For the past three years, an experiment to fill empty downtown storefronts by offering free rent to small-business pop-ups has led to more than a dozen shops and restaurants securing long-term leases.

A plan to build a new, billionaire-backed city in rural Solano County has run into a fresh wave of local resistance. This time it’s over a last-minute deal led by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to ...

The 23-year-old tech prankster — known for building viral apps that do everything from Shazaming the ambient music of the Mission to making it easier to peruse Jeffrey Epstein’s emails (opens in new ...

Anybody trying to make it big in AI needs to have a San Francisco presence. Even billionaires like Jeff Bezos. Operating under a cover name, Bezos’ stealth AI startup leased around 30,000 square feet ...

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, as part of an undercover prostitution sting run by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, according to court ...

An audit released Wednesday by the city controller found a pattern of financial mismanagement involving a Japantown nonprofit, including payouts of $5.6 million in stipends over five years without ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie rejected several key recommendations from a highly critical San Francisco civil grand jury report (opens in new tab) on the city’s oversight of homelessness services, including ...

Parker Jones has been a San Francisco home appraiser for 25 years, and he’s never seen a market quite like this one. This spring, some single-family home prices are 20% higher than they were just last ...

A San Francisco police officer was shot multiple times and hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Sunday night after a robbery suspect opened fire during a car chase that ran from the Bay Bridge ...

Olympic gold medalist Ailing “Eileen” Gu has been named grand marshal of the 2026 San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. The March 7 event is organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. “We are very ...

San Francisco’s only Michelin-starred restaurant with a fire at its heart will go dark Sunday. Chef and owner Seth Stowaway confirmed Tuesday that Osito (opens in new tab) is closing. Though he said ...

Meta announced Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general representing U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia, agreeing to new ...