San Francisco CA

The bartender at the center of a viral video in which he was assaulted at a San Francisco restaurant by a customer was fired by his employer this week. The big picture: Miguel Marchese's termination from Hazie's — first reported by the SF Gazetteer — took effect Sunday after he was notified by email the day before,...

The city attorney’s office asked a judge to set aside a decision by a hearing officer and cut Collective Impact off from city funding for the remainder of a previously imposed five-year term.

Prison food may get a deservedly bad rap, but Alcatraz's fresh and filling cafeteria offerings were rarely cause for complaint, even from the guards.

Amid her campaign for lieutenant governor, State Treasurer Fiona Ma has filed for divorce, according to San Francisco Superior Court records. In a text message, Ma confirmed the split from Jason Hodge, a former firefighter, and described it as amicable. “After 15 years, we have grown apart but remain good...

The city is shutting down a Tenderloin massage parlor-cum-brothel months after suing its owners for selling sex there. It’s a business I knew from one of the most bizarre experiences of my reporting career. City Attorney David Chiu sued Empire Spa in July and announced Tuesday that his office...

(KRON) — The Cotopaxi store in Berkeley was targeted in a ram raid robbery on Monday. According to the Berkeley Police Department, three suspects drove a pickup truck through the front window and door of the store, located at 1915 Fourth Street, at around 12:56 a.m. The suspects, according to police, then stole a...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - A much-anticipated Japanese supermarket chain is set to open in the East Bay this month. Tokyo Central will open a 40,000 square foot store in Emeryville at the Bay Street shopping district on Jan. 31. The store offers a wide range of imported Japanese foods, fresh seafood,...

Alex Alvarez said the whole event felt like a blur. On Dec. 4, the social worker was doing his typical rounds at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital when he heard a commotion and saw the back of a man who appeared to be attacking his friend. Alvarez, who also goes...

(KRON) — Police in Hercules responding to an emergency domestic violence call on New Year’s Day found an elderly mother beaten and covered in blood while her son barricaded himself in a vehicle, according to police. Hercules Police Department dispatchers received a 911 call at around 9 p.m. from a woman who was...

Daniel Lurie is correct to say that much of the country has "an outdated notion" of what San Francisco has been like the last year or two. But is it right to give him credit for a perceived turnaround in the city that was kind of underway before he took office?