It may not have been the fiasco that was July 4th, but the SFMTA's strategies for handling the massive crowds at Outside Lands still don't reflect the experience of 18 years of doing this.
A civilian oversight group found that two SFPD officers used unnecessary force after they typed the incorrect plate number and pursued the wrong man, smashing his window and pepper-spraying him at point-blank range, an encounter that preceded his apparent suicide.
The Timber Fire doubled in size for the second day in a row, growing to 2,000 acres, though fire officials say that it is still spreading at a "slow rate of speed" and is not burning across treetops.
A flower vendor at a Market Street kiosk is back at work after a violent attack last week; SF is far from the only CA city that's behind on its housing goals; and pioneering gallery SF Camerawork is closing its doors.
The SFPD re-arrested a Richmond man for a SoMa homicide in March, along with a second suspect; a body was found at El Cerrito Plaza BART station; and Suisun City has been hit with a cyberattack which has shut down its City Hall.
The 17-year-old driver in last year's fatal crash in Marin County has been denied diversion, and the families of the four teens who were killed remain divided over how she should be punished.
Basically confirming what some SF homeowners have been saying in response to an onerous city mandate to install sprinkler systems in every unit of their high-rise buildings, a new report says that, for some older buildings at least, it could cost upwards of $200,000 per unit.
After launching a billboard in SoMa last month, Tucker Bryant, creator and sole operator of the site ChatTJB, which is powered by the “average individual,” began receiving thousands of requests from users seeking advice and volunteers eager to become human “AIs.”
Sunshine was in short supply on the third and final day of Outside Lands. But that didn't stop perhaps the biggest crowds of the weekend from catching highlights like headliner Rüfüs Du Sol, two servings of Death Cab for Cutie, and a surprise set from Leon Bridges.
Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen and a film crew were on the scene during a child predator sting in San Francisco last month, which was not announced during last week's press conference.
Police in Oakland will hopefully be able to track down a vehicle that allegedly committed a hit-and-run Saturday night in East Oakland that left one woman dead.
Well, now we know how Mark Zuckerberg was spending his August vacation, aboard his yacht off the coast of Alaska. And apparently his vessel refused to respond to a call for assistance from a disabled skiff that had run out of fuel last week.
Two pedestrians suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Union Square Sunday when they were struck by the driver of a pickup truck who a witness says was driving recklessly through a red light at the intersection.
Three cats died in two separate residential fires in SF; the Timber Fire near Big Sur doubled in size overnight; and Taylor Farms is now recalling dozens of products featuring fresh jalapeños.
Saturday night's biggest surprise was the return of Friday headliner Charli xcx, who took the stage with The Strokes for a performance of "Take It Or Leave It" to send fans home on a major high.
Joe Biden's son says the former president's cancer has spread to his bones; SF Fire Department and CHP officials combine to rescue a loose pug on I-280; and Suisun City battles against a cyberattack.
Things were foggy but largely friendly on Day One of Outside Lands, with the Polo Field and adjoining meadows of Golden Gate Park packed with some 75,000 fans for dozens of acts, large and small.
Assemblymember Matt Haney introduces a bill to limit ticket reseller markups; Todd Blanche is narrowly confirmed as new attorney general; and Marin Bay School, SF's first new public school in a decade, opened Thursday.
An Alameda man was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly selling a fatal dose of fentanyl in 2024; Kellogg pledges to remove artificial dyes from its cereals by year's end; and a high school shooting near Bangkok leaves at least seven dead.
Scott Wiener's campaign is taking down the parody chatbot they launched to mock congressional opponent Connie Chan after receiving backlash from Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers, with Wiener acknowledging he “clearly missed the mark.”
Local real estate investor and convicted fraudster Luke Brugnara, who recently erected an illegal fence at Thornton State Beach, was arrested at his Sunset home after six months on the run from a federal warrant over alleged pandemic relief fraud.
The Bayview is getting a new seafood spot as well as several new restaurants, Tacos El Patron is coming to the Fillmore, and Horn Barbecue is now fully done, all in This Week in Food.
There is, as usual, a robust-seeming transit plan for getting Outside Lands concertgoers into and out of the outer Avenues. But depending on when you head west or when you try to leave the concert grounds, your transit experience may vary.
Billionaire philanthropist and political activist Michael Moritz is offering up to three organizations from anywhere in the world as much as $50 million each for their winning ideas on improving life for San Francisco residents.
An SF concert featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and Lionel Richie was called off at the last minute Thursday, disappointing many fans who were in town to see it, due to one of the band members becoming ill.
