All around the world architects use the octagon to beautify their buildings. The Dome of the Rock has a characteristic octagonal plan. The Tower of the Winds in Athens is another example of
You cannot go see or pet these adorable coyote pups, as their Botanical Garden home is an “Active Coyote Den Area,” but a Coyote Cam offers some pics of the little critters.
Airline passengers are getting angrier and harder to manage, according to a new letter from the union president representing Southwest Airlines flight attendants, which follows on one flight attendant getting two teeth knocked out by a passenger on Sunday.
SF Mayor London Breed announced a $9.5 million plan on Tuesday that marks the city's first effort to boost foot traffic around downtown in the waning days of the pandemic.
A man accused in an alleged physical and sexual assault at a San Jose train station in March that came with anti-Asian epithets remains in jail without bail, but he has not yet entered a plea in the case.
An impasse over a homeless encampment in a downtown Sausalito park has led organizers of the city's annual art festival over Labor Day Weekend to say the festival is being canceled for the second year in a row.
The homicide victim in the Oakland Chinatown shooting on Monday has been ID'd, Bay Area cities look back one year after George Floyd's death, and some funny-looking lenticular clouds over the Bay Area on Monday evening were cause for much tweeting.
PG&E has struck a deal to sell its downtown SF headquarters ahead of a move to Oakland, a person was fatally shot in Oakland's Chinatown, and SoMa nightclub Oasis dedicated a new mural to disco legend Sylvester today.
The ninth sexual misconduct charge against former Windsor mayor Dominic Foppoli may have been the one that forced his resignation, and it came from reality TV figure and adult film star Farrah Abraham.
First we learn there is such a thing as an “Instagram wine influencer.” Then we learn one of the Bay Area’s leading practitioners in this field was arrested for her alleged involvement in a pig's head vandalism incident related to the Derrick Chauvin trial.
Jack Dorsey is continuing to do nice things with his wealth, and on Friday we learned that his charitable group #StartSmall is giving $3.46 million to San Francisco's pilot program to give local artists $1,000 per month in guaranteed income.
"Construction delays" and "unforeseen circumstances" are being blamed for a delay in the opening of the splashy, high-tech new Regal Cinema at the Stonestown Galleria.
San Francisco's legislative delegation in Sacramento is calling out the SF School Board for their attempt to reap the benefits of a state funding program without actually complying with the spirit of the legislation that backed the program.
There's been an argument in recent months over whether or not to use this limbo moment as the pandemic fades to finally offer Muni rides for free. But can the system handle a sudden surge in ridership (if that actually happens)?
We're once again going to be having conversations this summer about water use, and hearing about ever more strict mandates coming down from counties and the state about what we use water for. But is San Francisco's household water use really the problem?
A string of sideshows Saturday night in multiple towns in Contra Costa County ended with one arrest, two people had to be rescued from a rip current at Ocean Beach on Sunday, and SF's largest downtown hotels are reopening.
San Francisco has seen drug overdoses skyrocket over the past year — a statistic only made worse by the pandemic. To address the crisis, Mayor Breed announced plans to create a new Street Overdose Response Team (SORT) to mitigate the number of future drug-related deaths.
A pint-sized raptor was rescued by a passerby Friday, the bird — which was later found out to be "Rachel," a young peregrine falcon born and reared on the PG&E building — was eventually surrendered over to the San Francisco Fire Department.
A little after 11 p.m. Saturday, San Francisco police responded to a reported shooting at Mission Street between 7th and 8th streets; a man believed to be in his mid-twenties was found in his vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
Bay Area churches held vigils Saturday to honor George Floyd ahead of the anniversary of his death, another massive "Free Palestine'' protest was held in San Francisco, and a small (but destructive) wildfire between Windsor and Healdsburg erupted yesterday afternoon — but it was quickly contained.
After being closed for over a year, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will reopen to the public on June 18 — which will also kick-off the museum's three free community access days.
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Charges made against a minor thought to be involved in an attempted robbery and carjacking of a 75-year-old San Francisco woman were said to be dropped by District Attorney Chesa Boudin over a "lack of DNA evidence." But that reporting has since been challenged.
The SFPD has made an arrest in Tuesday's hit-and-run collision at Polk and Hyde that took the life of a 29-year-old woman, and the suspect is the registered owner of the vehicle whose driver fled the scene.
A San Jose vehicle crash Friday night killed one pedestrian, the Harvey Milk Day Community Recovery Celebration will take place in the Castro today from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. at various locations, and Santa Clara County has now given more than a million COVID-19 vaccine doses.
San Jose's Willow Glen apartments — a former senior living center — is now reimagined as a homeless shelter, the Castro's Moby Dick bar has finally reopened, and what looks to be another dead whale has washed up in the Bay Area… this time at Pacifica State Beach.
