On May 27, hot chunks of twisted metal shot up hundreds of feet into the Hayward sky when a steam turbine engine exploded at the Russell City Energy Center power plant. People nearby were forced to evacuate as dozens of firefighters battled back jutting flames of burning oil and hazmat

Jeff Bezos, the man who Forbes clocks at a net worth of $205 billion, just thanked Amazon customers and employees for footing his galactic joyride bill. He rocketed off into space Tuesday from the Blue Origin aerospace facility, which he also owns, in West Texas. The New Shepard rocket —

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The Oakland Zoo is not only giving you the chance to take care of that vaccination this weekend, but they’ll throw in a fat family entry pass with parking for your trouble. The pop-up clinic on Sunday at the zoo’s Zimmerman Auditorium is administering first doses to all eligible teens

It’s not the renaming of the Bay Bridge for Emperor Norton that we’ve been hoping for, but it’s something. A Facebook post from the Emperor Norton Trust points out there is one newly installed Bigbelly trash can dedicated to Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico  near

The SF Public Library Main Branch reopened on May 3 to all manner of cheering, but it was a pretty limited ‘You can just go to the Front desk’ kind of deal. They reopened the upper floors in June, yet there are still just a mere seven of the 27

Broke-Ass Stuart celebrity roaster and performer you should know Kat Robichaud has just cranked out a new six-song EP called Charade to add to her zillions of pandemic achievements, and we encourage you to drop everything and immediately watch the video for the title track “Charade”, a dizzying and delightful