A smattering of protests and demonstrations are planned throughout the Bay Area this weekend ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump will start his second term

Caltrain to operate its Celebration Train in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, offering free rides to SF events.

The Tony-winning musical — which ranks as one of the most popular Broadway productions in recent years — returns to the Bay Area for stands in both San Francisco and San Jose. “Six” plays the Curran Theatre in San Francisco April 8-20 and San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts April 22–27.

As many as 174 new law firms are included in the Silicon Valley Business Journal's expanded industry list this year. See who tops them all and which names are new to the top 50.

SAN JOSE — Hotel development nosedived in California and the Bay Area in 2024, fresh evidence the statewide lodging market still suffers from an array of post-coronavirus economic maladies, a new report shows.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit Concord Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit between Willow Pass and Clayton roads, near 6th Street, around 8:49 a.m. According to the USGS, the earthquake had a depth of nearly 9 miles.

Development pipeline dries up as 75% fewer properties opened last year in region, with outlook it will get worse.

A year-end survey released this week from lodging consultancy Atlas Hospitality counted just four new hotels across the nine-county Bay Area opening in 2024, down from 12 new hotels in 2023. Statewide, California in 2024 had the fewest new hotels and rooms deliver to market since 2014, and about 34% fewer new hotels than in 2023.

San Francisco has plummeted in the rankings of America’s best cities as its soaring cost of living, rampant crime, homelessness and an exodus of companies takes a major toll. The once shining City by the Bay fell from 27th last year to 126th in the most recent study by the Milken Institute,

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The about 5-mile deep quake hit about three miles northwest from the San Francisco Zoo, at 7:02 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, according to the USGS.

January has been unusually sunny across the Bay Area, but a shift in the weather is expected Saturday and Sunday. The return of the marine layer will bring increased cloud cover and cooler temperatures,

More Bay Area firefighters are helping battle destructive wildfires burning in Southern California. The Alameda County Fire Department sent additional firefighters to Los Angeles County, bringing its total to 27. The department said Monday its first deployment to the Palisades Fire started Jan. 7. The most recent was Friday.