10 Northern California Small-Town Bakeries With Pastries Locals Line Up For Early
Pastry loyalty is not casual. People set alarms for it and stand in line before pretending buying six things is “just being prepared.”. Small-town bakeries across Northern California have a way of making breakfast feel like a limited-time treasure hunt. That is exactly the kind of morning worth waking...
San Francisco real estate buyers snap up bargain underwater lots for under $1000
Three San Francisco land parcels, including a 5,000-square-foot lot near Candlestick Point, sold at auction for under $1,000 despite being entirely underwater. While some view these purchases as risky investments, experts suggest potential, though legally challenging, future uses, ranging from filling the land to devel
A Unique Lafayette Restaurant Appears to Be for Sale
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – A unique restaurant in downtown Lafayette appears to be for sale. Nothing is officially confirmed yet, but we’ve gotten multiple tips and seen multiple listings suggesting that the restaurant may soon change hands. Pho Benny, the Vietnamese restaurant at 965 Mountain View Drive in downtown...
Emeryville’s Homelessness Count Relatively Flat Despite New Housing Influx
On paper, Alameda County’s preliminary 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) homeless count provides local policymakers with a triumphant headline. Official data reveals a countywide total of 8,201 unhoused individuals—a 13% drop from 2024, marking the largest overall reduction since federal mandates began and bringing totals rough
19 Bay Area summer festivals to catch, from Stern Grove to Stanford Jazz
Discover the Bay Area’s top summer festivals for film, jazz, opera, dance and live music, featuring Willie Nelson, Major Lazer, Spoon and more.
50 years ago, a 24-mile fence divided a Bay Area community
Over four years, the project’s cost ballooned from $400,000 to $3 million.
San Francisco’s Portola Music Festival announces first big act
Wheatpasted posters and a Reddit post from the artist announced the show.
Review: S.F. Symphony catches fire in first concert after Elim Chan announcement
Cristian Măcelaru led the San Francisco Symphony in a blazing program featuring Tyler Taylor’s powerful “Embers,” Rachmaninoff and Dvořák.
Toddler passes away after contracting E. Coli during trip to 5-star hotel; third sick...
Two school communities in California are mourning the unexpected death of a 6-year-old boy who died in a tragic accident while attending an after-school event at McKinley Elementary School in Burlingame. The boy, identified as Gavin Tsui by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office, was not a student in the Burlingame Scho
S.F. abruptly scrapped a Fillmore community center lease deal. The fallout runs deeper
Days before the lease was set to go to the San Francisco community center, city leaders who previously supported the deal abruptly backed away from the plan.
