This article was updated as of October 13, 2025. The federal government is officially in a shutdown. Which means, as has become a Washington tradition, some restaurants and bars in the DC area are ...

A government shutdown means the possibility iconic national parks like Alcatraz Island and Muir Woods could close. Kelsi Thorud reports. Who Trump Officials Deem Essential in Shutdown Raises Eyebrows ...

A wave of closures is hitting Starbucks store locations, which includes the closure of a popular San Francisco store this week. The Starbucks at 4094 18th St. in the Castro District announced that it ...

Yes, that is rain misting the Bay Area on Wednesday morning — and no, you didn’t imagine Tuesday’s record heat. The region’s weather took a dramatic turn after one of the hottest days so far this year ...

It’s a common question after an earthquake shakes the Bay Area and jolts people’s attention. Does this mean a bigger one is coming? Sometimes. But not usually, experts said Monday, after a 4.3 ...

Ōtsuka Lōtec’s new No. 9 watch features five complications in a squared-shaped, industrial-inspired case It includes a jumping hour, retrograde minutes and an hour-striking mechanism The watch uses ...

With his resignation on Friday as president of Texas A&M University, Mark A. Welsh III signaled that the complicated politics that had defined his short tenure from the start had finally proved ...

An Elgin man who was born in the United States said he was handcuffed, questioned and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle before dawn, part of a blitz of immigration enforcement ...

What if a sports bar was a place where you could actually, you know, play sports? La Quinta’s newest entertainment offering, The Golf Bar, answers that question. Located in the Komar Desert Center ...

University of Maryland, Baltimore County provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully ...

Before it melts in your mouth, chocolate begins as a large cocoa pod. That transformation from bitter bean to rich bar is on full display at Dandelion Chocolate's factory in San Francisco's Mission ...