The Oakland man who died after being dragged by a laptop thief's getaway car was celebrating his birthday, video shows a man getting knocked off a rock by a huge wave near Santa Cruz, and a woman is killed while allegedly breaking into her ex's home in Dublin.
Three people were shot and injured on Tuesday evening around the city, and after the clock struck midnight, three more people were stabbed in separate incidents in SoMa and the Excelsior district.
The loss of one Congressional seat doesn’t sound like much, but too low of a census count this year would also cost the state hundreds of billions of dollars in federal tax appropriations.
Prolific restaurateur Adriano Paganini and his Back of the House Restaurant Group — the team behind Beretta, Delarosa, Barvale, A Mano and others — is taking over the former Elite Cafe and opening a new Italian spot.
Less than two months after its November opening, fancy downtown Wagyu spot Ittoryu Gozu suffered a small kitchen fire New Year's Eve that threw a wrench into its celebratory dinner service.
Just before the holidays, HUD Secretary Ben Carson issued an annual report on homelessness nationwide in which he called on state and local leaders on the West Coast to address the issue with "crisis-like urgency."
Two-Michelin-starred Saison, which dropped down from three stars last year following the departure of chef and co-owner Joshua Skenes from day-to-day operations, is undergoing another transition as the new year begins.
As we await final crime stats from the SFPD for 2019, the department is touting the fact that burglaries from vehicles in the city — while still high — were down slightly year over year through November.
A high-surf advisory has been extended through tonight, two arrests have been made in an Oakland laptop theft that ended in death, and a 3.9M earthquake struck the South Bay Wednesday night.
There was plenty of bad news in 2019, but in the good news column the homicide count in San Francisco hit its lowest number since 1963: 41.
The man who was injured chasing after laptop thieves in Oakland has died, Supervisor Sandra Fewer may not run for reelection, and a vigil is being held to mark the 11th anniversary of Oscar Grant's death.
A man was critically injured chasing after a laptop thief in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood, two men suffered major injuries in separate attacks in SF Monday night, and a swingers' gathering is causing a stir in Sactown.
Rescue crews have been battling intense surf since Monday after a witness reported seeing a vehicle go speeding off a cliff south of Devil's Slide, on Highway 1 at Gray Whale Cove. Now the witness has provided dash-cam video to authorities and local media showing the moment in question.
In another year chased by gorgeous couture and fierce faces, we asked seven San Francisco drag queens to share with us their best-loved looks from the past twelve months.
Scan through the Yelp reviews at the AMC Kabuki cinema in Japantown and you're bound to find multiple complaints about fire alarms going off that interrupt everyone's moviegoing experience. One even happened on Monday night, clearing out the building during a rain shower.
San Francisco has seen a higher percentage of Chinese food restaurant closures, as family-owned restaurants watch their next generations duck out of the food business.
Tonight marks the final night of Beach Blanket Babylon's 45-year run in North Beach. The show's longtime sound designer says the show's closing wasn't handled all that well vis a vis the cast. But we take a moment to remember a high point when the cast performed for the Queen in 1983.
Hometown girl Ali Wong was back in town for the holidays over the weekend, making a stop in her "Milk & Money" tour at the Masonic, and eating some food around town as well.
A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack on a homeless woman on the BART platform at Richmond Station.
In a campaign to fight loneliness, a group known as HugTrain will be offering free hugs to anyone who wants one beside the Golden Gate Bridge Tuesday night, prior to and during the New Year's Eve fireworks show.
The two local app-based companies that rely on contract drivers are challenging a new California law that is set to go into effect on January 1, and which poses an existential threat to the so-called "gig economy."
A male pedestrian was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond, arrests were made in a Nov. 17 mass shooting in Fresno, and SF is encouraging New Year's Eve revelers to sign up for emergency text alerts.
An intense search in heavy surf was underway Monday near Devil's Slide for a car that was seen driving over a cliff, I-80 was shut down in Vallejo for police activity, and the SF Housing Authority is trying to get back to solvency.
Responding to public outcry over the loss of several dozen free City College classes geared toward older adults in San Francisco, the Mayor and Board of Supervisors are stepping in to restore 17 of the classes through the city's Dignity Fund.
The moms can remain at the West Oakland house they’ve crashed for now, but a final ruling is expected in the next 24 hours as an Alameda County Superior Court judge declined to toss out their request to stay.
