ranch in Bolinas for $9 million.
Beloved humor site and “America’s Finest News Source” The Onion has been sold to San Francisco resident and Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, who says “The Onion is an institution, a national treasure, and we need it.”
Earlier this week, the Sundance Film Festival announced that it was exploring its options to move to a new locale in 2027, after throwing the revered festival in Park City, Utah for the last 43 of its 46 years. And SF will be throwing its hat in the ring.
A new high-end Thai spot arrives in Japantown, a new but familiar French bistro is taking over the Catch space in the Castro, and Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan admits she likes it when servers are mean.
You no longer need to own roller skates to go roller skating at Golden Gate Park’s Skatin’ Place, because starting Saturday, roller skates and inline skates will be available for rental at the celebrated outdoor rink.
The SF HIV/AIDS prevention community is mourning the loss of 33-year-old Melanie Woods, a staple at fundraisers and events, who spent nearly three years organizing those events for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
As TikTok faces its biggest challenge to date, with the US government insisting that it be divorced from its Chinese parent company or cease doing business here, the company has a trust and safety officer whose name may be familiar to San Franciscans.
A cat survived a harrowing six-day journey in a cardboard box with some boots and was reunited with her family, who thought she had somehow escaped their home in Utah.
Congressman and senatorial candidate Adam Schiff was told not to leave anything in his car while staying in San Francisco, but he says he was in a hurry and left his luggage, which got stolen while the car was in a parking garage.
A large fire just before 4:30 am Friday morning consumed a four-story residential building at Lyon and Clay streets, but fortunately no one was injured, as the building was vacant and still under construction.
Pacifica police are seeking an arson suspect who was last seen at an archery range; an Oakland man is in a coma after being tased by park police while in the water; and there is some apparent misinformation being spread about the disappearance of Mint Butterfield.
There’s impressive new renderings of a proposed reimagining of the former Westfield Mall; bike activists’ guerrilla street alterations near Duboce Park have been removed; and the NFL Draft is underway, with plenty of 49ers intrigue.
If you were captivated by the exploits of “Otter 841” evading the authorities in Santa Cruz all last summer, you’ll love SFFILM’s otter documentary screening this Saturday at the Marina Theatre.
The Michelin organization has just released its first ever guide to and rankings of US hotels, and like the Michelin Guides to restaurants dole out stars, the new guide has given "key" rankings to 124 hotels across the country.
After the recent SF County Jail lockdowns and complaints of severe staffing shortages, SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto opens up about his office’s challenges, while the deputies’ union is demanding he calls in the National Guard.
