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  • 1 week ago | ktvu.com | Andre Torrez

    The Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin. (Courtesy Lifestyle Marketing & Pubic Relations)  San Francisco's Tenderloin is home to a rock-and-roll landmark, but at the end of the year, the legendary Phoenix Hotel will check out for good. Haven for creative spirits What we know: In a news release on Tuesday, a public relations firm, on behalf of the hotel, announced that the Phoenix will close its doors on January 1, 2026, following the expiration of their long-term land lease.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Andre Torrez

    The Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin. (Courtesy Lifestyle Marketing & Pubic Relations)Generate Key TakeawaysThe BriefThe Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin is closing January 1, 2026 they announced on Tuesday. The ‘no-tell’ hotel is known for hosting touring musicians including the likes of Kurt Cobain, Pearl Jam and Neil Young. The hotel was built in 1956 as a motor lodge, but underwent a dramatic transformation in the mid-eighties.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Andre Torrez

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Firefighters with the San Jose Fire Department and Cal Fire got the upper hand in battling a nearly 100-acre vegetation fire that started late Tuesday afternoon. The fire was 75% contained and earlier evacuation orders had been lifted by late evening. Evacuation ordersWhat we knowForward progress on the fire has been stopped, officials said.

  • 1 week ago | ktvu.com | Andre Torrez

    San Francisco police have made an arrest in a vandalism case involving the Pink Triangle atop Twin Peaks. Police said in a post on social media that on Tuesday at around 12:30 p.m., their officers responded to Christmas Tree Point Road where the Pink Triangle, a reclaimed symbol of LGBTQ+ resistance and resilience, sits. That's when officers with SFPD said they actively saw a man defacing the Pink Triangle memorial art installation.

  • 4 weeks ago | ktvu.com | Andre Torrez

    The innocent pedestrian bystander, killed during Wednesday's California Highway Patrol chase of a suspect vehicle in Oakland, has been identified as a Castlemont High School teacher. Teacher killed  What we know: An Oakland Unified School District board member confirmed the man killed was a teacher at the school. In a letter obtained by KTVU, Castlemont High's principal, Joseph Blasher, addresses the community, sharing the tragic news.

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