The proposal would also have rolled back other restrictions on police tactics, such as the use of canine units and riot gear.

Critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan shared the news Wednesday night in front of a live audience. Her first starred review, of one of San Francisco’s most enduringly popular restaurants, will drop...

After years of serving as de facto sous chef in his family’s fine dining restaurant, Antoine Chemel has opened his own cocktail bar in San Francisco’s Union Square.

The constant, cavalier way drivers sneak into the bus-only lane has become a source of frustration to California Highway Patrol officers who are writing $490 tickets to violators.

A former Delta Airlines pilot was convicted on charges related to the sexual abuse of a child, whose mother was also found guilty in the case, Contra Costa County prosecutors announced.

A former Delta Airlines pilot was convicted on charges related to the sexual abuse of a child, whose mother was also found guilty in the case, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Both of these tiny homes in a West Oakland encampment had been built by Oakland School of the Arts students and donated to homeless mothers eight years ago.

Newsom sought to rein in a wave of legal claims that have pushed some governments and school districts to the brink of bankruptcy, after earlier laws made it easier to sue over child sexual abuse.

Judy Gumbo was a Yippie, feminist, Berkeley Barb staffer and People’s Park organizer whose activism kept her in the FBI’s sights for decades.

Fans started noticing a change in the signature, garish color of It’s-It mint ice cream sandwich. Quietly, the Bay Area company had tweaked its iconic treat.

In what amounts to a laser-focused rebuke to a Republican sheriff who has dismissed concerns about deaths inside his jails, California has stripped Sheriff Chad Bianco of his duties as coroner.

City College of San Francisco trustees are investigating allegations that Chancellor Kimberlee Messina padded her $350,000 salary with unapproved stipends, cash and vacation days.

There was an opportunity to go way off the rails in “Verity.” Sadly, Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett don’t go there in this adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller.

A glamorous restaurant housed in a historic post office opens in the Bay Area on Friday — and its wine list looks a little different from lists at all other Bay Area restaurants.

California’s Supreme Court denied the appeal of a San Francisco man who was convicted of one torturing his victim, then injecting him with fentanyl and dumping his dead body into the bay.

After nearly a decade of legislative wrangling over the rights and vulnerabilities of minors, California has finally closed its child marriage loophole.

Two recent San Francisco 49ers signees, edge rusher Matthew Judon and wide receiver Dante Pettis, fill areas of need for the team and could play Sunday against the Denver Broncos.

OPINION: San Francisco Giants leadership tried to accentuate the positive after a terrible season, but their performance offered few reassurances for frustrated fans, Ann Killion writes.

San Francisco’s downtown has seen a boost in banks investing in new branches and hiring advisors to cater to the generation of AI riches, even as finance jobs contract.

King tides in California will be extremely high during the Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks. A simultaneous storm could wreak havoc on transportation and push the tides to record territory.

Jack Poulson, a Bay Area journalist, was entitled to report on sealed police records about the arrest of tech executive on suspicion of domestic violence, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled.

A mumps outbreak at San Diego State has grown to 15 confirmed and probable cases, prompting the university to offer free MMR booster shots to students.

Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to obliterate California’s abortion shield laws, potentially setting up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion.

One person was assaulted in downtown Oakland, police said, causing temporary BART delays in the East Bay.

A new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom will allow California news organizations to claim tax credits of $20,000 for up to five journalists and $15,000 for additional full-time journalists.

A former Alameda County firefighter wanted on a federal child pornography charge may have staged his own death after allegedly disappearing in Suisun Bay in 2023, the FBI said.

This Tahoe ski area brought in a giant freezer unit to begin blanketing its slope with artificial snow as early as October.

Sen. Bernie Sanders represents a tiny state on the opposite coast, but continues to be one of the most powerful messengers in California politics.

An 80-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison — with parole eligibility in seven years — for murdering a teenage girl who was visiting San Francisco in 1978, prosecutors said.

Steph Curry told reporters at the Warriors’ first day of training camp he took a “less is more” approach to offseason work after knee trouble wiped out two months of his 2025-26 season.

California’s high-speed rail officials said all options remain on the table as they cast about for the ideal site to build a station in Merced.

One person was injured after gunfire was reported in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, police said.

Alameda County prosecutors filed murder charges against the couple accused of killing their son-in-law in a park in Dublin. He was an engineering director at the New York Times and father of three.

Officials identified an 80-year-old man killed in an Inner Richmond crash as the city’s pedestrian death toll reached 13 this year.

Union Square is seeing more foot traffic and fewer vacancies — and that might be a problem for the small businesses who helped bootstrap its recovery.

An unplanned outage Wednesday near the Ferry Building lasted several hours, disrupting businesses as commuters arrived downtown.

Leona Bridges served on the city’s retirement board and helped students through a permanent scholarship fund at S.F. State.

The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026.

After years of serving as de facto sous chef in his family’s fine dining restaurant, Antoine Chemel has opened his own cocktail bar in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Summer may be over on the calendar, but the Bay Area is ending September with heat — and more warmth is coming through the weekend.

Both had been built by Oakland School of the Arts students and donated to the homeless mothers eight years ago.

The constant, cavalier way drivers sneak into the bus-only lane has become a source of frustration to California Highway Patrol officers who are writing $490 tickets to violators.

A yearslong battle over how to balance historic preservation and housing construction in San Francisco’s landmark-rich North Beach neighborhood has taken an unexpected turn.

After nearly a decade of supplying Bay Area brewers with a local alternative to industrial malt, the pioneering Admiral Maltings will close both its Alameda production facility and taproom.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 747 Tuesday as part of a slate of bills designed to combat the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Scientists have long studied the connection between diet and mood. A new UCSF trial offers another clue about how the two may be linked.

Fans started noticing a change in the signature, garish color of It’s-It mint ice cream sandwich. Quietly, the Bay Area company had tweaked its iconic treat.

Golden State coach Steve Kerr was adamant on the first day of camp in Hawaii that the Warriors will play more five-out offense. But Kristaps Porzingis’ absence hampers their prep.

Buster Posey and Tony Vitello were frank about the San Francisco Giants’ failures, but got much more vague about solutions, their pitchers’ Pride Night protest and Harrison Bader’s future.

Months before he was killed, a 40-year-old games engineering director at the New York Times alleged his wife and in-laws abused him for being transgender, court records show.