The “Unthanksgiving” gathering at dawn on Alcatraz Island is back on, and boat tickets are still available, plus the ceremony will be streaming online.

Nationally known luxury brand retailers have been the prime targets of the mob-style burglaries that have been front and center in the news this week. But the fact is those same types of brazen crimes have also happened to some small shops.

We are already seeing many pre-pandemic holiday traditions return this year and San Jose’s annual Christmas in the Park event is one of the activities giving visitors a small taste of normalcy.

For over three decades, the SF SPCA and Macy’s holiday windows have signaled the true start of the holiday season in the city.

An art gallery opens, a new pizza spot is on the way, and a fitness studio is moving.

Bay Area bicyclists and pedestrians in Palo Alto now have a fancy new bridge to keep them out of harm’s way as they travel over Highway 101 from West Bayshore Road landing to East Bayshore Road landing.