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"As one of the top law enforcement officials for the city, he ought not to have engaged in the beating of his wife," Mayor Ed Lee told reporters at an impromptu news conference shortly before the city's Ethics Commission opened a multi-day administrative hearing on official misconduct charges.
Known for its artisan pastries and sandwiches, San Francisco-based La Boulange is under the microscope as employees claim that the company has violated the city's ordinance mandating health coverage.
A man whose brother is accused of killing five people in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood in March was sentenced Tuesday in an unrelated drug case.
An African American sailing group is suing San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club for the right to challenge Oracle Racing as the United States representative to the upcoming America's Cup.
An author may have specific ideas about how a reader should enjoy his or her work. In San Francisco, a group is taking an unusual tact on how literature might be enjoyed.
Possible "retiree", Morrissey has booked a 33-city U.S. tour that starts in Boston in October and includes a stop on November 16 in San Francisco...
Hi Tops will take up residence at 2247 Market Street, most recently home to the restaurant Lime. The planned opening was first reported last week by the restaurant blog Grub Street.
Tiger Woods is back on the course with a share of the U.S. Open lead.
Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire at a construction site in San Francisco's Hunter's Point neighborhood early Saturday morning.
San Francisco General Hospital officials have been unable to identify the woman, who remains in critical condition and has been unable to tell staff her name. They have issued a call to the public for help.
He shot two respectable rounds on a brutally tough golf course, not bad for a guy who hadn't competed seriously for six years.
PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said the San Bruno Avenue fire presented a "unique situation." In a normal situation crews can shutoff a building's gas valve but in this case the valve was too close to the fire.
A San Francisco State project that aims to improve acceptance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth has created a new handbook to help reconcile the teachings of the Mormon Church with the needs of an LGBT child.
A San Francisco couple faces murder charges for allegedly killing a man last week they suspected of pimping their teenage daughter.
Get up-to-the-minute U.S. Open news updates as well as the live leaderboard and latest tee times information.
A bicyclist has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of a pedestrian he struck in San Francisco's Castro District in March, District Attorney George Gascon announced Thursday.
Complete Coverage of the 2012 U.S. Open golf competition at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. See the live leaderboard and get the latest information on tee times and much more.
It took many East Bay golf fans hours to get to the Olympic Club for the start of the U.S. Open Thursday because of the early morning fire that forced Bay Area Rapid Transit to shut down the Transbay Tube.
Bay Area Rapid Transit's Transbay Tube between Oakland and San Francisco was shut down Thursday due to a three-alarm fire at a construction site near the West Oakland BART station, officials said.
BART officials were holding out hope that some service would be restored by Thursday afternoon, but a spokesperson advised commuters traveling between Oakland and San Francisco to find an alternate route of travel, specifically car, bus or ferry.
Big Island police are investigating the possible drowning of a 50-year-old San Francisco man who was snorkeling along the Kohala Coast.
A research firm says home sales soared in the San Francisco Bay area last month as more expensive properties drew strong interest from buyers.
Runoff elections between the top two vote-getters would decide contests for mayor, sheriff, city attorney, district attorney, treasurer and assessor where no candidate got a 50 percent plus one vote majority.
Two people died in a shooting in San Francisco's Silver Terrace neighborhood on Wednesday night, police and medical examiner's officials said.
San Francisco hopes a cold nose and a warm heart will help end the problem of panhandling.
