Car discovered in backyard of Atherton home likely buried in 1990s, police say

Police say the vehicle was buried before the current homeowner moved into the property. The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

Study: Human brain cells transplanted onto rat brain can influence its behavior

Researchers were able to confirm that sensations from the rat's whiskers were being processed by the human brain cells. They also engineered cells that were sensitive to a colored light, then taught the rat to associate the light with a reward. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

FDA confirms shortage of popular ADHD treatment Adderall

Patients have been reporting difficulties filling their prescriptions dating back to August. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

CA Leaders Say Legalizing Jaywalking Will Not Lead to Greater Pedestrian Deaths

As opponents of the law say it's only going to make the rising pedestrian traffic fatality numbers worse, police say many of the incidents occur outside of marked crosswalks. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

NorCal Sheriff Orders Raid on Indiana Batmobile Garage, as Favor for Friend

Holy political favors, Batman! That's the allegation against San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos for sending a four-man team across the country last week, to raid the garage that builds Batmobiles. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

SFO International Terminal Evacuated After Police Find Suspicious Bomb Package

The international terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has been evacuated due to police activity, according to officials. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

AAPI council member speaks out after being attacked with concrete block in SF

"It is important we bring these perps to justice so this doesn't happen again." Council member Anders says he was walking around Land's End with his family when he was suddenly hit on the head with this concrete block, suffering a laceration which required staples with a herniate … | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

Bay Area housing prices up 20% since January, according to new report

Coming as a surprise to perhaps no one, Bay Area's persistently high housing costs come from a multitude of factors. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 1 year ago

"The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss, the roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there if we even can," said SJFD battalion chief Brad Cloutier. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

Accused stalker of Tim Cook agrees to stay away from Apple CEO for next 3 years

The bizarre case traces back to late 2020 when Choi began emailing Cook begging him to have sex with her and attaching images of handguns that she insisted he had made her buy, according to evidence that Apple submitted to obtain a temporary restraining order against her in Janua … | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

Fugitive in crowd? US Marshals seek help in identifying Los Angeles Dodgers fan

Convicted of a massive bank fraud, fugitive John Ruffo has been on the run for more than two decades. He may have been last spotted at Dodger Stadium. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

TOURISM IMPACT: Hotels, retailers and others are worried the now viral images of these brazen thefts are what people will think of when they hear "San Francisco" and keep them from visiting. Tourists in the city admit, the crime is making them "uncomfortable." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

Parts of SF Bay Area Under Fruit Quarantine

State wildlife officials are urging people who live in the quarantine area and have homegrown fruits or vegetables to eat them or process them via juicing, freezing, cooking or other means on the property they were grown, or to dispose of them by double-bagging, sealing and placi … | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

SF family held at gunpoint, robbed after father is ambushed while washing car

The man says he was washing his car when the armed men approached. They then put him, his wife and two daughters in the bathroom, where they held them at gunpoint while robbing the home. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

Target, Walgreens make drastic changes due to increase in San Francisco thefts

After 10 p.m. the 7-Eleven on Drumm St. in the Financial District only does business through a metal door. But first you have to ring the bell to let them know you're outside. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

After 10 p.m. the 7-Eleven on Drumm St. in the Financial District only does business through a metal door. But first you have to ring the bell to let them know you're outside. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 2 years ago

SF leaders react to Alison Collins $87M lawsuit against school district

The former vice president was taken off the position and school board committee after it was revealed that Collins posted a series of offensive anti-Asian tweets in 2016, before she was a board member. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Chevron spills 600 gallons of oil into SF bay

CHEVRON OIL SPILL: A county official says close to 600 gallons flowed into the Bay. He also says "petroleum washed ashore along South Richmond shoreline which will harm wildlife and marine life." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

CA EDD admits paying as much as $31B in unemployment funds to criminals

EDD said it "confirmed" that it paid " $11 billion to scammers, but admits the total could be a staggering $31 billion paid to the criminals -- four times more than previous estimates, while thousands of legitimate workers still wait for benefits. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

CA EDD admits paying as much as $31B in unemployment funds to criminals

EDD said it "confirmed" that it paid " $11 billion to scammers, but admits the total could be a staggering $31 billion paid to the criminals -- four times more than previous estimates, while thousands of legitimate workers still wait for benefits. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

San Francisco's historic Cliff House restaurant to close permanently

San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant is closing its doors for good, the owners announced on their website Sunday. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Bay Area counties enacting stay-at-home order starting Sunday

Five Bay Area counties have decided not to wait for the state to act. They're enacting a stay-at-home order starting Sunday. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Letter threatens arrest over 12-year-old's missed Zoom class

"If the state of California is focusing on arresting 12-year-old children for missing 90 minutes of school in ten months, it's ridiculous." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

'Stop letting Karens kill restaurants' billboard – ABC7 SF

An attention-grabbing billboard has been erected in Downtown San Francisco, reading: "Dear Yelp, stop letting Karens kill restaurants because of third party delivery app issues. It's not the restaurant's fault." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Oakland opens 4 clean air centers to protect unhoused from wildfire smoke

SHELTER FROM SMOKE: The need for clean air centers are greater than ever in the Bay Area, so the city of Oakland opened 4 centers. Details here: | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Bay Area air quality worst in the world as wildfires rage

The smoke may have been a little less thick this morning, but expect it to get worse throughout the day. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

San Francisco restaurateur dies financial struggles depression during pandemic

His wife says their pizza restaurants and wine bar have been struggling during the coronavirus pandemic and his depression deepened. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Chief Shawny Williams said the officer believed Monterrosa had a gun in his pocket, but it ended up being a 15-inch hammer. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Suicides on the rise amid stay-at-home order, Bay Area medical professionals say

"What I have seen recently, I have never seen before. I have never seen so much intentional injury." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Coronavirus impact: Suicides on the rise amid shelter-in-place order, Bay Area

"What I have seen recently, I have never seen before. I have never seen so much intentional injury." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Covid-19 devastated Uber's profit in the work commuters who WFH, maybe forever

"The future of rideshare is bleak." Drivers explain why it may be tough for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to prosper during and after the pandemic. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Suicides on the rise amid stay-at-home order, Bay Area medical professionals say

"What I have seen recently, I have never seen before. I have never seen so much intentional injury." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

Half of San Francisco restaurants expected to close as industry faces pandemic

Dining in San Francisco will likely never be the same. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 3 years ago

LA doctor seeing success with hydroxychloroquine/Zinc to treat Covid-19

A Los Angeles doctor said he is seeing significant success in prescribing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc to treat patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Coronavirus Bay Area: Oakland neighborhood throws 'social distance' block party

"I think this is a great way to show that, we can still maintain friendships and relationships on face-to-face bases. Even through these difficult times." | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

State of California 'stay-at-home' order issued amid coronavirus crisis

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in a press conference he is issuing a statewide "stay-at-home" order. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Driver in 2018 fatal Mountain View Tesla crash was playing video game, NTSB says

The NTSB says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a fiery Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone at the time while his car was using the Autopilot feature. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Private Cars Banned on Market Street Starting Wednesday

SFMTA says they while they will be enforcing the new rules, they won't be issuing tickets right away. However, once they do, drivers caught on Market Street will be fine $238 and given a point on their driving record. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

MtnView controversial head tax, meant to alleviate Google's impact now in effect

Mountain View's controversial employee head tax went into effect on New Year's Day. The tax, which charges businesses based on the number of employees they have working in the city, was designed to alleviate Google's big impact on the city's traffic and social services. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

BART riders hold 'eat-in' protest after man detained for eating on platform

BART SANDWICH PROTEST: There was a defiant lunchtime eat-in on the platform inside the Embarcardero BART station, where eating isn't allowed. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Why so many San Francisco eateries are closing

One of our recent stories about the string of restaurants closing in San Francisco generated a lot of response. So, we wanted to look into this issue deeper. What's going on that's hurting local restaurants? | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

UC Berkeley grad student says research may have been destroyed by PG&E outage

Sarah Morris says 12-hour days are not uncommon at her bio-chemistry lab in Morgan Hall at UC Berkeley. But PG&E's power outage may have destroyed two years of her ground-breaking cancer research, valued at $500,000. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Tesla blames 5-year-old after finger crushed by Model X 'ice breaker'

Tesla is trying to dismiss a lawsuit after emergency crews struggled for two hours to free a little girl's finger from the door of a Model X. The company is blaming the 5-year-old and her parents. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

One Man Raises a Family in SF Making $65k a Year

RAISING A FAMILY IN THE BAY AREA: Alex Rosier is able to take care of his growing family in San Francisco with an annual income of $65,000. Here's how he makes it work. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

San Mateo High School Goes Phone-Free

PHONE-FREE ZONE: San Mateo High School has become the largest school in the country to go phone-free. How they are doing it and what students are saying about it here: | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Two people possibly exposed to Sarin at Facebook mail handling facility

The FBI and National Guard have been called in to assist after a mail handling center was evacuated in California following reports of two people who were possibly exposed to sarin at a warehouse owned by Facebook. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Mystery of SFPD vice cop's killing in Walnut Creek 30 years ago remains unsolved

It was 30 years ago Tuesday that a murder that shocked the San Francisco Police Department. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago

Major emperor penguin colony disappeared, or “Thanks, global warming ”

For the past three years, virtually nothing has hatched at Antarctica's second-biggest breeding grounds for emperor penguins and the start of this year is looking just as bleak. | Continue reading


@abc7news.com | 4 years ago