Eight ways to celebrate Thanksgivukkah
Talk about the holiday mash-up of a lifetime. The rare convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, aka Thanksgivukkah, is upon us. The two holidays last intersected 125 years ago and it’ll be more than...
View ArticleCrews put out 4-alarm Burlingame fire
BURLINGAME (BCN) — Firefighters have extinguished a four-alarm fire that badly damaged a residential and commercial building near downtown Burlingame and displaced at least one person, a fire marshal...
View ArticleWater main break causes sinkhole, damages homes
CASTRO VALLEY (BCN) – A water main break in Castro Valley damaged several homes this evening and caused a large sinkhole, a utility spokeswoman said. The break was reported just before 7 p.m. near the...
View ArticleCalifornia drought: Feds declare 27 counties as ‘natural disaster areas’
Governor Jerry Brown’s emergency drought declaration on Friday came on the heels of the U.S. Department of Agriculture designating nearly half of California’s counties as “natural disaster areas,”...
View ArticleIf Tom Perkins is wrong: Who IS our No. 1 celebrity?
Tom Perkins has said a lot of unbelievable stuff lately. After we recovered from the shock of Perkins’ comparison of progressive animosity toward the 1 percent to the Nazi persecution of Jews, one of...
View ArticleBay Area rain brings flash flood watch, urban and small stream flood advisory
Heavy weekend rains triggered a second flood-related alert in the North Bay on Saturday evening, while the National Weather Service also issued an ”Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory” early Sunday...
View ArticleFirst round of voting: Who IS our No. 1 celebrity?
Venture capitalist Tom Perkins recently called his ex-wife Danielle Steel our No. 1 celebrity. Since we suspect that’s wrong, we’ve decided to let our readers decide who is most deserving of the title....
View ArticleSecond round of voting: Who IS our No. 1 celebrity?
Willie Mays vs Joe Montana? It’s happening. We’ve reached the quarterfinals of our No. 1 celebrity contest and the matches are getting better and better. Our search for top celebrity currently living...
View Article‘Amazing Race’ proposal sends Bay Area woman on 10-hour challenge
Aaron McDaniel has set a very high bar for Bay Area engagement proposals. To pop the question to his girlfriend, Leona Ma, he sent her on a 10-hour scavenger hunt throughout the Bay Area. Ma, an...
View ArticleYou know your neighborhood is gentrified when …
While the debate of whether “gentrification” is a dirty word or not continues, it’s undeniably happening throughout the Bay Area. Gentrification has not only come to the forefront in San Francisco —...
View ArticleYes, the California drought still looks grim for much of the Bay Area
Recent rains have done little to lessen the severity of the California drought for most of the Bay Area. In a two-and-a-half minute drought update video, a National Weather Service meteorologist said...
View ArticleBay Area Latino radio station 105.7 won’t stop playing Nelly’s ‘Hot in Herre’
UPDATE: It stopped being too hot at 105.7 at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, almost 75 hours later. The former Spanish-speaking station stopped playing Nelly and officially started its hip hop and R&B...
View ArticleS.F. buildings use Post-its to send messages, play hangman, call #SFPostIt...
At least four downtown San Francisco buildings made the most of their Friday by sending out Post-it messages to neighbors. The participants, in buildings on Second Street between Mission and Market,...
View ArticleOur favorite hidden parks of San Francisco
While there’s no shortage of public parks in San Francisco, some of the city’s most special outdoor spaces, from hidden slides to tiny parks with grand vistas, often go unnoticed. To help you...
View Article‘Disco Table’ on Craigslist needs a new cocaine-loving S.F. home where the...
San Francisco residents who regularly go on all-night benders and are in need of a new piece of furniture are in luck. A Craigslist ad for a mirrored coffee table eloquently tells the story of a...
View ArticleWatch some of the most hilarious and groan-inducing Bring Your Own Big Wheels...
In case you were too busy celebrating Easter, Passover or 4/20 in Golden Gate Park this weekend and missed Sunday’s annual Bring Your Own Big Wheels (#BYOBW), here are some clips of the high-speed...
View ArticleL.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling reportedly makes racist comments to his...
Clippers owners Donald Sterling has allegedly told his multiracial girlfriend he doesn’t want her to bring black people, including NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, to his NBA games. The argument...
View ArticleThings you must do in the Bay Area before you die
It doesn’t matter if you just moved to the city or if you’ve lived in the Bay Area all your life; there are so many things to do here it can be a bit daunting. Since it’s worth prioritizing all the...
View ArticleReader’s edition: Things to do in the Bay Area before you die
After the public airing of our best attempt to make a bucket list of must-dos in the Bay Area, many of our readers reminded us of special local experiences we left out (wild parrots, d’oh!) as well...
View ArticleNeed some last-minute Bay to Breakers costume ideas? Here’s some based on...
When it comes to Bay to Breakers, the more San Francisco a costume can get, the better. So, naturally, drawing inspiration from some of the biggest and most unusual news stories we’ve had in the last...
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