The triple-whammy of Trump, COVID-19, and wildfire displacement are creating a drastic census undercount in NorCal, with congressional seats and billions of dollars on the line.
As the pandemic rages on and California chokes with wildfire smoke, San Francisco drag queens continue to innovate. And the New York Times and CNN have just taken notice.
As their 2020 NFL season gears up to kick off this Sunday at Levi’s Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals, the San Francisco 49ers look set to build on their strong history and champion a new loyalty to the Bay with the loss of the Raiders to Sin City.
Hey! The entire city is lit up Giants orange! JK. Too soon?
On Wednesday morning, PG&E issued an "all clear" for the most recent wind event in the North Bay and the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that impacted a broad swath of Northern California.
Three SF men were arrested for multiple burglaries in North Beach, BART is adding back some more rush-hour trains, and near-surface smoke is expected to remain light in SF throughout the day.
It doesn't smell smoky in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, just as it didn't for most of Tuesday. Yet the color of the sky turned an even more disturbing, Hades-like orange as everyone woke from their slumbers today, and it's thanks to fires that are burning very far away.
The yellow sky is just smoke way above us (and the air is actually okay), SF crossed the 10,000 mark for COVID cases, and Santa Clara is entering the "red" tier.
IKEA is coming to downtown to SF next fall, to the long-empty 6x6 mall on Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets, and the plan is for an urban version of an IKEA store that's about 20-percent of the size of their regular, sprawling suburban complexes.
It's hard to say just how transformational the current exodus of people from SF is going to be in the long run, or even how large it is compared to a normal September. But it's happening, and some are saying they'll be back.
Well, kiss my biceps! Blackballed NFL star Colin Kaepernick is included in this year’s update to the popular ‘Madden NFL’ franchise, and you can play him for any team.
Brace yourselves for a new fight over a waterfront development site as the Port of San Francisco looks to be selecting a development proposal for Piers 30-32 — a.k.a. the piers that the Warriors almost built their arena on before being shouted down to Mission Bay back in 2014.
For the second time in a week a transient man was arrested in Novato on suspicion of arson — this time it was a string of three suspicious fires, one of which authorities say they saw him light.
One Burning Man camp responsible for DJing from their burner bus that night has taken some responsibility, but they say that SFPD officers and park rangers didn't tell them to cut the music until 1 a.m.
Most evacuation orders in Sonoma were downgraded this morning, Marin County has to wait to enter the "red" tier for reopening, and tens of thousands of Bay Area residents are without power today and likely tomorrow too.
Even before a Red Flag Warning had fully taken effect in Sonoma County, wind-blown flare-ups in the area of the Walbridge Fire — which was 95-percent contained as of Monday morning — prompted new evacuation orders Monday night for fire-weary residents.
David Klein, the eccentric man who is credited with conceiving of the Jelly Belly jelly bean brand in 1976 and who now runs a lesser known company called Candyman Kitchens, says he wants to give something joyful to the world this miserable election season.
This Labor Day is less than a pleasant one for barbecues or anything outdoors, really, with the air heating up and more wildfire smoke descending on San Francisco and much of the Bay Area.
SF hit 100 degrees on Sunday for the first time in three years, the Creek Fire in Madera County has grown to 79,000 acres, and three people were shot — one fatally — during a late Sunday sideshow in SF's Excelsior District.
A vibrant group of at least a thousand people descended on Ocean Beach Saturday night for an impromptu Burning Man celebration, ignoring all social distancing orders and drawing a lot of attention in the neighborhood — illegal bonfires included.
To contend with both the heatwave and a looming high wind event, both rolling blackouts and a PG&E “Public Safety Power Shutoff" (PSPS) might be called this week in order to lower the chances of wildfires popping up across the Bay Area.
Over 200 people trapped by the fast-growing Creek Fire in the Sierra National Forest were rescued by helicopter Saturday, both an Excessive Heat Warning and Flex Alert are in effect through the long weekend, and four Trump-sign-touting boats sank during a Trump boat parade on a Texas lake yesterday.
When Dolores's social distancing circles debuted, they were the butt of countless jokes — but their ingenuity is undeniable. This month, SF Parks Alliance is putting a light-hearted spin on those chalked circles as part of a new fundraising drive to show appreciation for our city's green spaces.
With Labor Day weekend (and an imminent heat wave) upon us, denizens of the Bay Area are ready to flood local beaches in droves — but many, however, have closed to thwart COVID-19 infections.
It looks like we’re in for another hellacious heat wave this weekend, both Mayor Breed and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were at Dolores Park Friday to remind people to wear masks, and SF will now allow people to visit their loved ones at nursing facilities — albeit outside.
