Tahoe Donner will open a new downhill lodge for the 2025–26 season, with expanded dining, a large sun deck, an indoor kids’ ski-school space and improved lift access. The building is scheduled to open with the resort on Dec. 19.

Prosecutors say new surveillance and autopsy findings show Zoe Reidy‑Watts was tortured before she died; an Alameda County DA has added a torture charge to the murder case. The footage, they say, shows her trying to escape and being dragged back into an Oakland apartment.

Phones across San Francisco received an urgent early-warning for a 5.9 Nevada quake that was later removed from USGS records; federal scientists are investigating.

Petaluma's first Chick-fil-A opens Thursday at 6:30 a.m. at 5012 Petaluma Blvd N, promising roughly 70 jobs and a $25,000 donation to Redwood Empire Food Bank.

Activist Zoe Rosenberg was sentenced to 90 days in jail for felony conspiracy and misdemeanors during a Petaluma Poultry incident, despite claiming to ‘rescue’ animals from cruelty.

Blackstone has closed on the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, a high‑profile purchase seen as a vote of confidence in the city’s hotel market recovery.

Nearly 900 acres of Henness Ridge were transferred to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, returning ancestral land and funding for restoration and cultural stewardship.

Christina Whisman pleaded guilty to multiple counts, including giving a minor cocaine and forcible lewd acts. She faces up to 36 years and is due to be sentenced Jan. 8, 2026.

Healdsburg police arrested a registered sex offender after phones allegedly showed sexually explicit conversations with teens; police say devices are under forensic review.

A Waymo robotaxi struck a small, unleashed dog at Scott and Eddy on Sunday night. The rider's Reddit post and a 311 complaint have renewed scrutiny after the KitKat cat death.

A Marin County jury found Tonantzyn Beltran not guilty by reason of insanity in her mother’s 2024 killing; the judge ordered her committed for psychiatric treatment.

A city contract put a private, unlicensed firm on the Mission’s streets this summer — residents praise the results even as licensing and oversight questions mount.

During a patrol in Santa Rosa, police arrested Steven Molina after finding meth and a "ghost gun" in his car; he faces charges including weapon possession by a felon.