A female black bear sits in a tree near Lake Tahoe, Calif. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett In an extremely rare incident, a California man was reportedly bitten numerous times by a black bear in Sierra County Friday. The Calpine resident told authorities he let his dog outside to use the bathroom … Read more
Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins. The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more
FILE: A United Airlines plane takes off from SFO on April 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man boarded a United flight at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month that was bound for Florida and it wasn’t until reaching his seat that he and the airline both discovered his boarding pass was for … Read more
A noosed skeleton wearing a Seahawks jersey was hanging at a 49ers fan group’s tailgate before the 49ers played Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2023. Screenshot via X, formerly Twitter The 49ers are investigating why a prominent fan tailgate group hung a skeleton wearing a Seahawks jersey by its neck before Sunday’s game. On Sunday, the … Read more
The neon lights of Tosca Cafe. Images courtesy of Al Barna and Randall Homan A major San Francisco restaurateur is at risk of losing her empire after she repeatedly failed to respond to court orders, thereby losing a civil lawsuit by default. The case started in January when Stanton and his legal team sought judicial … Read more
The bear seen in Tahoe was a local black bear, like this one, shown in the Sierra Nevada in winter. Anna39/Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s no secret that Lake Tahoe and all of the northern Sierra Nevada is bear country, but most people probably assume that bears hibernate as soon as winter begins. Most bears go into … Read more
Transportation Security Administration agents were forced to evacuate a checked baggage room at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport after discovering an anti-aircraft round of ammunition in luggage. On Dec. 8 at 5:30 a.m. in Honolulu, X-ray technology alerted officers of a potential security threat during a routine baggage screening, a spokesperson for TSA told SFGATE … Read more
Oakland’s Rockridge district is synonymous with great food, from breakfast sandwiches and kouign-amann to the finest gourmet pasta. Lately, it’s also becoming a destination for chocolate. The 1-mile stretch of College Avenue from Broadway to Ashby is peppered with no fewer than five confectioneries. Plunked in the center sits an old-school See’s Candies shop. And … Read more
Madrone Art Bar stands at the northeast corner of Fell and Divisadero, where it has been serving up drinks, music, and art since 2004, as seen here on its signature Motown on Monday night, July 25, 2022. Kevin Kelleher/Special to SFGATE If you live in San Francisco, you may soon start noticing a strange message … Read more
Over 1,000 demonstrators marched up and down Harbor Boulevard near Disneyland on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, temporarily blocking traffic to the park’s eastern entrance. Rida Hamida A protest attended by over 1,000 demonstrators temporarily shut off vehicular traffic to Disneyland’s eastern entrance on Saturday afternoon. Protestors calling attention to the Walt Disney Company’s financial support … Read more
