4+ hour, 19+ min ago  (959+ words) Tyler Toler has suffered through the trifecta of bacterial STIs: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis. While the corresponding itching, burning, and rash felt bad enough, the pain of treatment and the social fallout that often followed were worse. Toler dreaded the awkward…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (555+ words) A fire that gutted a historic San Francisco church on Monday may have been sparked by the very renovations meant to preserve it, officials said. The three-alarm fire spread through the San Francisco Central Seventh-day Adventist Church as crews worked…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (591+ words) Despite a growing budget and attention from virtually every politician in San Francisco, homelessness response systems are failing to produce adequate outcomes and lack sufficient oversight. "Homelessness is growing faster than it is being resolved," the report reads. "The current…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (168+ words) KQED This measure would decrease taxes on small to midsized businesses by raising the threshold for a tax exemption from businesses with $5 million in gross receipts to $7. 5 million. This proposal would also increase the scheduled Top Executive Pay Tax rate…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (294+ words) Follow the key races and measures across the nine Bay Area counties. The San Francisco Symphony's 115th season kicks off on Sept. 8, 2026, and today the orchestra announced a slate of multifaceted programming that includes several premieres and fresh collaborations. Nov. 1921, 2026, Alonzo…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1806+ words) Next weekend, Carnaval San Francisco will take over the streets of San Francisco's Mission District, bringing a flurry of colors, feathers and sequins " moving to the beats of samba, regional mexicano and reggaeton. This community celebration, now in its 47th year,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1421+ words) San Franciscans love to gather at Dolores Park to watch the skyline glow at sunset. The hard edges of the Transamerica Pyramid catch the light. Then the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, with its Art Deco-inspired windows, and finally, the spiraling…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (461+ words) San Francisco supervisors plan to propose a policy directing local police to identify federal immigration agents conducting arrests in the city after a mother was arrested by plainclothes officers at San Francisco International Airport last week. Supervisors Bilal Mahmood and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1292+ words) Alex Caffee walks through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, to go surfing in San Francisco's Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. Alex Caffee was starting his morning like any other, with a trip to Ocean Beach in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (330+ words) Just hours after San Francisco officials and advocates raised the alarm on Thursday on a recent spike in city homicides, a shooting in the Mission District left one person with life-threatening injuries, police said. The shooting occurred around 3 p. m, according…...