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October is here, but summer is hanging around for quite a bit longer. Starting Friday and lasting through at least the next week, a heatwave will keep the western U.S. hot as we kick off the 10th month of the year. The result will be a prolonged stretch of above average temperatures for nearly all of California, with w

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - A Bay Area biotech company appears to be one major step closer to receiving final federal approval for its groundbreaking multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, designed to screen for more than 50 types of cancer with a simple blood draw. Sunnyvale-based GRAIL Galleri has shown to detect...

Large power outages hit Sausalito and San Francisco’s Cathedral Hill neighborhood Thursday afternoon, leaving more than 5,000 PG&E customers without electricity.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — More than 3,180 PG&E customers in San Francisco were impacted by a large, unplanned power outage in parts of the city’s Tenderloin, Lower Nob Hill, and Western Addition neighborhoods, according to the SF Department of Emergency Management. SF Emergency posted the update just after 3:30 p.m. in a

Traffic on the Bay Bridge was a nightmare for Thursday morning commuters thanks to crashes on the San Mateo Bridge and a fire from several PG&E utility vaults in San Francisco's financial district. San Francisco crews were called out about 6:30 a.m. to the financial district after smoke was reported...

(KRON) — A San Francisco Superior Court judge sentenced a killer to serve two terms of life without the possibility of parole after he was convicted by a jury for a 2005 double murder, prosecutors announced Thursday. Joseph Stevens, 43, was convicted for the murders of 22-year-old Dernae Wysinger and 2-year-old Naemon

Chronicle restaurant critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan revealed at an event Wednesday night, on stage with predecessor Michael Bauer, that the newspaper was bringing back the star system for reviews, which went away with Bauer. And the first starred review in eight years is of House of Prime Rib. According to...

Families who live next door to the $4 million Sea Cliff home say they reported this problem for a year. But in states like Georgia, the people accused would have had to prove they belong there within 72 business hours.

The Oakland Police Department and the FBI announced on Thursday the name of a teenage girl strangled in a hotel bed in 1969 as well as the name of the suspect who allegedly killed her. OPD Chief James Beere identified the girl as Joanie, a 16-year-old girl, whose body was...

(KRON) — Oakland Animal Services said its shelter is overcrowded with large dogs. The shelter reached the maximum capacity for big dogs at 72, and more dogs are arriving every day, according to OAS. “We currently have shepherds and huskies pushing us over capacity, including two sets of adorable puppies,” Oakland Anima