Will Dave Chappelle just move to the Bay Area already? On Monday, in a surprise move, the comedian gave his first interview in five years to the Bay Area's Wild 94.9 radio station — touching on his career, his pot smoking and his continuing relationship with the Bay Area. And then later that night, he did what has become a common event locally: Chappelle performed as part of spate of ......

A bill that would ban limit the amount of the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, that can be used in infant products passed in the California Assembly Monday afternoon. Assembly Bill 1319, which would restrict BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula and baby food, received 41 votes, the minimum needed to pass. The chemical has been linked to increased risk of cancer, diabetes and developmental disorders. A broader ban on ......

The Bay Citizen spoke to an SFPD officer not authorized to speak on the record about Bay to Breakers law-breaking thus far. Here are some key quotes: On open containers: "If they dump it out, they dump it out. If they don't, they get a ticket." (This officer has not issued any tickets, as of 10:50 a.m. today.) On Bay to Breakers' civility: "It's actually been pretty quiet." On naked ......

First things first: it didn't rain! Well, it did for a bit, but now it's sunny at Golden Gate Park. We'll be providing more complete coverage of Bay to Breakers, sponsored by Zazzle this year and containing something called "sobriety tents," but here's a first look at the proceeding, courtesy of Zoe Corneli. Early reports indicate minimal, if any, enforcement of alcohol ban, although there don't appear to be any ......

The Bay Area is full of amazing places with fascinating histories. (Our Local Intelligence column gets at one of them each week.) But when you’re out and about, how do you know whether the park you’re sitting in used to be a haunt of Mark Twain and two feral dogs, or whether the building you’re looking at is a copy of a former German airport terminal and showed up in ......