Jay Barmann News Today

SF Pride was certainly back in full force this year, with BART noting that ridership on Sunday was even up about 20% higher than in 2022. And here are some photos from the parade itself.

Our Bay to Breakers liquor store map is back for 2023, along with tips on navigating the enforcement hotspots where you run the risk of getting your booze confiscated, and which parts of town will be gated off to keep the drunken runners out.

An accident occurred Monday night near E. 8th Street in Oakland in which a pickup truck crashed through a fence and collided with a northbound BART train between Fruitvale and Lake Merritt stations.

The SFPD Narcotics Unit has been busy the past week, and between four busts officers have netted 15.5 pounds worth of meth, fentanyl, and other drugs, as well as some guns.

Tuesday morning at 5 a.m. it was time once again to gather and place a wreath at Lotta's Fountain — at the intersection of Kearny, Geary, and Market streets — for the annual ritual to commemorate the moment the 1906 earthquake struck at 5:12 a.m., 117 years ago.

Perhaps to create another distraction so we pay less attention to other troubling behavior, Elon Musk has had the sign painted outside Twitter HQ on Market Street so that it looks like it says "Titter."

Some funny-shaped putting greens appeared at Thrive City outside the Chase Center on Thursday.

You'd think after the rains of this winter that the drought might be completely behind us, but it is not — and, counterintuitively, much of the Bay Area is still officially "abnormally dry" by federal Drought Monitor standards.

The elderly man killed in a Sunday morning hit-and-run while out for his daily walk near Oakland's Lake Merritt has been identified, and his daughter says he was very health conscious and loved his walks.

One more prominent restaurant space that has lain dormant since the pandemic is getting a new tenant, and it's the sleek space that Mexico City chef Gabriela Camara renovated in 2015 to house her restaurant Cala.