San Francisco

Self-driving Waymo cars clog up dead-end San Francisco street

Autonomous-driving firm Waymo's cars have been going up and down the cul-de-sac at all hours "for weeks", according to local news station KPIX.

Residents say vehicles sometimes have to queue before making multi-point turns to leave the way they came.

Waymo says the vehicles are just "obeying road rules" designed to limit traffic in certain residential streets.

"There are some days where it can be up to 50," Jennifer King told KPIX. "It's literally every five minutes. And we're all working from home, so this is what we hear."

Olympic Club in San Francisco to host 2032 Ryder Cup

It was also confirmed the venue will be the stage for the 2028 US PGA Championship.

The Olympic Club's Lake Course has hosted the U.S. Open on five occasions, but has never staged a PGA of America event.

Speaking about taking the Ryder Cup to the west coast of America, PGA of America president Paul Levy said: "This is a special moment for our Association, to return the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup to the West Coast.

RWC Sevens 2018 fans urged not to miss out following strong first week of ticket sales

In the first seven days since tickets were released onto the market, an incredible 13,416 three-day packages (that’s a record 40,248 tickets altogether) have been sold via the tournament website. Already, fans from every single state in the USA have bought tickets with the majority of them coming from California. Further afield, supporters in Canada and the UK are represented well but, amazingly, tickets have been bought from a total of 36 nations, indicating that RWC Sevens 2018 is going to have a truly international feel.

Dates confirmed for RWC Sevens 2018 in San Francisco

The iconic AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, will provide the spectacular backdrop to the tournament that features 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams competing for the title of world champions. The 42,000-seater stadium is one of the most familiar and highly rated sports venues in the USA and is located in downtown San Francisco, along the waterfront overlooking the bay.

Tech workers protest Trump on Pi Day

Hundreds of protesters joined a Pi Day rally in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon to oppose Trump's policies on issues like immigration and healthcare.

More than 80,000 warned to evacuate in raging California fire

In less than two days, the massive blaze has engulfed an area larger than the size of San Francisco.

Northern California wildfires wipe out more than 180 homes

At least 100 homes were destroyed by a wildfire north of San Francisco in Lake County that raced through dry brush and exploded in size within hours, officials said. The devastation comes after a separate wildfire to the southeast destroyed at least 81 homes.

Residents fled from Middletown, dodging smoldering telephone poles, downed power lines and fallen trees as they drove through billowing smoke.