Wesley Severson
San Francisco Financial District
Historic space near Montgomery BART will become restaurant, bar, and private event space
A historic pillar-lined bank building at the corner of Sutter and Sansome streets, near BART’s Montgomery Station in the Financial District, is about to start a new chapter in its long 112-year history.
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
Ghirardelli chocolate shop at Ghirardelli Square is ready to show off makeover from Apple store design firm
The Ghirardelli Chocolate store has long been a must-stop destination for SF tourists, and now the place is about to get even more immersive, and it's been redubbed the Ghirardelli Chocolate Experience Store.
San Jose
Dark spotlight shines on tiny San Jose church after child exorcism death and high-profile infant kidnapping
Two high-profile crimes in San Jose appear to have a couple of things in common. A tiny, charismatic church inside a home in the O’Brien Tract neighborhood has been connected to both investigations, and both crimes involved very young children.
San Jose
Long-standing ban on car cruising could soon be lifted in San Jose
Cruising was originally banned as a way to deter crime and traffic-related infractions from gatherings of cars slowly rolling down an urban street, but the Latino community looks at the ban as highly discriminatory, since cruising lowriders on city roads has been a part of the culture since the 1940s.
San Jose
Google’s renovation of Moffett Field's Hangar One in Mountain View has officially begun
The restoration of Hangar One at NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Field in Mountain View has officially begun, a project that has been in the works for decades — but we still don't know what Google wants to use the building for.