Watch CBS News
KPIX 5 has learned that State Senator Leland Yee is refusing to resign his state senate seat. According to state sources familiar with the matter, Yee has made it clear that he will ask for a leave of absence but so far has not formally requested it.
A state senator, a San Francisco supervisor, a former 49ers football player—even the Giants mascot Lou Seal—jumped off a downtown hotel building Thursday afternoon as part of a fundraiser for Outward Bound California.
The ultimate Apple Fan event returns with more gadgets, apps & tech...
Author Bill Lee, who wrote an expose on San Francisco's Chinatown, "Chinese Playground: A Memoir," said politics has often been tied to criminal activity in the past.
A woman arrested three times for trying to sneak aboard a plane bound for Hawaii was again arrested at San Francisco International Airport.
Between Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow's 2003 release from prison, and his arrest on federal charges Wednesday, Chow had billed himself as a reformed gangster who advocates on behalf of children, and received numerous awards and recognition from Bay Area lawmakers.
COMMENTARY: The headlines scream about State Senator Leland Yee and Chinatown mobster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, but the evidence against NFL sports agent wunderkind Marlon Sullivan could shake the sports world.
Stand at one of these tribute shows and you won't believe your ears.
A series of FBI raids in the Bay Area and Sacramento targeting corruption and gang activity netted the arrest of one San Francisco's most infamous criminals who in recent years worked to distance himself from his notorious past. Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow is a former member of a Chinatown street gang and later a member of a Hong Kong-based triad.
An undercover FBI agent known as "UCE 4599" in the federal criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday reveals 137 pages of evidence in a years-long investigation leading to the arrest of State Senator Leland Yee on charges related his alleged roles in money laundering, arms dealing, and his close association with suspects in a murder for hire plot.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said he was "shocked' by news of the arrest of State Sen. Leland Yee Wednesday.
Levi Strauss & Co. is planning to eliminate about 800 jobs as part of restructuring efforts over the next 12 to 18 months.
The rain was expected to taper off a bit during the afternoon hours, leaving scattered rainfall throughout the Bay Area for much of the day. Temperatures will remain on the cool side Wednesday. The storm door remains open for the rest of the week with unsettled weather and rain expected most days into next week. Friday looks like the driest day on the horizon through the weekend.
Where in San Francisco can you taste the mouth-watering, down-home flavors of the deep South? Here are five of the best spots here in the Bay to get quality eats when you want to dive into scrumptious, cheesy, spicy, creamy, calorie-laden goodness.
Tensions were high Tuesday night as the San Francisco police chief attempted to explain what led to the shooting death of a 28-year-old man at the city's Bernal Heights Park last week.
A new kind of car service has hit San Francisco's crowded streets, offering a mobile hotel room for "intimate relations."
Come the first 49ers game, or Super Bowl L, there will be plenty of beer and football inside the new Levi's Stadium, but don't expect to tap your own keg, toss a football, play a bugle, spill any substance, or bring your pet Gila monster.
Smoking e-cigarettes is getting harder to do in parts of the Bay Area after the San Francisco and Santa Clara County boards of supervisors approved restrictions on the devices Tuesday.
A Marine who lost both legs fighting in Afghanistan made a stop in the Bay Area on Tuesday, as part of a nationwide bike ride for charity.
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr scheduled a town-hall meeting in the City's Bernal Heights neighborhood Tuesday, following the fatal officer-involved shooting of a man in Bernal Heights Park last Friday.
Four Loko, a popular line of fruit-flavored alcoholic drinks, will voluntarily curb how it markets its beverages to underage drinkers due to the efforts of San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and 19 state attorneys general.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday said the city can require handgun owners to secure weapons in lockers, keep them on their bodies or apply trigger locks to the guns when stored at home. The three-judge panel also upheld the city's sales ban on ammunition that expands on impact and is often referred to as hollow point bullets.
A man has been detained in connection with a shooting in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood Sunday night.
A bicyclist was injured Tuesday morning after a collision involving a pick-up truck along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, near the Ferry Building.
A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash that sheared off a fire hydrant sending water gushing 60 feet into the air in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood early Tuesday morning, police and fire officials said.
