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Celebration, resistance collide at San Francisco’s 49th annual Pride parade

Motorcycles revved up, sending the crowd of hundreds of thousands into a frenzy. Sabine Balden sat on her bike, ready…

5 years ago

BART secures $300 million in funding to buy trains, build capacity

BART officials announced that the Federal Transit Administration has allocated $300 million to increase capacity on BART.

5 years ago

SF proposes reservation, fee system to curb Lombard Street congestion

Tourists who want to zigzag around San Francisco’s iconic crooked street may soon have to make a reservation and pay…

5 years ago

Flush with color, San Francisco ushers in Year of the Pig

For one moment, the City sprang to colorful life.

5 years ago

Regulators fine firms $65k over Twin Peaks tunnel worker death

State regulators fined two construction companies for the death of a crew member who died last year.

5 years ago

Creative retirements imagined for legacy BART cars

Most of BART's 669 worn-out old cars, some almost 50 years old, are set to be retired by 2023.

5 years ago

Fiat agrees to settle emissions cheating case for $800 million

California officials and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced Thursday an approximately $800 million settlement of claims that the automaker used…

5 years ago

Six people escape early morning Brentwood house fire

Six people, including two children, escaped a one-alarm blaze that gutted a Brentwood home early Saturday morning.

5 years ago

Driver dies after Ashbury street crash

A 64-year-old man died after crashing into parked cars while backing up his vehicle in San Francisco's Ashbury Heights neighborhood…

5 years ago

The Fillmore, Jonestown and the reckoning of racism

For the first time in 40 years, San Francisco publicly commemorated the tragic loss of life at Jonestown.

5 years ago

Waymo granted permit to test cars without drivers

The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday granted its first permit to Waymo to test autonomous vehicles without a…

5 years ago

Drunk driver in Petaluma crashes into six cars

Police arrested a woman who they say was driving drunk and rear-ended another driver before slamming into at least five…

6 years ago

Police dog catches alleged motorcycle thief

A Sonoma County sheriff's canine team helped arrest a Napa man Friday on suspicion of stealing a motorcycle in San…

6 years ago

Pedestrian killed in Oakland hit-and-run identified

Authorities have identified an Oakland man who died Friday evening after a hit-and-run collision near Eastmont Town Center. Lester Charles…

6 years ago

Marin voters to decide transit tax renewal

Marin County voters will consider renewing - for 30 years - a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements in the…

6 years ago

One dead after wrong-way Hwy. 101 crash

A 68-year-old Gonzales man died in a suspected DUI crash involving four cars in unincorporated Monterey County on Monday evening,…

6 years ago

Suspected church burglars nabbed in traffic stop

Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies arrested two men on suspicion of stealing two cars and thousands of dollars in supplies…

6 years ago

Cars towed after multiple East Oakland sideshows

Oakland police said several vehicles were towed from at least one location of numerous sideshows in the city early Sunday…

6 years ago

Audit reveals gaps remain in cable car fare collection

A new report from the San Francisco Controller's Office released on Monday says that Muni cable car conductors are improving…

6 years ago

CHP investigates Castro Valley highway shooting

Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning shooting and hit-and-run in Castro Valley.

6 years ago

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