Newly analyzed census data reveals where the city’s Black population fell most sharply since 1970 — and the neighborhoods fighting to keep their history.

Dams sickened the Klamath River for over a century. Across generations, a family fought to heal the waterway and save its salmon.

A look back at 2025 through the perspective of S.F. Chronicle photojournalists and contributors.

Evan’s story has inspired those around him, offering a glimmer of hope amid S.F.'s relentless fentanyl crisis, which continues to claim hundreds of lives a year.

Chronicle photographers have followed every step of Nancy Pelosi’s career, from Pacific Heights to Capitol Hill. Over the decades, these are the best photographs captured by staff photographers.

Protests erupted across the Bay Area as federal agents prepared to launch an immigration enforcement crackdown.

Cardiac doctors in San Francisco are increasingly seeing young people hospitalized with a deadly heart infection caused by injecting drugs.

An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.

How this group of teenagers became the first people in 100 years to paddle all 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River.

Long-forgotten photos from the Chronicle archive capture the scene at Jerry Garcia’s Golden Gate Park memorial, where 20,000 fans gathered to sing, dance and mourn the Grateful Dead guitarist.

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The Chronicle was honored for uncovering the secret deals that hide police misconduct and documenting the deadly toll of police chases.

The Golden State Warriors have once again ended the Houston Rockets’ season by winning an NBA Western Conference playoff series.

In her first public comments, former San Jose State volleyball player Blaire Fleming said she was suicidal after being outed as transgender by a teammate.

Incredible images of the home that slid into the Russian River as an atmospheric river storm struck Northern California.

Across the country, police chases claim nearly 700 lives a year. Black people are far more likely to die from them.

An explosive fire at a San Francisco Bay Area refinery burned most of the skin off Jerome Serrano. Here is how he and his family are surviving.

San Jose State’s women’s volleyball team will face Colorado State in the Mountain West’s championship match Saturday for a chance for an NCAA tournament berth.

We asked four different generative AI models to depict today’s San Francisco, its residents and how the city would look in 2074.