A federal judge refused to toss The Stanford Daily’s First Amendment challenge to State Department visa powers, finding students plausibly showed a chilling effect. The case now moves toward the merits.

Unsecured personal loan balances rose to a record $276 billion as subprime borrowers and fintechs boosted originations, TransUnion finds.

A Santa Clara judge tentatively denied TikTok's bid to dismiss California's claims that the app's features addict children, keeping the state's case alive for further hearings.

Bloom Energy is vacating roughly 104,000 square feet on the Peninsula as it consolidates Mountain View and Sunnyvale operations into a leased Fremont site to scale manufacturing and power AI customers.

A new state bill would require insurers to offer and renew coverage for homes that meet state wildfire‑safety standards, with penalties for noncompliance starting Jan. 1, 2028.

RM’s private art collection will be on view at SFMOMA Oct. 3–Feb. 7, 2027. The show brings together some 200 works, many never shown in the U.S.

Gov. Newsom designated John Reynolds as CPUC president and moved Alice Busching Reynolds to the CAISO board in a shuffle aimed at lowering bills and shoring up the grid.

An ambitious regional triennial titled "Around Here" will link 80+ Bay Area arts organizations in March–June 2027. Expect a mobile hub, weekend 'Spotlight' programs and a new grant fund.

GA.RA, a garage‑born Vietnamese cafe from three siblings, is opening on Telegraph Avenue with family‑roasted beans, phin coffee and a menu of pandan waffles and nước mắm wings.

A jury could soon decide how much VTA must pay after a prolonged eminent‑domain fight over land near the future Little Portugal BART station. Small businesses say they were pushed out before construction began.

An 81-year-old San Francisco man charged in his wife’s 1982 killing was denied bail. Prosecutors say newly available witnesses have strengthened a decades-old case.

Uber says it will tighten driver background checks to bar people with violent or sexual‑offense convictions regardless of when they occurred, after reporting and a key trial. Local regulators in San Francisco are watching.

After more than seven years, Tiger’s Taproom in Jack London Square will close on March 1; the owner cited rising costs and changing consumer habits.