San Francisco CA

We all know the Emergency Room is the last place you want to be. Especially now. Yesterday, I saw an ambulance parked down the street at the Millers'. Later, I found out Bob had the flu, but complications set in. He waited 9 hours just to see a doctor because the waiting room was packed wall-to-wall.

Doctors and nurses said layoffs of 4% of Alameda Health System’s workforce due to major Medicaid cuts are already causing delayed care and unsafe conditions at the county’s safety-net hospitals.

Valero Refining Co. will begin laying off hundreds of workers at its Benicia refinery this spring.

Lucia Jennifer Blandina Sontay Vicente, of San Rafael, was struck just after 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Point Pedro Road and Summit Avenue, officials said.

A small group of demonstrators gathered outside one of Waymo's car depots in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon to denounce its presence in the city. Members from several advocacy groups held a rally outside the exit of a fenced parking lot in the Bayview neighborhood, calling for local and state leaders to stop...

Bay Area residents have accused city officials of deliberately hiding plans for a tiny cabin community for homeless people from neighbors and steamrolling ahead without involving community input.

On most mornings in the Outer Sunset, Twisted Donuts & Coffee looks like a classic neighborhood bakery. By the weekend, the Noriega Street shop turns into a destination, with a line of regulars snaking out the door for over-the-top creations that helped put this quiet corner of the Sunset on the donut map. That...

A new high-profile tenant could be taking its place.

California is no longer just borrowing barbecue traditions – it’s rewriting the rules in its own bold, smoke-filled way. Across the state, pitmasters are proving that patience, fire, and flavor don’t belong to one region alone. From backyard smokers turned cult favorites to polished BBQ joints drawing...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. The deal announced Wednesday came...