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The state released a man from prison after 15 years because changing views on what was called "shaken baby syndrome," has changed significantly in recent years, prosecutors and a judge agreed.
A bill making its way through the California Legislature would give opioid users a place to inject drugs under trained supervision instead of just arresting them.
Mayor London Breed marked Earth Day by announcing San Francisco is ahead of schedule in its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and has set an ambitious goal to be carbon neutral by 2045.
Baseball Digest gave legend Willie Mays its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is currently considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to have homeless people sleep in tents on city property, it's an expansion of the so-called 'safe sleeping sites'.
Amid proposals for reform, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin believes one bill in particular will hold officers more accountable. But the city's police union is already pushing back.
Two alleged gang members have been charged in federal court with a 2018 murder in San Francisco and with five other attempted murders, according to prosecutors.
The National Integrated Drought Information System -- a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting and planning -- has a unique tool that gives you up-to-date information by zip code. Click and enter your zip code.
The San Francisco school board, under attack for delaying reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and other decisions, agreed to new contract terms with the district's superintendent Tuesday.
The cold front bringing April showers to the San Francisco Bay Area Sunday night won't be strong enough to relieve the tinder-dry drought conditions, but the much needed precipitation will delay another historic wildfire season for now, according to the National Weather Service.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said there remains a long way to go in holding police accountable following the conviction of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some libraries in San Francisco will begin offering limited indoor service starting in May.
Celebrations for the unofficial pot-smoking holiday 4/20 were canceled for the second year in a row last week due to the pandemic, but San Francisco still took some preventive steps Tuesday in case crowds don't obey instructions.
A limited number of spectators will be allowed at the U.S. Women's Open in San Francisco and the U.S. Open in San Diego in June provided they are vaccinated or can show proof of a negative test for the coronavirus.
City officials announced Monday that the San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund will start accepting applications for grants starting this week.
Health officials in San Francisco announced it would follow new guidance from the state and the Centers for Disease Control allowing small indoor gatherings without masks or social distancing among fully vaccinated people.
California employers added 119,600 new jobs in March, the second straight month of growth following a topsy-turvy year of enormous losses and inconsistent gains during an unpredictable pandemic.
Students enrolled in the English as a Second Language department at City College of San Francisco -- one of several departments facing massive cuts this fall -- is getting support from a San Francisco supervisor.
San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained lat muscle.
City officials in San Francisco announced Friday that the train service on Muni's K Ingleside line would resume next month on May 15.
The latest California new unemployment claim numbers are the first real sign the state's economy is recovering. What is unknown is how many small businesses will bounce back.
A longtime journalist who got laid off from a newspaper during the early weeks of the pandemic has started the only bilingual paper of its kind in California.
A second former executive at waste and recycling company Recology has been charged with bribery in connection with a city hall corruption scandal that has ensnared former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru and other city officials.
A group of young women who were seen on surveillance video skipping out on their bill at a San Francisco Korean BBQ restaurant have come forward to make good on their debt, according to the restaurant owner.
Caltrain will not operate service to the two stations at the end of its line in San Francisco on the next two weekends because of the replacement of a rail bridge.
