Henry Chung, namesake of Henry's Hunan chain of restaurants, died last weekend in the Richmond District at age 99. Chung's empire of restaurants helped popularize regional Chinese cuisine marked
Actor and playwright Simon McBurney probably did not anticipate the explosion of old-fashioned radio theater that's been happening lately via podcasts when he began working on The Encounter several years
What should you do on a pleasant weekend afternoon in San Francisco when you have an hour or two to kill? You could do the basics like an urban hike or a park-
CBS Films just released the first image of actress Helen Mirren in character, and in costume, as Sarah Winchester in the upcoming thriller Winchester. It's directed by Michael and Peter Spierig,
Chef Ron Siegel, who in his time as executive chef at the Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton earned four stars from the Chronicle and many other accolades, and who later would take
The Raiders may not be long for the Bay Area, but there's cause for celebration today with the return of prodigal Oakland son Marshawn Lynch. Born and raised in Oakland, Lynch
Salma Hayek, who's starring in the new film How to Be A Latin Lover, has just done this cute explainer video for Vanity Fair translating various Mexican slang phrases some of
* Fake monks return to SF. [KRON 4] * Queen Latifah was in SF to talk about the importance of diversity in advertising. [Ad Week] * [CNet] asks "Can Facebook solve its violent video problem?
She found the carcasses of 12 pets, dumped in plastic bags. No identifications. pic.twitter.com/E8vXx56Exk — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) April 27, 2017 A woman walking her own dogs stumbled upon a gruesome
UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks took to the New York Times today with an op-ed concerning both the Ann Coulter speech kerfuffle and the ongoing use of the campus as a locale
Current users of Luxe are out of luck: The San Francisco-based parking service known for its blue-jacket clad, scooter-toting valets, is shutting down its door-to-door service. But CEO
A week after a San Francisco cable car conductor was arrested in an alleged fare theft scheme, a second conductor has been booked on similar charges. As previously reported, 61-year-old cable
Two San Francisco bus riders were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday, the victims of a brazen midday heist by a trio of miscreants. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the shakedown happened at
The swarm robbery by a large group of teenagers that occurred at BART's Coliseum Station Saturday night continues to make the local news as KRON 4, CBS 5, and NBC Bay
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Dating apps always have beautiful stories that lead to pretty engagement photos and cheaper rent. This time with Shapr, there’s no “they got married and moved in” but rather their careers took
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The California DMV stands to further ease its regulations on autonomous vehicles at the urging of automakers, Reuters reports following a heated public hearing in Sacramento Tuesday. Representatives from the Association for Global
The stakes are very high for 30-year-old Russian national Denis Davydov, who traveled to the US legally in 2014 and overstayed his visa, requesting asylum as an HIV-positive gay man
A section of Highway 101 in Mendocino County that has been closed twice in the last month by rockslides had just reopened Monday when the hill began giving way again Tuesday night, and
Daily cold-pressed juice we can make at home? Yes, please: https://t.co/jFgquzX3OU #Healthy @Juicero #Juicero — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) March 31, 2016 It seemed that every drop of humor had already
Performer and playwright Taylor Mac will, for only the second time, be performing all 24 hours of his epically ambitious A 24-Decade History Of Popular Music this fall at The Curran. The
San Francisco is a beer-loving town if ever there was one, and this week marks the third annual installment of a smaller-scale beer fest than the annual Beer Week Gala that
It's an only-in-Silicon Valley story that has NBC Bay Area making "Rage Against the Machine" dad jokes: Knightscope, the maker of a line of rolling security robots,
The second East Bay restaurant from Juhu Beach Club chef Preeti Mistry, Navi Kitchen, opened its doors this morning for limited breakfast service including an awesome looking chai-spiced bacon and egg sandwich
