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The Bay Area Council has put out its latest survey of the sense and sensibilities of Bay Area residents on a wide variety of major economic and quality of life issues. While it's just a snapshot in time, it is one that is in sharp focus.

The grocer Smart and Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to settle allegations of price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, state prosecutors said Tuesday.

Dining out is back on the menu for San Francisco foodies looking for something to do. San Francisco Restaurant Week launched on Friday as well as Off the Grid.

President Joe Biden on Thursday released one-fourth of the entire U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, in an attempt to calm rising gas prices brought about by ever rising demand and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

President Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to control energy prices.

"The local government needs to prioritize people and not these corporate landlords who come in, buy up all the property and make it unaffordable for the people who actually live here," said tenant and activist Rocheall Pierre.

California gas prices are the highest in the nation, and in the Bay Area, residents are choosing alternative methods of transportation to save money. Some are priced out of driving altogether.

An exciting weekend is expected in San Francisco. There is an international sailing competition that is bringing visitors from many countries.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday announced the closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery for a large portion of the state's coast due to recent entanglements involving humpback whales.

Evergreen San Francisco is a promotion of tourism in the city through a cannabis connoisseurs' lens. The nine-day celebration of San Francisco's regulated marijuana industry will be held April 16 to 24.