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A Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood is stocking California's new generic insulin product at a suggested retail price of $55 per five-pen pack. (Angela Hart/KFF Health News) August 17, 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO — By Angela Hart - At a Walgreens in this city's bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharma

(KRON) — Crews responded to a fire that broke out in a garage in San Francisco’s Castro District on Sunday, the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) announced in a social media post. The fire broke out at a home on the 600 block of Castro Street. The fire has been extinguished. SFFD said there were […]

There is a new effort to increase the minimum wage and training requirements for security guards in California ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

A man with a gunshot wound turned up at a Berkeley hospital seeking treatment over the weekend, authorities report. Alta Bates hospital staff called Berkeley police Saturday evening when the man arrived with a gunshot wound to the foot, authorities said. The man, a Berkeley resident in his 30s, said he'd been shot at S

This story is part of Finding Your People, a series celebrating the Bay Area’s meetups and subcultures that bring people together IRL in an increasingly online world. Up a steep flight of stairs off Crockett’s Loring Avenue, directly across from the C&H Sugar refinery, a wonderland awaits. In...

The city, home to the highest concentration of Filipinos in the U.S., has seen a dive in its Filipino population in the past 10 years. Complex factors are driving the trend.

Reflections on the early days of Three Stone Hearth (TSH), Berkeley’s one-of-a-kind cooperative kitchen and retail food store, often include a reference to magic. Perhaps that’s not so surprising when you consider how five community members created a thriving business based on nutrient-dense local foods, minimal waste,

Food can certainly be transportive, but just as important to a restaurant’s magic is its ambiance, the design choices that shape how a meal feels. Here are a few spots where the vibe is just as exciting as what’s on the plate. The atmosphere at Kinda Izakaya is,...

This weekend I packed my cooler backpack with beers and made my annual pilgrimage to Stern Grove, a eucalyptus forest tucked into a corner of San Francisco, for a day of entirely free music. To get to the venue, you walk down a giant hill into what feels like its...

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) opposes the planned closure of the National Archives at San Francisco in San Bruno, Calif., and the potential loss of accessibility to invaluable historic records. JANM’s staff of historians, curators, and educators refer to the National Archives and Records Administration’s