Billionaire Riley Bechtel Pays Record $63 Million for Montecito’s Historic Rancho San Carlos

Heads up travelers: Those returning to the Bay Area after the holidays may have to quarantine, health officials said Wednesday. A statement from San Francisco officials advises a two-week isolation period for residents who come into close contact with nonhousehold members not wearing masks, according to the Associated Press.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son, Archie, this Christmas.“Everyone was so looking forward to catching up with them, as well as Archie,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly following news that the 17-month-old and his parents will remain in the United States over the holidays.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are cherishing each moment they’ve gotten to spend with their baby boy, Archie, amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Suits alum, 39, and the prince, 36, opened up about the ways in which the global health crisis has flipped their lives upside down while introducing the TIME 100 “Engineering a Better World” speaking series.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco Film has selected filmmakers Aaron Sorkin and Chloe Zhao for honors at its annual San Francisco Film Awards ceremonies, due to be livestreamed on Dec. 9.Sorkin, whose “Trial of the Chicago 7” is streaming on Netflix, will receive the Kanbar award for storytelling.

coronavirus pandemic, one of the leading management agencies has been acquired by an unusual buyer in an unconventional transaction.The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced Tuesday that it had purchased Opus 3 Artists, which represents about 250 musicians and attractions, a group that includes conductors Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.David Stull, president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, would not reveal the monetary details of

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The San Francisco Chronicle, UK production company Ugly Duckling Films and Sony Music Entertainment are partnering to develop the first narrative podcast project from the Chronicle, a new true crime series called The Doodler.The podcast will tell the story of the ongoing hunt for the notorious serial killer known as the “Doodler” who targeted San Francisco’s closeted gay community in the 1970s and is suspected to have murdered up to 16 people.Hosted

SAN FRANCISCO – Fed up with white people calling 911 about people of color selling water bottles, barbecuing or otherwise going about with life, San Francisco supervisors are set to approve new hate crime legislation giving the targets of those calls the ability to sue the caller.

While parents worry about getting their kids back to school, what do school officials worry about more? The San Francisco School Names Advisory Committee has named 44 schools that need their names changed due to troubling links to the past. This, as kids still take remote lessons -- which may harm minorities more than others.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday hit out at the city’s school district for beginning a process of renaming schools under its control, rather than reopening them. “Conversations around school names can be had once the critical work of educating our young people in person is underway,” Breed said in a statement.

The San Francisco Zoo's missing lemur has been returned and a suspect arrested, according to officials. Maki, a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur, was found safe after being stolen from the zoo overnight earlier this week.

At least 44 schools in San Francisco could see their names changed, as officials believe some were named after those with potential connections to slavery, genocide and colonization, according to a report on Thursday. The San Francisco School Names Advisory Committee researched school names and identified certain ones for renaming.

James McClain Though he’s just 25, French songwriter and record producer Alex Petit — better-known in the hip-hop music community as CashMoneyAP — already drives a new Bentley SUV and just dropped $1.8 million on his very first home, a five-bedroom structure in L.A.’s wealthy but oft-overlooked San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Tarzana.But Petit can well afford that sort of lifestyle thanks to a big burst of early career success — after experimenting with creating bass-slapping beats in his

David Robb Labor EditorFemale independent filmmakers made historic gains in 2019-20, according to a report released today by Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Childrens Hospital alum Ken Marino, Milan Carter (Dolemite Is My Name), in a recasting, and Juliet Donenfeld (The Big Show Show) are set as series regulars opposite Julie Bowen and Stephanie Koenig in Wilde Things (fka The Big Bad Wolfes), CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series

Activision Blizzard’s esports league the Overwatch League’s grand finals Oct. 10 broke viewership records and was the most-watched league match ever, the company reported Tuesday.Viewers of the Overwatch Leauge finals match between esports teams Philadelphia Fusion and the San Francisco Shock attracted 1.55 million viewers worldwide, up 38% from last year’s total.

The X Factor, Ally Brooke has done just about everything: toured the world with the multiplatinum girl group Fifth Harmony, launched a solo career and made it to the finale of Dancing With the Stars.

Meghan Markle is speaking out about why she didn't feel okay during her royal tour of Africa with Prince Harry and their then-four-month-old son, Archie Harrison in 2019. The Duchess of Sussex recently sat down for a joint interview with her husband, Prince Harry, for the Teenager Therapy podcast.

It's been a few weeks since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, along with their son Archie, 1, moved into their sprawling USD 14.65 million Montecito mansion in Santa Barbara County, California.