It sounds like the Oakland Police Department has solved the case of a string of robberies across multiple neighborhoods, and the culprits are a group of juveniles. But the 35 robberies they've been connected to represent only a fraction of a recent wave of crime in Oakland.
District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio is launching a free program to etch vehicle ID numbers and paint SFPD logos on catalytic converters, hoping to deter thieves with an idea that may be just crazy enough to work.
The memorial and afterparty stretched well into the night at the Castro Theatre and later at Oasis, and the local community came out in droves to remember one of drag's greats.
One of the people injured in Tuesday morning's car crash at Potrero and 16th has died; Oakland saw a spate of 100 robberies this month; and the Oakland A's may have reached an agreement with Nevada legislators to fund their Vegas stadium.
An L.A. reality TV type is on trial for swindling an elderly woman out of her Redwood City home, Uber placed an executive on leave for hosting a “Don’t Call Me Karen” event, and Yosemite campers may be flooded out this coming three-day weekend.
In what sounds like an ACLU profiling lawsuit waiting to happen, Mayor Breed’s newest strategy to combat the fentanyl crisis is reportedly to arrest anyone who appears to be “under the influence of drugs.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly plans to formally announce his candidacy for president in 2024 in a live Twitter audio conversation with none other than Elon Musk — signaling, we suppose, the DeSantis camp's bet that potential DeSantis voters can be found among Musk's fanboys.
This made-for-TV event is not going to look good on TV, as Mayor Breed and the Board of Supervisors were heckled off their own stage and reportedly had a brick thrown at them at a Tuesday joint press conference on drug dealing at U.N. Plaza.
In a first major example of a piece of misinformation from a phony yet blue-check "verified" news account on Twitter since the Musk-era change, an account purporting to be Bloomberg News posted an AI-generated image of an explosion near the Pentagon.
The 28-year-old Oakland newspaper Street Spirit, which chronicles homelessness issues and is sold by unhoused vendors, will publish its last issue on June 1 because they’ve lost their nonprofit funding.
A police pursuit of a carjacking suspect Tuesday morning ended in a violent crash into a bus stop outside the Potrero Center shopping area at 16th Street and Potrero Avenue, leaving five people seriously injured and businesses damaged.
After a February appeals court ruling stopped the development of UC Berkeley’s controversial People’s Park housing complex, East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks has a bill cruising through Sacramento that could reverse that decision.
After financial woes forced the closure of beloved, 41-year-old, family-run SoMa Mexican restaurant Don Ramon's in March, we thought that was probably it. But surprise! The Ramirez family apparently has a deal to move into a new space at Embarcadero Center.
Today is the day for the big Heklina tribute/memorial/celebration of life that is more than likely to sound like a combo funeral, posthumous roast and big, chaotic drag revue. The Castro celebration will be kicking off outdoors at 6 p.m., and organizers are seeking more donations to cover costs.
Walgreens has settled a case brought by consumers who received Theranos blood tests; the NTSB is looking into that small-plane crash near Half Moon Bay on Saturday; and Steph Curry just received the NBA's Social Justice Champion award.
A 10-year-old girl was found fatally stabbed inside an Oakland apartment Monday; a boy of unknown age was assaulted during a strong-arm robbery in Pacific Heights; and longtime A's announcer Glen Kuiper has been fired over a racial epithet incident..
Last week's dustup surrounding the L.A. Dodgers' dumb decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night at the behest of misinformed Catholics and conservatives like Marco Rubio has taken another turn: the Dodgers have apologized and taken it all back.
Some terrible poll numbers for SF Mayor London Breed as she sits 18 months from Election Day 2024, as a new poll has her with just a 36% approval rating, while 60% disapprove of her performance.
Sorry, fans of the deliciously fatty foie gras, but the U.S Supreme Court upheld the California ban on foie gras in a case that’s been bouncing through the courts for more than ten years.
As she runs for the U.S. Senate, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee joined a rally on Sunday calling for four more seats to be added to the Trump-heavy Supreme Court.
Foggy conditions would not stop more than 17,000 runners, walkers, and costumed jokers from the annual Bay to Breakers traditions of racing, partying, and the occasional naked keg stand.
There was a shooting early Monday outside the Philip Burton Federal Building on Golden Gate Avenue that left two people injured, according to the SFPD.
A deal was struck and announced Monday between the three so-called Lower Basin states on the Colorado River, California, Arizona, and Nevada, ending a stalemate over water usage and threats to the country's two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
Pharmacy chain Walgreens has fired the private security firm, Kingdom Group Protective Services, whose guard fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last month at a Market Street store.
Facebook/Meta has just hit with a huge fine and a suspension order by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) over its practice of exporting EU user data to its US offices, which is in violation of EU law.
