Jerry Garcia, celebrated musician, tireless live performer and master of American musical traditions, was born in San Francisco on this day in history, Aug. 1, 1942. Garcia is best known as the prolific songwriter, lead guitarist and most visible face of The Grateful Dead. The band grew out of the West Coast counterculture of the...
After a monthslong investigation, the former executive director of a now-defunct San Francisco nonprofit was arrested Tuesday on dozens of felony charges related to the alleged misuse of over $700,000 in public funds, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said. Kyra Worthy, a resident of Richmond, California, has been charged with misappropriation of public money,...
The three people killed after the car they were riding in plunged over a cliff Friday in California have been identified. Authorities say 29-year-old Mohammad Noory and 28-year-old Angelica Gacho, both of San Francisco, were found in the wreckage. Brylyn Aroma, 36, of Fort Riley, Kansas, was also identified as one of the crash victims...
A longtime San Francisco pastor and mentor to Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, slammed the United States during a memorial service for victims of Sept. 11, days after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Rev. Amos Brown, a longtime pastor at Third Baptist Church and current president of the San...
A California woman who in 2008 fell victim to a violent attack at the hands of an undocumented immigrant is speaking out against Vice President Kamala Harris, who as San Francisco District Attorney, launched a program that set the victim’s attacker free. Amanda Kiefer was walking with a group of friends in San Francisco when...
Yulanda Williams was 12 years old when her family joined the People’s Temple – a religious cult that led to the deaths of more than 900 followers. But before Williams and her family found themselves at the center of “a living nightmare,” the church appeared to be a utopia, a safe haven in San Francisco...
San Francisco police officers are being forced to work overtime due to a decrease in new hires, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle reported further that overtime pay for police officers skyrocketed in the past three years while staffing at the department has declined. “The dramatic rise in overtime has occurred in spite...
Sales of Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2019 memoir have skyrocketed in recent days, following her ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket to take on former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey” currently ranks at No. 1 among female biographies on Amazon. It’s No. 2...
Maybe the Anglin brothers could have used Riley Gaines’ advice. (Or maybe not? We’ll never know.) Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who has since fought for fairness in women’s sports, posted on X that she “successfully swam Alcatraz” on Friday. The infamous prison-turned-museum sits right in the bay in San Francisco, and is roughly a...
As the “Mrs. Doubtfire” musical returns center stage to San Francisco today, critics are accusing the play of containing “tired, transphobic tropes.” “Never once did we want to be asking the audience to laugh at the notion of a man putting on a dress,” actor Rob McClure, who plays Daniel Hillard in the live-action production,...
