12 things you probably haven’t done in San Francisco — but should ASAP
Maybe you’ve heard about San Francisco’s doom loop. But have you met its jumbo nude?As just about any San Franciscan could tell you, “doom loop”…
Scientist and green-card holder detained at San Francisco Airport
A Texas Lyme-disease researcher who came to the U.S. from South Korea at age 5 and is a longtime legal permanent resident was detained at…
Giant pandas and the ugly fight to control the San Francisco Zoo
Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San…
Galal Yafai: Francisco Rodriguez Jr returns ‘adverse finding’ after shock win over Briton
Francisco Rodriguez Jr faces an anti-doping investigation after his shock win over British flyweight Galal Yafai, says Matchroom Boxing.Yafai's promoters have been told the Mexican…
New York, San Francisco and other cities cap Pride month with party, protest
NEW YORK — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its crescendo as New York and other major cities in the U.S. and around the world hosted…
Esa-Pekka Salonen leaves the San Francisco Symphony
SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday night, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted his San Francisco Symphony in a staggering performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, known as the “Resurrection.” It was…
‘Awake in the Floating City’: Holding on in a San Francisco high-rise
Book Review Awake in the Floating City By Susanna KwanPantheon: 320 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
San Francisco ties clean needle distribution for drug users to treatment
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who won election in November on the pledge to crack down on the city’s fentanyl crisis, announced a new…
Gavin Newsom’s approach to fixing homelessness in San Francisco outraged activists. And he’s proud of it
When San Francisco’s homelessness problem swelled in the early 2000s, Gavin Newsom endorsed a radical plan for the famously liberal city.Then a San Francisco supervisor…
Supreme Court rules for San Francisco, limits EPA’s power on stormwater discharges
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled for San Francisco on Tuesday, limiting the power of environmental regulators to prevent ocean discharges of polluted storm water.…
L.A.’s classical KUSC will merge programming with San Francisco sister station
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: Los Angeles will soon be sharing its venerable classical music radio station KUSC with San Francisco.Starting this…
San Francisco gives mayor new powers to tackle drug use, homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie notched an early victory in his crusade against the city’s twin crises of homelessness and fentanyl addiction, getting sign-off…
San Francisco Democratic Party chair seeks move to middle
SAN FRANCISCO — These are soul-searching days for Democrats, a time of reckoning and self-criticism as they try to comprehend why they lost Congress and the White…
San Francisco sues Trump administration over crackdown on sanctuary cities
SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest national battle over immigration, San Francisco on Friday announced it was filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent directives…
Francisco San Martin, ‘Days of Our Lives’ actor, dies at 39
Francisco San Martin, an actor who appeared on the soap operas “Days of Our Lives” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” has died in Los…
Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What’s changed?
SAN FRANCISCO — After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco plummeted in 2024, according to…
Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of…
After losing reelection, San Francisco mayor says she leaves office ‘a winner’
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London Breed may have lost reelection, but after more than six years at the helm of one of America’s most iconic cities,…
Daniel Lurie was raised in old money San Francisco. Can he be its change agent?
SAN FRANCISCO — In his victory speech three days after winning election, surrounded by hundreds of supporters in Chinatown, mayor-elect Daniel Lurie declared a new day…
Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie wins San Francisco mayor’s race
SAN FRANCISCO — Philanthropist and Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie has won the hard-fought race for San Francisco mayor, ushering in a new era of leadership for…