Plant Saturday: A Bay Area Nursery Route Worth Mapping, Starting on Castro Street
Last May, the SF Standard reported that San Francisco's horticulture industry had fallen to its lowest point in 15 years — the pandemic plant boom finally cashing out. Reading that, the right response is not to mourn but to actually go. The Bay Area's strongest independent nurseries are still standing, and most of them are within an easy weekend loop from Mountain View.
Where to Find Peak Spring Blooms and Garden Festivals in San Francisco and the...
May is when the Bay Area's gardens finally exhale. Roses open at Filoli, magnolias and irises rotate through the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and serpentine hillsides on the Peninsula light up with a last wave of wildflowers. A few worthwhile ways to spend a morning, an afternoon, or a full Saturday outside this month.
A rare experimental Eichler in the Bay Area lists for $4.5M
The historic home has been restored to its original glory.
Fatal crash on Highway 200 near Clark Fork under investigation
CLARK FORK, Idaho – A 65-year-old California man died Saturday morning when the vehicle he was riding in veered off Highway 200 and crashed into a rock face near Clark Fork in Bonner County, according to Idaho State Police. Idaho State Police responded to the single-vehicle collision at approximately...
Bay Area residents face higher risk of ‘premature death’ due to air pollution
About 82% of California's population lives in counties with unhealthy air, according to the report
OPD Arrests Two Sideshow Promoters After 7‑Month Probe
After months of tracing illegal street takeovers across the city, Oakland police say they have arrested two alleged sideshow promoters and searched a home in East Oakland, capping a seven-month investigation into the underground events. According to the department, the operation was led by OPD's Sideshow Reduction Team and backed...
Driver Strikes Multiple Pedestrians on Sidewalk In Oakland Then Flees Scene
Seven people were injured, two of them critically injured, after a driver allegedly struck them on the sidewalk in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood Saturday in an early morning hit-and-run. A driver and two passengers of a red Hyundai sedan allegedly fled the scene on foot after the driver drove onto...
18 stops within 15 minutes of San Ramon for stationery, real greeting cards, and...
The host gift problem is a classic suburban dad situation. You're 20 minutes from the BBQ, the wife says "we are not showing up empty-handed," and the gas station card with the cartoon dog is not going to cut it. The working list of where to actually go in and around San Ramon depends on whether you have 10 minutes or an hour...
8 pedestrians hurt after being hit by vehicle in Oakland
Eight people were injured after being hit by a vehicle in Oakland early Saturday morning, according to the police department. Police said officers were responding to reports of fights near 18th Street and Telegraph Avenue when they received another report regarding a vehicle driving on the sidewalk and striking pedestrians in the 500 block of 18th Street at 1:30 a.m.
Linden Street Ceasefire Stop Nabs Trio And Three Illicit Guns, Two Fully Auto
Ceasefire officers with the Oakland Police Department say a routine enforcement stop on the 4500 block of Linden Street on Wednesday turned into a high-stakes gun bust, ending with three arrests and three seized firearms. According to police, a juvenile was found carrying a loaded handgun with an extended magazine,...
