55 Years Ago, 5 Bay Area Teens Accidentally Invented ‘420’
The now-famous number originated as a simple meeting time and was linked to the 1960s band, the Grateful Dead.
Power mostly restored after outage in S.F.’s Nob Hill neighborhood
Crews restored power after the outage struck late Sunday afternoon.
SF Public Defenders Say Attempted Murder Case in Alleged Attack on OpenAI CEO Is...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The 20-year-old man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the residence of Sam Altman was experiencing an acute mental health crisis, according to statements made Tuesday by his defense team. At his arraignment Tuesday afternoon at San Francisco Hall of Justice, the accused made...
Customer refuses to pay – dumpster company dumps entire load back onto their driveway
What began as a fairly ordinary dumpster rental in a San Pablo neighborhood turned into a trash dispute so messy that it ended with an entire load of debris being dumped right back where it started, all of it unfolding in front of home security cameras and eventually drawing in police, neighbors, and code enforcement.
Berkeley leaders consider changing landmarking process amid demand for more housing
On Tuesday, councilmembers tentatively approved a change in the law, increasing the number of signatures from 50 to 200.
These are the Bay Area’s worst traffic spots. No. 1 is a brutal stretch...
A look at the Bay Area’s top ten traffic chokepoints shows a recurring theme: traffic patterns from workers commuting south for jobs in tech or aerospace.
Bay Area rain Monday: Timing, totals and wind gust forecast
Rain and 30 to 40 mph coastal wind gusts arrive Monday as a slow-moving spring storm kicks off a wet, stormy week across Northern California.
California couple charged with murder in death of toddler skip court
A Bay Area couple charged in the murder of a 2-year-old girl who reportedly overdosed on fentanyl earlier this year failed to appear in court last week to face the charges. The tragic incident occurred just after 5 a.m. on Feb. 12, according to the San Francisco County District Attorney’s Office. Officers with the San […]
Shots, Startups and Skinny Vials: Inside San Francisco’s Underground Peptide Club
On a recent Sunday night, more than 100 people squeezed into a Twin Peaks mansion for an invite-only meetup called the California Peptide Club, where founders, clinicians and biohackers compared vials, traded dosing tips and watched a volunteer mix and inject a buzzy weight-loss peptide. The vibe landed somewhere between tech salon and pop-up clinic: insulin syringes on tables, a peptide...
SF Public Schools Are Set for New History Textbooks for the First Time in...
San Francisco public schools will introduce new history and social studies materials in elementary and high school classrooms for the first time in more than 20 years next fall, under a curriculum overhaul set to be approved this month. The city’s school board is also set to permanently shelve its...
