A new mountain lion sighting was reported in San Francisco Friday morning, weeks after another lion was seen in the Panhandle and near Golden Gate Park.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: A former San Francisco city leader reveals why he is voting no on Prop G, which would reopen the Great Highway to cars.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Harry Mok, assistant editor, columnist and editorial board member for the Opinion section of The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.

San Francisco Bay Area voters are facing a slew of decisions in today’s election, including the most tumultuous and wide-open governor race in decades. Track the latest updates.

Endorsements for the California primary election, including endorsement for governor, from the SF Chronicle editorial board.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: We still need events like Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as a reminder that how we deal with race is a work in progress, Harry Mok writes.

Now updated: The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critics rank the best places to eat in the Bay Area in 2026. See what’s new to the list — and the new No. 1.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: A Supreme Court case begins over President Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, the right San Francisco native Wong Kim Ark fought for and won.

As a U.S. citizen, I grew up with freedoms and opportunities that my parents never had. I grew up with a sense of belonging no one could take away.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: A Supreme Court case begins over President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, the right San Francisco native Wong Kim Ark fought for and won.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: What’s missing from the renewed discussion of the farmworker labor movement? In Open Forum, how schools are handling the deluge of deepfake sexual imagery of students.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: Why Americans embrace Alysa Liu, and an exclusive interview with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie about the viral video of his security detail.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: The backlash over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show is part of the overflow of politics into sports.

OPINION: President Trump’s scapegoating of immigrants for the country’s problems is not new, and it deflects attention from what could make America greater, Harry Mok writes.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: The manslaughter conviction for the killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee was a painful reminder of the surge in anti-Asian hate that enveloped the country during the pandemic.

OPINION NEWSLETTER: San Francisco Supervisor Alan Wong’s bid for a ballot measure to reopen the Great Highway to cars fails. Will this settle the matter?

OPINION: Sasanna Yee channels the anguish over her grandmother’s murder into something positive for Visatacion Valley, an often forgotten part of San Francisco, Harry Mok writes.

New Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong has community support, and he checks the two most important boxes for Mayor Daniel Lurie.

OPINION: Stanford Dr. Bryant Lin is both a patient and an advocate in yet another vexing health care problem: insurance denials.

by Emil Amok Guillermo I’m a San Franciscan in exile, so you’ll want to hear my perspective on the historic elimination of the first Filipino supervisor in San Francisco history. But first, my live on...

OPINION: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” plan faces fierce opposition in the Sunset. Finding a candidate who supports it without drawing the ire of residents isn’t easy.

OPINION: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” plan faces fierce opposition in the Sunset. Finding a candidate who supports it without drawing the ire of residents isn’t easy.

As Mandarin becomes increasingly favored both in China and the Bay Area, Cantonese defenders are grappling with threats to the language.

OPINION: President Trump’s misguided war on DEI is targeting programs at minority-serving institutions that help college students across the country, Harry Mok writes.

OPINION: Some candidates hoping to replace Supervisor Joel Engardio are pledging to reopen the Great Highway and close Sunset Dunes park. That’s a mistake, Britt-Marie Alm and Poppy Gilman write.

OPINION: Does Prop 50’s gerrymandering of congressional districts to favor Democrats pull California down to Trump’s level?

OPINION: With the recall of District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, San Francisco’s Chinese American voters are flexing their power. Will it last?

OPINION: Even if Supervisor Joel Engardio survives the recall, it’s going to be tough for him, or any potential replacement, to function, columnist Harry Mok writes.

OPINION: Even if Supervisor Joel Engardio survives the recall, it’s going to be tough for him, or any potential replacement, to function, columnist Harry Mok writes.

OPINION: “Back in the day, the Sunset was San Francisco’s more affordable, sleepy neighborhood. Now, it’s neither,” Harry Mok writes.

New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.

I’m Harry Mok, and starting this week on Thursdays, I’ll be your guide for content from the Chronicle’s Opinion section.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders the Navy to take the very rare step of stripping the name of slain San Francisco gay rights icon off ship.

Organizers of the recall campaign against the San Francisco supervisor say election officials verified more than 99% of signatures.

Sunset Dunes park may get a San Francisco supervisor recalled. Politics aside, it’s doing well.

Sunset Dunes park may get a San Francisco supervisor recalled. Politics aside, it’s doing well.

Supervisor Joel Engardio is the target of a populist revolt, though it’s not drawing the same political firepower as previous recalls.

Supervisor Joel Engardio is the target of a populist revolt, though it’s not drawing the same political firepower as previous recalls.

S.F. journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell’s student paper

Barbara Lee took an insurmountable lead in the Oakland mayoral race in the latest vote count Friday.

The markets reeled Thursday from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements. Amid the turmoil, what should you be doing with your 401(k)?

Trump is threatening birthright citizenship, the Constitutional right my predecessor Wong Kim Ark fought for in 1898 in a landmark Supreme Court case.

Wong Kim Ark may have won his Supreme Court citizenship case in 1898, but defining what...

It was five years ago this month that COVID-19-fueled incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders became so frequent that a reporting center was formed.