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Some of San Francisco's most iconic attractions are seeing another spike in crimes.In most cases tourists are the targets. 'You're a Liar': Demonstrators Confront Pelosi Over DACA The Central District of San Francisco includes like the crooked...

Police confirmed that a tenth person who was inside a South Florida nursing home that had to be evacuated following a power outage cause by Hurricane Irma has died.Ninety-four-year-old Martha Murray died Wednesday at a local hospital, Hollywood police...

Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized — if unintended — role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.Bowing to pressure from lawmakers and the public, the company said it will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency...

The San Francisco 49ers trailed the Los Angeles Rams 14-7 after the first quarter Thursday night at Levi's Stadium.49ers quarterback Brian Hoyer threw an interception on the first play from scrimmage, and the Rams capitalized on the very next play with a...

Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray painted on an Oakland Jewish temple on Rosh Hashanah. Worshippers found the hate-filled obscenity — "F*** YOU JEWISH NAZIS" — and covered it with paper before the morning’s service, according to Temple Sinai Community’s...

Legal trouble and image problems continue the grow at one of the Bay Area's fastest growing startups, Social Finance, or SoFi.The company's co-founder and CEO Mike Cagney abruptly resigned last week amid accusations of questionable business practices and...

More rescue efforts are underway in Mexico City as the region tries to recover from this week's massive earthquake.On Thursday in the community of Coyoacan, rescue crews worked feverishly in the ruins of a single building. The sound of sledgehammers and...

While San Francisco and some other cities have required soft-story retrofit programs, not all Bay Area cities do.In Oakland, City Councilman Dan Kalb says he plans to submit plans for a mandatory soft-story retrofit program next year. 'You're a Liar':...

Drew Peterson is not leaving prison. At least not anytime soon.In a unanimous ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court said Thursday that the use of hearsay testimony to convict Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper. Drew Peterson's Son:...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is planning to cut at least 5,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its global workforce, Bloomberg reported Thursday afternoon, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the impending layoffs. The report did not say which offices would...

A Bay Area sailor will set sail in October in an attempt to become the first person to sail around the Americas and Antarctica solo — all under a year. The trip will take Randall Reeves away from his wife and their East Bay home for the better part of a...

Fresh fish are returning to San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.Starting this weekend, San Francisco will allow fishermen to sell dabs, sole and rockfish from their boats at the popular tourist spot as part of a one-year pilot program. 'You're a Liar':...

Responding to criticism that it played a role in disseminating "fake news" paid for by Russian sources to influence the 2016 presidential election, Facebook today announced it would cooperate with a congressional inquiry and would take steps to prevent...

NBC News crews are at the scene of a building collapse in Mexico City. Searchers are trying to reach any possible survivors.View livestream in video player above.Note: The livestream has ended and has been removed.Photo Credit: Marco Ugarte/AP
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The Palo Alto company has grown rapidly, with workers from more than 25,000 companies like Starbucks, Apple, Home Depot and Target using the app. With its second round of funding, it plans to increase its own workforce by more than 60 percent by the end...

The demand for increased diversity and a talent shortage has some technology employers targeting a pain point for many women in the industry: A long absence that can make it hard to rejoin the workforce.
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United Airlines earlier this month — to the surprise of many — abruptly announced it was pulling back on the rollout of the heavily-restricted Basic Economy fare across its domestic route system. In a memo to United employees on Sept. 6, United Chief...

The data is interesting because it seems to indicate widespread irrational behavior when it comes to the largest financial decision most people will ever make.
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Critics questioned CEO Elon Musk’s strategy when Tesla purchased SolarCity for $2 billion last August. But the acquisition appears to be a smart move as the rest of the solar panel sector struggles after 16 years of growth. The Palo Alto-based car maker...

By Bill Smith & Ann Aylwin, Luxury Property Specialists Home of the Day is presented by the Silicon Valley Business Journal with Pacific Union Real Estate. This is your invitation to view some of Silicon Valley's most-luxurious properties. Come inside...

A Brazilian federal judge's decision to rule homosexuality a disease that can be treated with sexual orientation conversion therapy has drawn anger and condemnation from LGBTQ and mental health advocacy groups, NBC News reported.Waldemar de Carvalho, a...

Bay Area residents seeking to help in the recovery from a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City on Tuesday can do so either by donating or volunteering with a number of local and global organizations. Here’s a list...

The new owner of the mothballed Potrero Power Plant on San Francisco’s central waterfront has submitted a plan to build more than 1,800 residential units on the 21-acre property, a number that could jump to nearly 2,700 homes if the group is successful...

Three women led law enforcement officers on a 72-mile-long chase, starting in Hollister and ending in Hayward. A Hollister Police Department officer was seriously injured during the chase. California Highway Patrol officers arrested the trio in Hayward:...

Political events in the Bay Area Friday Bernie Sanders: Sen. Bernie Sanders, independent-Vt., speaks at a California Nurses Association-sponsored rally in favor of a...

A California father and his two children are still healing from their injuries they sustained during Labor Day weekend, after the trio was struck by lightning in Sequoia National Park.
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Few sure things exist in the sporting world, but a traffic mess is guaranteed Thursday when the 49ers play a home game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the height of the evening commute. Kickoff for the nationally televised...

Snow and hail brought winter driving conditions to the Sierra on the last full day of summer — the earliest that Caltrans officials could ever recall — leading to a fatal 16-car collision on Interstate 80. The snow led to the...

Her resume was formidable: Deputy, Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia. Deputy, Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia. Officer, New York City Police Department. Even before finishing elementary school, Karma Little, a 7-year-old...

A Hollywood movie production crew transformed the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Wednesday while filming scenes for a "Transformers" prequel, called "Bumblebee. Paramount Pictures is taking over Santa Cruz's beach front amusement park for the next three...

BART’s newest station — Warm Springs/South Fremont — will shut down this weekend and next so crews can work on extending the rail system to two even newer stations under construction in Milpitas and east San Jose. Service to Warm...

For nearly four decades, one of the highest mountaintops in the South Bay was unreachable. Children rode their mountain bikes in its foothills, eyes fixed on the abandoned concrete U.S. Air Force radar station at its peak. Some adult...

The cities of San Francisco and Oakland are suing some of the world’s largest oil companies over climate change, joining an emerging legal effort to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the damages wrought by rising seas. The...

A magnitude-2.8 earthquake was felt in the South Bay on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake was reported at 10:12 a.m. and its epicenter was located seven miles east of Morgan Hill and eight miles north of Gilroy, USGS officials...

Puerto Ricans and residents of other Caribbean islands had just started to recover after Hurricane Irma when another massive storm, Hurricane Maria, surged through the area.Puerto Rico, home to about 3.3 million people, could face months without...

Light heavyweight world titleholder Andre Ward on Thursday announced plans to "walk away from the sport of boxing."Oakland's pound-for-pound king said that he is retiring because his "body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport." That, in...

As Mexico City recovers from two powerful, deadly earthquakes within two weeks of each other, California residents would be wise to prepare for a similar quake, state and local officials say. Tuesday's earthquake was the second in just 12 days in Mexico....

Kickoff is less than 12 hours away at Levi’s Stadium, but traffic and public transit impacts are expected long before that.The San Francisco 49ers are taking on the Los Angeles Rams at 5:25 p.m. in Santa Clara and VTA expects that roughly 6,500 NFL fans...

There is a battle brewing among Bay Area cities vying to land Amazon’s second headquarters.San Jose and Concord have announced that they are putting together proposals to woo the online retail giant. 'You're a Liar': Demonstrators Confront Pelosi Over...

California is suing the Trump Administration over border wall projects in San Diego and Imperial counties.“No one gets to ignore the laws. Not even the President of the United States,” Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Wednesday.Becerra announced the...