San Francisco

Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist in San Francisco

January 26, 2026 Janie Har

SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of Bob Weir, the legendary guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead who died last week at […]

Prosecution makes closing argument in Cash App founder’s stabbing trial

December 8, 2024 Janie Har

SAN FRANCISCO — Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of a tech consultant in the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco, an event that shocked the broader […]

San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall

June 9, 2022 Janie Har, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin following a heated campaign that captivated the country and bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform […]

San Francisco could vote out progressive DA in heated recall

June 6, 2022 Janie Har, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s progressive district attorney, elected on a platform of reducing incarceration, faces a recall election driven by a pandemic in which brutal attacks against Asian seniors and viral footage of smash-and-grab […]

Editorial Cartoon – San Francisco

November 12, 2021 The Associated Press

MATTHEWS: Democrats flout mask rules they force on common folks

September 22, 2021 Stacey Matthews

Last week, yet another prominent Democrat was caught not observing the mask rules she put in place for her city. But what was particularly revealing about the incident was not so much the mask violation […]

SHAPIRO: How Blue city governance is destroying Blue cities

June 21, 2021 Ben Shapiro

This week, a video from a San Francisco Walgreens went viral on Twitter. The video depicted a man standing next to his bicycle, loading up a garbage bag with products. The man then rides his […]

GM’s Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco

December 11, 2020 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

SAN RAMON, Calif. — General Motors’ self-driving car company is sending vehicles without anybody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service that would compete against […]

San Francisco voters approve taxes on CEOs, big businesses

November 10, 2020 Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — In an effort to address economic disparity laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved several tax measures targeting property owners and big businesses with CEOs paid far higher […]

San Francisco eyes charge to drive its famed Lombard Street

April 17, 2019 admin

SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of tourists could soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. City and state officials on Monday announced a bill that would […]