A 110-year-old dairy producer in Hayward is shutting operations. | Continue reading
The pile of flowers lay clustered in a brilliant, lifeless display. Standing just over eight feet tall, it comprised of thousands of blooms gone to waste. The multicolored confection of Gerber daisies loomed over Christina Stembel of Farmgirl Flowers - $150,000 worth of product … | Continue reading
The painkiller ibuprofen is a popular choice for people suffering from headaches and fevers, two of the symptoms of the novel coronavirus. | Continue reading
A San Francisco telehealth startup has launched an at-home COVID-19 test for people experiencing symptoms of the disease. | Continue reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Home to the largest homeless population in the country, California officials are rushing to get tens of thousands of people off the streets and into shelters and tents to slow the spread of the coronavirus among one of the most vulnerable and difficult-t … | Continue reading
It's February and the San Francisco Bay Area hasn't seen a drop of rain all month and the seven-day forecast is mostly dry. | Continue reading
San Francisco's high housing prices may be driving some people into the ground, literally. | Continue reading
Most people sit through countless orientations on the first few days of their job, but one teen discovered a planet - on his third day. Wolf Cukier, 17, of Scarsdale, New York, had wrapped up his junior year of high school when he headed off to intern in the summer at NASA's God … | Continue reading
Lounging at an outdoor cafe just outside downtown San Francisco, his athletic frame filling out a slim-fit button-up, a talkative tech worker named Daniel detailed the many ways he's optimizing his existence. Only the previous week, he says, he returned from a 10-day trip to Ita … | Continue reading
More than a third of San Franciscans can't see themselves staying in San Francisco much longer, according to none other than the city itself. The survey, conducted by San Francisco's Office of the Controller, found that 35% of respondents were either "very likely" or "somewhat l … | Continue reading
Does it feel like all your friends are moving out of state? It's because they are. We've got more than goodbye parties and U-Haul shortages as evidence: Newly released census data shows approximately 691,000 people moved from California to another U.S. state in 2018. About 5 … | Continue reading
We are glued to our smartphones for many reasons - to stay in touch with friends and family, to take photos and to read the news while waiting for the bus. With so many benefits come costs: Our phones distract us at work and while driving, at the dinner table and during life's qu … | Continue reading
A raging, wind-whipped wildfire in north Sonoma County is pumping out smoke, and officials say the sooty air could spread into the greater Bay Area by Friday morning | Continue reading
Imagine a health-care system in which doctors and nurses are so exhausted and beaten down that many of them work like zombies - error-prone, apathetic toward patients and at times trying to blunt their own pain with alcohol or even suicide attempts. That is what America's broken … | Continue reading
DOHA, Qatar - It was 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.7 degrees Celsius) in the shade outside the new Al Janoub soccer stadium, and the air felt to air-conditioning expert Saud Ghani as if God had pointed "a giant hair dryer" at Qatar. Yet inside the open-air stadium, a cool breeze wa … | Continue reading
The average American commute grew to just over 27 minutes one way in 2018, a record high, according to data released in September by the U.S. Census Bureau. The average American has added about two minutes to their one-way commute since 2009, the data shows. That may not sound l … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO - Last summer, several Airbnb employees wrote a letter to the online room-rental startup's founders. On behalf of more than a dozen employees, they pleaded to be able to sell their Airbnb stock options. Because Airbnb is privately held, its shares cannot be easily … | Continue reading
Sneezing. Sniffling. Coughing. There's not much you can do to stop the common cold except wait it out. But a new study published in Nature Microbiology may have lit the path to discovering a drug that can stop the virus in its tracks, scientists say. Researchers in California r … | Continue reading
The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them access to homeowners' camera footage and a powerful role in what the company calls America's "new neighborhood watch." The part … | Continue reading
A Washington state couple whom authorities believe died by murder-suicide reportedly left several notes expressing worry that they could not afford treatment for the wife's severe medical issues. The husband, 77, called 911 shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and told the dispatc … | Continue reading
U.S. agriculture officials are preparing to roll out another $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by the Trump administration's trade war with China, with payments to begin next month. The second round of tariff-aid payments will give time for President Donald Trump to strike trad … | Continue reading
SAN DIEGO - If millions of dollars passed through your hands each year, do you think you'd have roommates? Six successful entrepreneurs in San Diego are doing just that, sharing a house in Mission Hills - but not to save money. All in their 20s and 30s, these Millennials live u … | Continue reading
Airlines are squeezing as many passengers as they can onto their jets, but one seat manufacturer believes its product can help carriers push capacity to the absolute limit. And it may help push down fares. Say goodbye to whatever personal space you had left. At this week's Paris … | Continue reading
Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between U.S. regulators that puts it under closer watch by the Federal Trade Commission, three people familiar with the matter said. The move is the result of the FTC and the Department of Justice, the U.S. go … | Continue reading
Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them, with student loans, rising rents and higher health care costs pushing the average net worth below $8,000, a new study shows. The net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996, acco … | Continue reading
A plan by California's biggest utility to cut power on high-wind days during the onrushing wildfire season could plunge millions of residents into darkness. And most people aren't ready. The plan by PG&E Corp. comes after the bankrupt utility said a transmission line that snappe … | Continue reading
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Facebook has a suicide-monitoring tool that uses machine learning to identify posts that may indicate someone is at risk of killing themselves. The tool was involved in sending emergency responders to locations more than 3,500 times … | Continue reading
The U.S. Navy has drafted a procedure to investigate and catalogue reports of unidentified flying objects coming in from its pilots. But the service doesn't expect to make the information public, citing privileged and classified reporting that is typically included in such files. … | Continue reading
HILLSBORO, Ore. - When workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the store with an $11.99 tank of welding gas that she hadn't paid for in her tote bag, an elaborate high-tech crime-fighting operation sprang into action. A Washington County sheriff's … | Continue reading
They were born without a working germ-fighting system, every infection a threat to their lives. Now eight babies with "bubble boy disease" have had it fixed by a gene therapy made from one of the immune system's worst enemies - HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A study out Wednes … | Continue reading
With the median price of a home in the U.S. at $300,000, you can can achieve the idealized middle-class life in most of the country with a salary under six figures. In San Francisco's bubble of $2 million fixer-uppers, the income needed to reach this status is obviously higher. | Continue reading
Burning Man organizers are pleading with festival-goers to write to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and urge them to reconsider a number of new requirements for the festival. | Continue reading
HAMILTON, Mont. - As small towns elsewhere saw prosperity pass them by in favor of the big cities, something unusual happened to this rural hamlet tucked in the Bitterroot Valley: It flourished. Two local boys came home from college and launched a microbrewery that takes in more … | Continue reading
During floor debate ahead of a vote on the Green New Deal, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told his colleagues that if they really want to address environmental concerns they'll encourage people to couple off and have more babies. | Continue reading
My training as a honey sommelier at the American Honey Tasting Society culminates with eight wineglasses filled with various honeys, lined up from light to dark. My instructor, Carla Marina Marchese, tells me that when we taste honey, we don't do the ceremonial swirl - the wine e … | Continue reading
Daniel Dietrich was driving around Point Reyes National Seashore one afternoon last year when he saw a flash of piercing blue. It was a coyote. "I passed it, pulled my car over onto the shoulder of the road and waited," said Dietrich, the owner of Point Reyes Safaris, a wildlife … | Continue reading
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called his hometown of San Francisco a "train wreck" of inequality and he blamed technology companies like his own in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. | Continue reading
Within a few weeks of each other, two friends of mine in the Bay Area independently received a text with the same unsolicited photo of a woman's bra-clad but otherwise exposed cleavage sent from an area code in central Pennsylvania last month. Both of them, curious as to the pro … | Continue reading
In order to help disadvantaged communities obtain safe drinking water, California governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a new statewide tax on drinking water. | Continue reading
From the seaside cliffs of Santa Cruz, two towering funnel clouds were spotted spinning over the Pacific Ocean amid Sunday's fierce storm | Continue reading
At a certain point, the manner in which the best in any field evaluate themselves can't be against other practitioners of that same pursuit. LeBron isn't measured against his contemporaries; he's measured against Jordan. Tiger in his prime was chasing not just Nicklaus, but the l … | Continue reading
Southwest Airlines' co-founder Herb Kelleher passed away today at the age of 87. A statement from the airline says, "Herb was a pioneer, a maverick, and an innovator. His vision revolutionized commercial aviation and democratized the skies. Herb's passion, zest for life, and ins … | Continue reading
Housing is sputtering. Home sales, home-building and homeownership have gone flat, and the rise in home prices threatens to stall out. Things aren't likely to get better soon, particularly for lower- and middle-income households struggling to make the rent and become homeowners. … | Continue reading
The housing market in San Francisco is so expensive that it's commonly referred to as being in a crisis. Restaurant workers are fleeing the city's unmanageable costs, The Guardian reported, and it's changing the way the industry is serving customers. Some restaurants are having c … | Continue reading
Though DNA has revolutionized modern crime fighting, the clues it may hold aren't revealed quickly. Samples of saliva, or skin, or semen are sent to a crime lab by car (or mail), and then chemists get to work. Detectives are accustomed to waiting days or weeks, or more, for the r … | Continue reading
When a pair of California Highway Patrol officers pulled alongside a car cruising down Highway 101 in Redwood City before dawn Friday, they reported a shocking sight: a man fast asleep behind the wheel.The car was a Tesla, the man was a Los Altos planning commissioner, and the en … | Continue reading