1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (523+ words) As rents skyrocket, developers are predicting a building boom in the next two years. It’s a tale as old as time. Legislators pass a law to make it easier to build homes, but nothing gets built because of factors beyond…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1526+ words) San Francisco’s famous shopping district became synonymous with closures and dysfunction. Now the conditions are in place for it to thrive again. When Claudia Campos looks around her Painted Leopard coffee shop, she sees a cross-section of the city. She…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (144+ words) The quake centered in Oakland was felt in San Francisco and around the Bay Area. A 3.8 earthquake in Oakland struck at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. (opens in new tab) The shaking could be felt in San…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (204+ words) Two Haight Street icons, Toronado and The Deluxe, are set to return by the end of the month. Anyone looking for a good excuse to knock back a couple of drinks will have at least three easy ones in June....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (894+ words) Despite buyer fatigue, agents predict “no summer break,” with frantic bidding wars and millions over asking continuing to be the norm. San Francisco is notoriously a boom-and-bust town. But this spring, the real estate market was at its boomiest. In…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1421+ words) It took a village (and an earthquake) to make the “sleepy” neighborhood one of the city’s hottest real estate markets. When Lamisse Droubi was growing up in Noe Valley in the 1970s and ’80s, her St. Ignatius classmates had barely heard of…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1672+ words) In a city of AI riches and skyrocketing rents, housing evictions hit a 10-year high in 2025 — and this year is trending even worse. It’s another day of reckoning at San Francisco’s eviction court. It’s a process that has become achingly…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (495+ words) Legislation introduced this month would bring city health code in line with state law — but neighborhood bar owners say the timing couldn’t be worse. San Francisco is trying to stub out your ability to make a bad decision. Supervisor Myrna…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1160+ words) The world’s most famous climber has been funding his own clean energy project. The city is helping him take it to another level. Alex Honnold was halfway through a salad and fries at Souvla in Dogpatch when a woman who…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (478+ words) With the race for his seat already underway, it’s unclear whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will call a special election. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress on Monday, three days after explosive accounts of sexual misconduct eroded much of his political…...