SFPD announces dire news ‘with heavy hearts’

San Francisco Dems will meet in an Oct. 11 special meeting to reconsider their District 8 endorsement. It promises to be a fraught affair.

Dept. of Elections is aware of reports of torn ballot envelopes, with the alleged culprit being Post Office machinery

Ho Yin Mo, a field representative in Assemblymember Catherine Stefani’s office who was detained by ICE on Sept. 17 at Harry Reid International Airport in

Opponents aren’t worried Yekutiel will still, somehow, win. But his campaign won’t say what he’d do if he does.

District 8 front-runner pulls the plug on his campaign after on-the-record sexual assault allegations. And, today, misery loves company.

Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on.

Our city fathers (if you like them) or oligarchs (if you don’t) have never been richer, more brazen or faced weaker opposition

Our city fathers (if you like them) or oligarchs (if you don’t) have never been richer, more brazen or faced weaker opposition

A presidential directive protects Hong Kongers from deportation. Mo’s arrest has left others fearing it won’t keep them out of ICE detention.

Christine Pelosi says she is running for state senate, not against Connie Chan, and disputes rumors about Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement.

Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco could become either "Sí Se Puede" or "Las Campesinas" after sexual assault allegations.

District labor head is on leave — previously served as principal and assistant principal in San Francisco middle schools

Former Chinese-language TV anchor, detained last week at Vegas airport, works for Assemblymember Catherine Stefanie and previously served as field organizer for Mayor London Breed

Secret passageways, a secret floor — the former inner sanctum of deposed fixer Walter Wong is full of strange and terrible surprises

In 1912, San Francisco founded its municipal railway as the realization of a radical notion: In an era of private for-profit rail lines, the residents of this city were given a publicly funded transit service formed spe

Judge dismisses cases against 18 people accused of failing to leave unpermitted party during pride weekend

Homeless service providers will now be contracted via ‘performance-based metrics.' But that's not the case for OpenGov, the struggling permit software system. It's enough to give you whiplash.

Homeless service providers will now be contracted via ‘performance-based metrics.' But that's not the case for OpenGov, the struggling permit software system. It's enough to give you whiplash.

OpenGov is supposed to consolidate the city’s disparate permitting systems. City workers keep using the old system.

Two years after tough talk about confronting sexual assault and harassment in city  political circles, the S.F. Democratic Party’s process has proven to be a farce

Two years after tough talk about confronting sexual assault and harassment in city  political circles, the S.F. Democratic Party’s process has proven to be a farce

At only 21, the tennis phenom Alex Eala is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open.

A woman said she paid $30,000 to rent a home that belonged to a UC Berkeley professor. But he had been killed months before in an alleged murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his ex-wife.

One frustrated parent’s journey into the heart of darkness that is municipal web design.

Walter Mackins spent years driving cabs and photographing San Francisco. That was easier in an era of cabdrivers — and plentiful homes for people like Walter Mackins.

It's deeply unfortunate that San Francisco's mayor is credibly telling voters there’s a slush fund being run out of his office

Police accountability report faults SFPD officers for violent 2024 Tenderloin encounter following a mistaken traffic stop

San Francisco's mayor is giving voters discordant messages heading into the next election. But he's likable and popular enough that it may not matter.

While the city spent over a year trying to address homelessness at the 16th Street BART plaza, many rooms at SROs in the area remained empty.

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

Despite what the most vitriolic keyboard warriors on the internet would have you believe, this is a complicated question

‘The same fight that sustains my Dad,’ Agnos’ son says, ‘Is the fight necessary to sustain San Francisco

How a kid who grew up in a Pennsylvania funeral parlor went from gay rights activist to S.F. political kingmaker

Reilly, who died over weekend at 79, was a consultant, tycoon and a legendarily difficult boss. But he may have been most difficult on himself.

Great and terrible things happened at disgraced former permit expediter’s inner sanctum

Taishanese has been a dominant language in San Francisco since the Gold Rush. Now, you can learn it at City College.

Mission Dolores was founded by Spanish missionaries the same year the U.S. declared its independence. It has borne witness to its own version of the American story—not the one you learned in school bu...

Once again, random angry boors have been used to portray San Francisco as a hotbed of organized, political antisemitism

The relationship between San Francisco’s aspirational congressman and reactionary national media is toxic. But, also, symbiotic.