After the daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones was found dead in a hallway at the Fairmont Hotel just hours after midnight on New Year’s Eve, we’re learning she racked up something of an arrest record in the Bay Area in 2025.
The San Francisco Fire Department performed a rescue and put out a car fire on Junipero Serra Boulevard Sunday morning, and one person in the crash required hospitalization.
A 3-alarm fire has mostly destroyed a San Jose Buddhist temple; Oakland saw a triple homicide Saturday morning; and those King Tides continued flooding the Embarcadero over the weekend.
Residents throughout Marin County received alerts Sunday night that emergency dispatch centers were having periodic outages and to seek help at their closest fire stations. AT&T mobile and internet service was reportedly down, which was expected to be restored by 11:30 am Monday.
A scuba diver in the Cannery Row area of Monterey Bay caught a rare glimpse of an “undulating” juvenile ribbonfish, also known as “king-of-the-salmon,” which is typically found a few thousand feet below the surface.
San Francisco dog owners are spreading the word about a popular local dog sitter who’s accused of mistreating numerous animals in his care at his Lake Merced condo, leading to the deaths of two dogs over the Christmas holiday.
A new state website enables California residents to delete their data from over 500 brokers; a person was rescued from the frigid water “clinging to a rope” at SF’s Pier 9 Saturday; and a hiker has been missing in the Sierra Nevada since Friday.
Those wacky black helmets did the 49ers no favors in a Saturday night game, as they blew their storybook chance at home field advantage through the Super Bowl, getting suffocated by Seattle 13-3.
The driver of a stolen car crashed into Lightning's Boxing Club in Oakland early New Year’s Day after colliding with another car — sending two people to the hospital — then fleeing on foot. The estimated repair costs are between $50,000 and $1000,000.
Finding Bay Area waterfalls and undisturbed mushroom rings, a self-guided tour of SF libraries, and a cavalcade of custards in San Jose. Plus, a new all-ages club in Richmond, the best view via SF’s public-private open spaces, and how artist Morisot was more than Manet’s muse.
Yet another power outage hit about 3,400 residences in SF’s Richmond District and Seacliff Friday; 12 people were injured in a two-car crash near SF’s Balboa Park; and a land surveyor found a skull off Highway 1 near Monterey this week.
The owners of independent live music venue, Bottom of the Hill, announced Friday they’ll be closing the doors to the 35-year-old institution after New Year’s Eve 2026. The owners hope the space can be taken on by another community-minded business.
A coastal flood advisory is in effect through the weekend with heavy flooding already taking place in Marin; the FBI says they prevented a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina; and a man was filmed attacking someone at the San Carlos Caltrain station.
If you feel you still haven’t paid your respects to the dearly departed albino alligator Claude, there will be a large, public (and free!) “celebration of life” for the deceased 30-year-old gator at the Golden Gate Bandshell.
You do not need to sneak around and ditch your Christmas tree on a sidewalk when no one is looking. Recology is happy to pick up your tree for free if you just leave it next to your compost bin when putting out trash and recycling.
One Camaro driver who enjoys speeding at more than 100 miles per hour on I-580 has a novel, James Bond-style trick to evade authorities, as this particular vehicle’s license plates are able to automatically disappear when the cops show up.
While one homicide is always too many, San Francisco can claim to have one of the most rapidly declining homicide rates in the land, and 2025 closed out with a record-low homicide total not seen since the 1950s.
That new Real ID driver’s license you were forced to get in 2025 may be worthless in 2026, because the California DMV had a software error, and an estimated 325,000 state residents must replace their ID yet again.
Castro neighborhood brunch destination Kitchen Story, well known for its Millionaire's Bacon and bottomless mimosas, is closing its doors after 12 years, though its sister businesses will remain open.
There were two fatal shootings in Oakland on New Year's Day which occurred two and a half hours apart in different parts of the city.
A 19-year-old man who died while hiking with a friend Monday on San Bernardino County's Mount Baldy has been identified as a freshman at Santa Clara University who was home for winter break.
A 6.5M earthquake shook parts of central and southern Mexico this morning; a federal judge has denied an attempt by ICE to delay a ruling about its Sansome St. detention facility; and Tesla is no longer the world's biggest EV maker.
Victoria Jones, the daughter of Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead inside San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel Thursday morning, according to an unnamed police source connected to the investigation. A cause of death has not been released, and police do not suspect foul play.
A 65-year-old woman was killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 280 in Daly City Thursday morning, and the driver was arrested for DUI. Northbound lanes near Serramonte Boulevard were closed to traffic, and travelers were told to expect delays.
There was a baby boy born in San Leandro just a few minutes after midnight last night, making him likely to have been the Bay Area's first birth of 2026.
