SF has finally figured out how to put affordable bathrooms in parks after that $1.7 million Noe Valley toilet fiasco, plopping down a new modular bathroom in Precita Park whose price tag is quite reasonable.
BottleRock Announces Throwback-Heavy Lineup Including Backstreet Boys, LCD Soundsystem, and Chaka Khan
Napa Valley's BottleRock festival, which has always skewed toward an older demographic than Outside Lands and other festivals, is leaning pretty heavily on the nostalgia with the 2026 lineup.
Oakley Man Tries to Shoot Sheriff’s Deputy, Then Shoots Himself After Four-Hour Police Standoff
A 54-year-old Oakley domestic violence suspect survived an attempt to shoot himself Monday afternoon, but that was after a four-hour standoff with Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies, one of whom he allegedly took a few shots at.
'Dilbert' Cartoonist Scott Adams, Who Spent His Final Years as a Trump-Loving Podcaster, Dies at 68
Scott Adams, the comic-strip satirist of office culture who later fashioned himself a self-help guru and anti-woke crusader, has died of the aggressive form of prostate cancer that he revealed he had last year.
Day Around the Bay: Lafayette Taco Ball With Adorably Outdated Kitschy Exterior Closes Permanently
More arrests have been made in Saturday’s 16th and Mission BART stabbings; the CVS at Van Ness and Turk streets will soon bite the dust; and one of the last Taco Bells with the old "mission-style" exterior just shut down too
Sunday Links: 6,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power in Another Storm-Related Outage
A body was found in Monterey Bay near where missing swimmer Erica Fox disappeared; Bay Area tech pioneer Andrew Ng says AI isn’t replacing humans any time soon; and around 6,000 households lost power Saturday following the massive…
Tanker Overturns, Leaks 600 Tons of Fuel, and Blocks Traffic For Hours on 101 in South San Jose
A driver of a fuel tanker, who was allegedly speeding, collided with a pickup truck on Highway 101 in South San Jose early Christmas morning. Southbound lanes were closed for more than 12 hours as authorities in hazmat suits worked to…
Waymos Freeze in Place, Snarl Traffic En Masse During Saturday’s Citywide Power Outage
Amid Saturday’s PG&E outage, social media was flooded with posts showing dozens of confused Waymos pausing at intersections as they fruitlessly attempted to contact central command, causing frazzled humans to navigate around them, which…
Power Restored For All But 20,000 PG&E Customers In SF as of Sunday Morning
After a widespread blackout put a damper on holiday celebrations and shopping in San Francisco Saturday, PG&E had the lights back on for many by 9 pm, but still offered little explanation for what happened.