For Penguin Awareness Day, help name San Francisco’s new baby penguin
The unnamed chick is still growing feathers and snuggling with her "penguin stuffie."
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The Bay Area’s 10 best new bakeries, from Los Gatos to Danville to Emeryville
Here's the sweet scoop on the region's hottest new bakeries, from a Walnut Creek shop crafting Romanian specialties to an Oakland cheesecake house and a Portuguese bakery in Santa Clara...
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We’re all going to die but it’s OK: The enduring hope of dystopian and apocalyptic sci-fi
There's evidence that dystopian stories trigger something powerful in the human brain.
East Bay animal shelter seeks urgent adoption of 50 ‘big dogs’
Fifty dogs. Five days. Help this shelter save animals' lives by taking one home on MLK Jr. Day weekend.
Mount Diablo doubles up on its popular tarantula hikes
The "gentle giants of Mount Diablo" are getting their moment in the spotlight this year.
The joyous, Christmas tree-eating bison of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
Ah, bison: Those majestic creatures that evolved for eons to roam the plains, grow Kurt Russellesque manes of hair and at the end of the year joyously romp with and...
Candlelight concerts bring musical tributes, tons of candles to the Bay Area
Can live music be improved with a sea of glowing candles? Here's your chance to find out.
Small plane crashes in Watsonville, pilot sustains moderate injuries
The plane was planted in the ground at almost a 90-degree angle.
Huge boulders downed by storm near Tahoe will require exploding
"Dang, you're pretty much seeing it all with this storm."
Bay Area mops up after record-setting storm; more rain to come this week
Meteorologists fear a storm Wednesday could bring widespread flooding to the region