San Francisco Mayor, Unions To Begin Pension Reform Talks
Formal negotiations begin Thursday between San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and public employee unions to resolve the city's growing pension and health benefits problem.
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Formal negotiations begin Thursday between San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and public employee unions to resolve the city's growing pension and health benefits problem.
There were two major developments Wednesday in the legal battle over same-sex marriage. President Obama decided to stop defending the federal ban on gay marriage, and gay couples in California are asking a federal court to let same sex weddings resume here immediately.
The main cables of the Golden Gate Bridge will be renovated for the first time since the span opened in 1937.
An elderly woman suffered life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in San Francisco's Richmond District Tuesday afternoon, police and fire officials said.
San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi filed his declaration of intent to run with the elections department just days after Sheriff Michael Hennessey announced he would not be seeking re-election this November.
If you've ever been towed for parking illegally in the city of San Francisco, you know how it feels to get hit with that $450 bill. But it can get a lot worse than that.
Former San Francisco supervisor and mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez is returning to public service today as chief attorney for the public defender's office.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee plans to meet with Public Defender Jeff Adachi on Wednesday to talk about ways to reform the city's pension system.
Downtown San Francisco may see its first snowfall in more than 30 years this week.
More than 150 feet of power lines came down in San Francisco Saturday night, causing outages and disrupting service on San Francisco Municipal Railway's N-Judah line.
It is a state of uncertainty in both the city and county of San Francisco, as several key positions need to be filled in the coming election.
Shrinking budgets and a special retirement program under review could translate into much leaner times for the San Francisco Police Department in the coming years.
A 21-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot multiple times in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood Saturday evening, according to police.
A man believed to be the last surviving worker who helped construct the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge has died.
San Francisco is accusing six smoke shops of selling illicit drug paraphernalia used for cocaine, crack and methamphetamine.
Word that pink slips would not be mailed this year was welcome news, following several years of severe cuts within San Francisco's Rec and Park Department.
A second man accused of swindling customers at a funeral home in San Francisco's Bayview District pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges in the case.
The Bay Area's median home price dipped more than 3 percent last month to $338,000 from $350,000 in January 2010 as distress sales and bargain hunting continued to dominate the market.
A passenger was stabbed while riding a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus in the city's Outer Mission neighborhood on Wednesday, a Muni spokesman said.
The Bay Area is seeing one of its best crab seasons in years, but the initial rush has one state legislator looking to set limits on the number of traps allowed.
San Francisco Police and City Attorney Dennis Herrera are taking steps to crack down on store fronts in the Mission District and the Excelsior that allegedly peddle drug paraphernalia.
Authorities have removed a barge that became beached near San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club Tuesday, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said Wednesday.
A man accused of swindling customers at a funeral home in San Francisco's Bayview District pleaded not guilty to charges in the case just hours after his alleged co-conspirator surrendered to authorities.
