Bay Area drivers should know that a scam has been going around involving fake websites posing as the FasTrak toll system trying to extract payments from people.
The year-plus search for a new Oakland Police Chief has finally concluded, as Mayor Sheng Thao has named Floyd Mitchell as the new chief, who’d previously held that role in Lubbock and Temple, Texas.
BART's new evasion-proof fare gates are getting installed at Civic Center Station today; a 28-year-old man was found shot at an Oakland motel; and rain arrives again this afternoon.
A Swiss company has bought up a large Genentech facility in Vacaville; storms will make Tahoe roads treacherous this weekend; and Gavin Newsom’s Prop 1 can finally declare victory by a mere two-tenths of a percentage point.
It’s now two arrests in two months for a since-fired city HR manager who allegedly used city funds to buy fancy tech gear, as he was arrested again Thursday for charges of stealing $627,000 from the city through a fraudulent workers' compensation scheme.
Going to a Giants game this baseball season — or, likely, to any upcoming concerts at Oracle Park — is going to have a lot more nightclub vibes, thanks to a major lighting and sonic upgrade at the stadium.
Are you willing to wait in a six-hour line for exceptional beer that only comes out once a year? You’ll get your chance starting Friday, as Russian River Brewing Company’s 20th anniversary edition Pliny the Younger comes out tomorrow, and will be available for two weeks.
24 Hour Fitness, which has been closing some of its SF gyms in recent years, will no longer be living up to its name at any of its remaining locations in the city, with an hour change just announced to members.
The long-awaited Reddit IPO happened Thursday afternoon, and shares in the company soared 48%, closing at $50.31 per share by the end of the day — well above the initial price of $34.
A jury just found a five-year veteran of the SFPD guilty of sexual battery, over a 2021 incident where he groped a woman at a Marina bar, and brazenly did so with her husband right there.
After years of scrutiny by regulators and rumblings from states' attorneys general, and following similar prosecutions against Google and other major tech players, Apple was hit with a sweeping lawsuit Thursday accusing it of creating a monopoly around its popular smartphones.
A 60-year-old Berkeley woman was stabbed and killed Sunday afternoon in her University Avenue apartment, and her 23-year old daughter who reportedly has mental health issues is in custody on murder charges.
On Wednesday evening, city officials confirmed that the three-month-old who was gravely injured in Saturday's crash in West Portal has died.
An equipment problem between Daly City and Balboa Park was causing BART delays; a bunch of cars in the Richmond District had their tires slashed; and the FTC is calling out large grocery chains for unfairly hiking prices after supply chain issues eased.
The "Free Fentanyl" guy is back hanging around a Richmond District playground; SFMOMA and City College have settled their legal dispute over the cost to move that Diego Rivera mural; and Evan Low is leading in the South Bay primary for second place to succeed Anna Eshoo in Congress by just 3 votes.
While election results are still pouring in, there are enough ‘women vs. women’ primary races that come December, the California state Senate is likely to be comprised of 53% women.
Five individuals were arrested Saturday night after an hourslong chase that involved the Alameda County Sheriff's Office helicopter tracking a speeding vehicle through the East Bay and back and forth across the Bay.
Former SF mayor, ex-California Assembly Speaker, and longtime political string-puller Willie Brown turns 90 years old today, and the tributes are pouring in for the man whose SF political machine may still be as strong as ever.
This spring's theater season in San Francisco is especially full with acclaimed shows newly on tour, and a world-premiere musical at Berkeley Rep centered on the story of Galileo Galilei.
We got your March Madness right here — the taqueria El Farolito’s amateur soccer team El Farolito SC defeated the pro team Portland Timbers 2 Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open Cup.
What's more 90s than a Grey Goose vodka martini, icily shaken and well seasoned with brine?
An Oakland man who owns a money-wiring service has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a plea deal, after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges.
Rain will return to the Bay Area this weekend, after a welcome springtime respite, and it looks like our early spring is going to be a wet one beyond the weekend as well.
The Alameda County Public Health Department says you may have been exposed to measles if you were at San Leandro’s Sons of Liberty Alehouse on Saturday, March 9, as the troublesome nationwide measles uptick continues.
Cycling champion Ethan Boyes was killed last April by a driver operating under the influence, but that driver just got a very lenient plea deal of only two misdemeanor counts, and faces no longer than a year in jail.
