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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...

[Editor’s note: The report mentioned here is from an inspection conducted on January 12 and may not represent the future health inspection status of the food establishment.]. Wok Shop Cafe, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, was inspected by the city’s health department on January 12. The inspection identified...

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

Tue-Sun 11AM-8PM (varies; closed Mon) In the heart of Oakland, TrueBurger at 146 Grand Ave burst onto the scene in 2010, founded by local Bay Area chefs Greg Eng and Jason Low. They spotted a gap for quality burgers beyond fast-food chains like In-N-Out, offering all-natural, pasture-raised beef ground daily...

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.

Cartoonist and author Scott Adams, the Bay Area–based creator of the satirical workplace comic “Dilbert,” has died after a battle with cancer. He was 68. Adams' ex-wife, Shelly Miles, confirmed Adams' death in Pleasanton in the East Bay during a livestream on the Real Coffee with Scott Adams channel on Tuesday, Jan....

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.