James Oliver Unick was sentenced Friday for the 1982 cold-case murder of Sarah Geer in Cloverdale; dozens gathered for a vigil for a man killed while walking his dog in Oakland; and the Golden State Valkyries just won their 7th consecutive game.
The SFPD made 76 arrests in a narcotics operation Wednesday; PG&E is facing a new $22 million from the CPUC for the Mosquito Fire in 2022; and Apple is suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of hardware trade secrets via engineers who used to work for Apple.
The second annual Ferry Fest will feature a showcase with nine musical acts from Noise Pop, workshops led by local artists, a wine-tasting pass, and lots of shopping.
Call it yet another sign of the toxic mood surrounding this Giants season, but a brawl broke out near the front row at Oracle Park Thursday night during the Giants-Rockies game, and San Francisco police arrested four people they say were involved.
Merchant Roots goes all in for summer, Julius' Castle makes a long-awaited return, Pho Divis debuts on Divis, and Big Four's new incarnation gets a Chronicle review, all in This Week in Food.
Sixteen puppies that were abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in Livermore will soon be put up for adoption at East Bay SPCA shelters in Dublin and Oakland.
A 17-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with the June 3 shooting in Fairfield, at a high school graduation ceremony, that left one 18-year-old dead and three others wounded.
Five tigers that were abandoned after living for years at a now-shuttered roadside zoo in Oroville, in Butte County, were rescued and cared for in recent months at the Oakland Zoo, with one remaining there for good.
After SF gained national attention over a $1.7 million toilet in Noe Valley, SF passed a law in 2024 enabling city departments to utilize cooperative purchasing to reduce costs and red tape on small projects like playgrounds and public toilets.
Actor-writer-director Joseph Gordon-Levitt is making a new movie, a thriller centered on artificial intelligence, and that appears to be what brought him and his cast and crew to San Francisco this week, with a fake homeless encampment in the Financial District being one of the first clues.
In an effort to ease crowding on trains and help the system run more efficiently, BART is implementing longer trains during peak times on some lines, streamlining the schedule to reduce transfer wait times, and addressing bottlenecking at Daly City.
A 19-year-old man is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in his Menlo College dorm room; a Berkeley restaurateur pleaded no contest to a theft scheme involving his father; and a Danville shopping center appears to be going belly up.
Oakland airport is expanding its list of nonstop flights; Chevron spilled about a barrel of gasoline mixture into the bay; and two people were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred during a recent beach takeover in Alameda.
Following the SF Giants' 10-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, pitcher Logan Webb lashed out at a local sports producer on X before deleting his account.
A new, very tall building could one day rise at the corner of Duboce Avenue and Market Street on Mint Hill, as the property owners have paid for design work and ferried it through city approvals with the state density bonus included.
Travelers willing to pay a premium for a more exclusive airport experience could eventually avoid the crowds and chaos of SFO's main terminals at a proposed new private terminal.
The historic and storied Julius' Castle, overlooking the Bay on Telegraph Hill, is finally opening its doors to the public again this year, after a decade and a half of rumors and neighborhood squabbles.
A small bistro on Divisadero that debuted three years ago as a crêperie specializing in Breton-style buckwheat gallettes has pivoted for a second time and has now rebranded on its awning as Divis Taqueria, under the same ownership.
The Oakland Roots soccer club won't be playing its matches at the Oakland Coliseum after this season, meaning the aging stadium will go fully dark in 2027 barring some other interest in the venue.
The historic Cow Palace and several other Bay Area fairgrounds are considering a proposal by a private company to build data centers and helipads across California — with the goal of developing 70 by 2030.
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Thursday morning the selection of James Beere to be the next chief of the Oakland Police Department.
Rohnert Park police arrested a 21-year-old man after a woman caught him at her home allegedly selling a cannabis vape pen to her 12-year-old following a deal arranged on Snapchat.
There were delays at SFO's International Terminal Wednesday due to a technical issue with check-ins; a 3.5M earthquake shook San Benito County this morning; and a Napa County burglary suspect allegedly took a selfie of himself during the crime.
The suspect in the April fire-bomb attack on Sam Altman's home was back in court today; murder charges have been filed in a June 14 shooting that killed a San Leandro father of four; and Alan Wong has taken a sharp right-ward turn since joining the SF Board of Supervisors
The SF Board of Supervisors voted to add a measure to the November ballot that would help the city work toward establishing its own public bank, which would fund affordable housing, green energy, and small businesses — the first of its kind in the nation.
