Bay Area doctors urge vaccinations
Bay Area health officials came together Friday to urge residents in the region to get a measles vaccination if they never received one or if they avoided the disease as …
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Late-night San Francisco doughnut shop immortalized on film
Bob’s Donuts, a family-owned and -operated business, has been an SF trademark since the 1960s. Blair Heagerty/SFGATE It may never be possible to document San Francisco in its entirety. But …
Longtime Bay Area water park Raging Waters closes permanently
Raging Waters in San Jose is closing permanently, the water park announced in Sept. 2023. Raging Waters/Handout After nearly four decades of lazy rivers, water slides and sunburns, Raging Waters …
Rotten Tomatoes is garbage. Now there’s proof.
A tomato that is definitely not “certified fresh.” Getty Images Earlier this week, Lane Brown of New York Magazine did a comprehensive investigation into the influence and inner workings of …
Historic Bay Area restaurant once frequented by John Wayne closed
The Milias Restaurant, located at 7397 Monterey Hwy, Gilroy, Calif., has closed. Google Street View The Milias, a historic restaurant in Gilroy that dates back to 1922, has closed its …
Jenny Odell on how Bay Area landscapes inspired her new book ‘Saving Time’
Oakland author, artist and former Stanford instructor Jenny Odell is perhaps best known for her 2019 best seller, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” which was named one …
Kroger, Albertsons to sell 400 stores, some California groceries
Albertons, which owns Safeway, is in talks along with Kroger to sell over 400 stores. Getty Images Kroger and Albertsons are in talks to sell more than 400 grocery stores …
Google and YouTube allow political ads to use AI to show fake events
Visitors are seen at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 15, 2023. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Google is allowing the use of artificial intelligence in political …
Bay Area law student found dismembered on shoreline
A young Bay Area law student was found dismembered on the Alameda shoreline, and police say the man she lived with is responsible for her death. The woman’s remains were …
An unexpected city for some of the Bay Area’s best Italian food
Ravioli bergamaschi “scarpinocc” at Donato Enoteca in Redwood City, Calif., July 27, 2023. Lance Yamamoto/Illustration by SFGATE In the first Dumpling Report, I shared that a reason behind starting this …