Lafayette police chased a gas station armed robbery suspect Tuesday who quickly crashed into a ditch; the first tourist identified among the dead in Maui was a 72-year-old California woman; and that COVID-rule-flouting San Jose church continues to battle the county in court over its punishment.
Santa Clara will extend the concert curfew for Beyonce by an hour, Burning Man gates are still closed because of flooding, and the much-anticipated Market Street IKEA opens Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.
The legendary Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil returns to SF for the first time since the pandemic hit, with an eight-show run of “Corteo” that will transform the Chase Center in ways you’ve never seen it, starting this week.
A gigantic legal marijuana grow in East Oakland pissed off their neighbors for years by running diesel generators nonstop. But they also weren’t paying their mortgage, and when their bank sued, two of the managing partners disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
We must, given the players involved, take this with a massive grain of salt. But the latest word from the man who is ostensibly going to be the new manager of Badlands in the Castro is that it will remain Badlands, and it's reopening in two months.
On the heels of the local SF Catholic Archdiocese declaring bankruptcy over sex abuse lawsuits, one prestigious prep school affiliated with the archdiocese is facing a lawsuit alleging that a teacher kissed and groped multiple students.
One lengthy drug sentence is likely to come down in Santa Clara County in a case involving a dealer who was providing dangerous, fentanyl-laced pills to students at Los Gatos High School last year, leading to at least one overdose.
The tech-funded, self-described moderate community nonprofit TogetherSF, which is linked to political action group TogetherSF Action and, through its biggest funder, to the SF Standard publication, has just commissioned a 76-page report that argues the reasons why SF's political system is broken.
A new Canadian law requiring Facebook to compensate news outlets for using their content has led the social media company to just block news article posts outright, which has unintended consequences as wildfires continue to rage in Canada.
The Mission District location of Wag Hotels received a visit last week from Animal Care & Control, which followed a Chronicle investigative report into over a half dozen cases of dogs allegedly being neglected or injured while in the hotel chain's care.
The SFPD says there's no evidence any crime was committed against missing 22-year-old Yohanes Kidane; more Cruise robotaxis stalled in the Mission trying to make the same turn; and LA Mayor Karen Bass calls Texas Gov. Greg Abbott "evil."
Three NYT reporters took Waymo's paid robotaxi service for a spin; the death last month of a 63-year-old Bayview woman has been deemed accidental; and Los Gatos 'party mom' Shannon O'Connor missed a court appearance today.
Another immersive Peaches Christ Halloween Terror Vault attraction is set to emerge from the grave for 2023, and this year’s version is a cult-themed screamer called ‘The Initiation,' the trailer and details of which have recently dropped.
In hopes of generating voter turnout in next year’s presidential election, the SF Department of Elections is creating a new “I Voted” sticker, and you could win $1,000 if you design the winning entry. The winner will be chosen, of course, by vote.
With more than 500 civil lawsuits looming over the sexual abuse of children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco did the expected and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, putting those lawsuits on hold.
Elon Musk threatened to jettison the "block" feature on Twitter/X, which led to plenty of drama on the platform over the weekend, and meanwhile, something went awry with all photos and links from pre-December 2014.
An investigation by the New York Times has found an extremely alarming trend of increasing near-misses at U.S. airports in recent years, with a major airline catastrophe getting likelier with each one.
Don’t bother leaving for Burning Man today if you have an early-arrival pass, because Black Rock City is largely underwater, and the flooding has forced the temporary closure of the event’s front gate until 12 noon Tuesday at the earliest.
It's that time of year again, and wildfire smoke primarily coming from lightning-caused fires that broke out last week in far Northern California is now starting to impact air quality in the Bay Area.
A well-received cafe, bakery, and restaurant in the NoPa neighborhood with Michelin pedigreed talent behind it, which had received a ton of advance press prior to its delayed 2021 opening, is closing its doors after just 21 months.
It was a deadly Sunday in Oakland, as the city saw four separate shootings and three homicides in a 15-hour period, though police believe all of the shootings are unrelated.
California's desert cities are isolated by flooding roads following Tropical Storm Hilary; only one death from the storm has been reported so far in Mexico; and Scott Wiener is shelving a bridge toll hike he proposed to help transit agencies' budget woes.
A movement to recall Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price took a step forward as a group called "Save Alameda for Everyone (SAFE)" filed official paperwork this week to recall Price, who has faced escalating criticism for her approach to criminal justice.
Hilary made landfall Sunday morning on the Baja California peninsula and is expected to continue north throughout the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday.
There's a video of a big fight between 49ers and Broncos fans in the stands of Saturday's preseason game; the North Bay is under an air quality advisory Sunday from wildfire smoke; and there's a new searchable database for every SF city employee's earnings.
