19+ hour, 33+ min ago  (598+ words) Applications to the University of California rose substantially over the last decade, leading to a steep decline in acceptance rates to the most competitive campuses. While we're months away from knowing the official acceptance rates for this year's cycle, the…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (375+ words) California's largest proposed reservoir in years wins key state support'San Francisco Chronicle The plan to build California's largest reservoir in nearly 50 years has cleared one of its last and most fundamental hurdles: tentative approval of the project's water right The…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (197+ words) Google internet service outage reports spike in San Francisco'San Francisco Chronicle Reports of an apparent Google Fiber outage surfaced Friday, with users in San Francisco and elsewhere reporting service disruptions, according to the outage-tracking website Downdetector and posts on social…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago  (546+ words) California's home insurance market has been in a state of crisis, but a few tentative signs of relief have emerged. When California's insurance market deteriorated into a state of crisis, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara sought to solve it with a…...

17+ hour, 22+ min ago  (185+ words) A lion in Cat Kingdom at San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco on Oct. 30, 2025. The lion enclosure is proposed as a home for a panda exhibit. The restructuring is happening as the zoo prepares for what leadership described as a…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago  (509+ words) Michel Rolland, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest winemakers, was influential in Napa Valley's rise to global prominence." Michel Rolland, known as Napa's "Master Blender" and widely considered to be one of the world's greatest winemakers, has…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (454+ words) California suspends license of Marin lender at center of $100 million investor crisis'San Francisco Chronicle California financial regulators have suspended the lending license of Pacific Private Money Inc., the Novato-based private lender embroiled in a liquidity crisis that has left more…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (350+ words) Bay Bridge lights to return Friday after three years of darkness'San Francisco Chronicle Stand on a terrace near San Francisco's waterfront, and you'll see them: Thousands of tiny lights twinkling from the Bay Bridge's suspender cables, draping the western span…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1080+ words) Nataki Garrett, interim artistic director of the African-American Shakespeare Company, poses for a portrait outside the company's building in San Francisco on March 12, 2026. A few years ago, Nataki Garrett was receiving death threats on the job as artistic director of…...

1+ day, 44+ min ago  (380+ words) S.F. police watchdog accused of fostering toxic environment in explosive lawsuit'San Francisco Chronicle A former attorney at San Francisco's police watchdog agency sued the city this week, alleging she was fired for blowing the whistle on misconduct inside the agency, including…...