Train to shut down part of Haight Street for San Francisco block party
Train is taking its new album back to the San Francisco neighborhood that inspired it — with a live performance and block party.
Real estate mega-merger apartment deals in Bay Area top $700 million
A real estate mega-merger triggered the purchases of at least seven apartment complexes in the South Bay and East Bay for a combined total that tops $700 million, public documents show. As of Aug. 24, purchases related to the merger of real estate firms Avalon Bay and Equity Residential involved...
USGS: In San Francisco Bay, even an exceptionally wet year can’t supply enough sediment...
From the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program. Extreme rainfall can send huge amounts of sediment rushing off hillsides and into streams. But a new USGS study finds that even an exceptionally wet year may deliver only a small fraction of that sediment to San Francisco Bay—far short of what is needed to
This Bay Area mall will transform to host an after-hours rave
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A high-energy rave will take over a Bay Area mall with beat-thumping music, an electrifying vibe, dancing, and food, all available after the mall closes, late into the night and into the early morning hours. What we know:. The 21-and-over, one-night-only event, called Mallorama, is being...
Apple’s rare layoffs hit 147 Bay Area workers
The tech giant's cuts affected its virtual reality and Siri divisions. The company has laid off far fewer workers than many tech rivals.
Felony charges dropped against Golden Gate Bridge protesters
A two-year legal battle over a dramatic protest against the war on Gaza came to an end on Friday as seven protesters who’d blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge received 30-day sentences and $1,000 fines. Over two dozen activists halted several lanes of traffic on the bridge on...
Commentary: My Father Went for a Morning Walk and Never Came Home. I’m Running...
On Jan. 28, 2021, my father, Vicha Ratanapakdee, left our San Francisco home for his morning walk. My 84-year-old father was violently attacked that morning. He died from his injuries two days later. Millions of people saw the video. For my family, it was not a viral story. It was...
El Cerrito slaying happened days after last license-plate cameras removed
EL CERRITO, Calif. - The shooting death of a man outside a busy El Cerrito restaurant happened just days after the last of the city's license-plate cameras were removed, a step that lengthened the amount of time it took for investigators to identify a vehicle wanted in the slaying, the police chief said Monday.
When pandemic traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge fell to levels not seen since...
In the spring of 2020, San Francisco went quiet. The parks were closed, the roads through them empty, and the low mechanical hum that had covered the city for decades drained away. Into that gap, a small gray-and-brown bird with a bold black-and-white striped head began to sing. It sang more softly than its kind had in
Caltrans warns ‘stay far away’ from Highway 101 in SF during weekend closure
There are four upcoming weekends when 2 miles of Highway 101 close in San Francisco.
