Photographer Burton Rast has recently done a series of 100 photographs, shot over 100 days, that shows off San Francisco structures and landmarks almost as abstract shapes, in stark black and white. Rast
Homeless mom panhandles on Market Street with newborn baby: “I’m not harming her in any way.”https://t.co/nSmkszW1qZ via @hknightsf pic.twitter.com/2NItA9gsLe — SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) July 30, 2017 34-
* Five arrested in daring Dutch iPhone heist from moving truck. [Associated Press] * Should tech companies attempt to police the web? [Wired] * Rash of car burglaries at BART. [CBS 5] * A boater nearly crashed
Republican-leaning UC Berkeley undergrad Kiara Robles has reportedly dropped a $23 million lawsuit that was filed against the university on her behalf by attorneys Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch and Michael Kolodz,
In an exchange with a stranger on Twitter, serial entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was speaking out about his sometimes rocky emotional life on Sunday yet again illustrating how weird it is
A Lyft driver in Sacramento was brutally beaten by eight young adults after she refused to take them all in her six-passenger vehicle. The Sacramento Bee reports via driver Nakayla Hall'
A man was reportedly arrested by BART police at a San Francisco station this weekend, on reports of indecent public activity. KRON 4 reports that the arrest occurred at 6:44 a.m.
#UPDATE: 1,600 PG&E customers without #power in #SanFrancisco.https://t.co/34qEmLmbIU — ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 30, 2017 A PG&E outage that knocked power out for thousands of
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Avoid the area of 15th St. & Beaver due to #SFPD activity. A shelter-in-place is in effect. @sfmta_muni & traffic will be effected. #sf pic.twitter.com/DMTguHZhWd — San Francisco
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An elderly man who's been living in an Oakland senior citizens' housing complex in Oakland was arrested last month on suspicion of dealing cocaine, black tar heroin, and marijuana out
Another independent movie house may be biting the dust. The bedraggled yet still appreciated Opera Plaza Cinema appreciated for its programming and location if not its interior is allegedly set to be replaced
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Nothing says summer like a gathering of good friends around a grill -- and we've rounded up all the things you need to make sure you throw the barbecue of the season.
The drama surrounding the Oroville Dam and its currently under-construction spillway is likely to continue well past this year. And a new, scathing report from a retired Berkeley engineering professor suggests that
The business of mastication had some bright spots this week, with more details about Stonestown's depressing Macy's becoming a food/cinema destination, more news about the Mid-Market hotel
Baba Zumbi of Oakland hip-hop group Zion I was shooting a music video with about 15 other people in West Oakland on July 10 when they were robbed of a very expensive
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Plus, some silky sheets to help you snooze your way to better health. Feeling low on energy or unmotivated to complete even simple tasks this summer? The culprit just might be the amount
* Say goodbye to the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Apple is killing them off, but keeping the iPod Touch for some reason. [CNet] * It's Gilroy Garlic Festival weekend! [ABC 7] * A
A video released this week by the attorney of one of the accused escaped convicts from Southern California who ended up living in a van in SF's Haight Ashbury in January
It is not a particularly unique observation that the culture of constantly looking at our phones has spawned an app economy whose emotional manipulation, trampling of our privacy, and spread of misinformation has
Fast-casual chicken joint Proposition Chicken just announced the opening of their second location, in Oakland's Lakeshore neighborhood, in September. Serving what they say is "the best damn chicken and
A judge in Alameda County today denied a bail reduction request from Max Harris, one of the two defendants in the criminal case tied to the December Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Harris,
