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2006: South Park, now made up of two large lawns surrounding a small sandpit and a 1970s-era wooden playground, is where Jack Dorsey first mentioned the idea of Twitter to Biz Stone, one of four ...

People are turning to Google for answers as they wait out the Bay Area’s COVID-19 outbreak.

These privately owned public open spaces (aka POPOS) have been a development requirement in San Francisco since the passage of the 1985 Downtown Plan. Looking back at said plan’s effects, San ...

Transit report shows that the southeastern neighborhood remains a diverse working-class hub, but the African-American culture that once defined it has almost vanished.

It’s only up from here.Formerly known as the Transbay Tower, the Salesforce Tower will be San Francisco’s largest tower and the second tallest building in the West at 1,070 feet and 1.4 ...

Present day Richmond District conjures up thoughts of foggy streets, a wealth of Asian cuisine, and homey Irish bars, but it also has a history reflected in many of the buildings throughout the ...

San Francisco The city and county are both named after Mission San Francisco de Asís a la Laguna de los Dolores, which commemorates St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th century friar venerated as a ...

An arch of balloons usher in the Better Market Street program, Wednesday, January 29. Photo by Brock Keeling ...

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 ...

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 ...

Planned Homes: 7,887 Although not nearly as prominent as new developments on the city’s eastern side, the new Parkmerced will be one of the biggest housing endeavors in San Francisco; approval ...