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Israeli animated short 'Two Robots' film wins award at San Francisco sci-fi festival

The animated short by Israeli director Eyal Padan will be screened on September 13 at the Marina Theatre in San Francisco as part of the festival.

Eyal Padan’s animated short film Two Robots.
A United Airlines plane seen at Ben-Gurion Airport, August 14, 2025; illustrative.

United Airlines to resume San Francisco-Tel Aviv route, boasts of most business class seats offered

John Edward York

Owner of San Francisco 49ers, Leeds, Rangers busted in prostitution crackdown

A US Coast Guard boat searches for two missing individuals after a pontoon boat capsized on July 14, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

One dead, two missing after boat with 19 aboard capsizes in San Francisco Bay, near Alcatraz


On This Day in 1900: Bubonic plague infects San Francisco

This was the first case of the plague in the continental US, and it hasn't left since. This event was defined by government denials of a pandemic, racism and discrediting medical officials.

A plague doctor and his typical apparel during the 17th Century Outbreak.

FBI investigates shooting inside San Francisco Russian Jewish center

It was not until word of the incident began circulating in the community that authorities became involved.

 FBI agents work outside the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022.

Footage from attack on Paul Pelosi released by authorities

The surveillance footage showed the alleged attacker smashing through a glass window to get into the couple's San Francisco home.

 A screenshot from a police body camera video shows David DePape holding onto Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the couple’s house on October 28, 2022, in San Francisco

Five Chinese citizens killed in California shooting - consulate

The Half Moon Bay shooting on Monday, in which seven people died, was the second of two gun rampages in California in recent days in which a total of 18 people were killed.

 A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office vehicle is seen near where victims were found dead in a shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, U.S. on January 23, 2023.

In ‘Mapping Jewish San Francisco,’ a treasure trove of Bay Area Jewish history goes on display

Bay area Jews have a hidden cultural history to explore.

 The first part of a brochure advertising the House of Love and Prayer, 1968.

'It's just so tragic how it happened,' Pelosi says in first comments since attack on her husband

Nancy Pelosi made her first public comments since the attack on her husband in their San Fransisco home.

 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts to the overturning of Roe v Wade during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 24, 2022.

Suspect in attack on Pelosi's husband expected to be formally charged

The suspect broke into the Pelosis' home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer on Friday.

 FBI agents work outside the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022.

Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband spread conspiracy theories about Jews

San Francisco police arrested David DePape after Paul Pelosi struggled with a home invader who was attacking him.

 In an aerial view, San Francisco police officers and FBI agents gather in front of the home of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, Oct. 28, 2022.

SFSU event with terrorist speakers was unauthorized by university

A Beirut event with Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi was "neither sponsored nor authorized by SF State, and we have contacted organizers to notify them of unauthorized use of the SF State name."

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa

SFSU hosted Palestinian terrorist speakers at Beirut conference

PFLP founding member Salah Salah and Airplane hijacker Leila Khaled were among the many controversial figures invited by San Francisco State University's AMED program.

Graffiti depicting the PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled on the security barrier near Bethlehem