The Senate on Tuesday passed the $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill in a bipartisan 69-30 vote, handing President Biden a win. But how much of that money is going to funnel to Bay Area projects?
If you thought that street artist fnnch and his over-exposed honey bear art might fade away at some point, you can rest assured that the honey bears will in fact just keep multiplying and showing up where you least expected.
Two French bulldogs — a mother and one of her puppies — have been recovered and reunited with their owner in San Jose following the arrest of three men suspected of a multitude of crimes.
COVID cases are popping up in an East Bay school district that opened for classes last week, some SF parents are now nervous to send kids back to school, and Aubrey Huff got kicked off of Twitter again.
200 SF city employees have sent conspiracy-filled letters to HR about the vaccine mandate, the Dixie Fire is sending noxious smoke very far away, and no foul play was found in an initial autopsy of Berkeley runner Philip Kreycik.
A coming iOS upgrade will scan users’ iPhones for any images of child sexual abuse, but one wonders how many livelihoods will be ruined whenever the bots make a mistake.
A hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck and injured a 29-year-old man in the Oakland hills on Sunday is being sought by police, and another suspect driver is being sought in a separate incident Monday involving an Alameda County sheriff's deputy.
Michelin-starred SF restaurant Lord Stanley has decided to close next month and its owners are pivoting the space to be a home for rotating pop-ups by visiting chefs. And over in Berkeley, beloved 27-year-old Rivoli has mysteriously gone dark.
One more Muni Metro route is returning to service on Saturday along with a half dozen restored Muni bus routes, a new bus route for Lake Merced, and a bunch of route extensions and changes.
HUF, the skateboarding and apparel brand, just opened a new store on Valencia Street, and they went around the Mission spray-stenciling their logo on neighborhood sidewalks — apparently unaware that SF has a law against this and others have been fined for this.
Prominent SF political figure Jon Jacobo, the co-founder of the Latino Task Force and a member of the Building Inspection Commission, was asked to step down from his role on the commission late last week following the revelation of a serious sexual assault allegation against him.
Police were already present at a home in Sunnyvale Saturday night where a large underage party was going on when shots were fired and two partygoers were hit.
The Dixie Fire is approaching a half-million acres and is now the second-largest wildfire in state history, a driver outside his vehicle was killed on 101 in Rohnert Park, and Oakland Unified School District kicked off its schoolyear today.
Citing recent breakthrough infections among staff, a growing list of Bay Area restaurants and bars have now closed (for a bit) out of caution — though many of them plan on reopening soon.
On Saturday, two new Magellanic penguin chicks, which hatched back in May, graduated from San Francisco Zoo's "Fish School" and joined the institution’s colony of birds at Penguin Island. Their ceremonial waddle to the exhibit was nothing short of a massive serotonin release.
A strong wind pattern is expected to roll into the Bay Area later this evening from the Pacific, pushing away wildfire smoke pollutants and enhancing air quality throughout the region.
Sean Spicer is floating around the idea that Trump intends to run again in 2024, the Dixie Fire now measures at least 463,477 acres in size, and a San Francisco runner was recently bitten and dragged near California and Fillmore streets by a group of assailants.
On Thursday, patients who previously received the single-shot J&J COVID-19 vaccine could request an mRNA vaccine dose through Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH). But again: The shot, itself, isn't exactly a "booster," per se.
A driver drove right into a Dublin home earlier this morning, the U.S. is now up to 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, and as of Saturday morning, the Dixie Fire covers an area of around 446,723 acres — or more than half the size of Rhode Island.
An air quality advisory has been issued throughout the Bay Area until Saturday, President Biden extended the pause on student loan payments, and Jon Jacobo — the current health chair of the Latino Task Force, who also serves as a commissioner for San Francisco — has been accused of rape.
The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association says officers will be “retiring early and seeking employment elsewhere” over Breed’s vaccine mandate, and the public response to the statement has invoked doors, hitting, and their asses on the way out.
A full accounting of death demographics in the coronavirus pandemic won't likely be done for years. But we already know that a significant number of essential workers have been among the dead, and in California that is likely contributing to the much-discussed labor shortage.
An 87-year-old woman went for a walk in the Sunset District on Thursday evening and her family reported her missing after she did not return within a couple of hours. Then a few hours after that, she was found stabbed multiple times but still alive.
In our era of "Instagrammable" food, a chef at a Richmond District Vietnamese restaurant decided to create an over-the-top stunt dish around the holidays last year, figuring they might sell a few and get some free marketing and that'd be it. But instead, it took off.
A woman was arrested Wednesday in Mountain View after an autopsy revealed that an infant boy she claimed was stillborn was actually alive at birth and died from "significant injuries."
