Genova Delicatessen is closing its last Walnut Creek retail counter on Wednesday after 58 years. The ravioli factory will remain in operation and products will still be sold locally.

Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 868 would ease rules for plug‑in "balcony" solar so renters without roof access can generate power, but utilities and safety groups want clear certification and grid protections.

Hotaling & Co. will close its Pier 50 distillery and lay off its in‑house distilling team while shifting Junipero and Old Potrero to contract production.

Oakland’s Measure Z–funded school violence‑interruption teams face a June funding cliff as OUSD contends with a $100M budget shortfall. Evaluators call the pilot promising but limited by scale.

City Hall wants to let builders pay an in‑lieu fee instead of planting street trees and make some city removals non‑appealable. Supporters call it a permitting fix; critics say it could shrink the canopy.

Rain returns Wednesday with heavier showers tonight. A High Surf Advisory runs through Friday and gusty winds with near‑record cold are possible Thursday night.

A guided backcountry ski group was caught in a powerful avalanche near Castle Peak during a HIGH-danger storm warning, burying or sweeping away 9 people. Six survivors sheltered in whiteout conditions as dozens of rescuers mounted a perilous, multi-county response.

Stockbridge paid about $64.25M for the 115‑unit building at 923 Folsom as San Francisco rents accelerate, highlighting renewed investor appetite for downtown apartments.

A tiny Nob Hill "jazz kissa" has opened, pairing artisanal sakes with an all-vinyl listening program in a six- to eight-seat space.

Authorities identified 53-year-old Stuart McLaughlin of Hillsborough as the skier who died at Northstar on Feb. 15.

A traffic stop in Brentwood last Thursday led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Calexico man after the vehicle was flagged as tied to a Los Angeles armed robbery. He was booked into Martinez Detention Facility.

Funds managed by Oaktree refinanced IDENTITY Logan Park, securing capital for Article Student Living's 720‑bed complex near UC Berkeley.

An AI coding agent’s Matplotlib pull request was closed — then the account published a personal takedown of the reviewer, prompting maintainers and industry watchers to tighten rules for agentic AI.