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Electric boat goes airborne for cleaner ocean voyage

Appearing at a glance to be just a simple pleasure boat floating on the San Francisco Bay, as the hydrofoil-equipped vessel picks up speed...

San Francisco metro system hires bird of prey to scare pigeons away

Metro system riders in California's San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard scaring Pigeons in recent months. A 5-year-old Harris's hawk...

Man mysteriously disappears after video shows him entering house but never leaving

A man in San Francisco mysteriously vanished after surveillance footage captured him entering his apartment but never leaving.

Aged man dies after video shows youngster attacking him

A male suspect ran from across the street to push the victim, causing him to fall to the pavement, police said.

Coronavirus surge leads to curfew in San Francisco

On Friday, a temporary ban on gatherings of people from different households, with religious services and protests exempt, was announced for California’s largest city, Los Angeles.

Mountain lion captured in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood

The disoriented cougar roamed the streets for two days until he was spotted by a police officer near Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, said Officer Adam Lobsinger, a police spokesman.

US city declares emergency over coronavirus

California’s fourth-largest city said it made the move to boost its coronavirus preparedness and raise public awareness of risks the virus may spread to the city

Airport bans sale of plastic bottles

The ban will apply to all restaurants, cafes and vending machines, though not to planes using the airport.

Four dead, four injured in Seattle crane collapse

The crane fell from the roof of a building and hit six vehicles below

Next stop San Francisco as ‘longest swim’ embarks from Tokyo

Ben Lecomte dived into the Pacific Ocean, kicking off an epic quest to swim 9,000 kilometres from Tokyo to San Francisco, through shark-infested waters choking with plastic waste.

‘Crime-fighting’ robot taken off the street in San Francisco after its ‘clash’ with locals

SAN FRANCISCO: A security robot tasked with ‘keeping away’ homeless people from outside smart office buildings has been knocked over after torrent of complaints...

US appeals court rules against Trump on travel ban

WASHINGTON: A US court on Thursday unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump's ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, dealing the new...

Cafe X unveils robotic café to serve coffee

SAN FRANCISCO: Cafe X Technologies on Monday unveiled its first robotic cafe in the U.S. by combining machine learning and robotics, aiming to eliminate...

Time travel: Flight takes off in 2017, lands in 2016

SAN FRANCISCO: A United Airlines flight traveled through time as it took off on 1st January 2017 and landed on 31st December 2016. According to...

Uber removes self-driving cars

SAN FRANCISCO: Uber has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the...

Four wounded in shooting outside San Francisco school

SAN FRANCISCO: Police and school officials said four people were wounded, one critically, in a shooting that erupted at a San Francisco high school...

Google expected to unveil new phones at San Francisco event

NEW YORK: Alphabet Inc's Google is expected to unveil new smartphones at an event on Tuesday, the company's latest effort to sell consumers on...

Seven hospitalized in California stabbing at neo-Nazi rally

SAN FRANCISCO: Seven people were hospitalized with at least two in critical condition after a stabbing spree broke out during a neo-Nazi rally Saturday at California's state capitol building, officials said.

Chai stirred into Silicon Valley coffee culture

SAN FRANCISCO: In a Silicon Valley culture known for brilliant ideas boiling up in coffee shops, Gaurav Chawla is pouring his heart into chai.

With HoloLens, Microsoft aims to avoid Google’s mistakes

When Google introduced its Google Glass smart glasses four years ago, it turned to Glass-sporting sky divers buzzing a San Francisco convention center, Glass-adorned models at a glitzy fashion show and a Twitter campaign to notify early "Glass Explorers" of their luck in snagging a pair.

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