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The outages upended holiday plans across the city, leaving residents scrambling just days before Christmas. "It was just a huge inconvenience," said San Francisco resident Sunshine McLawhorn. "You need to take care of the people who pay a lot of money for that power. I just had to go grocery shopping yesterday, $400 just to make up for what I lost. So we need to do better, PG&E."

San Francisco Fire Station 39, serving the Mount Davidson West Portal neighborhoods, is the 2025 winner of the San Francisco Fire Department's station decoration contest. This event encourages collaboration and networking among firefighters and their families, enabling them to pic.twitter.com/A2FHH1rl7o SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) December 24, 2025 Here's a Christmas Eve news dump! Trump's Department of Justice now says they suddenly discovered a million

"I seen my father under the Christmas tree, getting it ready and putting presents under it," he said. The next morning, he said, "I asked my sister if my father was Santa Claus's helper. She said, 'No, fool. He is Santa Claus.'" "That's probably one of the best Christmases I've ever had," he said. He recalled the feeling of his mother and father kissing him goodnight, and tucking him into bed.

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New Year's Eve at the Church of 8 Wheels is one of those "Only in San Francisco" experiences!!! It's time to celebrate 2025 and look forward to 2026 at the Church of 8 Wheels!!! Come roll in the new year with us on roller skates!!! We are presenting a special session from 8PM to 12:30 AM. 13 and older welcome!!! There will be a balloon drop and champagne toast at midnight. Apple cider for minors!!!

The Great San Francisco Blackout of December 2025 continues into its third day for some residents, and Muni subway service remains disrupted due to ongoing impacts from the PG&E outage. As of Monday morning, December 22, the power outage that began on December 20 has persisted for around 11,600 PG&E customers in San Francisco, primarily concentrated in the Outer Richmond and around the Civic Center area. PG&E has pledged full restoration of power to these areas by 2 pm Monday.

Stanford forward Courtney Ogden had another breakout game after a stellar performance against Cal last week. The junior finished with 20 points on 8-of-18 shooting to go along with four rebounds. Lara Somfai had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Stanford. Oregon has a balanced scoring attack with Mia Jacobs (11 points), Katie Fiso (14) and Ehis Etute (14) all scoring in double figures.

As the Chronicle reports, the San Francisco Police Department received a report at 12:16 pm Saturday of gunshots and threats of violence by someone who locked themselves inside San Francisco's Palace Hotel. A hotel employee told KTVU fourth floor guests were evacuated from their rooms. A hostage and crisis negotiation team was reportedly on the scene, but there was no mention of a hostage.

It's the return of San Francisco's only weekly HellaDesi Comedy Night with HellaFunny and Funcheap at a HellaSecret comedy venue with easy access to BART. See a showcase of some of the Bay Area's top comedians of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Afghan, and South Asian descent - plus the best of "Crazy Funny Asians" with comics of Asian descent. Let's celebrate the Bay's Desi culture and heritage with laughs.

The 4.0 quake struck at 7:56 pm, and BART experienced a 20-minute delay so the tracks could be inspected. [Chronicle] A driver died after they hit a tree Friday around 12:26 am off Highway 17 in the South Bay. The driver had swerved and drifted down an embankment before striking the tree, causing the Tesla Model 3 to catch fire and trapping the driver.

City officials say they want the float to be a marketing tool for the city. Once completed, it will feature some of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks. MORE: NFL, Bay Area Host Committee announce venues for Super Bowl 60 events Encouraging people who don't live here to come back to the City by the Bay and continue its post-pandemic recovery.

This Christmas and Hanukkah season, SF's December nights are once again razzle-dazzled up by the sixth year of the rebooted annual San Francisco Fire Station Community Holiday Decorations Competition. The contest is an old SF tradition from the late 1940s and early 1950s that returned in 2020 during the COVID doldrums, and this year the fire stations are competing for $4,000 in prize money for the winning stations' charities of choice.

Holiday plans abound with San Francisco at its merriest. Grab holiday cocktails at the St. Regis or afternoon tea at the Beacon Grand, then take in the sparkly lights at Pier 39 and City Hall, and dip into holiday shows all around town. For some non-denominational fun, discover new treats at Nick's Cove, Equal Parts, and Outerlands. Jump ahead to this week's top events:

The latest fare hike is detailed in a federally required analysis of the equity impact on minority and low-income riders. The 106-page report, which includes dozens of pages of largely critical comments from people surveyed about the proposed increase earlier this year, concludes that higher fares will have no disparate impact on BART's substantial number of customers who are people of color or who have lower incomes.

The project marks a new chapter for Openhouse and Mercy Housing California, which previously partnered on similar projects at 55-95 Laguna Street, around the corner from the new building. When 1939 Market Street opens, it will add 187 affordable homes to the existing stock of 121 units on Laguna Street, creating the largest affordable housing campus for LGBTQ+ older adults in the nation.

Third Thursdays on Ellis, or just "On Ellis," launched first as a pre-Portola block party in September, and the events in October and November, featuring electro DJs Wax Motif and Joel Corry have been pretty lit, as the kids say, with thousands in attendance. The event happens outside the historic John's Grill, and it seems to have caught on with a younger party crowd in a much bigger way than the similar Fridays on Front Street, likely because of the music acts who have been booked and the more rave-y atmosphere.

Trump gave a typically bombastic, 18-minute address on national television last night to deny that there was anything wrong with the economy, and to tell everyone the opposite of what they're seeing in terms of gas prices and unemployment. Also, rising healthcare premiums are the Democrats' fault. [NBC Bay Area] It only gets grosser every day!: Trump has completed the installation of a "Presidential Walk of Fame" at the White House in which plaques use his language and opinions to cast judgment on his predecessors,