OPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes.

Thermal energy networks are an under-the-radar technology that’s capable of powering entire neighborhoods. They present an unusual opportunity for communities to have a shot at owning the infrastructu...

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

Basic economic principles point to the solution for the housing affordability crisis.

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

Found photos from the 1910s highlight long-lost corners of the Bay Area with an unexpected surprise: lightness and laughter.

How did Oakland’s favorite movie theater survive for a century? The answer includes Ryan Coogler, real butter and a theater operator who fell in love with a money pit.

Residents blame the developer that promised the stairway that would connect Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods. But the developer says the city’s permitting woes are the culprit.

Urban planners call it the “8 to 80” framework: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you serve everyone in between.

Bernal Heights neighbors demanded and got a smaller building. Now they say it shouldn’t cut a private park in half. This wasn’t meant to happen.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Monday appointed housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to the City College board, a move expected to push trustees toward tighter fiscal discipline after years of...

How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.

Come help us celebrate all D9 Neighbors for Housing has accomplished this year, and also raise money to support the great work Mission Food Hub does in the neighborhood. We'll enjoy beverages and ligh...

Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.

The surrender of America’s elites

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday, offer a detailed view into the effects on income groups.

Activists are butting heads with a local preservation organization over a proposal to turn part of the city’s North Beach neighborhood into a nationally registered historic district.

I just had a front row seat to the often-infuriating incoherence of California progressive politics over housing and immigration.

"Midnight Caller," about a cop turned radio host, lasted three seasons and then largely vanished. But it recently reappeared online.

Millions of single-family homes are underused, on spacious lots. Refitting them for “roommate houses” or backyard cottages could make a difference.

A San Francisco group of Bernal Heights residents is begging the city to build more housing in its ‘rich’ neighborhood.

We can build new housing that supports our low-income and working-class neighbors, while also preserving the special character that Bernal Heights has to offer.