Shadows cast by tall and not-so-tall buildings alike have long been used to block housing in San Francisco, and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood wants it to end.

A newly hired San Francisco sheriff’s deputy was fired after allegedly engaging in “sexual misconduct” in a jail bathroom with an incarcerated person, according to the sheriff’s department ...

As nurses and doctors worked to resuscitate a man passed out on the linoleum floor of the UCSF Parnassus Medical Center waiting room, the words of a ...

Daniel Tsai, director of the Department of Public Health, speaking during a press conference at the Maria X Martinez Health Center on February 11, 2025. Photo by Kelly Waldron. Mission Local is ...

The heated rivalry between two San Francisco-based artificial intelligence companies has found its way onto the city’s concrete. Unknown San Franciscans have taken to the sidewalks outside the ...

The data was downloaded from the San Francisco Department of Elections. The final results were certified on Dec. 3, 2024. For state propositions and races, visit CalMatters. The charts on this page ...

Candidates for Superior Court Judge, Alexandra Pray (left) and Phoebe Maffei (right). Photos from candidates' campaign websites. Phoebe Maffei, a prosecutor in the San Francisco district attorney’s ...

Supervisor Connie Chan at a rally in 2024. Her run for Congress has earned her a broad coalition of support from city unions, as well as umbrella groups like the San Francisco Labor Council, the San ...

Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s plan to fund drug-free homeless housing in San Francisco was sent back to committee for edits Tuesday afternoon after the San Francisco Marin Medical Society, Coalition on ...

On 16th Street. Photo by Michael Santiago.

A Filipina immigrant and surgical nurse faces the risk of losing her job as delays in her DACA renewal process leave her work authorization in limbo on May 10, 2026. Photo by Zoe Malen. Some three ...

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