Seniors sustain major injuries in Berkeley hit-and-run crash
A driver fled after striking two elderly pedestrians in Berkeley on Wednesday night, causing major injuries, according to preliminary reports. Berkeley police have called in their Fatal Accident Investigation Team, which handles serious crashes as well as fatal ones. Someone called 911 to report the crash at 8:50 p.m.,
Oakland demolishes tiny homes donated to homeless mothers
On a clear September morning in West Oakland, city crews arrived with the tools of a routine encampment cleanup and left behind a question that will not fit in a dumpster. Two small houses, built by students and given to homeless mothers, were torn down with the rest of the site. Residents and advocates are […] The po
One of Facebook’s First Employees Is a Drag Queen, an AIDS Survivor, and, Finally,...
This profile is part of “We Create SF” — a series of essays highlighting artists, performers, small businesses and anyone else that makes San Francisco iconic and irreplaceable. Tom LeNoble owns a gown you might recognize from Rita Hayworth in Gilda. Hayworth made hers famous in 1946;...
92-Year-Old Nob Hill Tenant’s Eviction Scare Puts Nuisance Law in Focus
Sue Yeng Yan is 92 years old and has lived in her rent-controlled apartment at 1120 Jackson St. since 1982, paying $281.42 a month in a city where that kind of rent is almost unheard of. In March, she received an eviction notice claiming her cluttered apartment was a nuisance — one of six identical notices sent to tena
Three Bay Area men convicted in S.F. Chinatown pickpocketing case
Three men from Vallejo were convicted of felony and misdemeanor theft charges after San Francisco prosecutors accused them of stealing thousands of dollars from people in Chinatown.
SF public schools stopped suspending students. What they’re doing instead is illegal
The call came in the middle of the day. His 8-year-old son wasn’t listening in class, and Roberto Guzman Rivera needed to come in for an early pickup. When Rivera sat down with the Guadalupe Elementary School administrator that afternoon in April 2025, she said his third-grader would be suspended for the rest of the da
Sheng Thao’s trial is next week. Here’s your cheat sheet
Starting next week, former Mayor Sheng Thao will appear in Courtroom 1 of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland to stand trial for bribery and conspiracy. Oakland residents can expect wall-to-wall coverage of the multi-week case, much of it delving deep into the weeds of the alleged conspiracy.
Bay Area house fire kills two adults
Firefighters pulled the two adults from a burning home in Monte Sereno, but they later died at a hospital.
Defense Attorney for Accused Sierra LaMar Killer Moves to Toss Case on Double Jeopardy...
Pre-trial motions were filed earlier this week in the re-trial of Antolin Garcia-Torres, the man accused of killing 15-year-old Morgan Hill girl Sierra LaMar while she was on her way to school in March 2012. The case of the 2012 murder of Sierra LaMar was one of several that rocked...
494 clams reburied after illegal haul and 3 people arrested
PISMO, Calif. (FOX26) — A weekend clamming investigation ended with three Bay Area residents in jail after officers found 494 Pismo clams taken outside legal hours, most of them undersized. A vigilant officer spotted four people with what appeared to be a large quantity of clams well after legal...
