Guerrero Street Smoke Scare Triggers Big Fire Response In Mission
Crews responded to a working building fire at 1185 Guerrero Street Saturday; the department linked to a Citizen safety‑app report and ordered extra units. Officials had not detailed injuries.
Neon Sea Invasion: Tiny Blue Sailors Carpet California Coast
Bright-blue Velella velella have washed ashore in huge numbers along California’s coast, carpeting beaches from the Bay Area to Southern California while experts say they’re mostly harmless.
Presidio Cliff Drama As Fire Crews Hoist Stranded Hiker Above Battery Crosby
San Francisco firefighters used a rescue basket to haul an injured hiker up from the Batteries-to-Bluffs trail near Battery Crosby; the person was taken by ambulance. Photos of the operation were posted by the department.
Forgotten SoMa Laundry Lot Steps Into Spotlight For Yick Wo 140th
Preservation groups and city officials will gather at the former Yick Wo laundry lot on Third and Harrison to mark the 140th anniversary of the Supreme Court win and press for a permanent marker.
Oakland Home Prices Crater, Tie For Nation’s Steepest Drop
Oakland's typical home value slipped to roughly $716,000 in March, leaving many sellers well below the 2022 peak and splitting neighborhoods between bidding wars and price cuts.
Vallejo Lyft Ride Turns Deadly On I-80 After Passenger Bolts Into Traffic
A Vallejo man died after running onto I‑80 and being struck in the No. 3 lane early Saturday. CHP says he had allegedly assaulted his Lyft driver before the confrontation spilled onto the freeway.
Scoop: SF's Only Mongolian Restaurant Shut Down for Roaches — and Fighting Them With RAID
Mongol Cafe, one of the Bay Area's only authentic Mongolian restaurants, was ordered closed by SF health inspectors after they found live cockroaches in the flour, throughout the kitchen, and evidence that the operator had been trying to fight them with consumer RAID spray. The closure came on a reinspection — four days after the initial routine visit — even after the restaurant scrambled to bring in a licensed pest control company the very morning inspectors returned.












