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Day Around the Bay: Woman Gives Birth to Baby While Riding Inside Waymo

Jurors have gone into deliberations in the murder trial of the “Straight Outta Hunters Point” director; KRON4 nuked Santa Claus in an unearthed 42-year-old TV ad; and a woman reportedly gave birth while taking a Waymo to UCSF.

2 hours ago

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Day Around the Bay: Woman Gives Birth to Baby While Riding Inside Waymo

SF Standard

SF General stabbing suspect is being held at the hospital where attack occurred

Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi remains in a jail ward at SFGH. Internal reports show that the sheriff’s department has had problems properly staffing the hospital.

4 hours ago

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SF General stabbing suspect is being held at the hospital where attack occurred

SFiST

Report: SF-Based Instacart Charging Some Customers as Much as 23% More for the Same Items, Thanks to AI Pricing

People buying the exact same item from the exact same store are sometimes paying a price as much as 23% higher on the platform Instacart, thanks to AI algorithms that show buyers different prices.

4 hours ago

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Report: SF-Based Instacart Charging Some Customers as Much as 23% More for the Same Items, Thanks to AI Pricing

SFiST

Shaquille O'Neal to Host Shaq's Fun House at Cow Palace, Featuring T-Pain, on Super Bowl Weekend

Basketball Hall of Famer turned DJ Shaquille O'Neal is throwing a big ticketed party event in the Bay Area over Super Bowl Weekend, and T-Pain and Tiësto are both scheduled to perform.

6 hours ago

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Shaquille O'Neal to Host Shaq's Fun House at Cow Palace, Featuring T-Pain, on Super Bowl Weekend

SF Standard

Kawakami: Giants’ Tony Vitello on playing with emotion, Bryce Eldridge, and more

The new manager wants to bring out the personality in his team: “I would rather have guys playing too hard or showing too much emotion than not enough.”

6 hours ago

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Kawakami: Giants’ Tony Vitello on playing with emotion, Bryce Eldridge, and more

SFiST

Vaillancourt Fountain Gets One Last Chance at Survival, as Demolition Gets Appealed to Board of Supervisors

There is one more last-gasp, hail mary attempt to save the Embarcadero's crumbling and controversial Vaillancourt Fountain, as preservationists have appealed the decision to remove it to the SF Board of Supervisors.

6 hours ago

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Vaillancourt Fountain Gets One Last Chance at Survival, as Demolition Gets Appealed to Board of Supervisors

SF Standard

One neighborhood in SF has passed its pandemic pricing peak. You’ll never guess which

We had to double-check the data ourselves.

7 hours ago

SF Standard

One neighborhood in SF has passed its pandemic pricing peak. You’ll never guess which

SF Standard

Section 415: Vern Glenn wants to make everyone in the Bay Area a sports fan

From taking grounders with Jeff Kent to shooting free throws with Steph Curry, the local sports anchor has done it all.

7 hours ago

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Section 415: Vern Glenn wants to make everyone in the Bay Area a sports fan

SF Standard

Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo

Waymo detected “unusual activity” in the robotaxi and initiated a call to check on the passenger.

7 hours ago

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Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo

Mission Local

Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi could not be arraigned today on a murder charge because he is being held in a psychiatric ward. Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

7 hours ago

Mission Local

Hospital stabbing suspect held in S.F. psych ward, misses arraignment

SF Standard

Is this our life now" When will the ‘ridiculously resilient’ cold snap end"

This autumn’s awfully chilly, fearsomely foggy weather will ease later this month, we promise.

8 hours ago

SF Standard

Is this our life now" When will the ‘ridiculously resilient’ cold snap end"

SFiST

Trial Delayed In 2024 Double-Murder of Teen Girls In Napa

Two young women were gunned down near downtown Napa in April 2024 after they allegedly brought a knife to a fight with another woman, and the legal proceedings against two suspects in the case were just paused.

8 hours ago

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Trial Delayed In 2024 Double-Murder of Teen Girls In Napa

Mission Local

Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

After closing arguments, jurors in the murder trial of filmmaker Kevin Epps went into deliberations on Tuesday morning. Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

9 hours ago

Mission Local

Emotions run high in closing arguments for S.F. filmmaker's murder trial

SFiST

Bar Panisse, the New Cocktail Spot Next to Chez Panisse, Opens This Week

The much anticipated — and somewhat controversial for the neighborhood — new cocktail bar attached to Chez Panisse will open its doors Thursday, December 11, and they won't be taking reservations.

9 hours ago

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Bar Panisse, the New Cocktail Spot Next to Chez Panisse, Opens This Week

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Mission Local

Sunset over Cypress Alley

On Cypress Street. Photo by Ben Armington. Sunset over Cypress Alley

16 hours ago

Mission Local

Sunset over Cypress Alley

Mission Local

Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

Stabbing of 51-year-old social worker Alberto Rangel could signal sea change for nation's first outpatient HIV/AIDS clinic Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

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Mission Local

Times have changed at Ward 86, but clinic space has not. After S.F. hospital worker’s killing, that looms large.

Mission Local

S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

The Department of Public Health will commission a third-party review of the circumstances that led to social worker Alberto Rangel's death. S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

1 day ago

Mission Local

S.F. taps outside firm to find out what led to killing of social worker Alberto Rangel

Mission Local

What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025

A rave for kids at the Asian Art Museum this weekend and a holiday market at SFMOMA, plus lots more across the city. What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025

1 day ago

Mission Local

What's on now at San Francisco museums, December 2025