SFO has opened an RFP for a private terminal at Plot 42 offering private TSA, a luxury lounge and tarmac valet — but prices could rival LAX’s private suites.

San Francisco tech employers are using AI chatbots to screen white‑collar candidates — a Greenhouse survey finds the practice is widespread but opaque. Employers say bots widen the funnel; candidates demand disclosure.

SSFPD recovered more than 400 pounds of illegal fireworks after reports at Alta Loma Park on July 4; arrests and citations followed, officials said. No injuries were reported.

A Vacaville tutor was arrested on a felony lewd‑acts charge and released after posting $75,000 bail, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office says.

The San Francisco Fire Commission met in closed session to consider a $6 million settlement in Gabriel Shin’s federal retaliation suit tied to a brutal 2022 attack. Any deal would still need Board of Supervisors approval.

A local investor group paid roughly $10.7M for the former Nordstrom parcel at Stoneridge Shopping Center, expanding its hold on mall land and opening redevelopment options.

Several Bay Area counties have started permitting licensed home‑based "micro‑restaurants," letting chefs host ticketed backyard pop‑ups while staying under public‑health rules. New permits are giving cooks a low‑cost path into food businesses.

Sneaker waves, rip currents and minor high‑tide flooding will make San Francisco shoreline visits risky through July 16.

San Rafael police arrested a 25-year-old after detectives say a forensic search of his phone turned up a large quantity of child sexual abuse material.

MediaTek will anchor the former Arista building at Santa Clara Gateway, taking roughly 111,000 square feet and highlighting renewed demand for large Bay Area offices. The deal follows other big campus moves in the South Bay.

A Pleasant Hill woman faces gross vehicular manslaughter charges after a Jan. 3 I‑580 crash in Oakland that killed her passenger; prosecutors say investigators found drugs in the vehicle.

After a 9–2 Board vote, San Francisco will vote Nov. 3 on a charter change that sets rules for a potential city-run public bank. The measure lays governance but not startup funding.

A jury convicted Marvin Sotorizo Wednesday for sexually assaulting two unconscious teenagers in a Bayview home in 2017, the San Francisco DA announced.