Five hours before fire crews lit a prescribed burn on Angel Island on Sept. 23, the air around the Bay Area was stagnant. A National Weather Service balloon launched from Oakland before dawn found a lid of warm air about 1,400 feet up. Winds at...
It’s hard to say what would have happened two years ago if a San Francisco nonprofit hadn’t stepped in and paid $11.5 million for the historic 35-unit building near 16th and Mission streets. But it’s safe to conclude that whoever bought 2061...
This week in the Financial District, Corgi Cafe hummed with young customers bent over laptops and chatty crowds gathered outside to catch the company’s shuttle to startup accelerator Y Combinator. The busy scene stood in sharp contrast to...
El Niño has a greater than 80% chance of eclipsing all such events since 1950 as it continues to strengthen through the fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Parts of the equatorial Pacific were more than 4...
