District faces pushback against potential San Francisco school district layoffs

San Francisco schools are looking at cutting staff to offset a severe budget crisis. While the district is set to vote on looking at reducing staff, the teachers union is demanding the district to not make any cuts, and instead are calling on the state to increase funding.

Chinese Hospital founded in San Francisco due to discrimination

San Francisco's only independent hospital, the Chinese Hos[ital, started more than 120 years ago as a way to address discrimination in healthcare is expanding.

Chinese Hospital, created due to discrimination, faces similar challenges today
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San Francisco's only independent hospital, the Chinese Hos[ital, that started more than 120 years ago as a way to address discrimination in healthcare is expanding. KTVU's Henry Lee reports on how the medical center is thriving.

16-year-old girl found dead on SF street ID'd as Stanislaus Co. teenager

A teen girl who was found dead last week along a gritty street in San Francisco was identified Tuesday as 16-year-old Stanislaus County resident Victorria Moran-Hidalgo.

Oil prices, Silicon Valley business, jeopardized by Russian and Ukrainian conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the stakes for a Russian invasion of Ukraine Monday, causing a ripple effect on the global economy, and heightening anxiety for both Russian and Ukrainian residents across the Bay Area.

'Buzzless' beverages will be the main attraction at San Francisco non-alcoholic speakeasy

A San Francisco restaurant owner is planning to open the city's first non-alcoholic speakeasy. Nielsen data predicts “buzzless beverages” will be one of the biggest trends of 2022.

San Francisco showing signs of economic recovery

The impact the pandemic had on San Francisco's economy is well documented, but there are signs that things may be turning around.

Tech worker and former Miss SF Chinatown takes over family business

Chelsea Hung is the owner of Washington Bakery and Restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown, a business started by her mother almost three decades ago. The former Miss San Francisco Chinatown had moved to New York City and was working in tech. Then an unexpected life change came in 2018.

Death of 16-year-old girl in San Francisco deemed suspicious

San Francisco police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl in the 600 block of Minna Street, which the coroner has deemed suspicious. 

Bay Area Ukranians on edge, waiting to see if war breaks out

Stress and tension ran high over the threat of the looming Russian invasion at a Bay Area Ukranian church over the weekend.

SF Chinese New Year celebrations continue with street fair

Chinese New Year celebrations continued Sunday in San Francisco. Many who gathered were relieved to experience some 'normalcy' again.

Chinese New Year dragon named after Jasper Wu, boy killed by stray bullet on Oakland freeway

The West Coast Lion Dance Troupe has named one of their dragons after Jasper Wu, the boy killed in a recent senseless tragedy. KTVU's Amber Lee talked with the founders and dancers of the group, who performed at the Chinese New Year parade Saturday.

San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 2022 roars back in style

The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is the largest celebration of its kind in the world, organizers say, with thousands of fans who lined up along Market Street Saturday night to witness dancers, tigers and floats ring in the lunar new year.

Thousands line San Francisco streets as Chinese New Year Parade returns

Spectators lined the streets of San Francisco on Saturday evening to take in a beloved city tradition, the annual Chinese New Year Parade. Last year’s parade was scrapped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Legal questions mount amid San Francisco rape kit DNA case

Revelations that the San Francisco police crime lab used a sexual assault victim’s DNA against her in an unrelated property crime case — and the allegation that it may be a common practice in California — has prompted a national outcry.

Behind the scenes look at Chinese New Year Parade floats

The Chinese New Year parade is one of the most spectacular in the world, in large part because of the creative floats that wind their way through the city.

SFPD arrest man suspected of 9 bank robberies

Investigators believe Willie Thomas, 33, is responsible for nine bank robberies going as far back as Jan. 25.