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In a case that San Mateo residents have closely watched, 38-year-old Richard Smith, who was previously arrested under suspicion of illicit contact with a minor, has been handed down a 52-month prison sentence. According to a post by the San Mateo County District Attorney, Smith was called "every parent's worst...

San Francisco leaders seem to have struck a temporary truce in an escalating showdown over plans to expand a recently opened homeless shelter in The City’s Bayview neighborhood. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors had been set to vote on Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proposal to increase capacity at the site — known as...

San Francisco police have killed 65 people since 2000. Read each of their stories here, and see what trends link their deaths together. Explore: Every person killed in S.F. police shootings since 2000

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a legislative package aimed at overhauling decades-old zoning laws on Tuesday, the latest effort in his plan to increase the city's housing supply and make housing more affordable for families.

In the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District sits an unassuming white building with green trim and red lettering that has people plotting cross-state journeys just for lunch. La Taqueria isn’t flashy or trendy, but it has something far more valuable: a burrito so transcendent it makes rational people...

Police in San Francisco said they seized gambling machines and illegal drugs, along with making an arrest, following the bust of an alleged gambling den inside a liquor store in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood.

Police said the crash involved six vehicles and that one of the vehicles ended up on its roof.

Hidden in plain sight on a busy stretch of Fountain Valley, The Reptile Zoo is not your average reptile exhibit. This hands-on haven is home to over 600 exotic critters—from towering tortoises and clever chameleons to snapping alligators and camera-ready snakes—and it’s all packed into one lively, interactive indoor space.

They say dinosaurs are extinct—but in the desert sands of Southern California, they’re just getting warmed up. If you’ve ever dreamed of standing in the shadow of a 150-foot-long brontosaurus or climbing inside a giant T. rex head, then buckle up for a prehistoric adventure unlike anything else on I-10.

UCSF Health layoffs come amid ongoing labor disputes and a UC hiring freeze that union leaders say is worsening patient care and staff burnout.