People are hiking two miles up Mount Tam for a pancake breakfast; a Berkeley High graduate is awaiting a heart transplant in LA; and a woman was convicted for assaulting two social workers serving free coffee at an SRO.
The historic Camron-Stanford House on Oakland’s Lake Merritt, which has been closed since its lease expired in 2024, was damaged in a fire early Saturday, but firefighters were able control the blaze in less than an hour.
A man dubbed the “Rideshare Rapist” was recently convicted on 11 felony counts by an SF jury in the assaults of four women from 2013 to 2018, in which prosecutors say he posed as their rideshare driver then kidnapped and raped them.
San Quentin is at risk of losing its arts programming; Senator Tammy Duckworth says travelers should be told to take their shoes off during security again after it was revealed TSA scanners can’t effectively screen shoes; and there’s a very fuzzy emotional support cow in Sebastopol.
A fifth dead whale has turned up in the bay in three weeks; a cargo fire broke out at SFO Friday; and Dolores Park is sure to be packed with fans enjoying Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Easter festivities Sunday, most notably the famous Hunky Jesus Contest.
As San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder remains on a mental health leave from the Board of Supervisors, her office is reportedly at the center of an investigation into the leak of a confidential memo from the City Attorney's Office.
Mayor Lurie is set to visit two of San Francisco’s “sister cities,” Shanghai and Seoul, later this month as part of a tour promoting tourism through SF’s arts and culture, and he said there’s been talk of bringing pandas back to the SF Zoo.
The Mess Hall at the Presidio Tunnel Tops is nearing an opening; Parasol at Flore has softly opened in the Castro, at least for breakfast/lunch; and Causwells expands to the Peninsula, all in This Week in Food.
President Trump has, in fact, allocated $152 million in taxpayer money in his proposed budget to fund the first year of "project expenses" for his asinine, entirely impractical, and likely-to-be-abandoned plan to reopen Alcatraz as a prison, because he thinks it's a neat idea.
Clipper’s 2.0 upgrade in December went badly, and riders continue to face technical issues, with only 1.5 million users successfully transitioning to the new system so far out of 15 million.
Three arrests have been made and authorities are reportedly still looking for the criminal or criminals in charge of a crypto theft ring that allegedly plotted "wrench attacks" on multiple holders of cryptocurrency fortunes on the West Coast.
A new report by an avalanche education organization describes in detail the events of February 17, and the avalanche conditions that were present as a group of 11 skiers and four guides headed on a dangerous route out of the back country near Donner Summit.
Three tech “pranksters” are holding a contest — deadline April 7 — for a public art project that will transform a barren alley in SF’s Sunset District into a 1,280-piece art quilt. The friends recently purchased the alley from a couple who mistakenly thought they were buying a nearby duplex.
The revamp of the Clay Theater has cleared a key hurdle with Historic Preservation; the SFPD just welcomed its largest recruit class in a decade; and K-Pop group NMIXX is throwing out the first pitch at the Giants' game Monday.
Embattled former City Hall figure Sheryl Davis has delayed her arraignment; a rabid bat was found in Fremont; and Sunday Streets has made it halfway to its fundraising goal.
To celebrate the label's 30th birthday, Om Records is having both a free Day Party and a ticketed Night Party on Saturday, May 9, and the daytime event will, like several other EDM parties before it, happen at Embarcadero Plaza.
A Washington homicide suspect with prior warrants in the East Bay was arrested in Missouri this week after he was mistakenly released in October from Contra Costa County’s Martinez Jail while waiting to be extradited to Washington state.
In an opinion piece in the New York Times this week, Craig Newmark of Craigslist fame wrote about his decision to sign the “Giving Pledge” last year with the goal of giving up to $1 billion to nonprofits, and he’s been encouraging other wealthy people to do the same.
Questions remain about what, exactly, was said the night of October 22 when San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie got on the phone with President Trump to encourage him to call off his federal agent surge. But the mayor's office says there's nothing being kept from the public.
The winning mascot chosen to serve as the crew’s official zero-gravity indicator aboard the Artemis II on its trip to the moon Wednesday was created by eight-year-old Lucas Ye of Mountain View, who beat out more than 2,600 other contestants internationally, including adults and kids.
Taking the guesswork out of how early you need to be at the airport, United Airlines has added a very helpful feature to its app, in the midst of an ongoing congressional impasse over the funding that keeps TSA operating.
An allegedly stolen vehicle that San Francisco police spotted and tried to pull over in SoMa Wednesday evening ended up being at the center of a chase that ended on the Bay Bridge.
Attorney General Pam Bondi today becomes the second high-profile firing of the second Trump administration, and the second woman fired from the cabinet, after months in which her handling of the Epstein affair created further political liabilities for President Trump.
A group of residents gathered outside the Marina Safeway Wednesday in protest of the proposed redevelopment of the property into a 25-story mixed-use tower, which they say would unfavorably impact the neighborhood, and the city is required to finalize the design review by August 1.
If you took a Waymo anywhere on Wednesday, you were likely treated to a little April Fool's prank. Isn't it cute when the robots try to have fun with us?
