Originally home to the Miwok people, Angel Island was acquired by a cattle rancher in the 1800s. During the American Civil War, it was used as a military fort and camp by the U.S. Army to ward off ...

8 Octavia For one of San Francisco’s busiest gateways—the intersection of Highway 101 and Market Street—local designer Stanley Saitowitz created a loft residential building that puts the ...

But of course, these once-humble homes are entirely a reality, and as expected their walls contain quite a bit of history, including: The “Painted Ladies” nickname is surprisingly recent. Most ...

Much ink has been spilled on the history of Chinatown and Grant Avenue, billed as San Francisco’s oldest street, which runs north to south starting at Market Street and ending at Francisco ...

As the decade draws to a close, it remains a trying time for renters trying to make ends meet in San Francisco. The last ten years brought prosperity and the world’s attention to our tech-laden ...

Of course San Francisco can be fixed. What other choice do we have? There is a dark nihilism that has gripped people, and we have to shake out of it. There’s nothing so wrong with San Francisco ...

hundreds of skaters from all over the bay area are flying down twin peaks and through downtown SF at “bomb hills for black lives,” a demonstration that aims to bring awareness to the black ...

Even before Moms 4 Housing was evicted from 2928 Magnolia, racism and capitalism shaped the home’s history.

Oakander lived in town nearly his entire life until the house his parents rented was sold as a vacation home for almost $2 million in 2015. The family, which had been paying around $2,200 a month ...

The Spreckels Mansion at 2080 Washington—best known as the current home of romance superstar novelist Danielle Steel—has been a major San Francisco landmark since day one and has played host to ...

While San Francisco is beloved for its Victorian pageantry, climbing skyscrapers, and that orange hunk of metal in the Bay, the city’s many staircases—installed to get you from point A to ...

A major Chicago-based medical association has decided to move its $40 million convention out of San Francisco due to safety issues for its conventioneers. The neighborhood’s open drug use and ...