For the first time since 2001, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) issued rolling blackouts across the state Friday night, affecting some 220,00 PG&E customers — with San Rafael and Santa Rosa among the hardest hit with nearly 100,000 customer outages reported, collectively.
Fernando Madrigal, the 22-year-old Mission District resident who was arrested this week with the help of the FBI in connection with the July 2019 murder of 15-year-old Day’von Hann, was a person well known to the media and the Board of Supervisors.
This weekend's heatwave has already caused parts of the Bay Area to see record high temperatures, The Creamery cafe — known for its tech industry elite clientele — is closing, and stop by Miyako Old Fashioned Ice Cream, the only Black-owned ice cream shop in SF, to help stay cool today.
A coalition of boutique gyms has filed more papers against the city, SF isn't likely to be scorched quite as hot as the rest of the Bay Area this weekend, and Trump is planning events to counter the Democratic convention.
After being denied permission to board a connecting American Airlines flight at a Phoenix airport Wednesday, Los Angeles local Yolanda Yarbrough allegedly struck a gate agent in the face — and was later arrested by Phoenix police on “suspicion of assault.”
Between Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties alone, 1,123 new cases were added to the Bay Area's cumulative total today, and Friday's increase is the biggest one-day uptick in the region since mid-July.
It's a been a minute since we had the pleasure of BART's Twitter account coming alive with some honest and/or sassy commentary. But whoever's in charge over there this summer, kudos.
Day’von Hann was only 15 when he was shot and killed in July 2019, but a suspect has finally been identified and arrested with the FBI's help.
Kamala Harris apparently has good taste in wine, and Jared Kushner would like us all to un-hear what President Trump said Thursday about some new birther theory being floated in conservative media about Harris.
In a victory for the gun lobby, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has invalidated California's law limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets, saying that the law violates the Second Amendment.
In what's likely to be a futile effort to discourage people from coming to Lake Tahoe from outside the area this summer, some residents of South Lake Tahoe are planning a demonstration Friday afternoon.
Santa Clara County is launching an ambitious plan to house the homeless, the Times delves into how Biden came to pick Harris for VP, and Epic Games is now suing both Apple and Google over the Fortnite app store fight.
COVID fears are brewing around potentially crowded beaches during this weekend's heatwave, Stanford publishes controversial new sex assault allegation rules, and Alcatraz reopens for outdoor tours only next week.
Three women have come forward with allegations that Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek either acted inappropriately, assaulted them, or engaged in non-consensual sex with them in the last six years.
Boudin had already sued DoorDash in June over classifying drivers as contractors, now he wants a court order demanding that they hire their drivers as employees before the October trial.
Wednesday afternoon, a 21-year-old man was shot near Fourth and Mission streets — a particularly busy part of downtown SF — in SoMa. The victim later succumbed to his injuries, passing away yesterday evening.
Epic is boldly using Apple's own brand history against them, taking the iconic "1984"-themed Super Bowl ad that defined Apple three decades ago as the brand that supported individuality in the face of PC tyranny, and using it to argue that Apple is now the oppressor.
If all goes well this November, Governor Gavin Newsom will get to appoint a new Democratic Senator to take Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's seat. And the pressure will be on to select a woman — and a woman of color.
Both Prairie and Lazy Bear made quick pivots to selling groceries, booze, and pantry provisions during the pandemic. Prairie closes this week, and Lazy Bear owner David Barzelay is giving it until October, for now.
Two people died in boating accidents on Lake Tahoe on Monday, water mains burst around the East Bay last night leaving people without water, and Ritual Coffee is having a reckoning over race.
Five new liquor licenses are for sale for cheap in SF, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is pissed about Lake Merritt vendors and gatherings, and next year's Game Developers Conference is scheduled to happen in person at the Moscone Center in July.
A nightclub called YOLO, from a pair of San Jose club owners, is applying for a permit from the SF Entertainment Commission to open in the former Slim's space — you know, whenever such things get to safely reopen.
The first SoMa nightclub to emerge from pandemic lockdown looks to be Oasis, the LGBTQ club well known for its cabaret and drag shows — but it's only opening its rooftop.
It took all of one day for the disaffected bros of the alt-right to beat their Facebook ban, as all they had to do was adopt new and different keywords.
Senator Kamala Harris appeared with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for a pair of speeches Wednesday afternoon in Delaware, introducing Harris as the VP on this year's ticket. And neither minced words in characterizing President Trump as an incompetent fool.
