SF schools will remain closed again Thursday as strike talks continue; a long-planned transit-oriented development at West Oakland BART is getting underway; and an assistant principal in San Jose was arrested in a child exploitation sting.
During the general strike on January 30, the folks at Fleetwood Fine Goods in the Inner Richmond began offering free “F*ck ICE” screenprints, which was met with huge success, and they’re continuing to offer the service to anyone who brings in or purchases a garment of their choice.
It’s ‘bottoms up’ at more SF movie theaters, as the Board of Supervisors just social-lubricated the red tape around alcohol sales at movie houses.
Did you know that the Bay Area was created out of something called a drowned river valley? Do you know the history of how Treasure Island was created out of nothing in the 1930s? A fun new video explains this and more.
Former San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo filed a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday in the corruption case that also ensnared former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, making him now a potential witness against her.
Concerned families, teachers, and community members packed the house at the San Jose Unified School District’s community meeting Tuesday evening after receiving news last week that up to a third of its elementary schools may be shuttered due to a 20-percent reduction in enrollment.
There is plenty of finger-pointing going on with the SF teachers' strike, but what seems clear is that the union may be sensing their upper hand at this point, and a resolution before Thursday seems unlikely.
It typically would not be whale-watching season yet in San Francisco Bay, but a few gray whales, possibly due to changes in their feeding grounds up north, are making early stops in the Bay.
Another celebrity who was in town for the Super Bowl, retired Philadelphia Eagles center and soon-to-be brother-in-law of Taylor Swift Jason Kelce, did a "Beer Bucket List" video hitting multiple San Francisco landmarks.
Five people, including two from the Bay Area, have been sentenced to prison terms and restitution for their parts in a strange fraud scheme involving the creation of sham driver and customer accounts on the DoorDash platform.
This is more than just a symbolic resolution, because the city owns the building, and the SF Board of Supervisors promised that the currently closed Mission Cultural Center will stay put and reopen no matter what.
Nine people have been killed in a school shooting in Canada; the Alameda County Board of Supervisors heard public comments about Flock cameras Tuesday; and Shasta County is seeing a measles outbreak.
San Francisco public school educators made national headlines Tuesday as they announced plans to bring a human banner to Ocean Beach the following day, with talks between union and district representatives slowly progressing and other unions across the state considering similar action.
The Trump administration tore down the Pride flag at Stonewall; turns out the pastor who did the Bad Bunny halftime show wedding is from Sacramento; and the SF teachers’ strike will indeed barrel into Wednesday.
I truly hope the billionaires all someday have to perform elaborate mea culpas — or be brought up on charges! — for colluding and sucking up to Trump in this era. And notably this week, former liberal Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly seeking a new piece of real estate in Miami.
A federal judge has shot down state Senator Scott Wiener’s ban on ICE agents wearing masks, because of wonky new amendments that Wiener and Governor Newsom added to it, constituting a classic Democratic political screw-up.
A woman reportedly suffered severe burns and was hospitalized after a fire broke out in her overstuffed, single-room occupancy apartment unit in North Beach on Tuesday.
In the deputies’ defense, the man they shot had called 911, claimed that he had a gun, and said that he intended to harm people with it. But when the smoke had cleared, it turns out the man was just carrying a pipe.
In reporting on what is otherwise good news for BART, the Chronicle couldn't help today but to throw cold water on things and sensationalize the agency's financial woes once more.
Frustrated parents of SF schoolkids are speaking out in the media, and union reps are keeping up a brave face as a potential third day of the San Francisco teachers' strike looms.
Opening statements started Monday in a trial where plaintiffs allege that Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are acting as ‘digital casinos’ designing their platforms to addict kids, and Zuckerberg will be forced to testify.
Some more details have been reported about how 49ers defensive lineman Keion White ended up being shot in the ankle early Monday morning in the Mission District.
This will be a wet week around the Bay after a long dry spell; Mission food vendors are mad about being shooed off for Super Bowl week; and Sam Smith kicks off a monthlong Castro residency.
49ers DL Keion White was shot in the ankle at an SF nightclub early Monday; Richard Tillman, the brother of Pat Tillman, has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a San Jose post office; and Scott Wiener denies snubbing Mayor Lurie.
A sleepy race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California Governor just got a little bit of a jolt, as Senator Adam Schiff publicly put his chips on East Bay House Representative Eric Swalwell.
