Man charged after scooter crash seriously injures woman on S.F.’s Powell Street
A 35-year-old man faces seven felony charges after prosecutors say he struck and seriously injured a 72-year-old woman while fleeing police on an electric scooter in San Francisco.
Suspect arrested after stealing car from S.F. home while owners slept, police say
San Francisco has seen a troubling pattern where residents wake to find their vehicles missing from garages attached to their homes. One recent case involved a suspect taken into custody after taking a car from a residential property during the night while the owners remained unaware. This incident highlights ongoing i
Drunk BMW Driver Going Over 100 MPH Charged With Murder After Fatal Hit-and-Run on...
A routine Sunday evening in San Francisco’s Ingleside neighborhood turned tragic in late October when a pedestrian was struck and killed in a crosswalk, and the driver allegedly kept going. What started as a hit-and-run ... Read more
S.F. boat capsize: New videos reveal disaster began with blast of smoke
Minutes before the Volare began to sink into the San Francisco Bay, a trail of white smoke appeared to billow out of the boat, according to a video reviewed by the Chronicle.
Loyal Waymo customer calls for policy changes after alleged robotaxi attack
A San Francisco business owner who says he was once one of Waymo's strongest supporters is now calling for changes to the company's emergency response policies after alleging he was trapped inside one of its autonomous vehicles while it was being vandalized. Sherman Watson says he also wants access to...
S.F. street ‘gutted’ after pair of recent fires shutters beloved businesses
Back-to-back commercial fires on Divisadero Street have shaken a San Francisco neighborhood, testing businesses and rallying the community.
Fuel dock that played role in San Francisco boat rescue operations could be shut...
San Francisco's only marine fueling dock played a crucial role in Tuesday's rescue operation of a boat near Alcatraz Island, but now that dock could soon be shut down.
San Francisco to Require Drug-Free Living at New Permanent Supportive Housing
New permanent supportive housing in San Francisco must prohibit on-site drug use in order to receive full city funding, after a controversial vote this week at the Board of Supervisors. The board voted 7-4 to approve the ordinance, authored by Supervisor Matt Dorsey, that enables evictions on the basis of...
East Oakland residents frustrated with growing homeless encampment near school
The encampment, located at the corner of 54th Avenue and East 12th Street in the Melrose neighborhood, sits just one block away from Bridges Academy. "The homeless encampment is getting worse by the day," said Mariaelena Ruiz, who works nearby at Andes Construction. Ruiz said community members have repeatedly called...
16 hours in an Oakland dive bar
The intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Dimond Avenue is frenetic on a recent Monday in May. The AC transit drivers compete with construction workers to see who can be the loudest. A few feet away from the hissing air brakes, and jack hammers, Club 2101 is quiet. Richard Perez is setting up stools and turning on th
