Coaches and parents pressed a "football playbook" this spring to reopen indoor high‑school gyms and cram seasons into March–June. Legal fights and state guidance reshaped who could play.

Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters will have a West Coast premiere at SFFILM on April 28 with two screenings at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre.

An SF Chronicle tract‑level map ranks Bay Area neighborhoods by how evenly incomes are spread, highlighting surprising pockets of mix and entrenched zones of wealth or poverty.

A jet ski flipped near Discovery Bay Marina on Sunday; one person was recovered and later pronounced dead. Marine Patrol and county dive teams are investigating.

Police arrested a suspect after a San Francisco church on the 2800 block of California Street was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic and homophobic graffiti.

A 2-year-old died after being struck while crossing at 4th and Channel in Mission Bay. Police say the driver remained on scene as investigators seek witnesses.

More than 350 UC faculty urged the Board of Regents to enforce existing rules after a new AMCHA report tied faculty activism to antisemitic incidents. The letter warns that inaction could threaten research funding.

Lumileds filed a state WARN notice for its North San Jose plant, announcing roughly two dozen more job cuts months after earlier reductions.

Hudson Pacific told investors it will re‑entitle 901 Market St. for residential use, a rare downtown office‑to‑housing conversion that would repurpose a century‑old Market Street landmark.

Café Bolita has opened in West Berkeley, bringing Bolita Masa’s nixtamalized-corn cooking to a permanent corner. The cafe starts with takeout and parklet seating while renovations finish.

Bay FC has signed Italy captain Cristiana Girelli on loan from Juventus; the move is pending visa and transfer clearance.

Cobram Estate has struck a roughly $174M deal to acquire California Olive Ranch, adding groves, an Artois mill and brands to its California footprint while the purchase awaits regulatory sign‑off.

Charles Schwab will relocate its San Francisco offices from 211 Main to 425 Market St., ending nearly two decades at its longtime downtown address and marking a fresh lease in the Financial District.