LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...

The buyer is the John Muir Land Trust, which locked in its bid prior to proceedings, Pierce confirmed to SFGATE. The money from the purchase of the seized island will likely be used to pay off ...

Sonoma State University is eliminating its entire Division II athletics program as part of a massive round of layoffs and program cuts ahead of a larger-than-expected budget deficit. Interim ...

When a member of Diva Corp initially floated the idea of a vigil at Bob’s Big Boy, “it was sort of in jest,” they told SFGATE. “I don’t organize vigils. And then I got a ton of people ...

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Andrea Nguyen, the Santa Cruz-based, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and doyenne of Vietnamese cooking, told SFGATE that Phan will be remembered for his groundbreaking efforts and ...

SFGATE could not reach Ng for comment before publication. Ng and his brother Ronny Ng opened the Daly City Koi Palace in 1996, serving not only soup dumplings but also seafood, classic ...

There are other Lucas connections too. One of Lucas’ children took guitar lessons at the shop. And many employees at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic, the Marin County special-effects ...

Yet another upscale retailer has pulled out of the beleaguered San Francisco Centre mall downtown. “It’s not goodbye,” read signs taped to the glass doors of the Michael Kors store on the ...

“Most of the stores we talk to now say we don’t even have to sell them, they kind of sell themselves,” Walavalkar recently told SFGATE. “People come looking for them.” Small joints have ...

a lifelong San Fernando Valley resident and founder of the Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys (originally located in Chatsworth), told SFGATE via phone. Growing up, Gelinas and his family lived in ...

The shrew hasn’t been trapped or recorded in two decades, Subramanyan told SFGATE: “So it’s very possibly one of the most poorly known mammal species in California.” The Mount Lyell ...