The top team in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference looks to keep its dream season going, as San Diego FC faces off with Minnesota United in the Western Conference Semifinals on Monday night.

Two songs into Khruangbin's intimate set at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom, Khruangbin guitarist Mark Speer took to the microphone to address the sold-out crowd. He asked that everyone turn to their right and left and introduce themself to a stranger, a gesture of good will and comradery and, perhaps most of all, vibes.

Crime surveillance, food assistance, an 83-foot Christmas tree – they’re all being paid for by an increasingly influential coalition of San Francisco billionaires.

But now Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise, has eaten her last cactus fruit, the San Diego Zoo reported. She arrived in San Diego between 1928 and 1931, the zoo said, when she was roughly in her 40s. The zoo’s best guess is that she was 141 when she died on Thursday.

Sunday night, the scene at San Francisco International Airport was a relief for travelers. "Completely boring," said Stewart Alsop, affectionately describing his travel experience. Although he did admit there was one hiccup.

After two years of revels, Downtown First Thursdays has announced that it’ll be keeping the good times rolling for another year. The event is planned to continue through 2026 with funding from the Downtown Development Corp., Ripple co-founder and angel investor Chris Larsen, Bob and Randi Fisher of the Pisces Foundation and Salesforce.

A man killed by a freight train in Oakland Nov 19 had been reported as a missing person to San Leandro police the day before.