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Bay Area preps for World Cup's arrival, as event expected to reign in upwards of $360M

The World Cup will be vital to the sport's growth in Silicon Valley, which has recently experienced soccer-oriented buzz.

Pro cricket in the Bay Area: Rules to know, and what you’re watching

Major League Cricket opens its season this week at the Oakland Coliseum, with the San Francisco Unicorns playing in three of ...

Inside Rangers’ £90million American takeover and latest on next manager search as new owners say ‘focus is simple’

RANGERS’ new American owners have vowed to take the club back to “the top” after sealing their £90million takeover. Fans gathered at Ibrox to celebrate as the historic deal, backed by San ...

San Francisco's commuter trains stopped for four hours by computer outage

SAN FRANCISCO — A computer outage knocked out train service in the San Francisco Bay area for about four hours on Friday morning, causing headaches for some commuters in the high-tech capital.

San Francisco's Commuter Trains Stopped for Four Hours by Computer Outage

San Francisco's Commuter Trains Stopped for Four Hours by Computer Outage By Judith Langowski SAN FRANCISCO - A computer outage knocked out train service in the San Francisco Bay area for about ...

San Francisco Bay Area comes to a standstill as computer error shuts down entire BART train system

San Francisco Bay Area residents woke up to some bad news for their Friday commute. Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, the region’s main commuter rail system, which connects San Francisco’s ...

San Francisco’s BART Grinds to a Halt Due to ‘Computer Networking Problem’

San Francisco’s widely relied upon public transportation system, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), went down early Friday morning due to a “computer networking problem,” according to city ...

Help San Francisco's historic Roxie cinema go totally independent

The Roxie, a non-profit cinema in San Francisco, is one such theater ... Donate hard and frequently. GET A.V.CLUB RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

Club Fugazi creates an aerial storybook with ‘Dear San Francisco’

But, this weekend I hit a new personal record. It’s a Friday night showing of “Dear San Francisco” at Club Fugazi in North Beach, and the crowd is catching its breath as acrobatic performers ...

Qualys goes to bat for US cricket side San Francisco Unicorns

California-based Twenty20 (T20) cricket side the San Francisco Unicorns has enlisted ... The team’s fan club, the so-called Sparkle Army, will also incorporate Qualys’s shield logo into ...

Iconic $5 buffet at San Francisco strip club returns after years-long hiatus

However, a buffet in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood fits that bill — and then some. The iconic $5 lunch buffet at Gold Club is back after a years-long hiatus, the strip ...

Netflix sucks now. A sleepy SF neighborhood is keeping an alternative alive.

Video Wave isn’t the last place in San Francisco where you can rent a DVD. But it is the city’s last stand-alone, old-school video store. Faye’s in the Mission, with its collection of more than 8,000 ...

Architect Chuck Davis, a founding partner at EHDD, dies at 90

Charles Medley Davis, a.k.a. Chuck, was the youngest of the four founders of Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis , the firm that ...

In El Cajon ceremony, 30 set to graduate from county library’s free adult high school

Alicia Cassidy and Javien Winford are two of 30 students from a County Library program who soon will receive high school ...

Columbus library offers free Columbus Crew tickets through Culture Pass program

Columbus Library partners with Columbus Crew to offer free Culture Passes for select home games. Ten passes available per ...

He’s Oakland’s youngest Youth Poet Laureate at 14, and hopes his words change attitudes

Oakland recently honored its youngest Youth Poet Laureate when it designated 14-year-old resident Cael Dueñas-Lara with the recognition, a sophomore at ...

Why SF’s Green Apple Books in the Richmond has survived nearly 60 years

In the age of Amazon and ebooks, it’s the rare brick-and-mortar bookstore that has made it into its sixth decade.

Where to see artworks in Marin

Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-351-1400; anthonymeier.com. Through Aug. 8: "Consider the Oyster," works by female artists inspired by the author M.F.K. Fisher. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through ...

The key to free flights and hotels is hidden in San Francisco library stands

Hidden in books in San Francisco Little Free Libraries are two Golden Bookmarks, redeemable for an all-expenses-paid trip to ...

San Francisco Mayors Past and Present - SF Budget, George Moscone, and the Sutro Library

Then, we’ll talk to Lincoln A. Mitchell about his new book Three Years Our Mayor: George Moscone and the Making of Modern San ...

Bay Area library visits have sharply declined. But not in this tranquil suburb

Across the Bay Area, libraries saw just about two-thirds as many visits per capita last year as they did seven years ago, a Chronicle analysis of state library data found. Most libraries in the nine ...

Making it Easier to Find and Pay for Parking: Behind Our Work to Upgrade Nearly 27,000 Meters

We recently finished upgrading every single parking meter in San Francisco – covering about 26,700 spaces -- to make it easier for you to park your car anywhere in the city. Make it easier to ...

San Francisco Symphony's season showcases variety and resilience

The San Francisco Symphony is playing your song — be it well-loved classical, jazz or a host of new works and new approaches.