The SFFD says a roofing crew might have sparked the roof fire in West Portal on Monday, a dumped bucked of floor adhesive caused a "sticky situation" (and car damage) on the San Mateo Bridge, and a Gilroy victim of the Happy Face Killer has been ID'd.
Sherri Papini has officially entered her guilty plea and will now face sentencing, authorities in San Jose have arrested and charged a suspect in the Home Depot fire, and the White House apparently still has Senator Dianne Feinstein's back.
Joaquin Ciria has always maintained his innocence in a 1990 murder, and today he is a free man, the first person exonerated by DA Boudin’s Innocence Commission.
While there was no parade this year, the 55th annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival blossomed again, and every performance is available online so you can relive all the anime cosplay, Taiko Dojo, and swordsmanship.
Early Monday morning saw the return of the in-person Lotta’s Fountain earthquake anniversary ceremony, yet only 33 minutes before, a little 2.6 magnitude quake struck just south of Gilroy.
A 42-year-old man who was known to frequent homeless encampments in Oakland and who was reported missing in August 2020 was the person who met with misadventure inside the abandoned Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center by Lake Merritt.
A fire broke out on a roof Monday on the commercial corridor of San Francisco's West Portal Avenue, and so far no injuries have been reported but the fire has caused a partial collapse of a building.
The weekend brought even more press attention to Senator Dianne Feinstein and her reported cognitive decline. And some are suggesting that laying open this open secret to the public is sexist at its core.
What started as a discussion about a new Vallejo police station turned into free-for-all with one public commenter being physically hauled out by police, then threats from the mayor to do the same to a councilmember, who in turn speculated about certain parts of the mayor's anatomy.
Some unsuccessful thieves in Brentwood used heavy machinery to try to steal an ATM from a bank on Sunday, and they failed to do so but caused a lot of damage.
A tent fire spread to an apartment building at Church and 15th streets Monday morning, four people were stabbed in the Tenderloin, and two gay dads say their kids were verbally assaulted by a raging and bigoted man on an Amtrak train bound for the Bay Area.
Under clear skies and plenty of sunshine, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held their Sister Easter: Back to Our Hold Habits! celebration on Sunday afternoon — the first in-person Easter event the Sisters have held since 2019 — attracting thousands.
Launched this month, Oakland's MACRO program has responded to specific 911 calls related to non-violent emergencies — like mental health issues, wellness checks, and panhandling — helping to de-escalate particular crises without the need for police.
Standing in snaking lines that seem to coil into infinity when at the airport is enough to frustrate even the most patient of people. Per a new report, the queues at SFO are among the longest of any domestic airport, which might also make it one of the more maddening airports in America.
A bevy of in-person Easter Sunday celebrations are happening across San Francisco today, yesterday's spat of moderate rain brought a good amount of precipitation to the Bay Area, and a mass shooting inside a South Carolina mall has left at least twelve people injured.
Oakland police responded to reports of gunfire on the 900 block of 77th Avenue Saturday around 5:00 a.m., where one man was initially found to have suffered from multiple gunshot wounds; he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A person was rescued from the side of a cliff at Thornton State Beach in Daly City Friday, Oakland's school mask mandate will be lifted Monday, and though the past twelve hours have seen moderate rain showers drench the Bay Area, they'll pass later on today.
Novato High School was given the all-clear after a bomb threat, five Oakland cops were found wrongly fired in the fatal shooting of a homeless man, and Eataly is gearing up to open in Santa Clara’s Westfield Valley Fair center.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong is pleading with the Alameda County Superior Court to end the pandemic-era loosening of bail fees, saying this is responsible for an alleged Oakland crime spike.
A former sous chef at Mister Jiu's who famously came back from the dead after a sudden and random heart attack in the kitchen while prepping for New Year's Eve in 2017 is turning his successful pandemic pizza pop-up into a full-fledged business.
The flash mob-style burglaries we saw in Union Square last November popped up again on Mission Street, as the GameStop store suffered a reported three robberies in less than one week.
Twitter's board of directors voted unanimously Friday to adopt a limited duration shareholder rights plan, or "poison pill," that would immediately dilute the shares of any shareholder who bought 15% or more of existing shares — likely thwarting, for now, a takeover bid by Elon Musk.
The SF Planning Commission moved forward in approving an armada of electric vehicle charging stations — a “public charging network” which could be coming to an auto body shop or gas station near you.
The Chronicle Editorial Board says the time is drawing nigh for tough talk with Feinstein, and "denial is a hallmark of those suffering from memory loss and attendant illnesses."
California is backing away from requiring COVID vaccines for kids to attend school this fall, BART is expanding its use of license-plate readers at parking areas, and a bar fight in Petaluma turned into a shooting Thursday night.
