"We can't wait to see you!" reads a tweet published Friday by the SF Zoo in anticipation of Monday’s expected crowds (capped at 50 percent capacity). And, honestly: we've never been more overjoyed at the promise of seeing ring-tailed lemurs fling themselves through a series of aerial acrobatics.
All of SF's libraries have remained shut for months now, leaving bibliophiles to live with just SFPL's online services and catalogs. But starting next month, San Franciscans can again start checking out physical books and other tangible media via the newly proposed "SFPL To Go" service.
SF firefighters battled a large residential blaze last night in Pacific Heights that damaged four buildings, a Bay Area dog trainer has been charged with four felony counts of animal abuse, and both Oakland and Berkeley have ceased all outdoor dining amid swelling COVID-19 case numbers.
Facebook might ban political ads (but only just before the election), California is looking to release 8,000 inmates from state prisons, and it's going to be HOT around the Bay this weekend.
The San Francisco Giants will be short a star catcher for their abbreviated, 60-game season beginning in two weeks, as Buster Posey just announced that he will be sitting this one out.
For just $714 million, riders will be able to get from SF to San Jose in a mere 45 minutes under the umpteenth iteration of the high-speed rail plan.
Earlier this week, iconic Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse filed suit against its insurance company for denying a vital interruption-of-business claim. Founder and owner Alice Waters says she wouldn't be going to court unless this were a serious matter.
A spike in COVID-19 cases is happening among the staff at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital, and neither there nor at Kaiser Permanente's hospital in San Francisco are nurses who deal with COVID-positive patients getting mandatory, regular tests themselves. Why?
Thursday night was chosen as the occasion for the now annual skater community ritual of the Dolores Hill Bomb, in which daredevil skateboarders bomb their way down the hill on Dolores Street between 21st Street and 18th Street — sometimes ending in injury.
The City of Berkeley, which has often in its history been at the forefront of progressive movements, is considering a proposal that would remove all police from traffic enforcement, and create a new department that would use unarmed personnel to make traffic stops and issue tickets.
Once Thursday's numbers were in, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) reported a jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city of 171 — a 4-percent uptick and two and a half times higher than the average daily new case count of the last two weeks.
Multiple Berkeley Bowl employees have tested positive for COVID-19, Sonoma County (as predicted) has landed on the state's watch list, and a car crash sparked a brush fire on the Altamont Pass that shut down I-580 overnight.
A 35-year-old pedestrian was struck and gravely wounded by a Muni bus in SoMa, fire evacuations will try to be COVID-safe, Newsom says, and several more beloved SF restaurants are closing for good.
On Friday, July 10, a day-long virtual conference on COVID-19 and research underway into how to treat the disease kicks off at 7:30 a.m., tacked on to the end of the annual International AIDS Conference which was supposed to be taking place — physically — in San Francisco.
After a horror and sci-fi podcast aired shocking accusations against Borderlands owner Alan Beatts, the local press has confirmed these charges from his daughter and ex-girlfriend.
After both potentially being exposed to the coronavirus this week, Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Shamann Walton have tested negative — though Breed says she will be tested again next week as a precaution.
Chalk it up to another — albeit temporary — casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. SF's beloved cable cars are going to remain offline indefinitely, likely until a vaccine puts a final end to the spread of the virus, and both operators and riders can be assured of safety.
At least 200 of the homeless people currently residing in hotels due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be placed in long-term housing, subsidized by philanthropic funds for 18 months.
Authorities have made public the name and arrest record of the suspect believed to have fatally shot a Bay Area doctor and father of three, in addition to randomly shooting two other people in Sierra County last Friday.
SCOTUS deals a blow to Trump and his fight to hide his financial records, homelessness is growing on the Peninsula, and parents and teachers protest school reopening plans in Oakland.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Wednesday evening that she and Supervisor Shamann Walton had attended an event recently where they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
A UCSF researcher believes male hormones help the coronavirus invade cells, the SF Unified School District is hosting town hall meetings, and Biden and Sanders are cooperating on some policy proposals.
The body-worn camera footage has been released by the Vallejo PD in the June 2 shooting. And it shows an officer in the backseat of a police vehicle aim a high-powered rifle and fire five rounds through the front windshield before the vehicle had even come to a stop.
It's been just a week since we heard about the fairly lackadaisical attitude being exhibited by Sonoma County bar patrons amid the pandemic, and now indoor bars and restaurants in the county may have to close again as COVID hospitalizations rise — as they have been doing around the state.
It’s our first summer in 58 years without free San Francisco Mime Troupe performances in the park, but the show will go on over the internet and local radio.
