Post Office Offers Extended Weekend Hours for Holidays

Post Office Offers Extended Weekend Hours for Holidays

A number of Bay Area post offices will add weekend hours for the holiday season starting this Saturday to accommodate the large number of customers…

Curbside Christmas Tree Collection Begins Today

Curbside Christmas Tree Collection Begins Today

The collection of Christmas trees for recycling into energy will begin today in San Francisco, according to the city’s Department of the Environment. Recology and…

Details Emerge In Soma Altercation That Left Two Women With Stab Wounds

Details Emerge In Soma Altercation That Left Two Women With Stab Wounds

A homeless woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing another homeless woman in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood Christmas morning, a police spokeswoman said. Drusilla…

Don’t Dump Your Christmas Tree: Put It Out With The Trash In January

Don’t Dump Your Christmas Tree: Put It Out With The Trash In January

About 50 Christmas trees were run through a giant wood chipper in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza this morning as city officials announced the dates…

11,200 Toys Delivered To Needy SF Kids

11,200 Toys Delivered To Needy SF Kids

Nearly all of the approximately 11,200 toys collected at the “Last Chance” toy drive at San Francisco’s Lefty O’Doul’s have been delivered to children today,…

Last Chance Toy Drive Underway At Lefty O’Douls

Last Chance Toy Drive Underway At Lefty O’Douls

While many children throughout the Bay Area are expectant and excited to find out what gifts are under the Christmas tree on Wednesday, a nearly…

Bay Area Wood Burning Banned For Christmas Eve, Maybe Christmas Day

Bay Area Wood Burning Banned For Christmas Eve, Maybe Christmas Day

Put away the chestnuts; the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has announced that wood burning will be banned in the region on Christmas Eve—and…

Holiday Travel In Full Swing At Bay Area Airports

Holiday Travel In Full Swing At Bay Area Airports

With Christmas just a couple of days away, holiday travel is in full swing at Bay Area airports. At San Francisco International Airport, duty manager…

Going Postal: USPS Says Monday’s The Busiest Mailing Day Of The Year

Going Postal: USPS Says Monday’s The Busiest Mailing Day Of The Year

Christmas is approaching fast and the U.S. Postal Service is expecting its busiest mailing day of the holiday season on Monday. The postal service expects…

A Gift Giving Go-To: Floréal

A Gift Giving Go-To: Floréal

If you’re looking for fabulous, unique gifts, get yourself to Floréal at 533 Taylor St. between Post and Geary. The items in their store are…

SF Firefighters Dole Out Gifts To Needy Kids

SF Firefighters Dole Out Gifts To Needy Kids

Hundreds of children lined up at San Francisco City Hall this morning to sit on Santa’s lap and receive a gift as part of an…

Remember The Woman Who Sang “Call Me Maybe”? She’s Going To Help Us Light Our Tree

Remember The Woman Who Sang “Call Me Maybe”? She’s Going To Help Us Light Our Tree

A Grammy-nominated singer will join current and former San Francisco 49ers Tuesday for a holiday tree-lighting ceremony in the city’s Financial District. The seventh-annual lighting…

Shoppers Warned Away From Lead-Filled Captain America, Other Dangerous Toys

Shoppers Warned Away From Lead-Filled Captain America, Other Dangerous Toys

Shoppers flooding stores to buy presents this holiday season should watch out for dangerous toys that may threaten children’s health, a consumer group warned today….