Economists don't expect that metropolitan areas will see more than half their workers return in-person in the coming years, and that could mean disaster for many small businesses around SF's Financial District and SoMa.
For reasons that can probably only be explained in the dank, repressive corners of conservative social media, a group of anti-gay, quasi-religious protesters have returned again and again to the same low-profile, lesbian-owned pizza shop in Guerneville.
A seemingly random shooting with no apparent motive killed one teen and left another hospitalized early Thursday night in Oakland’s Frick neighborhood.
Downtown SF businesses continue to struggle to stay alive, the BART board just approved a 3.4% fare hike, and beloved Chinatown seafood spot Yuet Lee has reopened after an earthquake retrofit.
Alameda County has its first reported case of monkeypox, three teens have been arrested for the GameStop smash-and-grab robberies in April, and Friday brings our first First Spare the Air alert of 2022.
High Times magazine’s foray into cannabis dispensaries has been fraught with troubles, and a judge just ruled they have to pay up the $5 million in back rent they’ve racked up on the former John Varvatos space in Union Square.
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny gave an address to an international democracy summit suggesting that tech platforms like Google and Facebook have given a "gift" to Putin by shutting down all advertising.
With Hadestown, the Tony-winning musical that has finally made it on tour and landed in San Francisco, the Orpheus and Eurydice myth becomes fodder for music and metaphor, and Greek tragedy never sounded so melodic and bittersweet.
A purple reign has rained upon the famed painted rock of Bernal Heights Park, and dig if you will these pictures of “Happy Birthday 2 U” messages to Prince for his birthday.
Boston had their way with the Warriors on the boards and in the paint, and the Celtics were up by as much as 18, then down by a few points briefly in the third quarter, before they took over again in the fourth.
May and June have become prime whale-watching times in San Francisco Bay the last five or six years, with both gray and humpback whales increasingly entering the Golden Gate in search of food as they travel to their summer feeding grounds in Alaska.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman says his freshly passed “Place for All Program” is “maniacally focused” on ending homelessness in San Francisco, but the city has seen these slogan-driven plans have had little effect in the past.
This latest Omicron-subvariant surge may have peaked in SF in the last week or so, as was predicted by infectious disease modeling. But the city's rate of new COVID tests coming back positive was the highest it's been since January.
The televised January 6th Committee hearings begin tonight, BART had a major computer meltdown this morning that shut down the system for 30 minutes, and there's no timeframe for the residents of 33 Tehama returning home.
The motorcyclist killed in a brutal accident in SF on Tuesday has been ID'd, BART is giving half-off rides in September, and we now have a map of how different SF neighborhoods voted in the Boudin recall.
In the wake of Tuesday’s recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, London Breed struck a conciliatory “Now is a time for healing” note, and served word salad designed to appeal to both sides.
Firefighters in Contra Costa County were battling two vegetation fires Wednesday that broke out dangerously close to densely populated subdivisions, in Antioch and in Bay Point. And a third fire also broke out today in Livermore.
Maybeck's, the cozy Marina restaurant that first opened its doors in 2015, largely flew under the radar of the city at large up until the pandemic began while becoming a solid neighborhood favorite.
Some more “shorts weather” will be welcomed in Thursday and is expected to last through Friday, but the National Weather Service is warning of an Excessive Heat Watch and high wildfire risk in parts of the East Bay And Marin County.
As promised/threatened last month by the organizers of the annual San Joaquin Asparagus Festival, a new garlic festival is coming to the Central Valley ostensibly to replace the canceled Gilroy Garlic Festival.
In the days before we expect a Roe v. Wade ruling to come down, an unidentified armed man was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home, and he had reportedly made threats against the Supreme Court justice.
Prop A — the $400M Muni bond — is still short by 3% with some ballots left to count, Bonta sailed to victory as CA's likely fully elected Attorney General, and former SF Supervisor Malia Cohen will face off against Republican Lanhee Chen in the oddly dramatic race for Controller.
SF voters who were convinced that recalling progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin would solve the city's crime troubles may not all appreciate being cheered on by Dinesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter, but that is what's happening.
SF is eliminating COVID testing sites despite the surge, California is issuing strict new water rights curtailments, and there’s a few outlets that will be running tonight’s recall and primary election results right as they roll in.
Accusations of verbal harassment, and countercharges of racism, brought some local Lutheran church drama to a boil, and SF’s historic first trans Lutheran bishop has resigned their position.
