Passion fruit cappuccino? New S.F. café opens with creative drinks
San Francisco’s newest coffee shop is pulling passion fruit cappuccinos and other creative drinks.
5 arrested in $100K smash-and-grab jewelry robbery at Concord’s Sun Valley Mall
Police arrested five suspected gang members following a brazen smash-and-grab robbery at an East Bay mall that netted more than $100,000 in jewelry, authorities said. The takedown resulted from a coordinated effort between the San Francisco and Concord police departments, utilizing drones and new real-time crime center
SF Muni Should Admit They Can Not Handle Large Crowds at High-Demand Events
The fiasco that was the public transit offering for Saturday night's fireworks in San Francisco did not need to be such a fiasco, and it was clearly a case of over-promising on the part of the SFMTA. Anyone who has attended Outside Lands and tried to leave after the final...
University of California faculty desperate for system to bring back the SAT
Some of the freshmen arriving in Mina Aganagic’s UC Berkeley math classes cannot do basic multiplication, a skill the state expects of third graders. Aganagic is one of thousands of UC faculty members who signed a pair of open letters this spring demanding the university reinstate standardized testing in admissions — a
Goodwill sets July opening date for ‘upgraded’ 12,000 square-foot store – and customers can...
GOODWILL is opening a new store this month as part of its 2026 expansion effort. The charity chain is opening 100 new locations this year and modernizing its store format. Goodwill has opened several locations so far this year, including one in San Francisco, California. The thrifting company’s latest opening...
What happened in Richmond: Attempted murder arrests, fireworks enforcement, and a grease spill
Richmond police made two attempted murder arrests during the week of June 29 through July 5 as officers also investigated an armed robbery of an elderly or dependent adult, a reported negligent shooting, and dozens of other crimes. The week also saw a grease spill on Carlson Boulevard that caused
Viral Video Shows Woman Stuck Under BART Entry Gates
A woman who was clearly attempting to evade paying a fare became stuck under a BART entry gate at a San Francisco station last week, and a BART agent took some video of the situation that has since gone viral. "This is terrible," says the woman filming what is now...
Homicides may be linked to rival San Francisco street gangs
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Flaring violence between criminal street gangs this summer triggered police to launch a surveillance operation that resulted in several arrests, the San Francisco Police Department said. “Over the past month there have been multiple Bay Area homicides that were possibly relatedto San Francisco ga
A timely intervention against jaywalking
Like many of my UC Berkeley peers, I jaywalk often. I did, at least, until I watched a city bus tear through Durant Avenue just a few feet away from me while speedwalking to my 9:30 a.m. seminar. I was forced to consider: Why was I this pressed for time?
Armed takeover robbery at Berkeley cannabis dispensary
A 30-year-old cannabis dispensary in South Berkeley was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend by several masked men with guns, authorities report. The takeover-style robbery took place at CBCB , the Cannabis Buyers Club of Berkeley, at 3033 Shattuck Ave. on Friday night after the shop had closed, authorities said. Three
