You may be hooked on your algorithm-generated Discover Weekly playlist listening on Spotify, but what if machine learning could auto-generate music tailored to your exact taste and mood? That's what local billionaire Vinod Khosla thinks will be happening within 10 years.
In the heat of Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, one SF resident near Duboce Park decided to take justice into his own hands after seeing a man outside his apartment breaking into his car.
You may know him as “paleontologist Dr. Scott” of the PBS kids show “Dinosaur Train,” but he’s now California Academy of Sciences executive director Dr. Scott Sampson.
SF's chief medical examiner since 2015, Dr. Michael Hunter — also known for his work on a cable TV series — is leaving the job for a major pay raise in San Joaquin County.
On the eve of his trial for both the 2017 murder of his brother and the highly publicized 2004 double homicide of a couple who were camped on a beach in Jenner, 40-year-old accused killer Shaun Gallon entered a new plea of no contest Thursday.
The Toronto Raptors' president apparently shoved an Alameda deputy, the Ritz in Half Moon Bay is being fined over beach access issues, and a tree crushed a car on Sutter Street.
It wasn't exactly the final game at Oracle the Bay Area had hoped for. The Golden State Warriors gave all that they had, lost another star to injury (Klay Thompson), and ultimately came up short, losing Game 6 and the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors 114-110.
Defense witnesses testify to the character of Max Harris in the Ghost Ship trial, BART board rejects fare hikes, and a visit to the Rat Bar.
The Board of Supervisors has been known to push its weight around and impose zoning controls when popular entertainment venues and bars are at risk, and that is now the threat by District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney to the landlords of Mezzanine.
The incendiary language points to the work of Gay Shame, but these professionally printed hangtags saying "Transphobia Prohibited" came from an ostensibly new underground group called Anti-Transphobia Action.
As the clock ticks down to tip-off at tonight's Game 6 of the NBA Finals, prices for Warriors tickets on the resale site TickPick are also ticking down a bit, but the average list price this morning was $5,822.
Mental health crises and 5150s are resulting in use of force only 0.2% of the time, according to an extremely detailed report just presented to the Police Commission.
A $10 lunch or dinner in this town that didn't come from a taqueria or a Burger King is sadly a rarity these days.
A 20-year-old in the Bay Area says that he went seeking potential predators on Tinder by using Snapchat's gender-swap filter, and claiming to be a 16-year-old girl. The guy he ensnared turned out to be San Mateo police officer, and that officer was arrested and placed on administrative leave.
With a host of new faces, including a few who are no stranger to controversy, the HBO reality series couldn't help but cover the Raiders in their final season in Oakland.
The company released some more free tickets for tours of the 61st floor which were snapped up in record time, but four time slots once a month seems stingy, no?
Oakland City Council pushes to expedite new A's stadium, the Sand Fire in Yolo County nearly reaches containment, and ACE train service was suspended due to a gas leak.
The body of the young man who drowned in Lake Del Valle has been recovered, California is trying to fight plastic waste, and SF's jail is going to stop charging inmates for phone calls.
"Like I said Monday, I'm hurting deeply, but I'm OK," Durant writes. He adds that the surgery to repair his torn Achilles tendon was a success, and "My road back starts now!"
PG&E and the Bay Area apparently can't handle the heat, and following large power outages Tuesday that impacted 17,000 households and businesses outside of San Francisco, two new outages are impacting a swath of the city and Lafayette.
Federal authorities have just filed charges against three men accused of trafficking methamphetamine by the pound out of the East Bay city of Concord. But the investigation failed to score a meeting with the group's main supplier, known only as "The Man."
In the Great Scooter War of 2018-19, a new volley has come over the horizon: Scooter-rental company Bird, which got booted out of the game in SF last year because they were playing too aggressively, is officially back in the game with the acquisition of Scoot.
As Warriors fans and the players face a decisive Game 6 on Thursday in Oakland, all anyone is still talking about is Kevin Durant, how serious his injury may be, and who bears the most responsibility for letting him play on Monday.
A cash fare will cost $3 starting July 1, with no fare increase for Clipper Card or app users, prompting cries of a poverty tax.
As residents across the Bay Area have been hitting beaches and swimming in lakes to combat the intense heat of the last few days, there have been two fatal drowning incidents, one at Crissy Field on Monday, and one at Lake Del Valle near Livermore.
