UCSF Health completes 1st transplant for patient with artificial heart
San Francisco-based UCSF Health performed its first heart transplant for a patient who previously received a total artificial heart. The 37-year-old patient was admitted in August with end-stage heart failure and received the mechanical heart weeks later during a six-hour surgery at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center....
They’ve got $5 on it: SF’s cheap gas draws a crowd
The line was busy but quick Thursday afternoon at the Arco on Mission Street, as a procession of drivers who had done their homework hit the pumps. They had checked GasBuddy. They had driven out of their way. Some had timed their arrival to beat a price hike. All were chasing the same thing: a gallon of regular for...
Overnight stay on Sausalito boat proves the bay never sleeps
Jack London knew it well: Staying aboard a boat all night offers a refuge from life onshore, even if it is tied to a dock.
Dumpsters to be placed in San Francisco neighborhood in effort to reduce illegal dumping
The dumpsters will arrive on Friday nights at 6 p.m. and get picked up by 6 a.m. Saturday.
Alameda police warn of unpermitted ‘beach takeover’ parties at Crown Beach
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Alameda police are warning about unpermitted "beach takeover" parties advertised on social media as a massive heat wave heads for the Bay Area this weekend. Authorities are discouraging people from participating in the gatherings. Police said the events are being promoted for Sunday and Tuesday at...
This Week In Food: Yes, Purple Sourdough
Fat Cat SF gets a brick-and-mortar wine bar space in the Mission, Rize Up Sourdough readies a SoMa cafe, and night markets return in Cole Valley and the Castro, all in This Week In Food. A new wine bar is headed to the Mission District, and that is Fat Cat...
A child’s death in Mission Bay is a 5-alarm emergency for the city
I hold a medical degree, and I work in tech, but my most important identity is mother to a 19-month-old. Right now, the greatest threat to my child’s life is the intersection of 4th and Channel streets, right outside our living room. Earlier this month at that intersection, a...
Oakland leaders address mass shooting, public safety challenges at town hall
Community members and city leaders gathered Thursday night at Taylor Memorial Methodist Church for a public safety town hall, days after a deadly mass shooting in downtown Oakland left two people dead and five others injured.
$175 million project to reroute traffic between Oakland and Alameda begins
A $175 million plan to overhaul traffic between Alameda and Oakland would redirect thousands of cars away from Chinatown streets long plagued by pedestrian deaths, congestion and poor air quality. A procession of cars streamed through the Webster tunnel on Monday, surrounding Chinese Garden Park in Oakland like a...
Unseasonable warmth as heat wave arrives in the Bay
A 12-day heat wave is expected to land and linger in the Bay Area.
