San Francisco Sends Prepaid Grocery Cards To CalFresh Recipients
San Francisco is mailing activation letters this week to roughly 112,000 people enrolled in CalFresh, offering a one‑time prepaid grocery card to help households buy food while November SNAP benefits are delayed. The letter will include a unique activation code that lets recipients claim a virtual card immediately or...
Vacant Barneys store in Union Square finally lands a tenant
A Union Square building that has sat empty since early 2020 will soon have a new tenant. Maybaum Gallery (opens in new tab), opened by Christina Maybaum in 2018, is taking over 20,000 square feet across multiple floors of the former Barneys department store at 48 Stockton St. Maybaum’s expansion marks a grand return...
California Workers Stunned By What They Found Inside Arena Wall
You never know when you might come across an animal in trouble. While abandoned pets often get most of the attention, many other creatures also rely on human kindness to survive. That truth recently became clear to the staff at San Francisco’s Chase Center, a major sports and entertainment venue,...
San Mateo man convicted of child molestations faces life sentence
(KRON) — A 59-year-old San Mateo man faces life in prison after being found guilty Tuesday of over a dozen charges spanning two decades of child molestation and lewd acts on a child, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Jose Antonio Villalobos was convicted of 10 counts of child molestation,...
PG&E outages: Bay Area storm knocks out power to thousands. These areas were hit...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. reported thousands of outages across the Bay Area on Wednesday morning.
SFPD Retail Theft Operation at Stonestown Galleria, West Portal Leads to 13 Arrests
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — “NEWS RELEASE – October 31, 2025. SFPD Conducts Retail Blitz Operation at Stonestown Galleria and West Portal Drone as First Responders deployed with 13 suspects arrested. On October 30, the San Francisco Police Department led a successful multi-agency Organized Retail Theft Prevention operation...
Macy’s San Francisco Union Square location to stay open, mayor says
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Macy’s iconic Union Square location, which had been set to close, will now remain open indefinitely, according to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. The department store, according to a post from Lurie on his Instagram account, is partnering with Bay Area real estate developers TMG partners, to...
SF woman faces attempted murder charge after stabbing man in neck: Petaluma police
(KRON) — A 28-year-old San Francisco woman faces several charges, including attempted murder, after she allegedly stabbed a man in his neck during an early morning argument Tuesday. Petaluma police said their dispatch center was alerted by the victim at 2:04 a.m. Officers soon responded to the 400 block of Lindberg...
S.F. man who targeted Asian minors and seniors convicted of murder in brutal attack
A San Francisco man was convicted Tuesday of fatally attacking an 88-year-old grandmother during a spree of violent crimes he carried out in 2019, the District Attorney’s office said.
Suspect found guilty in 2019 deadly SF beating of 88-year-old grandmother, DA says
Keonte Gathron, the suspect in the deadly beating of 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang in 2019, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
