The Game Developers Conference drew more than 28,000 people to San Francisco’s Moscone Center for three days of packed exhibit halls, and a week of discussions about the future of play.

Among more than 24,000 attendees are developers who were still in school the last time a fully in-person Game Developers Conference took place — and those who built games with fully remote teams during the pandemic.

Organizers say the full-sized, in-person conference for video game developers is shaping up to be as big as the ones held here in San Francisco before the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 24,000 people attending and 330 exhibitors in the Moscone Center’s underground expo halls.

California has spent much of the last decade in severe, multi-year droughts, and most of the state remains in drought status in spite of recent heavy rainfall. Here’s how droughts are measured, and what the measurements mean.

Verified Bay Area-based companies like Twitter, Meta and Google recently cut thousands of jobs in wave of tech layoffs.⁠ Here’s a timeline of some of the most recent job cuts.

At its first in-person product launch in three years, Samsung unveiled its newest top-of-the-line smartphone and its first “Ultra” Windows laptop both on display throughout February at a pop-up in downtown San Francisco.

Did you know “Mr. Irrelevant” is the nickname for the last player picked in the NFL Draft? Find out the history of the title and how relevant it still is.

Telemundo 48 Sports Anchor Carlos Yustis weighs in on both team’s strongest qualities heading into the big title game, and what it will take for the 49ers to win the NFC Championship. Digital Correspondent Abbey Fernández has the pre-game analysis.

As the 49ers advance to the NFC Championship, the team is planning another round of official watch parties for fans in San Francisco, San Jose and Mexico City. The first round of watch parties brought out thousands of faithful fans in red jackets and jerseys to cheer on the team at the top of their lungs.

Every day, the 49ers get a new batch of Brock Purdy jerseys… And every day, they sell out. The red hot rookie quarterback is a fast favorite among fans, and they’ve been lining up for a chance to wear his lucky number 13 on game day.

Warming oceans and a warming planet are threatening a weather phenomenon that’s central to San Francisco’s identity and the Bay Area’s mild climate — but the fog could also be an untapped solution to the historic droughts facing California.

The federal government has extended the deadline to get your Real ID driver’s license yet again, meaning you now have until May 7, 2025 before the new ID will be required to pass through airport security. Here’s what you’ll need to get one, and how to go about it.

Did you know that San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and Christian McCaffrey have known each other since childhood? Here’s the scoop.