A bill making its way through the Legislature is trying to keep human customer service agents on the other side of the phone. Assembly Bill 1609, authored by Democrat Rick Chavez Zbur, would require ...

Salman Rushdie has testified for the second time about being stabbed nearly to death four years ago in a western New York ...

The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force ...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say they have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. That has the potential to open ...

The unveiling of a countdown clock marking six years to the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane included a timely appearance by a ...

Lawyers for singer D4vd are questioning police analysts about DNA testing in the case of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death. The questioning happened Thursday, the third day of a ...

The Rock Fire in the Eastern Sierra has advanced into the John Muir Wilderness, officials told SFGATE by phone Thursday. The ...

A new lawsuit, filed July 15 in San Francisco Superior Court by Madison’s father, alleges that OpenAI’s ChatGPT instilled a “messiah complex” in her, eventually leading Ma ...

For decades, travelers driving in and out of California were greeted by blue and yellow “Welcome to California” signs. The ...

The Venice Film Festival's lineup includes a four-hour documentary about Elon Musk and Martin McDonagh's dark CIA comedy.

President Donald Trump is having governors and electricity companies join a pledge aimed at shielding U.S. consumers from ...

One free item per person per day,” Meggait said. That’s the motto of Free Oakland Up, a mutual aid and art project that’s ...