The National Weather Service is warning visitors to beaches and shorelines in the Bay Area and Central Coast this holiday weekend to be careful due to an increased risk of sneaker waves and rip currents.

Police in California evacuated a shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year after a shooting left two people with gunshot wounds.

The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Friday calls for cloudy skies, with some areas getting dense fog during the day and patchy fog at

NWS San Francisco warns of sneaker waves, rip currents, and large breaking waves along the Pacific Coast through Sunday night.

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Northern Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County are

Tourism in San Francisco still hasn’t fully recovered since the onset of the pandemic more than five years ago, but declining crime rates could help revitalize the city’s image and welcome back the millions of visitors who have yet to return to the city since the spread of COVID-19.

Get in the know with the Chronicle's region-by-region guide to the best holiday light displays, illuminated events and brightly-lit activities.

T&T Supermarket is planning three locations with amenities like Asian street food, bakeries and whole-fried chicken.

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to several state treasures. Great surfing, the Golden Gate Bridge, the wacky streets, coffee, and Top Dog in Berkeley, redwoods in Oakland, and all the tech and EV companies coming out of Silicon Valley,