San Francisco CA

An assortment of locally designed merchandise honoring San Francisco neighborhoods and landmarks lines the walls of SFOG, a North Beach clothing store also serving as an art studio, community hub and custom screen-printing shop. For 20 years, San Francisco natives and entrepreneurs Barry Tickler and Alfredo Arana...

California cities made a significant representation in a recent ranking of the hardest-working cities in the U.S., underscoring the state’s strong contribution to the nation’s workforce. A total of 17 cities secured spots in WalletHub’s latest survey of the hardest-working cities in America. Based on the annual...

(KRON) — A man was shot and killed in West Oakland on Sunday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department. Police responded just after 2:45 p.m. to the 3000 block of San Pablo Avenue on the report of a ShotSpotter activation. Officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced...

Berkeley police arrested multiple individuals Monday on Solano Avenue in connection with ongoing home repair scams targeting local residents. BPD credited its Flock camera system with leading officers to the alleged crooks outside The Oaks climbing gym in North Berkeley shortly after noon. Local photographer Ariel...

Illegal dumping has plagued Oakland for years. And the scale of the problem is hard to overstate: the city received over 25,000 calls for service last year reporting illegal dumping, and city crews removed at least 15 million pounds of trash. That’s a little lower than 2024, when the city collected roughly 18 million...

Human metapneumovirus, better known to pediatricians as HMPV, is quietly climbing across parts of Northern California, and the region’s wastewater and clinic data are starting to back it up. Parents are being urged to keep an ear out for the telltale “barking” cough in young kids. The virus usually shows up as cough,...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Set your alarms and keep your eyes on the sky early Tuesday morning for a total lunar eclipse. Also known as a blood moon for its deep crimson hue, the event’s period of totality — the best time for viewing for the Bay Area —will occur between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Ice skating sensation Alysa Liu may have two Olympic gold medals around her neck today, but four years ago, she walked away from the sport completely. After the Bejing Olympic Games, the San Francisco Bay Area teenager — then just 16 years old — decided to retire. She credits that break, and returning to the ice on...

San Francisco’s dining scene will get an injection of old-school glamour when two of the year’s most anticipated restaurants debut in March. First up: JouJou, a fine-dining French restaurant from the team behind Lazy Bear, followed by the reopening of The Big Four, a wood-paneled, white-tablecloth restaurant inside...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said more police foot patrols will be committed to BART plazas in the city's Mission District. "We're adding officers walking between the 16th and 24th Street plazas and deploying a sergeant to manage the plazas and surrounding corridors," Lurie said Saturday on social media. The...