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“The average squatter,” says James Jacobs, “has no melee experience.”. No familiarity with katana swords or other bladed weaponry. No training in kendo, iaido, or other martial arts. If anyone knows the typical combat background of a squatter, a person living in a home illegally, it’s Jacobs. He...

The mall has almost no vacancies with just a few empty retail spaces to fill.

Attorneys for a man charged with vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed two pedestrians in San Francisco are pushing to spare him from prosecution and divert him into drug treatment.

It's that time of year again. San Francisco Fleet Week is back. The fall tradition will be highlighted by the Blue Angels screaming across the skies, but there are plenty of other events to experience. Check out the guide below to learn more about Fleet Week events. What is San...

While mitigation measures can be expensive, they can make the difference. Waterfront community grapples with worsening crisis that threatens its future: 'Dreary news' first appeared on The Cool Down .

Casey Robert Goonan, 35, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, California, was sentenced on Sept. 23 in the Northern District of California to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Oakland federal building in June 2024. In...

In a recent encounter that escalated beyond a casual check, San Mateo Police detained a 17-year-old from South San Francisco for gun and drug offenses. According to the San Mateo Police Department's social media post, at around 6:09 PM on Sunday, officers approached a group that included the juvenile and an adult on...

Rising housing costs and soft income growth in the outer Bay Area has made it harder for renters to make ends meet.

Starbucks is preparing to close dozens of locations across the country — and the Bay Area is among the regions hit hardest. Multiple cafés from San Francisco to the East Bay and Peninsula are slated to shut down, many as early as the end of September 2025.

Before a Muni train knocked passengers off their feet by whipping around a curve, careening past a scheduled stop, and barreling by a park during a busy commute Wednesday morning, the operator was slumped over the control panel, according to one rider. The witness, 14-year-old Nina Aronov, told The Standard...