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3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (117+ words) A humpback whale has been spotted swimming in the California Delta, with new video capturing the animal near the Rio Vista Bridge. The whale was originally spotted Tuesday near the Richmond shipping channel. On Wednesday afternoon, a man fishing near…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (522+ words) A mountain lion was tranquilized and captured in San Francisco's Sunset District on Friday morning after police surrounded the area and wildlife officials responded to a reported sighting, authorities said. The animal had been hunkered down along 44th Avenue between Ulloa…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago   (144+ words) The San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra have reached a tentative contract agreement and performances in the 2026-27 season will begin next week. The agreement between management and members of the American Federation of Musicians Union Local 6 was…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (482+ words) As California continues to mount a campaign to keep film and television production from leaving the state, San Francisco is reaping the benefits of its recently revamped film incentive program. The San Francisco Film Commission's annual fiscal year impact report…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (126+ words) The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has issued shelter-in-place orders Friday morning because of a fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant. The Sheriff's Office, as of 7:30 a.m., issued the order for an area within a third of a mile from the…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (161+ words) Caltrans will close all northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101 between Cesar Chavez and 17th streets in San Francisco beginning Friday night for work on the Hospital Curve rehabilitation project. Starting at 11 p.m, the closure will be in effect through the weekend and…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago   (149+ words) The incident was reported near 44th Avenue and Ulloa Street, just north of the San Francisco Zoo. Authorities issue warning after mountain lion spotted in San Francisco The incident was reported near 44th Avenue and Ulloa Street, just north of the San…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (260+ words) Nearly 14,000 security guards across California walked off the job Friday morning as they demand higher pay, better health care benefits and safer working conditions. The strike began around 4:30 a.m., just as Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference came to a close in San…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1094+ words) In the backyard of his rainbow-painted house on San Francisco's Clipper Street, Sam Geffner built a sanctuary. Gently curving stone steps lead up to a meditation room tucked into the hillside that slopes up behind the Noe Valley home he…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1225+ words) Halfway through our interview with Kacie Barrett, a 26-year-old project manager in San Francisco, her screen froze. When she came back on 30 seconds later, she apologized for the choppy WiFi, a result of downsizing her Xfinity internet package from $120 to…...