There has been an arrest in the 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner in Placer County, and the culprit according to the sheriff's office, is a known sex offender who had only been out of prison 10 months when Wanner was kidnapped and killed.
A jet fuel spill at Oakland Airport Monday resulted in possibly hundreds of gallons of fuel flowing into a storm drain that leads out to San Francisco Bay, but officials say the spill was contained.
The much acclaimed Rose Pizzeria, a favorite of both the SF Chronicle and the New York Times as well as SFist, has just debuted its much anticipated second location in SF's Richmond District. Let the jockeying for reservations begin!
Proponents of the controversial “billionaire tax” measure have collected almost double the required signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. While there are many Bay Area billionaires who oppose the tax, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he’s “perfectly fine with it.”
Yes, there was a bidding war for the Westwood Highlands home that was the site of a tragic murder-suicide six months ago — ghosts be damned, this is real estate.
What had sounded two years ago like a spat between billionaires over a business they both co-founded has now reached an actual courtroom and jury trial, with jury selection beginning Monday in the civil suit that Elon Musk brought against OpenAI.
A third private equity firm is set to own a small portion of the SF Giants, as Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, announced that his firm Thrive Eternal has agreed to purchase a minority, non-controlling stake in the team.
19th Avenue reopened several hours ahead of schedule Monday morning; around 6,000 households in the Marina lost power Sunday night; and a well known skier and Mammoth Mountain employee died while on a backcountry ski trip.
Stanford authorities are investigating an incident in which an ex-IDF soldier, who was visiting the campus last week with Miss Israel, is accused of tackling and restraining a student who took a paper sign from the booth.
BART’s Red line and a portion of its Green line are out of service through Sunday; the pledge to have a single, Democratic caretaker candidate run to fill Swalwell’s seat fell through; and two earthquakes struck off the coast near the SF Zoo.
The Department of Public Health issued a warning about two highly potent synthetic opioids that recently hit the streets of San Francisco, which were detected in the blood of a recent overdose victim earlier this month.
Newly released bodycam and surveillance footage shows a tense incident from February when an Antioch police officer became trapped in a moving car with a robbery suspect.
Prominent Central Valley millionaire and big-game hunter Ernie Dosio was on a safari in Central Africa’s Gabon when his group was charged by a herd of elephants, which fatally trampled Dozio.
A man with a machete was spotted on surveillance footage in San Jose and hasn’t been caught; service on the Bayview Community Shuttle has been extended for two years; and a new ICE facility operated by the GEO Group opened in the Central Valley.
A California plaintiff is suing Trader Joe’s because the labels on one of its coffees doesn’t say it contains half the caffeine; the Justice Department has added death by firing squad to the list of approved methods of execution; and Tesla signed leases in San Jose and Fremont.
Hop on BART and head to Oakland this June for the agency’s all-ages ‘80s meets under-the-sea themed dance party, which will be held in the Rockridge Station parking lot.
There's a taker for the Del Popolo space on Nob Hill, Saluhall has a new bar operator, Ghirardelli Square's been sold, and we have a few more details on the new Outer Richmond location of Bi-Rite, all in This Week in Food.
Concluding a year in which the beloved beer destination Toronado was purportedly being sold to a crypto bro who was talking about installing a roof deck, and then that sale fell through, we now have word that the bar is going into good hands.
As 61 dog bite cases still await trial, Supervisor Stephen Sherrill and other SF leaders are pushing to bring back canine court hearings after the court was suspended in 2024 due to lack of funding — despite bite cases already being on the rise.
A celebration of life for Joe Kukura, the well known bon vivant, associate editor of SFist and a longtime contributor to multiple other San Francisco publications, has now been scheduled for May 17.
The wife of the man who now faces murder charges in connection with the vehicular death of 74-year-old Dannielle Spillman insists that the criminal charges are unfair, and says "My husband is not a villain."
The ongoing project to resurface and repave 19th Avenue between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way is bringing a major closure to the thoroughfare this weekend.
A police drone captured dramatic footage of officers pursuing a man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle who then abandoned the car on the Bay Bridge earlier this month and began climbing the crossbeams in an attempt to escape.
The Alameda County DA's office has not heard from any Swalwell accusers; Swalwell used campaign funds to pay a lawyer to defend against assault claims; and the last surviving architect of Sea Ranch has died.
Nancy Pelosi has made no endorsement in the race for her seat, but she did attend a Connie Chan event; Oakland hills residents keep losing internet due to copper wire theft; and a US army soldier made a Polymarket bet based on classified information and made $400K.
