The San Francisco Roman Catholic Archdiocese was in the news twice Monday, as news landed that they will be paying a nearly $400 million settlement to sexual abuse survivors, and they announced the closure of SF's St. Brigid Academy.
State and local agencies will have access to Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant at a discounted price through California’s new IT services portal, with some already utilizing the tools for internal workflows.
After Speaker Emerita Pelosi retires in January, she’ll be heading a new nonpartisan institute at UC Berkeley, which will serve as a hub for undergraduates interested in public leadership, as well as a think-tank for faculty exploring issues impacting democracy.
A church fire in Pacific Heights Monday afternoon was sending smoke blowing through the neighborhood, and a shelter-in-place order was issued due to the excessive smoke.
San Francisco's Pride Weekend was full of parties, marches, celebrations, and a good bit of anger and pushback in the direction of the current administration in Washington, and the city glowed with life — as well as some rainbow lasers.
Hundreds of newlyweds kicked off Pride weekend by exchanging their wedding vows at City Hall Friday, which marked the anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
As has happened in some previous years, some violence broke out as crowds dispersed from the large SF Pride gathering at Civic Center, though, thankfully, no one was fatally wounded.
Police in riot gear arrested 20 people at a large, unauthorized Pride block party in SoMa Saturday night, a now annual gathering that emerged after the Stud closed its former location in 2020 and has often been accompanied by widespread vandalism and property damage.
An early morning fire caused some serious damage to The Mill on Monday, leaving the bakery-cafe now indefinitely closed due to fire much like Italian restaurant Che Fico on the next block.
Solano County's only LGBTQ bar in Vallejo was vandalized two nights in a row last week; two people were shot, one fatally, in San Jose Sunday night; and the Supreme Court ruled that late-arriving mail-in ballots should still be counted based on state law.
According to the Fremont Police Department, a bicyclist was killed late on Saturday afternoon on Auto Mall Parkway after being hit by a car. A man riding an electric bicycle was pronounced dead at the hospital from head trauma while the driver was reportedly unharmed.
One person is in custody following a shooting near United Nations Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday. While responding to the shooting, SFPD said they were able to apprehend the alleged suspect. One victim suffering from a gunshot wound was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Tracy police allege a 15-year-old boy stabbed an 18-year-old man to death in front of a local Target on Friday, Iran strikes US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, and a possible case of arson at a San Jose elementary school.
The local office of the National Weather Service has issued a new Beach Hazards Statement concerning elevated risks of strong rip currents and sneaker waves at Bay Area beaches. In effect through Wednesday morning, the warning extends from the beaches of Big Sur to the Point Reyes National Seashore.
SFPD officers kicked off San Francisco's Pride festivities by arresting five protesters for alleged acts of paint-related vandalism following Friday's Trans March. Eyewitnesses say one detainee was dragged along the ground by an officer and that another was forcibly pinned to the ground.
A search of a suspect's home in Alameda allegedly reveals a cache of 546 pounds of fireworks, Anna Wintour may have SF in her sights for Vogue World 2027, and the San Jose Sharks win big on draft night.
Authorities release identifies of two people found dead last month in a San Jose parking garage, a San Francisco civil jury finds city jails are underfunded and overcrowded, and the U.S. strikes Iran in response to Thursday's container ship attack.
After publishing a memoir last year about her time as an executive at Meta, whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the company, saying they’ve taken extreme measures to silence, and she claims the gag order she signed is invalid.
The time is fast approaching for the infamous 45-foot nude woman to leave her post at SF’s Embarcadero Plaza, as the 32,000-pound art piece has been put up for sale and will be disassembled in October.
New Michelin stars get announced, a new food hall opens in South SF, and a local brewery expands into Mission Bay, all in This Week In Food.
While 17-year-old Australian actress Catherine Laga'aia is playing the lead character in Disney's live-action remake of Moana, 11-year-old Amaya Masoli of Daly City was cast as her younger self.
An intense road-rage incident occurred Tuesday in SF's Richmond District, and was caught on camera by bystanders.
The proposed 790-unit Marina Safeway redevelopment was granted fast-track status under a state housing law, but opponents argue the project may not actually qualify because the law requires that the majority of the surrounding land already be developed for "urban uses."
While it's billed as a rare event every time it happens, the blooming of one of the Conservatory of Flowers' five "corpse flowers" happens nearly every year at this point, but you wouldn't know that from the news coverage.
About 90% of the funding cuts proposed in SF Mayor Daniel Lurie’s original city budget plan were reversed in a deal negotiated by the Board of Supes’ budget committee Thursday, with much of the credit going toward Supervisor Connie Chan.
