The late albino alligator Claude now has a City Hall effort afoot to name a street in Golden Gate Park after him, and there's a public poll to help decide which street will become “Claude the Albino Alligator Way.”
A drunken tirade and ensuing scuffle involving a San Francisco woman and her boyfriend and what appears to be the entire staff of Hayes Valley restaurant-bar Hazie's has now made it to TMZ.
Yes, infamous Los Gatos "party mom" Shannon O'Connor, whose case involving supplying teenagers with alcohol and coercing them into sex dates back almost five years, is finally facing trial.
This FBI image claims to show four people testing bombs they allegedly intended to detonate at “multiple US companies” on New Year’s Eve, but all four were arrested and taken into federal custody this past weekend.
The famed Bay Bridge LED installation the Bay Lights is expected to be lit back up again in about three months, which will not be in time for the Super Bowl, but will expand the dazzling illuminated display to both sides of the bridge.
A group of protesters from interfaith groups arrived Tuesday in the predawn hours outside the federal facility at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco where immigrants arriving for immigration court dates have been summarily swept into detention facilities since May.
There was a triple stabbing Monday night on Sixth Street in San Francisco's South of Market area, and all three victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds.
A BMW SUV crashed through the front of an ACE Hardware store in Redwood City Monday evening; San Ramon saw another small earthquake this morning; and there will be no more free parking meters on Sundays in Oakland in the new year.
An explosion occurred Monday afternoon involving an underground gas tank at the Shell station at 16th and Guerrero; there was a swarm of small earthquakes centered near The Geysers this morning; and the LAPD has confirmed son Nick Reiner was "responsible" for his parents' deaths.
15 passengers were injured Monday when a cable car on California Street came to an abrupt stop, and 11 people were taken to the hospital, though it does not seem that any of the injuries were serious.
Wait, didn’t BART just raise their fares on January 1 this year? Yes they did, and they’re going to do it again on January 1, 2026, the second consecutive New Year’s Day fare increase for the cash-strapped transit system.
Talented and painstaking San Francisco gingerbread artist Peter Williams creates ever more ambitious architectural wonders out of gingerbread every year, and this year's is no exception.
After voters overwhelmingly approved Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot measure last month, Republicans are looking for a do-over in court to halt the new maps, as the GOP fears a blowout in the 2026 midterm elections.
The East Bay family living in a home where a gas explosion occurred Thursday has been identified by family members who say they "lost everything they owned" in the blast.
In a packed SF Superior Court room, SF filmmaker Kevin Epps was found not guilty of the murder of his one-time brother-in-law, but was still found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, which comes with a three- to eleven-year prison sentence.
The married team of Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, who opened the hit Mediterranean spot Dalida in the Presidio in 2023, have now revealed details about their second project, which we first learned about earlier in the year.
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A child was reportedly run over by a vehicle on the street Sunday morning in the area between Hayes Valley and Alamo Square, and did not survive his injuries.
The San Francisco 49ers beat probably the worst team in the NFL Sunday with a 37-24 win over the Tennessee Titans, maintaining some good-but-not-great playoff positioning.
Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found murdered in their LA home, and their son was arrested; Newsom has hired two former Trump health officials; and protesters marched in the Mission over the jailing of animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg.
A Grass Valley man was arrested on eight felony counts of animal cruelty after authorities discovered 229 emaciated animals on the property, 14 of them dead and many likely infected with a highly contagious disease. Eighty-one will be available for adoption after recovery.
The Board of Supervisors hosted a mock hearing Wednesday, where seven student legislators from local elementary schools reviewed proposals from four of their peers for alternative uses of Alcatraz Island, challenging the federal government’s laughable plan to reopen it as a prison.
Cellphones across the Bay Area rang out with another earthquake alarm Sunday afternoon, but this time it was not a false alarm.
The Bay Area is about to get wet after a dry first half of the month; at least two students who escaped Saturday’s Brown University shooting had been involved in previous school shootings; and California’s generic insulin brand will be available as soon as next month.
As the federal government continues to attack DEI efforts — emboldening racists to come out of the woodwork, two high-profile hate incidents came to light this week. In Petaluma, a youth mentor and ex-Globetrotter was targeted, and in San Jose, high school students formed a human swastika.
This week: The real story behind the Winchester Mystery House, a historic artist’s studio-turned-artwork, a gifted local teenage violinist, and entrepreneurial high schoolers. Plus, hiking via public transit, the Presidio’s native plants, all things ube, and tasty holiday latkes.
