Five Bay Area residents were arrested in a major retail theft scheme, video shows the the Glass Fire arriving on a property in Calistoga, and the House of Prime Rib may be reopening as soon as next week.
Facebook manned up and actually took down a post that Trump put up on Tuesday in which he, egregiously and falsely, claimed that COVID is less lethal than the flu.
An all-time California record of campaign cash has not yet sealed the deal for Lyft and Uber in their campaign to ensure their drivers are not classified as employees.
Last week in either Napa or Sonoma County, some private citizens not assigned to the firefight apparently took it upon themselves to start lighting backfires to prevent the spread of the Glass Fire — an activity the Cal Fire takes seriously for its potential danger.
A brawl broke out Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Clayton and Haight streets, and a neighborhood group that lobbied against the city establishing a sanctioned tent encampment nearby posted video to Twitter and implies homeless campers are to blame.
In not just California, but Oregon and Washington too, where even cannabis plants that are hundreds of miles from the fires suffer smoke damage that renders the pot unsmokable.
While fire activity in the Glass Fire continues to be calmer than it was just days ago, the fallout from the fire is still being assessed — and the economic impacts to both the wine industry and Napa and Sonoma counties at large may be far greater than the size of the fire may suggest.
Onetime Bay Area kook turned global kook/accused murderer and tax evader John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and will apparently be extradited to the U.S. soon to face tax evasion charges.
Containment on the Glass Fire has reached 50 percent, a UCSF infectious disease specialist balks at Trump's behavior after leaving Walter Reed, and a judge rules against the EPA regarding the Cargill salt ponds in the Bay.
The Wednesday debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will feature a plexiglass shield, the remains of a missing 75-year-old Berkeley woman may have been found in Humboldt County, and the Alameda County DA's office is reopening the Oscar Grant case.
Cafe owner, activist, and lightning-rod for leftie quarrelling Manny Yekutiel is London Breed’s new nominee for one of two empty spots on the SFMTA board.
A Petaluma man who's believed to have killed his girlfriend on Friday died in a fiery motorcycle crash with another vehicle after he sped northbound onto the southbound lanes of Highway 101.
True to form, President Trump used Twitter and his recent, clearly very serious case of COVID-19 to once again politicize the pandemic and tell his followers "Don't be afraid of COVID."
The 49ers fell to 0-2 at Levi’s Stadium this season with a 25-20 loss Sunday Night to the previously winless Philadelphia Eagles. The Carson Wentz led Eagles, reeling from a handful of their own injuries, were able to upset the Niners on their home field for the first time since 2010.
In a year of constant talk in the media about increasing the visibility and amplifying the voices of women and people of color, SF's famed weather mascot has been — at least for now — replaced by a woman.
A 21-year-old man who was killed near Union Square last week was wanted in connection with a May home invasion robbery in Fremont — and police had been looking for him for months.
Predicted high winds never materialized late last week or over the weekend, and firefighters were able to raise containment levels and tamp down the Glass Fire threat for much of Sonoma County. On the Napa side, Calistoga was able to breathe easy Sunday as the fire shifted east.
A UCSF doctor has called Trump's motorcade stunt outside the hospital on Sunday "massively irresponsible," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has now tested positive for COVID-19, and California just crossed the 4 million mark for acres burned this year.
Over the past few days, many of San Francisco's bastions for arts and culture have started to emerge from their SIP-spun chrysalises, welcoming the public back into their hallowed halls — and The Castro's beloved GLBT Historical Society Museum is among one of them.
A mountain lion cub — that's likely no more than six weeks old — was recently transported to the Oakland Zoo after sustaining life-threatening burns from the Zogg Fire in Shasta County; a team of veterinarians at the zoological institution are working around the clock to treat his wounds.
"Unhealthy" air conditions are expected in San Francisco and elsewhere today, local rents continue to drop in price at record amounts, and the next day or two will prove "critical" as President Trump continues fighting an active — and some believe to be severe — COVID-19 infection.
San Francisco's first (and only) cat cafe — where you could once hear cats purr while your tea cooled — is clawing and clamoring to stay open amid slow foot traffic and needing to meet its high overhead costs that are required to keep its rescue cats fed, healthy, and properly sheltered.
SFPD stated Friday that a thirty-something-year-old man was arrested in relation to an earlier kidnapping and attempted rape of a local elderly woman in SF's Inner Sunset neighborhood.
Kellyanne Conway announced she has also tested positive for COVID-19, the Instagram-famous Hello Kitty Truck is heading to San Francisco this month, and the Glass Fire has ballooned to over 62,000 acres as of Saturday morning — and the blaze is currently just 10 percent contained.
House Speaker Pelosi on Friday tested negative for COVID-19 after having attended a previous meeting with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, 85-year-old Harrington's Bar & Grill is closing, and SF is now moving the homeless out of shelter-in-place hotel rooms... and into more affordable types of housing.
