A Santa Rosa woman was arrested after allegedly handing a teller a threatening note and taking cash from a Chase Bank on Sonoma Avenue. She was found at the Montgomery Village Post Office and booked into Sonoma County Jail.

A two‑alarm blaze in the Tenderloin sent about two dozen residents from a six‑story building early Wednesday; firefighters reported no injuries and crews remained on scene.

PayPal will forgo roughly $30 million in fees and launch a race-neutral Small Business Initiative to resolve a DOJ fair-lending probe into its 2020 Economic Opportunity Fund.

A South Bay couple says ICE detained the husband and questioned his pregnant wife days after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Lawyers and data point to a wider enforcement spike against Iranian nationals.

Butte County will mail two color‑coded ballot packets for June 2: a special primary to fill the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa's seat and the statewide primary under Prop 50. Here’s what to check.

Anthropic is reportedly courting $30–$50B in fresh capital that could value the San Francisco AI firm near $1 trillion as Claude demand strains compute.

The Academy of Art University sold a Fisherman’s Wharf building at 2300 Stockton Street for about $18.3M to a buyer tied to Tony Garnicki. The purchaser plans an office‑to‑residential conversion that could add two stories and roughly 70 units.

National data show BNPL use for groceries has doubled and late payments are rising. Local tips and resources for San Francisco shoppers to avoid short-term loan stacking.

AB 2700 would ask the CPUC to recommend a 30% cut in per‑kWh rates by 2028 and to identify unpaid restitution for wildfire victims of pre‑2019 fires. Survivors joined lawmakers in Sacramento as the bill moved to Appropriations.

Photos show Hillsborough officers executing a domestic-violence search warrant, using a drone and hauling off multiple firearms held pending court action.

Neighbors near Alioto Mini Park say enforcement at Mission BART plazas has pushed open drug use into nearby residential blocks. Merchants and families say the change brings new hazards onto side streets.

Bodycam footage shows an officer rush into a burning home and carry a mother and two children to safety in a short video shared by local TV.

Former Half Moon Bay mayor Joaquin Jimenez is challenging incumbent Ray Mueller in San Mateo County’s District 3 race; coastside housing, water and the Corpus removal are front‑and‑center. The June 2 primary could settle the seat.