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Two criminal cases going through the San Francisco Superior Court, both involving the killing of Asian women, continue to draw controversy as one defendant took the unusual step of defending himself at trial, and another was considered for pretrial diversion. Yik Oi Huang The trial for the murder of Yik Oi Huang,...

A parcel tax measure to save Muni from financial collapse has begun to take shape.

Zac Clark was a freshman at the University of San Francisco when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He moved out of his dorm and into the Tenderloin, a low-income neighborhood in the Bay Area. From his apartment window, he first began observing people living in homeless encampments, and later, talking to...

A 30-foot tree crashed in San Francisco’s Nob Hill Tuesday evening, taking down Muni wires, breaking a water main, and crushing an Amazon delivery van.

San Francisco is mailing activation letters this week to roughly 112,000 people enrolled in CalFresh, offering a one‑time prepaid grocery card to help households buy food while November SNAP benefits are delayed. The letter will include a unique activation code that lets recipients claim a virtual card immediately or...

A Union Square building that has sat empty since early 2020 will soon have a new tenant. Maybaum Gallery (opens in new tab), opened by Christina Maybaum in 2018, is taking over 20,000 square feet across multiple floors of the former Barneys department store at 48 Stockton St. Maybaum’s expansion marks a grand return...

You never know when you might come across an animal in trouble. While abandoned pets often get most of the attention, many other creatures also rely on human kindness to survive. That truth recently became clear to the staff at San Francisco’s Chase Center, a major sports and entertainment venue,...

(KRON) — A 59-year-old San Mateo man faces life in prison after being found guilty Tuesday of over a dozen charges spanning two decades of child molestation and lewd acts on a child, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Jose Antonio Villalobos was convicted of 10 counts of child molestation,...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. reported thousands of outages across the Bay Area on Wednesday morning.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — “NEWS RELEASE – October 31, 2025. SFPD Conducts Retail Blitz Operation at Stonestown Galleria and West Portal Drone as First Responders deployed with 13 suspects arrested. On October 30, the San Francisco Police Department led a successful multi-agency Organized Retail Theft Prevention operation...