Caltrain said Sunday that the wreckage from the Thursday collision is all cleared, Contra Costa County firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire Sunday that affected an Antioch church, and a smattering of light rain has finally fallen in SF.
A new report released by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) shows that between March 17, 2020, and March 17, 2021, more than twice the average number of deaths among residents experiencing homelessness in the city were recorded. But not because of fatal COVID infections, mind you.
People are actually holding on to their "pandemic pets,” eBay — which is based in San Jose — announced it will ban transactions to Russian addresses, and the SF whiskey bar Hard Water allegedly owes over $400K in past-due rent.
Downtown SF will again be alive with Irish step dances and played bagpipes Saturday when the city's St. Patrick Day Parade begins, coming off a three-year hiatus — which also means a few streets will close to traffic for a few hours.
A man was shot during an attempted robbery in SoMa, there’s a $700M superyacht docked in Italy that might be associated with Putin, and at least one "omicron-delta hybrid" COVID-19 infection has been detected in California.
A Thursday afternoon encampment fire claimed the lives of two dogs and displaced five people, less than a half-mile from the site of a separate encampment fire just ten days ago.
It’s not just San Francisco where law enforcement is unhappy with their DA, as the Contra Costa County Sheriff blasts his DA for pursuing (and winning) a conviction against a deputy in a fatal on-duty shooting.
Legislators in Sacramento are working to craft a quick solution to the University of California's legal battle with a citizens' group in Berkeley, in order that they may be able to admit 2,000 more students this month. And it entails a small revision to CEQA.
The proposed redistricting of the SF Board of Supervisors map has been released, and early reviews from current and former supervisors describe it as ‘horrifying,’ ‘a joke,’ and ‘on crack.’
A Bay Area legend in her own right, Sally Schmitt will be remembered as a pioneer of California Cuisine, before such a thing was even being talked about. Schmitt died at her home in Philo on Saturday at the age of 90.
After a year in which the county's board of supervisors mounted pressure to oust her, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced Thursday that she plans to retire in January and not run for re-election.
The only Black member on the BART board, who had to move because of racial harassment, has been kicked off the board for moving “a stone’s throw” outside of her district. But she says she has the receipts showing BART officials said it was OK for her to move there.
SF Mayor London Breed is announcing her three picks for the school board Friday, and one of them was instrumental in helping to recall the three school board members who were ousted in last month's special election.
The story of the mummified body discovered inside a wall at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland has taken a turn for the less dramatic, and perhaps more tragic.
There's some continued disruption on Caltrain after Thursday's crash in San Bruno, a van parked outside the Old Mint in SF caught fire Thursday afternoon, and today is the day you can stop showing proof of vaccination at bars and restaurants.
The woman whose rape kit DNA was used to prosecute her speaks out, BART’s Richmond Red Line could be out of service another week or longer, and 13 people were injured whan a Caltrain struck a Caltrain maintenance truck.
The Oakland Zoo has just welcomed a pair of Aldabra tortoises, both teenage males, and both confiscated from a roadside zoo in Oklahoma.
Gas siphoning is becoming a thing amidst the highest gasoline prices ever, and one correspondent experienced a pretty brazen gas guzzling theft attempt — while she was still sitting in the car.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that while the overall 2020 Census population number published last year — 323.2 million — is probably close to accurate, other numbers published last year represent significant undercounts of minority populations.
We will still get a full 162-game season after all, as the MLB and the players’ union strike an unexpected and sudden tentative labor agreement, and the Giants' Home Opener looks likely to be April 8 against the Miami Marlins
The concurrent rise in gas prices and return to physical workplaces in downtown SF and elsewhere has spurned a sudden and unexpected boom in ridership for both BART and commuter ferries.
With four suicides in 13 months, and new details about goalie Katie Meyer’s circumstances that don’t make the school look good, Stanford promises to beef up mental health resources for students.
The federal Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday morning that Americans will need to keep wearing masks through at least April 18 on public transit, on planes, and in transit hubs.
Two men died in a fatal shooting at an Oakland Jack in the Box, one person was injured in a car-to-car shooting in SF's Bayview District, and a story about a missing trans woman who was possibly kidnapped in SF has ended abruptly and she has been found.
The SF DA's Office is dropping the last charge against SFPD Officer Terrance Stangel, Mayor London Breed said the city is "thriving" in her State of the City address, Point Reyes Station wants to fight light pollution.
