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You'll want to keep your umbrella handy: The San Francisco Bay Area is forecast to see intermittent rain over the next four days with two separate low-pressure systems moving across the region. During these rain events, cloud cover is expected to increase, offering a break from the frigid cold that has gripped the Bay Area in recent days. Overnight lows are likely to be in the 40s to low 50s and daytime highs in the mid-50s to mid-60s, according to the National Weather Service. The first system could reach the Bay Area as early as Thursday evening with light rain expected. The main rain band, which will bring the heaviest rain in this event, is poised to pass over the region after midnight and into Friday morning, the weather service said. Light rain could linger into Friday afternoon. The weather service said the North Bay will see the highest rainfall totals with the valleys predicted to pick up 0.25 to 0.50 inch and the coastal mountains up to 1 inch. South of the … [Read more...] about When to expect rain in the San Francisco Bay Area over the next 4 days

A Santa Clara man involved in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been arrested on federal charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Tuesday. Patrick Allen Bournes, 59, was taken into custody in San Jose on Sunday. Prosecutors have charged Bournes with a felony, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, as well as several misdemeanors that include entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged that Bournes engaged in a two-and-a-half hour siege against law enforcement near the Lower West Terrace, an area known as the Tunnel. “The tunnel was the location of one of the most prolonged and dangerous assaults on police on January 6, 2021,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Bournes allegedly was part of a group of rioters that were focused … [Read more...] about Bay Area man arrested on federal charges related to siege of U.S. Capitol

With an intense atmospheric river forecast to hit the Bay Area , many parks and open spaces in the region and across Northern California are closed in anticipation of flooding, mudslides and more. Officials with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area have announced the closure of several park sites on Wednesday and Thursday: Muir Woods, Fort Point, the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, Muir Beach and Stinson Beach. For now, Alcatraz Island is closed on Wednesday. The park’s status for Thursday remains to be determined. In the Presidio, the Outpost and Field Station at Presidio Tops are scheduled to be closed on Wednesday. A number of sites are closed both Wednesday and Thursday: Golden Gate Welcome Center, Presidio Pop Up, Presidio Visitor Center and the Warming Hut. Twitter — GGNRANPSAlerts Twitter California State Parks has announced the full or partial closure of several sites "until further notice," many of which are in the Bay Area. They … [Read more...] about Bay Area parks close as California storm sweeps through region

The best restaurants in the Bay Area are in Burlingame, according to Yelp. The business review platform released its 10th annual Top 100 Places to Eat in America list, which featured Burlingame businesses Gigi's Cafe and Curry Hyuga as the only Bay Area restaurants mentioned in the ranking. Gigi's Cafe, which snagged No. 14 on the list, features a selection of specialty items from the Sriracha hot chicken sandwich to a classic BLT. The 6-year-old shop is known for its generously packed sandwiches but also offers soups and salads for those with a smaller appetite. “I love color, and it brings people joy — whether they’re age 2 or over 50,” chef-owner Teresa Gee told Yelp. Less than 2 miles from Gigi's Cafe is Curry Hyuga, a Japanese curry restaurant that ranked 55th on Yelp’s list. The Burlingame restaurant’s most popular item is the crispy panko-crusted chicken or pork katsu curry dish that’s served over a curry base with a side of crunchy cabbage and rice. Late last … [Read more...] about Only two Bay Area restaurants ranked in Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 Before the internet age, artists, community leaders and organizations in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood would drop off posters at the library that highlighted social justice issues, protests and cultural events in the Bay Area. Over the past 50 years, the librarians at the then-called Latin American branch - the first branch in the U.S. dedicated to the Spanish-speaking community - archived and have since collected more than 250 posters, a majority of them stored in boxes. This year the library unveiled a digital version of the collection on its website - which library staff said was a way of “returning” them to the community. An event at the library last Saturday titled “Graphic Power: Celebrating 50 Years of Community Posters” also shared the posters’ history and celebrated the new archive. “The idea was, ‘how do we make it accessible?’” said … [Read more...] about 50 years of powerful Bay Area posters collected by Oakland library go online

It’s official: Queen Bey is coming to the Bay. Twenty-eight-time Grammy Award winner Beyoncé announced her highly-anticipated Renaissance World Tour on Wednesday morning, with a stop in Santa Clara this summer. If you're looking to score Beyoncé tickers, it's time to prepare. The “Crazy in Love” singer is set to arrive at Levi’s Stadium on Aug. 30 before wrapping up her California shows in Los Angeles the following week. This late-summer show marks Beyoncé’s first solo Bay Area appearance since her Formation World Tour in 2016. Live Nation’s 47-date production supports the superstar’s 2022 “Renaissance,” which was the most-nominated album of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year. Concertgoers can expect to hear recent hits like “Move,” “Heated” and “Virgo’s Groove” along with nostalgic tracks from across Beyoncé's decades-long career. How to get tickets Live Nation appears to be rolling out new ticket purchasing protocols to prepare for the … [Read more...] about Here’s how to get tickets for Beyoncé’s upcoming Bay Area show

The burn in my legs is real. No, really. I still feel it as I type this. My calves and quads, more specifically, but I think you get the unflattering picture. The Cataract Falls Trail in Mount Tamalpais State Park is a must for lovers of waterfalls (and who isn’t) and now is the time to be there. As Bill Hader’s Stefon would say: "This place has everything." Marin County’s hottest club has surging waterfalls, green moss and lots of steep staircases. I once did this trail with my wife a couple years ago during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. To say that the trip was muddy, slippery and crowded would be an understatement. Even with the extraordinary rains that just dumped on California, this most recent trip was only somewhat muddy, and the fact that I visited on a weekday morning helped with competing hikers. A weekend visit will absolutely be more crowded, so plan accordingly. This level of water hasn’t been seen in the watershed since February 2019. "The early … [Read more...] about Now is the best time for ‘demanding’ Bay Area waterfall hike on Mount Tam

When the Second Vatican Council in Rome decided in the 1960s that nuns were no longer required to wear habits, Sister Euphemia O’Connor opted to ignore the papal decree. For 85 years she put on the black tunic and wimple whether she was teaching school at Sisters of the Presentation in San Francisco or riding the Greyhound bus cross-country to a seminar, usually making friends along the way. Among the 30 residents of the Motherhouse on Turk Street, she was the last to wear the habit as she quietly moved from her spartan room on the second floor to the infirmary downstairs. It was there that Sister Euphemia died on Jan. 17. She was 103. “She committed her whole life to being an educator and to learning from life’s experiences,” said Sister Rosina Conrotto, President of the Sisters of the Presentation. “She wore the habit for its witness value — so that people knew she was available for comfort and advice, no matter where she was.” Sisters of the Presentation is an order that … [Read more...] about Sister Euphemia O’Connor, Bay Area nun for 85 years, dies at 103

A 39-year-old California man who was reported missing after not returning from kayaking on Tomales Bay in Marin County was found dead  Wednesday, officials said . Clinton Yoshio Koga, of Brentwood, was fishing with friends on the day of his disappearance, Jan. 27, a news release from the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. At 6:10 p.m., he launched a kayak from the Lawson’s Landing campground in the town of Dillon Beach onto Tomales Bay to retrieve a crabbing cage, his friends reportedly told the sheriff’s office. “It’s a protected cove for the most part,” U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Kolton Krag told SFGATE on the phone. “I do know that it was windy that day.” Less than 20 minutes later, a friend of Koga’s told the sheriff’s office that he couldn’t see the kayak on the bay, the sheriff’s office said. The friend reported him missing to the sheriff’s office, while other friends searched the bay for him. BEST OF SFGATE Local | She seemed like a kindly landlady. … [Read more...] about 39-year-old kayaker who went missing on Tomales Bay found dead

On a recent foggy Friday morning, I woke up at 7 a.m., filled a cooler with ice and drove to Fisherman’s Wharf . This may sound like the decisive actions of someone who knows what they’re doing, but the truth is that I’d been at Target at 9 p.m. the night before running around like a chicken with its head cut off. My mission was to buy a live Dungeness crab directly off the boat from a local fisher, something the Port of San Francisco only began allowing last year . But as someone who enjoys eating crab but has never cooked it, much less handled a live one, I was overwhelmed. Luckily, my colleagues knew the drill. I learned that I needed to join a Facebook group called “ San Francisco off the boat sales Pier 45 and Pier 47 ” to figure out where the fishers would be and when. One frequent poster in the group shared his cellphone number, so I decided to shoot him a text. He responded within 20 minutes, letting me know that he’d be there on Friday at 8 a.m. He included … [Read more...] about How to buy live Dungeness crab off the boat at Fisherman’s Wharf in SF