BY HELEN LAME’ Long time Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza, who worked under both President’s Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, entertained an appreciative sold crowd of 1,400 enthusiastic fans during a Commonwealth Club appearance Tuesday night at the Castro Theatre. Souza, 62, documented the entire eight years of …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Taking advantage of a season high 57 points off the bench to offset the absence of Kevin Durant, the Warriors broke open a close game in the third quarter to blow out the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-101 Wednesday night at Oracle Arena. Down by one at halftime, Golden …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Despite looking sluggish for most of the game and losing their emotional leader because of a fracas just before halftime, the Warriors stepped up when it counted most and rallied late in the fourth quarter for a come from behind 120-117 win over the Washington Wizards Friday …

BY HELEN LAME´ A strong All-Star line-up has been announced as part of a November 9th benefit concert at AT&T Park in San Francisco to help support victims impacted by the recent wildfires that ravaged Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino County that were part of the most deadly and destructive …

Caltrans has initiated the first part of their Phase II State Route 4 (SR4) freeway ramp metering project (Caltrans press release). The goal of the project is to reduce merging traffic collisions which significantly impact freeway congestion. The other goal of the Project is to provide marginal benefits in travel …

BY RYAN LEONG Although the Warriors got their enormously sized rings and unveiled their second championship banner in three seasons, it was not the happy ending everyone wanted. The Houston Rockets, whom the Dubs have beaten like a drum in recent years, came back from a 17 point deficit and …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Diverse multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird is coming to the intimate space of Miner Auditorium at SF Jazz for two shows next week on October 18th and 19th. A respected voice in modern music who first gained fame as part of the 90’s swing revival stars Squirrel Nut Zippers …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Depeche Mode’s performance Sunday night before a packed house at the SAP Pavilion in San Jose was a highly polished and well choreographed spectacle. To some, coming from a band with a hit titled “Never Let Me Down Again,” it was also something of letdown for what …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Indie singer-songwriter Torres is coming to Slim’s on Friday October 13th. The highly acclaimed 26 year old graduate of Belmont University in Nashville is touring in support of her newly released third album “Three Futures.” Torres burst onto the music scene with her self-titled debut in 2013 …

BY RYAN LEONG It hasn’t been a memorable season for baseball in the Bay Area but the A’s saved their best for last. Mark Canha delivered a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give Oakland a 6-5 win over the Mariners in the final home game …