The man accused of flying to San Francisco to try to save humanity from AI by tossing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house made a court appearance Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty.
Despite fare evasion being down since BART installed new gates designed to prevent gate-jumping, the agency will soon begin implementing upgrades allowing the doors to close 300 milliseconds more quickly to prevent "piggybacking."
Joshua Camps, the last defendant to face trial in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of tech and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre, was sentenced Monday after being convicted in March.
Oakland First Fridays, an event that began as a beloved, arts-driven street fair that activated a long dormant Uptown, continues to attract and/or inspire conflicts among attendees, and last Friday's was no exception.
Hayward activist Lyle Prijoles, who spent two decades fighting for farmworkers in the Philippines, was fatally shot by the Philippine armed forces in Negros, along with 18 others. There will be vigils honoring Prijoles Tuesday at SF State and Friday in SoMa.
A deadly five-car pileup in San Jose was likely caused by a driver's medical emergency; the suspect in the Palisades Fire was a fan of Luigi Mangione; and warm weather is coming behind the rain and clouds.
Katie Porter pokes fun at a viral video moment in a new ad; the Chronicle wins another Pulitzer; and Doris Fisher, the co-founder of Gap a creator of its signature style, has died.
The estate of 1970s-era fashion designer Halston is hosting a fashion event celebrating the iconic designer and showcasing 10 Academy of Art fashion students competing for a scholarship through the estate’s foundation.
Actor-director Olivia Wilde, whose third feature film was the opening night screening of the SFFILM festival the other weekend, just fell victim to a tragically bad angle and bad lighting, she says, after the internet flipped over one of her red carpet photos.
An audit by Supervisor Melgar found the SF Zoo spent $12 million without approval, while running on a deficit and misrepresenting finances, though new leadership has begun making improvements over the past year.
The first individual was brought to the new RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage) Center in SoMa Monday morning, and we'll have to see how this experiment goes.
The DOJ permanently closed SF’s Montgomery Street immigration court Friday, several months earlier than previously announced. Concord's already over-burdened immigration court will handle SF's cases moving forward, and hearings for those cases likely won't resume until December or later.
We certainly haven't heard the last of the accusations against former Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, following at least two assault accusations that exploded his political career last month.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's lack of an endorsement for her former chief of staff in the San Francisco House race was already playing an outsized role in this primary season, but now we get a bit more to the story.
A group of riders on more than 70 ATVs and dirt bikes disrupted traffic Sunday evening when they took a round-trip joy ride on the Bay Bridge before being intercepted by police, causing significant delays.
The Supreme Court has temporarily restored access to abortion pills by mail; 67 homes in Mountain View have been without usable water for 10 days; and former Gov. Jerry Brown is not a fan of SF's Prop B.
Spirit Airlines shut down overnight, leaving thousands of travelers in the lurch; a one-alarm fire from a lithium-ion battery put one person in the hospital; and a winning lottery ticket purchased at a Mission District liquor store has not been claimed yet.
Pop star Kesha, who performed a brief DJ set at the Presidio’s Tunnel Top Park Friday night, mentioned several times that she’s moving to San Francisco, though nothing’s been confirmed.
Seven people were injured, two of them critically injured, after a driver allegedly struck them on the sidewalk in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood Saturday in an early morning hit-and-run.
The NWS issued a hazard warning, alerting beach-goers to potential sneaker waves and rip currents; Oakland police arrested two people suspected of organizing sideshows; and thousands of students and workers took part in May Day events Friday.
Someone brought a humanoid robot on a plane in Oakland; researchers calculated that a third of new websites since last May were created with AI; and a local company's rage-baiting campaign was taken to the sky.
LA-based band Moonchild, who were scheduled to play in Berkeley Wednesday, said they were aware of the Bay Area’s reputation for car break-ins but didn’t anticipate thieves would make off with their entire U-Haul of gear.
A planned May Day protest at SFO was causing a bit of a disruption for air travelers Friday, with cars being redirected at the International Terminal and several city officials were among the arrestees after SFPD intervened.
A local company that makes and sells fighting humanoid robots is opening a permanent location in SF’s Nob Hill in July. While the company's robots are strictly used for entertainment purposes, recent close-calls involving humanoids have raised safety concerns.
A lost dog named Fiona fell into a well under an abandoned home in Vallejo on Monday, and needed to be rescued after treading water for about two hours.
