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A 70-year-old retired San Francisco firefighter battling stage 4 lung cancer is fighting for his life and fighting his insurance company for access to the treatment his doctors say could help him survive. Ken Jones, who spent 17 years protecting the city as a firefighter, stood at the threshold of...

Longtime fans of Trader Vic’s Emeryville remember their small parking lot used to operate for many years on a valet system. Valet was dropped in the return after COVID and the parking lot has been left to customers to navigate ever since. New for 2026, the parking lot is...

San Francisco leaders are working on a new bill they say would allow the treatment of those battling mental illness if they don't want the help. The bill would allow the courts to authorize involuntary medication for some people with serious mental health conditions.

A company that sells nicotine pouches and other tobacco products online agreed to pay the city of San Francisco $1 million to resolve claims that it shipped flavored products to addresses in the city despite a local ban. The company, Lucy Goods Inc., maintained it did nothing wrong and continued...

How a corner store in the Mission District became one of San Francisco’s most thrilling delis.

Funny lady Chloe Fineman, who is a fairly active content creator on Instagram, was in the Bay Area recently enjoying a Scadinavian-style sauna that's set up right on a floating dock in Sausalito. The place is called Fjord, and it's apparently gotten quite a bit of social media traction since...

The store, a longtime destination for paella pans and Madeira, has said it struggled with retail shifts and tariffs.

In Northern California, the ground has slipped back into one of its most unnerving habits: a burst of small quakes that seem to come out of nowhere and refuse to stop. The latest swarm centered near San Ramon is part of a broader pattern of clustered shaking that has rattled nerves from the East Bay […]

Here’s how residents in each neighborhood used 311 to report their gripes with the city.

Mission Local will never have a paywall. All our articles are free for everyone, always. Help us keep it that way — donate to our end-of-year fundraiser to make Mission Local free for your neighbors. Three suspects were arrested following the stabbing of three others in broad daylight at...