A San Francisco conceptual artist wanted to comment on the vast amount of empty real estate sitting unused in the city right now — while lots of people, including artists and the homeless, could be using it.
The Michelin Guide team has done its usual round of teasers and released its list of new Bib Gourmand additions for the California guide — not the full Bib list, mind you, but this year's new additions.
A new report looks at water conservation across all California cities, the SF Board of Supervisors just approved $200 million in SFMTA contracts for parking meters and trains, and Dreamforce is underway with multiple COVID safety checks.
A fast-moving vegetation fire caused the evacuation of 900 homes in Petaluma, another young person has apparently been swept out to sea in Santa Cruz, and the Bay Area continues to get gold stars for pandemic mitigation.
Nearly half of Afghan refugees end up in northern California, and here in the Bay Area, Fremont Unified is preparing for what could be thousands of new refugee students.
Maybe this explains Facebook’s kid-gloves approach to right-wing propaganda — a new book claims Zuckerberg agreed to a “hands-off approach to conservative sites” in exchange for lax regulations.
Somebody must have looked at their bank account and decided it was time to put the past behind them and hit the road as a band again.
Organizers of Outside Lands just announced the biggest-ever slate of small-venue night shows for the week of the festival in late October, and these include a Wednesday DRAMA set at Bimbo's, and Kaytranada at 1015 Folsom. Also, there's a just-announced RUFUS DU SOL show at the Fox in Oakland.
Muni ridership remains less than half of what it was before the pandemic, because almost nobody is commuting downtown these days. And the SFMTA is facing some tough decisions as it looks to restore more service in 2022, so it's looking for the public's input on how to proceed.
Should Mayor London Breed have been called out and excoriated for not having her mask on while out at a music venue with friends last week? Discuss.
On Wednesday, a judge in San Luis Obispo County will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to move forward with the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, the father and son accused in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart.
Embattled school board member Alison Collins responds to the recall effort, there's an outbreak of kidney disease among California sea lions, and all large indoor events in the state now have to require proof of vaccination.
A tiny home village is replacing a tent village at Gough and Mission, the homeless hotel experiment has had mostly positive results around the Bay, and Oakland just recorded its 100th homicide of 2021 with more than three months left in the year.
A man was injured while riding a moped/motorbike at the busy intersection of Hayes and Gough streets Monday afternoon — and the van that struck the scooter fled the scene.
While nothing can be called "back to normal" yet in the restaurant world, things are at least inching in a positive direction, and here are a handful of exciting openings and reopenings to whet your whistle.
Another local law that was temporarily tossed out during COVID went back into effect Monday, and your car could now again be towed if parked in restricted peak-hour areas.
Four men who were part of a group WhatsApp chat with accused murderer Steven Carrillo have pleaded guilty to obstructing the federal probe against Carrillo and his alleged accomplice.
The notoriously secretive corporate culture at Apple has been exposed to have some leaks and cracks when it comes to the treatment of employees and various other complaints.
170,000 people usually come to Dreamforce, which along with the now departed Oracle OpenWorld would typically clog up traffic all over downtown for several days as conventioneers descended on the city. This year will be much different.
The Flour + Water Hospitality Group (formerly known as Ne Timeas Restaurant Group) is debuting a new rustic Italian restaurant next month, and it will be taking over the space that's been occupied by Central Kitchen for the last nine years.
The San Francisco 49ers are off to a hot start after winning back-to-back games on the road to open the season, beginning to establish their identity in the league as a team you do not want to play.
The sequoias of Giant Forest were successfully protected from flames over the weekend, a 22-year-old man was arrested at San Jose Airport after saying he'd swallowed an explosive device, and Pfizer says its vaccine works in kids 5-11.
The SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) was born during the pandemic as a charitable endeavor that financially supported out-of-work nightlife workers. Now more than eighteen months since it began raising funds, the nonprofit has awarded 511 single-installment grants to queer nightlife workers.
After a Red Flag Warning was issued for various parts of NorCal Sunday, it was inevitable that a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Outage Watch would follow suit for some areas. And that's exactly what 13 counties can expect on Monday, according to the utility company.
On Sunday, thousands of residents around the Bay Area — mostly those in the East Bay, but a sizeable amount in San Francisco, as well — experienced an unplanned PG&E power outage that's been tied to this weekend’s light rain (and neglected power lines).
