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A plan to develop 64 units of affordable housing in downtown Oakland will dislodge a large colony of black-crowned night herons, the city's official bird.

After San Francisco police officers got into a shootout May 31 with Norris Reed III in the Bayview, the department held a virtual town hall (opens in new tab) to explain to the public what happened. At the meeting 10 days later, San Francisco Police Department brass made statements and...

The historic Verdier Mansion at 1001 Vallejo St. is for sale for the first time in 20 years, asking $25 million. (Photo by Brian Kitts; courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty)The Verdier Mansion rests along a grand Russian Hill public stairway, its neighboring homes among the city’s most historic, illustrious and expensive. But even among such rarified company, 1001 Vallejo St. stands apart, not just for its beauty but for its incredible — and quintessentially San Franciscan — story. For 120

Former San Francisco Deputy Police Chief Ann Mannix and her 24-year-old daughter Katherine will be laid to rest Friday. Ann Mannix died at the hands of her estranged husband, Kevin Mannix, who also shot their 24-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself. Ann Mannix spent 34 years with the...

An Alameda County judge has allowed the family of paramedic Anmol-Kiran Kaur Bassi to pursue a lawsuit against Oakland over an officer’s handling of a suspected drunk driver shortly before she killed Bassi on I-880. The family alleges the officer let the driver leave after her car became stuck on railroad tracks in the Jack London District, without a field sobriety test or arrest.

Photos, texts, videos, and $300,000 allegedly packed into a gym bag for an unidentified politician. Here's some of the evidence prosecutors presented in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

New York City’s Levain Bakery, known for its oversized chocolate chip cookies, is opening its first Northern California location next year in the South Bay.

The Arizona woman faced a judge on Oct. 23 for sentencing after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges. Investigators say Laura Owens, the daughter of Bay Area radio legend Ronn Owens, altered an ultrasound photo, faked a pregnancy video and lied several times under oath. Owens, investigators say, went to...

A buyer has been selected for the majority of the shuttered San Francisco Centre, downtown’s vacant shopping mall, with closing expected in the first quarter of 2027.

San Francisco café Outset Coffee has been evicted from one location and ordered to pay $200,000 to its former landlord at another — the latest in a series of disputes involving its owner.