A demonstration in support of Indian farmers that initially started in Oakland Saturday morning continued into San Francisco this afternoon, stopping at the Indian consulate at 540 Arguello Boulevard before eventually turning back toward its East Bay starting point.
Due to alarmingly dry conditions, PG&E says Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events are possible across parts of Wine Country (and elsewhere in California) starting early Monday, December 7.
San Francisco's contact tracing program has proven to be an effective tool in thwarting COVID-19 infections — but this winter's surge could push the initiative to its limits as staff might struggle to contend with a rush of new cases.
The Castro's Lucky 13 closes for good this weekend, a string of car burglaries has affected surfers at Ocean Beach and China Beach, and SF firefighters called off a search and rescue for a surfer who disappeared off Ocean Beach Friday evening.
A new Cuban-Colombian eatery in Civic Center is now open (for takeout only), a coyote apparently bit an East Bay runner Friday morning, and the Contra Costa County health officer lamented today that the "dark COVID winter" we've all feared is here.
Dance til 4 a.m. again to the likes of Mark Farina, Jazz Mafia, and a menagerie of musicians this weekend as Revive the Night unites a dozen local nightclubs for a weekend-long online rager.
Starting Sunday night and extending until at least January 4, San Francisco restaurants will need to cease outdoor dining, personal services and indoor gyms will need to shut down, and retail businesses will need to enact stricter capacity limits.
The SPFD is hunting for a suspect following a shooting this morning in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.
The state's new methodology for deciding when the new stay-at-home order will be triggered groups Santa Cruz and Monterey counties into the Bay Area, so we are now all in this together as a region.
A 33-year-old man who had done too much acid while vacationing with friends in Bodega Bay last year, and who subsequently went on a violent rampage that injured several people before getting shot by police, has pleaded no contest.
Bay Area nurses say that hospitals are short-staffed and nearing a breaking point, Berkeley is hoping to avoid the shutdown of outdoor dining, and PG&E just got its rate hike approved which will average around 8% more on customers' bills.
BART's board approved contracts for its workers six months early, Santa Clara County added 783 new cases today, and Twitter is saying it may suspend Trump's account altogether as soon as he's not president anymore.
In what must be a record run, the SFPD Tenderloin unit this week arrested a suspect for their 13th vehicle theft in a mere year and a half.
In a last, litigious middle finger to Facebook on their way out the door, Trump's Justice Department is suing the social media giant over what it found to be a pattern of favoritism toward temporary immigrant workers over Americans in its hiring practices.
In a major announcement and landmark moment in the streaming wars, Warner Bros. Pictures announced Thursday that all of its slate of film releases for 2021 will be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max.
Citing the fact that ICU capacity is expected to drop below 15 percent in most regions of the state, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he was once again pulling the "emergency brake" this week and he's instituting a three-week stay-at-home order.
Mayor London Breed responded Thursday to an outcry this week over news that she had dined with a group of unrelated people at the French Laundry four weeks ago, and says, "I need to hold myself to a higher standard."
Early Thursday morning, a first-of-its-kind floating firehouse sailed across the Bay to its new permanent home at Pier 22 1/2, and it's part of the San Francisco Fire Department's preparedness efforts for earthquakes and other disasters.
Gusty winds and persistently dry conditions are potentially going to create fire danger for parts of the Bay Area between Sunday and Monday, which is the last thing that anyone in fire-prone areas wants to hear after an exhausting fire season.
Northbound 101 was a mess of traffic Thursday morning after an SUV flipped over and led to a major traffic backup stretching miles.
Members of Gov. Gavin Newsom's staff are quarantining after a positive test, two people were killed by cars in San Francisco Tuesday night, and three gyms in Contra Costa County have been fined for operating indoors.
A guy was arrested in Morgan Hill for pulling out a gun after being told to put on a mask in a Target store, a COVID outbreak hits Santa Clara Co. juvenile detention facilities, and testing in the Mission is turning up a very high rate of COVID positivity.
A married couple who live on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i recently flew home from San Francisco despite both having tested positive for COVID-19, and they were promptly arrested and charged with endangering other passengers on the plane.
A routine funding measure turned into a provocative debate about the Marina Times, and whether it represents free speech or feeding the trolls with taxpayer dollars.
Following Monday's bombshell announcement of charges against SF Public Utilities Commission Director Harlan Kelly, following an FBI raid of his home, we now get word that his wife, City Administrator Naomi Kelly, has voluntarily — or under pressure from the mayor — taken a leave of absence.
