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California High-Speed Rail's Own Inspector General Just Put a Date on the Cash Cliff: December 2027
California's high-speed rail project has been "running out of money" for a decade of headlines.
Ben's, 40-Year-Old Oakland Chinese Restaurant, Closes Temporarily for Renovations
A "great 40 years" sign on Ben's locked door read like a closure, but the owner says the Jack London-district Chinese restaurant is only pausing for…
Beer, a Bay View, and Forever Chemicals: Ocean Hoptimism's Free Aug. 27 Night in Alameda
On Thursday, Aug. 27, the free monthly Ocean Hoptimism series brings SFEI science communicator Sierra Garcia to Faction Brewing in Alameda to trace…
Oracle Park Lands the 2028 All-Star Game. The Ballpark Was Always the Star.
MLB awarding San Francisco the 2028 All-Star Game reads as a civic triumph, but it's really a verdict on the building, not the ballclub: the Giants…
Home of Chicken & Waffles to Serve Its Last Plate Aug. 31 in Oakland
Home of Chicken & Waffles, an Oakland soul food staple that outlasted a relocation and two decades of waterfront churn, closes for good Aug.
Stanford Football 2026: The Year Ahead
Stanford enters 2026 as something it hasn't been in years: a program with a plan.
Two Months Into Portsmouth Square's Rebuild, Chinatown Merchants Say the Damage Is Reaching Their Basements
Two months into the $73 million renovation of Portsmouth Square, merchants around the closed park report a 60% drop in business — and, at two…
Tesla and Bezos's Prometheus Are Reportedly Landing on the Same West Oakland Block. Neither Will Say So.
Tesla and Jeff Bezos's stealth AI startup Project Prometheus are reportedly leasing space on the same West Oakland industrial campus at 1960 Mandela…
The Sheriff Likes That RESET's Operator Turns a Profit. Critics Say That's the Whole Problem.
Three months into San Francisco's RESET Center, the Sheriff's office isn't just defending the drug-sobering site — it's defending the fact that a…
A Dishwasher and a Class Action: SF's Elite Battery Club Is Sued by Two of Its Own Workers
The Battery — the invitation-only Jackson Square social club whose roughly 5,000 members pay $2,400 a year to mingle in a former marble factory…
Baan Thai Opens on MacArthur in Oakland's Laurel District
The neighborhood Thai room at 2818 MacArthur Blvd — the former Cafe Noir space — is backed by a Santa Rosa-registered LLC and operates through The…
The Foundry SF Gets New Operators, Books Fall EDM Slate — First Show Already Sold Out
The October 24 Tinzo and Jojo show sold out fast enough that a second date was added.
The Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres Are Getting a New Boss. Your Tickets Are Fine.
Live events mogul Ari Emanuel's MARI is buying ATG Entertainment, the company behind SF's Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres, in a deal announced…
Florecita Panaderia Sets September 12 Opening in Mission
Florecita Panaderia, the popular Mexican American bakery, is set to open its new Mission District location at 3349 23rd Street on September 12, 2026…
A Fifth Avenue 7-Eleven Has Been Hit Five Times This Year. Oakland's Answer: Officers Still in Training.
A crowd of about 20 young people stormed a 7-Eleven at Fifth Avenue and International Boulevard around 4:30 p.m.
Esme, a French Bistro from Pearl 6101's Susan Dunn, Opens in the Old Ragazza Space on Divisadero
Chef Susan Dunn, who co-founded Pearl 6101 in the Richmond, has opened Esme, a roughly 30-seat French bistro at 311 Divisadero inside the Metro Hotel…
SF Waived the Affordable-Housing Rules to Get Offices Converted. Its Latest Win, 150 Hayes, Has 104 Units and No Required Below-Market Homes.
To coax developers into turning empty downtown offices into apartments, San Francisco cut transfer taxes, rezoned commercial blocks, and eliminated…
Oakland's Newest 'AI Data Center' Is a $6.8M Distressed Office Buy
The Behring Company is pitching a former Berkeley Lab supercomputing building at 415 20th Street as an Oakland AI data-center hub.
Daniel Ek's Body-Scanner Startup Filed a Union Square Permit. That Filing Is the Only Proof It's Coming.
Neko Health, the preventive body-scanning company founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, filed San Francisco building permits at 100 Stockton St.
Reese Witherspoon Headlines Dreamforce 2026 as Salesforce's Agentforce Thins Its Own Ranks
Salesforce named Reese Witherspoon to top the Dreamforce speaker bill.
Mongol Cafe Files for a Beer-and-Wine License at Its Tenderloin Room
Mongol Cafe, a Tenderloin restaurant that has operated at 842 Geary St.
Meta's 29-State Youth-Harm Trial Opens in Oakland — Before a Jury That Only Advises
Jury selection began Wednesday in the 29-state attorneys general trial against Meta in Oakland federal court (MDL 3047).
A16 Team Takes the Old MarketBar Space for Lucania, a Southern Italian Room at the Ferry Building
Shelley Lindgren's A16 group registered Lucania Hospitality LLC with the City on Aug.
What Happened to Paul's Hat Works? A 108-Year-Old Geary Hatmaker Appears to Have Closed, Quietly
Paul's Hat Works, the custom hatmaker at 6128 Geary Blvd founded in 1918, appears to have closed in May with no public announcement — though the…
Haney's Ticket-Resale Cap Cleared the Assembly. Now It's Stuck on the Senate's 'Suspense File.'
A bill by San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney to cap ticket-resale markups at 10% above face value has quietly reached the Legislature's most…
San Mateo County Could Be Among the First in the U.S. to Make Businesses Buy a Permit for Their Robots
San Mateo County supervisors are weighing a plan that would make the county one of the first jurisdictions in the country to require businesses to…
Tacos El Patrón Takes the Old Scott's Chowder House on Fillmore
A Tijuana-style quesabirria operator plans its fourth location at 1325 Fillmore St., a corner dark since Scott's Chowder House closed in 2023.
The School of Wash: On a Lost Giants Season, the Teacher Is the Only Thing Worth Keeping
The Giants are 49-70 and going nowhere, and the single most valuable thing they produced in 2026 wasn't a player — it was a way of teaching.
Hijau, the Pandan-Latte Pop-Up, Signs for a San Jose Storefront Near the Rose Garden
Hijau, the Indonesian coffee pop-up known for a bright-green iced pandan latte, is graduating from two years of Bay Area farmers markets to a…
Line 51 Pours Its Last Pint in Oakland After 13 Years
Line 51, the Oakland brewery and taproom near Jack London Square, closed July 19 after 13 years — one of several East Bay food rooms logged dark in…