US orders closure of Russian consulate in San Francisco

The US has ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco, the US State Department said on Thursday.

The order was in response to the Kremlin’s decision to shrink the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia.

Tragedy again as four killed including gunman in San Francisco UPS facility shooting, US

A man dressed in a UPS uniform and armed with an "assault pistol" opened fire at a United Parcel Service Inc package sorting hub in San Francisco, killing three people before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Police did not identify the suspect or say if he was a UPS employee. They told a news conference the incident was not terrorism-related and they recovered two firearms from the scene.

Wow! Power outage cripples San Francisco for seven hours

A massive power outage threw San Francisco into chaos for most of the work day on Friday, knocking out traffic signals, paralyzing businesses and halting the city's famed cable cars.

The power outage, which was triggered by a fire in a PG&E Corp. utility substation, disrupted San Francisco's normally bustling financial district, home to banks and technology companies.