S.F. officials flag ‘severe’ fiscal concerns at Mission youth nonprofit
The findings were part of a new report detailing how San Francisco held nonprofits accountable for the $1.63 billion it paid them last fiscal year to fight its biggest challenges.
SF woman faces pimping charges after missing teen found at hotel
(KRON) — A 23-year-old San Francisco woman faces multiple charges, including human trafficking of a minor, after police found her along with a missing at-risk 17-year-old East Coast girl at a hotel in South San Francisco, police said. “Detectives went undercover and responded to an online posting which depicted the...
Oakland needs 200-plus police officers it can’t afford but pays millions to officers on...
Roughly 100 Oakland police officers off the job on extended leave are costing the city millions of dollars a year at a time when it faces both a budget deficit and an officer shortage.
Days after visiting Bay Area, Iranian filmmaker sentenced to prison in absentia
“It Was Just an Accident” director Jafar Panahi has been accused of engaging in “propaganda activities” by Iran’s totalitarian government.
Indicted Bay Area real estate mogul is living in a $6 million house. His...
As the hundreds of people who powered Ken Mattson’s real estate acquisitions struggle with lost monthly income and the possible erasure of their retirement funds, the indicted investment adviser and his wife continue to live in a 6,000-square-foot home behind a locked gate on Castle Road, overlooking the city of...
Bay Area breaks 103-year-old record as temperatures plunge across California
It comes as high pressure to the west and lower pressure to the east has caused Central Valley fog to spill into Bay Area counties - making for unusually low temperatures
Nonprofits, Cities Take HUD to Court Over CoC Policy Changes
Nonprofit organizations and local governments have joined together to sue the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), aiming to halt drastic changes they say will push hundreds of thousands of people onto the street. "HUD’s proposed Continuum of Care Program NOFO [notice of funding opportunity] represents...
San Rafael Facebook Live Killer Ruled Insane, Sent to Psych Ward
A Marin County jury yesterday found Tonantzyn Oris Beltran not guilty by reason of insanity in the January 2024 killing of her mother, Olivia Beltran, and a judge ordered her to a locked psychiatric facility instead of state prison. Verdict and courtroom order. The decision came after four weeks of...
Student shot at SF’s Phillip and Sala Burton Academic School, official says
A student at Phillip and Sala Burton Academic School in San Francisco was shot in the leg, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
Claude, San Francisco’s iconic albino alligator, dies at 30
Claude, a rare albino alligator and the unofficial mascot of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, has died at age 30, the museum announced on Dec. 2. The alligator, whose unique appearance and calm personality dazzled millions of visitors for nearly 20 years, had been monitored by a team in recent...

















