A new Dutch-owned hotel chain, citizenM, is opening a 195-room Union Square hotel this fall as part of a five-hotel opening push in the U.S. — and it's a rare example of a new-build hotel in the area, on a lot that's been otherwise vacant for two decades.
COVID hospitalizations in San Francisco have doubled in the past two weeks, and across the Bay Area, the hospital count rose 12% on Monday alone.
This is just a public service announcement both to remind you that the Stern Grove Festival requires reservations this year and those reservations can only happen 12 days before each show, and that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are playing August 1.
Former SF Supervisor and state Assemblymember Fiona Ma, who became California State Treasurer in January 2019, is facing a lawsuit from a former senior employee in the Treasurer's Office claiming sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
The mother of the young man who was fatally shot in his tent over the July 4th weekend at a campsite by Lake Oroville remains in shock and still has no information from investigators about why her son was killed.
The Solano County health officer says he's not recommending masks in public because people are getting COVID from gatherings at home, the victims in Friday's plane crash in Napa have been ID'd, and the Oakland City Council is taking a critical vote today on the proposed A's stadium development.
Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties are all back in what would have been "Purple" tier status; GrubHub and DoorDash are suing SF over that 15% fee cap; and four more local counties including Napa have joined in the voluntary mask guidance for indoor spaces.
A Rincon Hill sideshow briefly blocked the entrance and exit to the Bay Bridge Sunday night, and Twitter Karen-dom is furious at the lack of arrests.
A case involving a mentally ill man and a 15-year-old girl who says he stalked, grabbed, and generally terrified her one afternoon last year in West Portal is giving the Chronicle's Heather Knight more reason to rally critics of SF's criminal justice system.
Uber is pushing further into the world of delivery with a major expansion of grocery delivery services this week, including in San Francisco.
President Joe Biden attempted to de-escalate a war of words he started last week with Facebook, walking back a statement he made about the platform "killing people" due to its failure to curb misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
54-year-old Mission District Irish bar Dovre Club is hanging on by a thread, but a GoFundMe campaign could help secure its longtime spot at Valencia and 26th Streets.
After a month of no masks in bars and restaurants — for patrons at least — the boomeranging guidance made for some awkward situations over the weekend.
The Dixie Fire now burning in Butte and Plumas counties has grown to over 30,000 acres since starting last week, and PG&E is now admitting that its equipment may once again be to blame for the initial sparks.
The Bay Area dodged the dry lightning bullet and the Red Flag Warning has been lifted, a three-alarm fire broke out in an alleged squatter dwelling in West Oakland, and a U.S. women's team gymnast has tested positive for COVID.
The Dixie Fire has exploded over the weekend with only 15% of the fire contained as it nears the Camp Fire burn scar in Butte County; there’s also now a huge amount of smoke in the air.
A large earthquake happened 7.5 miles west of Petrolia in Humboldt County Saturday, emergency crews were called to help an injured hiker at Alum Rock Park earlier this week, and two athletes tested positive for COVID-19 in the Olympic Village.
The potential for dry thunderstorms striking parts of the Bay Area has now led the National Weather Service to elevate areas that were previously under a Fire Weather Watch now to a Red Flag Warning.
On Friday around 12:30 a.m., a 14-year-old boy was found covered in blood after allegedly stabbing both his parents — killing his mom and leaving the dad with severe injuries — according to Fremont police.
One large storefront at Grant Avenue and Clay Street is set to become a Chinese arts and media center, a Saturday morning hit-and-run crash at a San Jose intersection left one driver dead, and yes: Monkeypox is a thing.
The National Weather Service put parts of the Bay Area under a Fire Weather Watch for this weekend, a small plane crash in Napa killed three people, and Uber was fined $59M last year — but could now get away virtually scot-free.
Daytime Realness was still in the midst of its November-to-March hiatus when the pandemic hit last winter. So now, for the first time in 21 months, this popular queer party at El Rio is returning on Sunday with its first ever pre-sale tickets.
With the pandemic came a sharp increase in all things delivery. Cannabis was no exception. If you recently became a cannabis delivery customer, you might have forgotten that marijuana delivery has been a
A new group that formed before the pandemic began but is just now getting its gears in motion is aiming to revive San Franciscans' pride in their city, after at least a decade in which the overall consensus has been that everything here is terrible.
An aggressive coyote that several mothers reported had gotten too close for comfort with their small children in the San Francisco Botanical Garden, has been euthanized.
