San Francisco is rolling out a sweeping outdoor smoking ban that would snuff out cigarettes on bar patios and parklets across the city. The move has ignited outrage among local business owners, who argue the draconian measure is just the latest example of government overreach putting neighborhood bars at risk. San Francisco is rolling out … Read more
A sophisticated cyberattack targeting the San Diego Community College District has knocked offline the digital feeds of one of Southern California’s last full-time jazz radio stations during finals week — leaving the station’s global audience in the dark. KSDS Jazz 88.3 told listeners this week that the district-wide cyberattack disabled its streaming and mobile app … Read more
A United Airlines flight reportedly struck a drone midair over San Diego early Wednesday, according to social media posts. The Boeing 737, identified as Flight 1980 from San Francisco, hit the object at roughly 3,000 feet during its approach, according to an air traffic control recording shared on X. In the audio, the pilot can … Read more
San Diego’s viral “work-from-the-beach” craze may be getting hauled back to shore after city officials shut down future mass remote-work meetups unless organizers obtain costly permits. An “office on the sand” event at Law Street Beach in March drew more than 100 workers sporting laptops and surfboards for a morning of coworking by the ocean … Read more
The rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants is among the most-heated in baseball. With many iterations through the years stealing headlines, what transpired over the past few days just added to the legacy. A vicious brawl broke out on Pier 28, just outside of Oracle Park, as fans left the stadium following the Dodgers 3-0 … Read more
California’s two biggest cities got the cold shoulder in a new ranking of the best places for fresh-faced college graduates to launch their careers — while another SoCal city stole the spotlight. San Diego nabbed the No. 8 spot on Glassdoor and Redfin’s annual list of top large cities for new grads, which scored 13 … Read more
Delays at San Francisco International Airport could reach up to 30 minutes after the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday imposed new safety restrictions on landings. The restrictions coincide with a construction project that will take two runways out of commission for six months, KRON4 reported. Those runways closed Monday and won’t reopen until October, the … Read more
Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of Bob Weir, the legendary guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead who died last week at age 78. Musicians Joan Baez and John Mayer spoke on a makeshift stage in front of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium after four Buddhist … Read more
Victoria Jones, the daughter of famed actor Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead at a California hotel early on New Year’s Day, according to reports. She was 34. Police arrived at the Fairmont San Francisco hotel around 2:52 a.m. on Thursday after a report of a medical emergency, according to TMZ. Paramedics pronounced Jones dead upon … Read more
The city of San Francisco sued Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and other makers of ultra-processed foods on Tuesday, accusing them of knowingly sickening California residents with addictive and harmful products. City Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging that the companies employed tactics similar to those used by the tobacco industry to design and … Read more
While dogs are man’s best friends, it appears that pooches are causing a stir in San Francisco, with residents sharing their grievances. In the “r/sanfrancisco” forum on Reddit, users discussed how the city is “running out of patience” with dogs. “The worst is dogs in grocery stores, which is a health code violation,” commented one user. … Read more
What’s in a name? A value of $30,000, apparently. Wealthy parents-to-be are spending tens of thousands of dollars to hire a “professional baby namer” to help them dub their new addition. Taylor A. Humphrey started posting online about a decade ago about her obsession with baby names — and now it’s a whole luxurious enterprise. … Read more
A few hundred people gathered Friday to name a tiny San Francisco street after legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday and as part of a citywide celebration to mark the band’s 60th anniversary. Harrington Street, which is one block long, will also be called “Jerry Garcia Street.” … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the scruffy jam band that came to embody a city where people wore flowers in their hair and made love, not war. Dead & Company, featuring original Grateful Dead members Bob … Read more
San Francisco has been ranked at the bottom of a new report by a financial services company ranking the best and worst-run cities in the country. WalletHub reported it measured the “effectiveness of local leadership” by “determining a city’s operating efficiency.” San Francisco came in 148th out of 148 cities studied. “We can learn how well city … Read more
As a professional NFL player, now spiraling pigskin as a backup QB for the Miami Dolphins, Zach Wilson knows his way around a ball. But his fiancée, Nicolette Dellanno, threw an even bigger ball recently. This past March, the soon-to-be-bride chose Mexico’s lively southern West Coast — Cabo San Lucas — to party down with … Read more
Horton hears an earthquake! A herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo acted on instinct and formed an “alert circle” around their young to protect the calves against the earthquake that rattled Southern California on Monday, amazing video shows. In addition to their gargantuan ears, elephants have a unique ability to sense sounds through … Read more
Charles Barkley made it clear that his stance about women in San Antonio is the same after more than a decade. The NBA legend doubled down on his 2014 comments — that San Antonio is the home of “some big ol’ women” — while on the mic at Capital One JamFest, the 2025 March Madness … Read more
Over 400 fur seal pups were found resting in an inlet at the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of San Francisco — and the adorable sight was caught on video. “I was amazed to see them all piled in there, getting tossed around like they were in a washing machine,” the refuge’s manager, Gerry … Read more
The San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a self-described “anti-weight-based discrimination” expert to consult on “weight stigma and weight neutrality.” Virgie Tovar, the author of ‘You Have the Right to Remain Fat” and other published works on “fat positivity and body acceptance” announced on her Instagram Monday that she was hired to consult … Read more