The Latest Breaking News from the San Francisco Bay Area

An earthquake registering 3.7 magnitude hits west of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 3.7 shook part of the San Francisco Bay Area

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

NBA All-Star Voting Rules Explained: Timeline, Stages & Eligible Players

Voting is underway for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2024

Silicon Valley-backed voter plan for a new California city won't be on the November ballot after all

A Silicon Valley-backed initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area on land now zoned for agriculture won’t be on the Nov. 5 ballot after all

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024

Massachusetts fugitive dubbed the 'bad breath rapist' captured in California after 16 years at large

Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the “bad breath rapist” has been arrested in the San Francisco Bay Area more than 16 years after he fled following a conviction for sexually assaulting a coworker in Massachusetts

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate

Walmart said it will require most remote workers in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.

WEKU · May 15, 2024

Colour, Confetti and Camaraderie

Despite a string of soggy weekends in the San Francisco Bay Area in April, the last Sunday of the month saw Basant springing out in colourful confetti abandon at the gracious home of Trishla Jain and Satyan Gajwani. It was a veritable joy factory as the West Coast’s best and…

The Times of India · May 13, 2024

Train derails and catches fire near San Francisco, causing minor injuries and service disruptions

Officials say several people suffered minor injuries and service was disrupted when a train derailed and caught fire on New Year’s Day in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2024

Bouncing back: Silicon Valley bets on AI to regain past glory

Thousands of Silicon Valley employees have been laid off over the past year, often finding out the bad news by email. Hit hard by rampant inflation and over-hiring during the Covid pandemic, the US tech giants of the San Francisco Bay Area have faced one of the worst crises in…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2023

Biden and Xi will meet in bid to ‘stabilise’ China-US relationship

The two leaders will meet on 15 November in the San Francisco Bay Area during next week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

San Francisco’s housing market is so broken that billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott made 2 major real-estate donations in a month

MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest women, is on a mission to ease housing affordability in California, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Fortune · Oct 21, 2023