The man who was killed Wednesday morning in an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe has been identified as a Bay Area resident who also had a home in Truckee.
An 18-wheeler carrying garbage caught fire and dumped its load on the Great Highway this morning; BART's 'Fleet of the Future' is coming in under budget; and Google laid off hundreds of engineers overnight.
SF-based Twitch is laying off a third of its staff; three-day passes for BottleRock have already sold out; and SF Animal Care & Control has a full shelter and is waiving adoption fees for dogs.
The impending foreclosure on the mid-Market apartment building NEMA is apparently no longer impending, as the developer behind the luxury high-rise has struck a deal with its creditors.
We have two more closures to add to the list of retailers leaving the former Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco.
The former Broken Record bar at Geneva Avenue and Edinburgh Street will be officially reborn as the Halfway Club when it opens Wednesday night, with a kitchen, full bar, and a “70’s dad’s basement bar” vibe.
The boyfriend of Kimberly Wong, the 27-year-old tech worker who was killed in her Presidio Heights apartment just after Thanksgiving, made another court appearance Wednesday, and we are now learning more about the case against him.
A 28-year-old woman in San Rafael was arrested Monday after allegedly stabbing her mother to death while on Facebook Live, in the midst of what appears to have been a mental health crisis.
Starting July 1, California drinking establishments will be required to stock testing kits that tell if your drink has been spiked with common date rape drugs like ketamine or GHB, though bars won’t have to provide the testing strips for free.
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There was an avalanche Wednesday morning at Palisades Tahoe that reportedly buried multiple skiers who were among the first down a trail, and a search and rescue operation is underway.
Another huge settlement for the family of a victim shot by Vallejo police, or in this case the family of a victim shot 55 times by Vallejo police, as the city has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of Willie McCoy for his 2019 shooting.
There is a public memorial service today for slain Oakland officer Tuan Le; Marin County supervisors are debating a new cap on short-term rental permits; and Trump has promoted a new birther conspiracy about Nikki Haley, pulling from his old playbook.
SF has recorded its first flu death of 2024; the popular pop-up Bernal Bakery is getting a permanent brick-and-mortar home; and the King Tides are expected back in SF on Wednesday.
Wastewater levels show the Bay Area (and the whole country) are in the second-largest COVID surge of the pandemic, but we’re not seeing near the same levels of deaths or hospitalizations that have characterized the other previous surges.
As expected, SF Supervisor Dean Preston made a move at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting to begin a process of cajoling Safeway not to shutter its 40-year-old grocery store in the Fillmore District, at least not yet.
The SF Board of Supervisors passed that resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, and the 8-3 vote set off utter bedlam in the board’s City Hall chambers.
The man who was fatally shot outside the Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday night has now been identified, and the case is being investigated as a homicide.
A San Francisco jury has convicted a man of assault in a case that was among a string of violent incidents targeting older Bay Area residents of Asian descent in recent years.
A Napa County Instragam trap is causing worries that it could become a death trap, and the county is considering moving its picturesque “Welcome” sign because of unsafe behavior by motorists and pedestrians seeking pictures of it.
A bevy of recent and upcoming openings in and around the FiDi, including a new Osha Thai and a new Wayfare Tavern, point to some bullishness about things picking up downtown.
Muralist Cameron Moberg has plenty of public art around Bayview and Visitacion Valley, but he’s filed a lawsuit after the art allegedly turned up in a city-sponsored ad campaign without his permission.
The monthly, two-day vendor/flea market with live music and food trucks on Treasure Island, born over a decade ago, is returning next month after a four-year absence.
A small fire at a mixed-use building on Divisadero was quickly contained Tuesday morning, and was kept from spreading to residential units. Meanwhile, a house fire in Portola displaced a family of five.
Many protesters spoke at an SF supervisors' committee meeting Monday ahead of a Gaza ceasefire resolution; Oakland saw its fourth homicide in 48 hours Monday; and West Oakland is mourning the shooting death of a corner store operator.
SF health officials announced the season's first flu death; Gov. Newsom announced a May 21 date for the special election to fill Kevin McCarthy's House seat; and the wall around People's Park is nearly complete.
