San Joaquin County officials warn of an uptick in bats testing positive for rabies and urge residents to avoid contact, report sightings, and keep pets' shots current.

Airwallex raised $320M at an $11B valuation as it rolls out AI products that aim to automate finance and launch an agentic consumer wallet.

A San Francisco judge refused to toss a major class action accusing Workday’s AI hiring tools of discriminating by race, age and disability. The decision keeps key claims alive.

A United flight from Shanghai bound for San Francisco diverted to Tokyo after a midair dispute with cabin crew; Japanese police removed a passenger and the aircraft arrived hours late.

California will award $227 million in Proposition 64 grants to boost enforcement, youth prevention and environmental cleanup tied to illegal cannabis activity. The fourth funding cohort pushes Prop 64 awards past $350 million statewide.

A Beach Hazards Statement covers Pacific beaches as gusty onshore winds and sneaker waves return. Expect coastal drizzle and rough seas through the weekend.

A deepening marine layer will keep the coast cool and drizzle-prone while gusty winds buffet the valley this weekend.

The New York Times amended its June 25 complaint, dropping a claim against OpenAI and refocusing its allegations on Microsoft in a major copyright battle.

San Francisco's Californios just did something no Mexican restaurant anywhere in the world — including in Mexico — has ever done, and the rest of Wednesday night's Michelin ceremony had its own share of surprises, from a Sonoma winery rocketing to three stars to a Green Star comeback nobody saw coming.

A California bill to let insurers use smartphone and in‑car telematics for rates has drawn sharp criticism from consumer and privacy groups over tracking, retention and equity risks.

An unplanned PG&E outage left about 4,189 customers without power across Inner Sunset, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park and the Castro Thursday morning.

Apple raised prices on Macs and iPads as AI-driven memory and storage costs surged, pushing some popular entry-level models up by hundreds of dollars. The company says it can no longer absorb soaring component bills.

SFPD’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force says 35 people were arrested in May–June operations and more than $8,000 in stolen goods were recovered, including high‑value purses returned to a victim.