Oldest restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf plans to reopen after multi-year legal battle
An enormous, century-old Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant on a beleaguered stretch of the tourist corridor plans to reopen after a drawn-out legal battle with the Port of San Francisco. Steak and seafood mainstay Castagnola’s at 286 Jefferson St. closed its doors in March 2020, and like many other Fisherman’s Wharf...
Blue Note Napa to close after a decade, with plans to expand to San...
The intimate 150-seat venue, which opened in 2016 inside the 19th-century Opera House, will cap its run with a performance by jazz pianist Brian Culbertson.
Owner survives violent knife attack caught on camera at SF restaurant
SAN FRANCISCO - The owner of a small Middle Eastern restaurant in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood says he’s lucky to be alive after a woman stabbed him inside his kitchen during a violent confrontation over the weekend. What we know:. The attack happened Saturday around 7:30 p.m. at...
Convicted harasser and groper Bill Gene Hobbs arrested and jailed after resurfacing in S.F.
Hobbs, 37, who appears to have been released from prison recently, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of a parole violation.
Newsom to deploy National Guard to assist food banks
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he will deploy the National Guard to support food banks amidst an ongoing government shutdown now in its fourth week. California will also be fast-tracking $80 million in state funds in response to funding delays triggered by the government...
‘Usually My Commute Is 20-30 Minutes’: San Francisco Woman Hops In Her First Waymo....
A Bay Area woman was left baffled after a Waymo ride doubled the time of her regular commute. TikTok user Alma (@almmmers) posted a video of herself speaking into the camera while riding in the backseat of the autonomous taxi. “This is my first time in a Waymo, and usually...
Former S.F. D.A. Boudin sent hundreds of violent offenders to diversion and never tracked...
This is part 4 of a multipart series on the failure of diversion programs in San Francisco’s criminal justice system. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 On March 4, 2022, under pressure from pro-recall advocates and the press, then San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin released data on his “charging rates and case outcomes”...
Police crack San Bruno baby homicide cold case
(KRON) — The San Bruno Police Department said it made a “significant development” in a decades-old cold case homicide involving an infant who was found abandoned and deceased in Buckeye Park in 1981. The killer had used a sock to strangle the newborn boy, police said, and the body found in a garbage can at […]
Contra Costa County Continues to See Increase in Arrests
2,186 – Office of the Sheriff. 57 – East Bay regional Park District Police Department. *in 2025, notifications on the same person = 9. The data comes as total dispatch calls for service has increased with 241,569 from Jan-Sept. (2025) when compared to this time last year (2024).
4 adults, 1 child rescued after boat overturns in Bay Area waters
Video footage shows two of the boaters who made it to a remote beach on their own.

















