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The Shining: Forwards and Backwards is exactly what it sounds like: a screening of The Shining with a reverse projection of The Shining screened on top.

Merrill Newman, center, walks beside his wife Lee, left, and his son Jeffrey after arriving at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.

The New Zealand singer-songwriter, who recently learned that she'd been nominated for four Grammy Awards, delivered nothing less than a breathtaking performance during the second night of Bay Area alternative-rock radio station Live 105's annual holiday shindig at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Authorities have arrested a man suspected of grabbing two cats from a homeless woman and tossing them to their deaths in the San Francisco Bay.

Steve Johnson shows you how to use the variable Stroke Width tool in Adobe Illustrator CS5 as explained in his book, Adobe Illustrator CS5 on Demand.

Dear Deborrah : I am a 30 year old black male who recently moved to the Bay Area.

The mural artist Juana Alicia said she and her friends have undertaken a fund-raising campaign to restore a Mission Street mural from 1988 that survived until October when a vandal smeared it with paint and tagged it with the word "Toy."

Of all Mission's graffiti, none likely appear with as much ubiquity than the stencils of a wheeled suitcase inscribed with the words, "Tenants Here Forced Out."

Merrill Newman, left, walks beside his wife Lee and son Jeffrey after arriving at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.

Pyro and Sunkiss have been stuck in cargo at the Bogota Airport with little or no food.

Lisamaria Martinez makes her way into the Union City BART station Nov. 18, 2013, in Union City.

A pedestrian critically injured in a hit-and-run on Valencia Street in San Francisco early Thursday morning died later that day, according to the medical examiner's office.

Four homeless people have died of hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay Area since last week, authorities said, highlighting the danger to people without shelter as the region is gripped by freezing temperatures.

A man suspected of throwing two cats into San Francisco Bay last week was arrested Friday afternoon, a San Francisco Animal Care and Control spokeswoman said.

A Sacramento man was arrested in Antioch Friday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man in San Francisco's Bayview District in June, police said.

The Bay Area's largest Japanese pop culture festival will return for a 6th consecutive year in July 2014.

The California Public Utilities Commission has joined BART in an investigation into Wednesday's incident that led to medical treatment for 11 passengers after a westbound train inexplicably stalled and filled with smoke in the Berkeley Hills tunnel.

Before we rundown the parties, let's just get one thing out of the way: it's freaking cold! Whoever accidentally tripped the winter switch ought to go and figure out a way to reverse the process.

After winning hearts in San Francisco and beyond last month, "Batkid" is returning to the city this weekend for a Make-A-Wish fundraiser with the Police Department.

The alternative spirit is seeping across the bay to Oakland, a once down-at-heel city that's on the up, says Christian Koch.