Zurich's U.S. real estate arm paid $32.8M for 394 Pacific Ave in Jackson Square, adding another boutique office to institutional portfolios in San Francisco.

Federal agents removed five card‑skimming devices in a Sacramento‑area sweep that inspected roughly 510 businesses and more than 3,000 terminals.

The CPUC set a permanent 4.5¢/minute cap on intrastate jail calls and tightened rules on hidden fees, a change advocates say will ease costs for families.

San José police say detectives are investigating the city's 18th traffic fatality of 2026 after a crash; officials released only a brief advisory and offered few details.

Doris Fisher, Gap co‑founder and longtime S.F. arts patron, has died at 94. Her business and philanthropic legacies — from Gap to the Fisher Collection at SFMOMA — shaped the city.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan publicly challenged GOP rival Steve Hilton on X, arguing leadership means standing up to power rather than echoing it.

San José crews knocked down a house fire on Indigo Drive Monday morning; all occupants escaped and one person received medical care at the scene.

Santa Rosa police arrested a 42-year-old after a 911 call about gunfire; officers recovered a loaded 9mm "ghost gun" and reported no injuries.

Anthropic teamed with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs on a roughly $1.5B venture to put Claude into private‑equity and mid‑market companies.

Oakland police say more than 70 ATVs and dirt bikes were recovered during a Bay Bridge sideshow sweep that snarled traffic and led to arrests. The department thanked CHP and SFPD for assisting.

A downtown Oakland wine bar plans to close in July, highlighting how slow the downtown recovery has been and why small businesses remain vulnerable.

A late-night head-on collision on Highway 1 near Moss Landing left three people dead and a 51-year-old driver arrested on suspicion of DUI. Jail records show manslaughter charges and $600,000 bail.

San Mateo police arrested a 43‑year‑old Pleasant Hill man after a decoy group alerted authorities that he arranged to meet what they believed was a minor.