Santa Clara, San Francisco counties expect to enter orange tier within days

Santa Clara County and San Francisco County are expecting to join San Mateo County and move into the orange tier next week, as COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward.

SFUSD board member apologizes for 2016 tweets as calls for her resignation grow

The vice president of the San Francisco school board apologized in a blog post Saturday amid an increasing number of people calling for her to resign.

Rally in Golden Gate Park calls for JFK Drive to be permanently car-free

Barriers kept cars from driving along JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Many call it an unintentional blessing brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now there's a call to keep it that way permanently.

San Francisco police seek suspect involved in Muni bus assault that left victim with brain injury

Police are asking for the public's help to find two people connected to an assault more than five months ago on a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus that left a man with a traumatic brain injury.

Arrests in Bay Area anti-Asian crimes lauded

Bay Area law enforcement have made arrests in several recent high-profile crimes against members of the Asian American community, and local leaders say they are appreciative.

Here's how the pandemic has dramatically impacted the homeless population
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected people who are homeless nationwide, but particularly in the San Francisco Bay area. KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian spoke with Jennifer Friedenbach who is the head of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco, to learn what's changed.

San Francisco Unified being sued over plan to rename 44 schools

The San Francisco Unified School District is facing a lawsuit over its plan to rename 44 schools.Attorney Paul Scott and Harvard constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe are representing district high school alumni associations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Silicon Valley founders of fecal matter company accused of bilking investors

Zachary Schulz Apte and Jessica Sunshine Richman, co-founders of now-bankrupt microbiome testing company uBiome, were indicted Thursday on multiple federal charges, including conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering.

SFPD step up targeted patrols in wake of violence on AAPI community

SFPD are stepping up patrols in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities as well as businesses and gathering spots. 

San Francisco police arrest 3 in brazen Chinatown attack

San Francisco police said Wednesday they arrested three men in connection with a brazen attack on a 67-year-old man inside a laundromat in Chinatown last month.

San Francisco leaders say pandemic’s end in sight

When the region first went into lockdown, many thought it would only go on for a matter of weeks. Now a year later, the Bay Area is finally looking at what could be the end of the pandemic.

San Francisco D.A. announces legal action against company over worker misclassification

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that he current LA County District Attorney George Gascon have jointly filed a lawsuit against a company accused of violating state labor laws.

Security guard apprehends suspect who assaulted two elderly Asian people in San Francisco

A 75-year-old Asian woman and an 83-year-old Asian man were attacked Wednesday morning near San Francisco's U.N. Plaza, and police say it appears to be another unprovoked attack.

Woman injured in early morning Western Addition shooting

A shooting early Wednesday morning in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood left a 42-year-old injured.

San Francisco jails had no coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations or outbreaks, sheriff says

Sheriff's officials said the experience in San Francisco stands in stark contrasts to national trends where state and federal prisons reported 51 percent more deaths from COVID than the mortality rates for those who share common demographics on the outside.

Popular Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco is back this summer

There's no word yet on what safety protocols will be implemented during the three-day concert, which has drawn more than 200,000 spectators in the past.

SFPD arrest suspect in violent separate attacks on 2 men

San Francisco police have arrested a man they say is responsible for two violent unprovoked, aggravated assaults on Monday.