Oakland is on track to record more homicides this year than in any of the last five years, and the reason for the steep jump in gun violence is directly correlated to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the city's interim police chief.
California's healthcare unions are taking another shot at “Big Dialysis” after a failed 2018 measure, and get ready for TV ads, as the franchise clinics are outspending the unions 16-1.
SF's Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax minced no words in reacting to President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, which was revealed late Thursday night.
Beloved Piedmont Avenue Italian spot Dopo will serve its last lasagna on Saturday, and the owners say that not enough has been done by federal, state, and local governments to prevent a mass die-off of restaurants.
Forecasted gusty winds failed to materialize with the new Red Flag Warning Thursday night, allowing fire crews in the North Bay to beef up containment lines on the Glass Fire and prevent any further structure damage.
Nancy Pelosi says the Trumps' COVID infections are "sad" but were perhaps inevitable, firefighters are facing an unpredictable day with the Glass Fire, and a young man was found dead on a BART train in the East Bay.
Facebook says it will now ban ads that undermine the election in any way, Cal Fire is warning of spot fires caused by winds tonight, and Napa County officials are apologizing for a fire warning text that went out to multiple counties.
Five of the 13 San Francisco ballot measures are tax hikes, but there are also a few measures that will surely draw Fox News ridicule, like allowing 16-year-olds to vote.
According to the latest smoke forecast, while fires may get scarier to our north — and while the East Bay hills are under Red Flag Warnings too — the smoke situation in San Francisco will get worse before it gets better.
This afternoon was not a good time to take BART in the East Bay, as service was disrupted when a semi truck knocked a power line onto the tracks.
Cal Fire investigators appear to have found the general area where the Glass Fire first ignited around 3:30 a.m. on September 27. A PG&E transmission line runs through the area, but an initial investigation has not pointed immediately to PG&E as the likely culprit, for a change.
It's been six years since SF City College nearly lost its accreditation over a variety of financial and mismanagement issues, and now the California accreditation board has once again put the school on its "enhanced monitoring" list due to its ongoing financial woes.
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What's being called the Campbell Fire has just broken out Thursday morning in the vicinity of Oakville Grade Road and Campbell Creek Road in Napa County, just outside of Yountville on the west side of Highway 29.
Firefighters in Sonoma and Napa counties are bracing for two days of bigger and faster flames as high winds return, but containment on the Glass Fire inched up overnight to reach 5 percent.
The CDC has extended the cruise ship ban through October, San Jose is seeing a spike in fires at homeless encampments, and Facebook saw a spike in Proud Boys content after Tuesday's debate.
Air quality is going to decline fast over the Bay Area Wednesday night into Thursday, the Zogg Fire has claimed a fourth life, and the SFPD made two arrests in separate stabbings on Tuesday.
With the new freedom to serve people indoors come a bunch of new restrictions aimed at curbing the potential spread of COVID-19 .
The SFMTA has given everyone a reprieve from fare-inspection sweeps since early in the pandemic. But in a few weeks, the free ride (for those who've been taking advantage) comes to an end.
75-year-old Betty Baxter Simmons hasn’t been seen since September 5, but her car was found with a note saying “Tow to Berkeley.”
A major traffic jam on I-80 in San Francisco occurred Wednesday morning due to a police incident that began around 10 a.m., closing all eastbound lanes of the freeway approaching the Bay Bridge.
The COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison was largely contained over a month ago, with no new infections detected for weeks on end. But according to new data from the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), that may be changing.
Wednesday morning brought news that the Glass Fire had not significantly expanded its footprint compared to the day before, and all but around 14,000 residents have been allowed to return home in Sonoma County.
The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday a multilateral partnership to use Levi’s Stadium as a temporary voting center for the November 3rd election.
New York City is reopening restaurants at 25-percent capacity just as SF is, Berkeley residents woke up to a small earthquake, and Trump managed to drag Oakland into Tuesday night's debate.
Newsom signed into law a bill inspired by the Moms 4 Housing protest, Contra Costa County moved in to the "red" tier today, and fans of Meadowood are flooding social media with remembrances.
