San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill plans to close after 35 years
The 350-capacity Potrero Hill club hosted early performances by artists including Green Day, Oasis and Alanis Morissette, and plans a yearlong farewell with returning bands and special shows.
Multiple people dead in Oakland shooting
Oakland police said three people were killed in a shooting on Saturday. It brings the number of homicides in the city to five after two people were killed in separate shootings on New Year's Day.
Bay Area mountain lion sightings
A spike in mountain lion sightings in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains are leaving neighbors in Saratoga on edge.
Stolen car slams into Oakland youth boxing gym
(KRON) — A boxing club in Oakland that has trained thousands of fighters was heavily damaged when a stolen car slammed into the club’s building and the driver fled the scene, according to a verified GoFundMe page. Lightning’s Boxing Club, operated by former professional boxer Kris “Lightning” Lopez, provides youth...
Rain puts a damper on New Year’s Eve crowds at the Embarcadero in San...
The rain seems to have swayed some people to switch up their plans for New Year's Eve, but lots of other people remained positive, hoping the rain won't signal a soggy start to the New Year.
New Year’s Eve power outage in San Francisco piles onto frustrations with PG&E
Thousands of people in the Richmond District lost power on New Year's Eve in the third major outage in two weeks.
Ex-nonprofit workers charged with defrauding San Francisco homeless shelter
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two former employees of a nonprofit organization were charged this week with defrauding a San Francisco homeless shelter and stealing more than $115,000 in city funding, prosecutors announced. Kenisha Roach, 41, served as Director of Operations for a nonprofit, Providence Foundation, and a city...
SF brunch restaurant known for ‘Millionaire’s Bacon’ closing after 12 years
(KRON) — A San Francisco brunch staple is closing its doors this weekend after 12 years in business. Kitchen Story, at 3499 16th St. in the Mission District, will be closing on Sunday, Jan. 4, the restaurant announced in a social media post on Thursday. The restaurant is known for its brunch menu and trademarked […]
Famed Bay Area waterfront restaurant with 127-year history closes
A storied restaurant perched on the waterfront, once a 1960s counterculture destination for rock stars like Janis Joplin, has closed in the Bay Area.
Sword-wielding man offers ‘squatter removal’ service in California
Got a problem with squatters? A California man wielding a samurai sword and trained in mixed martial arts could be the solution.
