IKEA has bought the 6x6 mall on mid-Market, Elizabeth Holmes is making a bunch of noise in her court case, and Newsom just relaxed some of the independent contractor restrictions from AB5.
This weekend’s Oaklash drag festival will be applied online, but The Oasis, Red Victorian, and even the Castro’s sidewalks are hosting in-person drag events — but no cheaters allowed on masks and distancing.
Unless you're one of the lucky ones who's being cooked for every day in this pandemic, you are likely really sick of coming up with meal plans and cooking your own food by now. So maybe for this Labor Day Weekend staycation, you should treat yourself to something mostly pre-made.
The Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is kicking off an outdoor, drive-in movie series on September 18, and it's set to go for at least a month.
SF’s filled with vibrant public art pieces that invite tourists and locals alike to gawk at them. Arguably, there's no better time than now to see some of our city's best left-of-center outdoor murals, sculptures, and other creative works — albeit while staying six feet away from others.
The pandemic and recession may be reason enough to ease at least some of the restrictions that have kept chain stores of all kinds from populating empty retail spaces, now that neighborhoods like Hayes Valley are looking pretty grim.
A weekend heatwave with a drop in humidity could create hazards as firefighters work to contain what remains of the three major wildfire complexes in the Bay Area.
Alameda parents are upset over a racist online learning program, the SF Sheriff's Department wants to take over SFO duties, and a potentially damaging report emerges about Trump disparaging war dead.
There were two separate homicides in Vallejo last night, a youth theater teacher in Los Gatos was arrested for inappropriate Zoom behavior, and salon owners and others "rallied" outside Pelosi's SF home today.
The President continued his unhinged lunacy on Thursday, changing course in his rhetorical war on mail-in voting by recommending that voters — presumably only those who vote for him — to mail in ballots and then show up in person at polling places as well.
Madison Bumgarner left the Giants in December for $85 million, saying “It’s all about winning.” He hasn’t won a game since, but will try again Saturday at Oracle Park.
The latest heatwave headed our way is coming with an "excessive heat warning" covering much of the Bay Area that begins on Saturday morning. And San Franciscans shouldn't get complacent — remember Labor Day Weekend three years ago when the forecasts were 20 degrees off?
Alameda County added 17 new COVID-related deaths on Wednesday and 21 on Thursday, the highest two-day total of any Bay Area county since the pandemic began.
Admitting that the platform could play a role in destroying democracy as we know it, Facebook says it will limit or restrict new political ads in the week leading up to the election in November.
The drama escalated after the stylist who had taken the appointment with the speaker issued a statement — through a lawyer — laying out a few claims of his own about Erica Kious, the salon owner who sent surveillance video of Pelosi to Fox News.
Tracking the Hennessey Fire's rapid spread two weeks ago, a National Guardsman had to be rescued in Sonoma County after a fall, and casinos are reopening for outdoor gambling in San Jose.
Trump is clearly trying to use the CDC to legitimize his claims that a COVID vaccine will be ready very soon, California is adjusting its ratings for counties that are doing extra testing, and a San Leandro police officer has been charged with manslaughter for Walmart shooting.
The LNU Lightning Complex fires in Sonoma, Napa and several other counties has reached 76-percent containment as Wednesday, with full containment estimated by early next week. The slightly larger SCU Lightning Complex stood at 72-percent contained as of midday.
Matt Haney is calling for a San Francisco guaranteed income, but did not say how much money people would get, and merely hoped the funding would come from a “private philanthropist foundation or something else.”
There is public health advice, from experts, confirming that unnecessary chit-chat in public can actually be deadly, even with masks on.
Indoor gyms that serve San Francisco police officers and other government employees have reopened for workouts for limited numbers of people at a time, and San Francisco gym and fitness studio owners are decrying this as hypocritical when they are forced to remain closed.
The city will need extra assistance and supplies from the state if it's ever going to reopen schools safely, in one of the hardest-hit cities in the state by COVID-19.
A Fresno-based hair stylist and salon owner says she was "outraged" when one of her freelance stylists told her she would be accepting a blowout appointment with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Union Street salon she owns. And that's why she released surveillance footage of Pelosi to Fox News.
On Tuesday, Muni staff gave a report to the SFMTA Board in which they explained why the Muni Metro system collapsed and shut down again last week after reopening for just three days — and why light-rail trains now won't be running again until next year.
Facebook and Twitter have shut down a Russian "troll factory" that was employing American freelancers, Pacifica is closing all of its beaches this weekend, and Carole Baskin is going to be on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
