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- Only one S.F. neighborhood saw a decrease in poop complaintsSince 2012, San Francisco’s 311 hotline has received over 230,000 complaints about human or animal waste.By Adriana Rezal
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- San Francisco schools are often extremely segregated. We look at which schools are most diverse and least diverse using an academically-supported formula, and why that might be. By Nami Sumida
- Leanna Louie, who is running for election in District Four, posted messages on Instagram and Facebook that twice referred to Mission Local editor and columnist Joe Eskenazi as “Joe EskeNAZI.” By Emma Talley and J.D. Morris
- There were few if any fans of the veto, but homeless people, many of whom have little choice but to succumb to their drug needs outside in plain view, were especially irked by Newsom’s veto. By Kevin Fagan
- A high-ranking official at San Francisco Public Works used department letterhead to write a positive character reference on behalf of Mohammed Nuru who is expected to be sentenced this week. The official later said it was a mistake to use Public... By Sam Whiting
- Major hurdles remain in the way of a potential San Francisco site, and it’s still not clear when such a facility might get up and running in light of the governor’s veto. By J.D. Morris and Mallory Moench
- A three-alarm fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at a building located at 1604 McAllister Street, the San Francisco Fire Department said. By Jordan Parker
- The San Francisco City Attorney is investigating the San Rafael Police Department after a marked patrol vehicle was filmed allegedly leaving a homeless man in a residential area of San Francisco. By Sam Whiting
- Club Deluxe will remain open at its Haight-Ashbury location after coming to an agreement with the property owners on a new lease, Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday. By Jessica Flores
- This Fogust, The Chronicle’s photo department presents a visual ode to one of the city’s most famous characters with this collection of some of The Chronicle's best images of fog, spanning decades, photographers, neighborhoods and seasons. By Ash Adams
- Kevin Fisher-Paulson reflects on the history of his family’s Bedlam Blue Bungalow in San Francisco as it goes through necessary changes. By Kevin Fisher-Paulson
- San Francisco police said they were investigating a stabbing that left a man dead in the city’s Bayview neighborhood, near the area of Wallace Avenue and Jennings Street. By Jordan Parker
- This little-known 401(k) option lets you invest in your favorite cause. Here’s how it works By Carolyn Said
- The delays, which impacted the San Francisco line in the East Bay and Daly City SFO./Millbrae directions, were caused by unauthorized personnel in the Transbay Tube. By Trisha Thadani
- The rally took place on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, near the epicenter of the city’s overdose epidemic. By Sam Whiting
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This weekly chess tournament is bringing people back to downtown S.F. Could it be a model for the...The Mechanics’ Institute Chess Room’s tournaments are bringing people back to downtown, a model for how events can be a draw when office workers are still mostly staying away. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- San Francisco’s east side builds far more housing than the west and south. A Chronicle data analysis shows just how stark that difference is. By Danielle Echeverria
- A study says manipulative social media accounts are using viral crime stories to stoke division between Black and Asian communities. A coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander groups is sounding the warning. By Justin Phillips
- Currently, there are no plans to put the fences back in place. The fences were erected at the request of Supervisor Hillary Ronen in an effort to discourage illegal vending which officials say is making the area unsafe and lawless. By Emma Talley
- On Saturday at Chan Kajaal Park park in the Mission, the California Domestic Workers Coalition celebrated the two-year anniversary of the group’s outreach program, as well as the labor of the workers themselves, with a festival. By Danielle Echeverria
- The list of workers with six-figure overtime compensation accounts for only a small fraction of the city’s massive workforce, which totals more than 30,000 people. By J.D. Morris
- Spurred by concern over crimes against Asians Americans and property crimes in the area, a Chinatown merchant has trained her workers in martial arts. By Elissa Miolene
- San Francisco’s highest-paid employee has moved on but his replacement is getting the same pay deal. Alison Romano heads the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, which handles pensions and defined contribution plans for 75,000 current and... By Michael Cabanatuan
- San Francisco has launched its permitting system for street vendors in an effort to crack down on the resale of stolen goods in crowded public plazas, with enforcement expected to start next month. By Mallory Moench
- During World War II, this 417-acre parcel in Pacifica — belonging to San Francisco — held an “alien enemy” internment camp that has been almost entirely forgotten today. By Gary Kamiya
- Residents of 33 Tehama ran up thousands in credit card debt, crashed in hotels and with family members and some said they may have to leave San Francisco after a burst pipe in June turned out to be just the start of their troubles. By Rachel Swan
- A San Francisco State University parking lot is a top candidate to become the home to at least 50 homeless households living in RVs as the city pushes to get vehicles off the streets and into a safer place. By Mallory Moench
- The San Francisco Heritage said it was helping the owner of Club Deluxe apply for legacy status in an effort to help the business remain open. By Jessica Flores
- Earlier this month, the school board voted to recognize two Muslim holy days, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, as district holidays after months of community activism. But now the resolution has drawn threats of legal action for violating the... By Emma Talley
- San Francisco police announced Thursday that a 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a man in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood last month. By Annie Vainshtein
- San Francisco firefighters were able to use smartphone geo-locating features to locate the hiker quickly, officials said. By Emma Talley
- New data on San Francisco’s homeless population shows fewer unhoused people in the southeast corner of the city — a previously hard-hit area — and a new spike on the city’s west side, which includes the Sunset. By Mallory Moench and Kevin Fagan
- Leanna Louie, one of two challengers trying to unseat incumbent Supervisor Gordon Mar, defended herself in an interview with The Chronicle on Wednesday. By J.D. Morris
- San Francisco homelessness officials now estimate a jaw-dropping 20,000 people live unhoused in the city throughout the year — and for every one person housed, another four lose their housing. By Kevin Fagan and Mallory Moench
- San Francisco’s famously chilly summers are the result of fog, but September will bring hotter, drier air courtesy of the Diablo winds. By Gerry Díaz
- The number of Latinos experiencing homelessness skyrocketed even as the city’s overall number of homeless people has dipped. By Mallory Moench and Kevin Fagan
- Bay Area health care providers have begun administering the monkeypox vaccine to residents using a newly approved injection method that allows them to inoculate up to five times more people than the earlier method did. By Catherine Ho
- Thieves stole thousands of dollars in gift cards as well as equipment from the Community Youth Center in the Richmond District in a burglary reported Wednesday morning. By Michael Cabanatuan
- In an effort to clarify their stance on contact tracing for monkeypox, San Francisco health officials sought to reassure residents Wednesday that they are still reaching out to contacts of patients who are willing to reveal those associates --... By Nanette Asimov
- As San Francisco students headed back to school Wednesday, there was hope among parents, teachers and education officials that for the first time in three years, the district would be laser focused on student learning and free of scandals. By Jill Tucker and Annie Vainshtein
- The Panoramic Hotel in the South of Market neighborhood is making sure formerly homeless tenants get the services they need to rebuild their lives. But some supportive housing tenants and advocates worry that the city is exacerbating a two-tiered... By Sabrina Pascua
- Jennifer Tan remembers her kindergarten teacher, who not only taught her to read, but how to be a good person. On Wednesday, Tan returned to the Chinatown school where she thrived and waved to her former teacher, who is now her boss: Principal Choy. By Jill Tucker
- Recent attacks on older Asian American residents are again rocking San Francisco, prompting interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to convene her first town hall on the issue alongside Police Chief Bill Scott. By Joshua Sharpe
- The government of San Francisco employs tens of thousands of workers across its 50 city and county departments. Here's a look at what these people make in salary per year. By Nami Sumida
- The 88 Bluxome saga is one of the city’s most prominent examples of how the pandemic and remote work have plunged San Francisco development into a historic downturn. By Roland Li
- California’s unprecedented review of San Francisco’s slow housing approval process has been questioned by Supervisor Dean Preston. Assemblyman Matt Haney supports it. By J.D. Morris
- Answering questions for a group of writers gave me some insights of my own. By Kevin Fisher-Paulson
- While it’s difficult to capture the health of an entire school district with a handful of numbers, the Chronicle pulled together some data to give a sense of where San Francisco’s schools stand on a range of issues. By Jill Tucker and Alex K. Fong
- A grass fire near Interstate 580 in the Castro Valley hills was threatening structures Monday as temperatures rose and winds picked up. A smaller fire in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Park was quickly extinguished Monday afternoon. By Michael Cabanatuan
- Privacy advocates are challenging the San Francisco Police Department’s use of private surveillance cameras to monitor Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 in court, saying it violated an ordinance requiring supervisors’ permission to use such... By Bob Egelko
- Plans for congestion pricing have been “paused” in San Francisco while New York City moves toward becoming the first U.S. city that charges a toll to enter its busiest districts. The proposal has sparked controversy. By Michael Cabanatuan
- Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco now has extra time before the deadline federal officials had set to withhold funding and shut down the public nursing home. By Nanette Asimov
- Adam Neumann, the controversial co-founder of WeWork, has a big new backer for his new housing startup Flow: Andreessen Horowitz. By Roland Li
- A person in custody at San Francisco County jails is the first inmate with a confirmed case of monkeypox, Sheriff’s Office officials said Monday. By Aidin Vaziri
- San Francisco police announced Monday that an 18-year-old and two juveniles were arrested on suspicion of assaulting and robbing an older Asian woman on Francisco Street last month. By Sam Whiting
- Jenkins said she was paid $153,000 for her consulting work with Neighbors for a Better San Francisco. She said this work included analyzing the impact of Proposition 47, the 2014 ballot measure that lowered penalties for many property and drug... By Megan Cassidy
- A 23-year-old man was arrested and booked on suspicion of homicide after police accused him of shooting and killing two of his relatives over the weekend, officials said Monday. By Dominic Fracassa
- Catalytic converter thefts are all too common in the Bay Area, and SFO isn’t immune. But how common is it at the airport, where more than 1 million cars sit idle each year for various stretches of time? By Annie Vainshtein
- Reasons for going on strike include high workloads for workers and high wait times — weeks or even months, according to union officials — for patients. By Jessica Flores
- Brooke Jenkins and Shamann Walton are the latest examples of San Francisco politicians turning missteps into controversies by their handling of them. By Justin Phillips
- Griffith was bitten by a tick in Oregon in 2015, causing an illness that eventually became debilitating, her aunt told The Chronicle. By Rachel Swan
- San Francisco police announced Monday that an 18-year-old and two juveniles were arrested on suspicion of assaulting and robbing an older Asian woman on Francisco Street last month. By Sam Whiting
- Jenkins said she was paid $153,000 for her consulting work with Neighbors for a Better San Francisco. She said this work included analyzing the impact of Proposition 47, the 2014 ballot measure that lowered penalties for many property and drug... By Megan Cassidy
- A 23-year-old man was arrested and booked on suspicion of homicide after police accused him of shooting and killing two of his relatives over the weekend, officials said Monday. By Dominic Fracassa
- Catalytic converter thefts are all too common in the Bay Area, and SFO isn’t immune. But how common is it at the airport, where more than 1 million cars sit idle each year for various stretches of time? By Annie Vainshtein
- Reasons for going on strike include high workloads for workers and high wait times — weeks or even months, according to union officials — for patients. By Jessica Flores
- Brooke Jenkins and Shamann Walton are the latest examples of San Francisco politicians turning missteps into controversies by their handling of them. By Justin Phillips
- Griffith was bitten by a tick in Oregon in 2015, causing an illness that eventually became debilitating, her aunt told The Chronicle. By Rachel Swan
- It’s nice to be reminded that a quaint, classy town like Carmel still exists, while Muir Woods provides a necessary respite from the struggles of city life. By Carl Nolte
- The owner of a little, vacant lot in the Tenderloin wants to turn it into 100% affordable housing. But in a city that makes building housing so expensive and time-consuming, he’s no closer now than when he began. By Heather Knight
- The pending eviction of a 61-year-old chef from his San Francisco home of more than half a century because of a technicality has been delayed, along with four other cases, after a series of protests calling attention to their situation. By J.K. Dineen
- San Francisco must build 82,000 new housing units by 2030. The state said its current plan isn’t realistic, and that it should develop a Plan B. By J.K. Dineen
- A state agency is investigating allegations made last year by supporters of former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin that a group that helped fund the recall campaign against him violated campaign finance laws. By Mallory Moench and Megan Cassidy
- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is under scrutiny after disclosing she was paid more than $100,000 by a nonprofit organization linked to the recall campaign of her predecessor and former boss, Chesa Boudin. By Susie Neilson
- Former school board member Gabriela López, who was recalled from office in February, has filed to run again. By Jill Tucker
- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ political ascendancy benefited from two political narratives that have had big holes poked in them. By Justin Phillips
- John Hamasaki, a criminal defense attorney and former San Francisco police commissioner, declared his intent to run for district attorney Thursday. Former fire Commissioner Joe Alioto Veronese also officially entered the race, bringing the contest... By Megan Cassidy and Rachel Swan
- Traffic on the popular Bay Bridge has nearly rebounded to 2019 levels with slight changes to its busiest days and peak congestion times. By Ricardo Cano
- Most people agree they see plenty of misinformation online, but not all ages react to it in the same way, according to a recent study. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- From juicy cochinita pibil to big bowls of relleno negro, you’ll find all sorts of regional specialties from the Yucatan peninsula in San Francisco, so long as you know where to look. By Omar Mamoon
- Jenkins’ disclosure provoked controversy because she said she worked on the Boudin recall in a volunteer capacity. By J.D. Morris, Mallory Moench and Megan Cassidy
- An abortion rights activist who was dragged off the hardwood floor of Chase Center during a protest at a Warriors-Celtics game in the NBA Finals has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that she was unlawfully injected with a sedative while in custody. By Sam Whiting
- A color-coded parody map of San Francisco that defines neighborhoods by their supposed characteristics — and their food — is going viral on Twitter. By Danielle Echeverria
- Will Gavin Newsom allow San Francisco to try supervised consumption sites for drug users? Supporters of the sites fear a veto as Newsom considers a presidential run, and Chronicle columnist Heather Knight tells him why that would be a bad idea. By Heather Knight
- San Francisco’s political war over how to fix its housing crisis just heated up, with the city now facing a lawsuit that argues one of two measures to streamline affordable housing should be removed from the November ballot. By Mallory Moench
- California regulators proposed fines for both ride-hailing companies for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among passengers and drivers. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- A successful math pilot program at one elementary school is being expanded, as San Francisco works to tackle an achievement gap. By Jill Tucker
- The California Department of Housing and Community Development said Tuesday that it would focus on San Francisco for its first-ever “housing policy and practice review.” By J.K. Dineen
- Each August, National Night Out gives cops a chance to better connect with their community. By Kevin Fisher-Paulson
- San Francisco has demanded more vaccines and treatment options for its soaring cases of monkeypox — but the city has all but abandoned a time-honored method of containing outbreaks: contact tracing. By Nanette Asimov
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New river cruise out of S.F. Bay will tour Northern California for 8 days, with prices as high as...A new cruise will soon pamper passengers on a unique river journey from San Francisco to Stockton, Sacramento, Napa and back — with prices topping out at nearly $12,000 per person. By Jessica Flores
- The appointed top prosecutor drew attention after she quit working for Chesa Boudin’s office and joined the campaign to recall him. By Rachel Swan
- The in-the-moment spectacle of having something beautiful — or even challenging — placed in front of you is one of the best parts of dining out. By Soleil Ho
- Data from the IRS show the difference between where richer and poorer San Franciscans fled to at the height of the pandemic. By Susie Neilson
- Police said they arrested Derrick Yearby on suspicion of aggravated battery and elder abuse in the South of Market attack. By Trisha Thadani and Rachel Swan
- The campaign against violent attacks on Asian elders erupted Sunday onto Columbus Avenue, where a raucous drum corps and protesters’ chants distracted outdoor brunches and disrupted the flow of double-decker tour buses. By Sam Whiting
- Artist Jim Denevan’s latest project features conical mounds of sand arranged in a perfect circle, soon to be lost to the forces of nature. By Kellie Hwang
- In the rush to condemn and politicize school board member Ann Hsu’s racist comment about Black and brown parents, we’re missing the bigger picture. By Justin Phillips
- The two sides at odds over the future of this beloved movie house agree on one thing: The building at the center of the looming dispute cannot be replaced. By John King
- The round of layoffs comes just three months after On Deck laid off a quarter of its staff in May. By Emma Talley
- Gregory Chew, a former member of the city’s arts, film and immigrant rights commissions, blacked out after being punched in the South of Market neighborhood. By Rachel Swan
- The group maneuvered through cars and caused traffic jams for 30 minutes on Saturday afternoon. By Rachel Swan
- The district attorney is leading an investigation into a use of potentially deadly force during a foot chase on Saturday morning, which left no one shot. By Rachel Swan
- He was the biggest man at the University of San Francisco, the star of our amazing basketball team. I was just starting out in the newspaper game, sports editor of the USF Foghorn. By Carl Nolte
- The comparable financial hauls keep the two candidates on track for what is shaping up to be a highly competitive race for the supervisor seat that represents SoMa, Mission Bay and Treasure Island. By J.D. Morris
- Dangerous driving in San Francisco is prevalent, but police issue just 10 traffic citations a day — a huge drop from 74 a day just three years ago. “What exactly are they doing?” asked a data analyst who shared his findings with columnist Heather... By Heather Knight
- The incident has caused an uproar after Walton reportedly erupted in anger and used a racial slur at the security checkpoint. By Carolyn Said