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Around 89,000 Bay Area PG&E customers were still without power on Wednesday morning following Tuesday's storm. Almost 50,000 of those were in the East Bay, and over 8,000 are in San Francisco. [KRON4]. Ferry service was canceled Tuesday, contributing to general chaos during the evening commute, and waves were splashing...

Humpday Headlines: Couch Flies Off Highrise Balcony In Windstorm

A major power outage in San Francisco impacted SF General Hospital on Tuesday, and today it was endangering lab samples. The hospital has a generator, but some labs were still totally without power, and specimens in 170 freezers on the hospital campus are potentially going to be compromised. [Mission Local]

Day Around the Bay: Power Outage Still Creating Havoc at SF General

Late Wednesday morning SF Mayor London Breed shared the news that two unidentified people died during storm-related mayhem the day before. Two San Franciscans died Tuesday, both reportedly suffering injuries from falling trees in the storm, and both were taken to Zuckerberg SF General Hospital. KRON4 reports that one death...

There Were Two Storm-Related Deaths In San Francisco, At Least Three Others Elsewhere In Bay Area

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Berkeley, CA

If it’s Boichik Bagels, you know there’s going to be plenty of hype and long lines involved, and that’s what happened at 7:30 a.m. in Berkeley Friday morning as the runaway blockbuster bagel brand opened its 18,000-square-foot production plant and cafe. Berkeley-born craze brand Boichik Bagels is...

Boichik Bagels Rolls Open Its New Factory (With Dining Space!) In Berkeley

Oakland, CA

Oakland's plague of business robberies continued this week with a brazen caravan traveling in multiple vehicles — or possibly multiple crews — that hit at least 20 businesses in multiple commercial districts early Thursday. Oakland police were investigating over a dozen commercial burglaries Thursday in multiple areas, and...

A 'Caravan' of Thieves Hit Multiple Oakland Businesses Thursday, In Chinatown and Elsewhere

Los Angeles, CA

The 2023 season of Off the Grid Fort Mason Center kicks off Friday, March 24, and it looks like the weather will hold at least for this opening week, and stay dry for the big food truck gathering. Everyone's favorite weekly street-food fest is back again, in time for spring...

Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason Center With New Parklet-Based 'Pop-Up' Vendors

There will be one last jam for Larry “The Bucket Man” Hunt this Saturday, as the legendary San Francisco busker will be honored with a memorial brass band parade that will conclude at the Union Square corner where his beat went on so many years. Generations of San...

The ‘Bucket Man’ Will Be Honored With a Memorial Parade In Downtown SF Saturday

Santa Rosa, CA

Hayward, CA

An employee at The Home Depot in Hayward was arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise earlier this month, according to authorities. The CHP Golden Gate Division’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force said they found approximately 600 stolen retail items valued around $80,000, and nearly $90,000 in cash at the employee's house in Patterson, Stanislaus County. [KPIX]

Day Around the Bay: Hayward Home Depot Employee Arrested After Being Found With $80,000 in Stolen Goods

While open briefly during the pandemic, North Beach's once bustling brasserie Park Tavern has been closed for more than a year and a half. But that is about to change — and there's a new executive chef in the kitchen. Local restaurateur Anna Weinberg told SFist back in the...

Park Tavern Set to Reopen In North Beach, Following Lengthy Renovation

The 100-acre Oakland Zoo has taken a battering this winter, beginning with a swollen creek that took out a chunk of its entry road in January, forcing a weekslong closure. Tuesday's storm brought down multiple trees, including one big eucalyptus that crashed into the zoo's newest aviary — and that meant some escaped birds.

Oakland Zoo Sees More Storm Damage, This Time Resulting In Escaped Exotic Birds

Rodeo, CA

An East Bay mother was killed and her six-year-old twin sons were injured when the car was smashed into by a suspect fleeing police at high speed in the town of Rodeo. The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Ralph Ellsworth White III of Vallejo, was driving an allegedly stolen white Mazda SUV around 7:20 p.m. when he was spotted by Hercules police. As NBC Bay Area reports, police gave chase and then lost sight of the Mazda on I-80 eastbound.

Mother Killed, Twin Boys Injured In Crash Caused By High-Speed Police Chase In East Bay

San Jose, CA

A San Jose man barricaded himself in an apartment with three hostages Wednesday night, with two children among the hostages, and police shot and killed the suspect after a three-hour standoff. A bizarre hostage situation unfolded in San Jose Wednesday night, barely a half mile from Santana Row on Boynton...

San Jose Man With Machete Takes Multiple Hostages, Shot By Police After Three-Hour Standoff

Celebrity Berkeley falcon Annie’s new mate Lou has shown another gesture of unusually attentive fatherhood, bringing the hatchlings food, even though they’re still not hatched and can’t eat it yet. When we last checked in the love lives of the famed peregrine falcons atop the Berkeley Campanile...

Photos: Very Good Berkeley Falcon Dad Brings Food for Chicks, Even Though They’re Not Hatched Yet

A trash pile of a person got into a multi-car crash early Thursday on I-580 in Oakland, and when police arrived, they found the person had abandoned their car with an injured, bleeding dog inside. The crash occurred around 5 a.m. Thursday near the Grand Avenue exit on eastbound I-580....

Deplorable Human Flees Crash Scene On Oakland Freeway Leaving Behind Injured Dog In Car

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Tuesday Morning Topline: This Chilly Weather Isn't Going Away

An Arctic air mass is making things very chilly for the entire country right now, not just the Bay Area. And it won't be lifting off...

Tuesday Morning Topline: This Chilly Weather Isn't Going Away

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