Last-Minute Shoppers Rush To Beat The Clock As Time Ticks Down To Christmas
On Christmas Eve there were plenty of last-minute shoppers taking advantage of late closing hours at the shops in Serramonte Center.
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On Christmas Eve there were plenty of last-minute shoppers taking advantage of late closing hours at the shops in Serramonte Center.
It took much of the day and all of Thursday night, but early Friday morning the San Francisco Board of Supervisors signed off Mayor London Breed's emergency declaration for the Tenderloin. The vote was 8 to 2.
While many people seemed to embrace traveling on Christmas Eve, passengers from coast to coast had to deal with flight cancellations throughout the day.
A successful holiday shopping season has left San Mateo bookstore owner Lewis Cohen hopeful that the darkest economic times of the COVID pandemic are now behind him.
There's no Spare the Air alert in effect for Christmas but the Bay Area Air Quality Management District still strongly discourages residents from burning wood in fireplaces over the Christmas holiday weekend.
State health officials said Thursday that 50% to 70% of new coronavirus cases in parts of California are the highly contagious omicron variant.
One suspect is in custody and two others remain at large after a home invasion robbery and attack in San Francisco's Mission District that sent a 24-year-old man to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
After hours of at times contentious debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted overwhelmingly early Friday to approve Mayor London Breed's proposed state of emergency for the city's crime and drug-ridden Tenderloin District.
Flood waters flowed down Corral Reef Ave. in El Granada after a potent winter storm front roared through the San Mateo County coastline Thursday morning, quickly dumping more than an inch of rain during an intense downpour.
An emergency order from Mayor London Breed intended to address drug-dealing and overdoses in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood is seeing significant criticism Thursday before the board of supervisors votes on it.
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the Bay Area, many residents are taking precautions in the final days before Christmas, even as new treatments become available.
The Glide Foundation will hold its annual celebrations on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in San Francisco, helping distribute hundreds of holiday meals to people living on the streets.
Health officials in San Francisco are continuing to recommend that residents get their booster shots as the COVID-19 omicron variant continues to spread through the U.S. after the first confirmed case of the variant was found in the city.
A 23-year-old man was found shot and injured in a car in San Francisco's Fillmore District late Wednesday night, according to police.
