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Rats in the city are inevitable, and for many residents across America, dodging them on morning walks or spotting them running along a subway track is an everyday occurrence. A new study, based on an annual report by Orkin, sheds light on the US cities with the most rat sightings. Orkin compiles its list by analyzing...

A small crabapple and abundantly fruiting fig tree that bordered the Potrero Hill Community Garden – and served as a gathering place for Hill residents – were cut down last fall. The fig tree was planted roughly 20 years ago by Hill dweller, Stephen Lewis, among others, through Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF), a...

Alex Duarte, an autistic local boy and object of a widespread air and ground search, was spotted by a resident in a culvert not far from her home in Blackhawk Sunday – rescuers and relatives racing to the scene. The child, apparently unharmed but dirty from his travels, was...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A Tesla driver is being held in jail Friday after he allegedly drove his new car through a massive “No Kings” march in San Francisco and repeatedly struck a protester, the district attorney announced Friday. According to prosecutors, 44-year-old Hauwei Lien was behind the wheel of his red 2025...

Marvin Duran, 32, was booked into San Francisco County Jail in the fatal shooting Saturday afternoon.

While we adhere to strict editorial guidelines, partners on this page may provide us earnings. Commercial landlords in many parts of San Francisco have to make sure their properties are leased — and not just because they miss out on rent if they don't. In many areas within the city, there's a Commercial Vacancy Tax...

A man was arrested and their motorcycle was impounded following a high-speed chase with a California Highway Patrol officer across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earlier this week.

At 84, Dr. Amos Brown is stepping aside at his church, one of the oldest predominately African American Baptist congregations in the West -- but don't call it retirement. "I'm not actually retiring. I'm repositioning," Brown said.

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – A violent solo-vehicle wreck shut down the southbound lanes of Kirker Pass Road across from the Concord Pavilion Friday afternoon, leaving the driver dead and the mangled vehicle sheared in two, according to Concord police. Police and fire crews were dispatched at 1:51 p.m. to the...

One person has died and another is injured following a shooting in Fremont on Friday, police said. It's the city first homicide of the year.