As numerous DOJ lawyers resigned in protest, the department filed a motion seeking to abandon the Adams case late Friday.

A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former speaker of the House ...

Nikko Fortunato Bas recently finished her first month in office as a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors after being elected in November to the seat representing District 5, which ...

Belmont, Redwood City, and South San Francisco recently backed the measure. If approved by voters, it would grant the board ...

Belmont, Redwood City, and South San Francisco recently backed the measure. If approved by voters, it would grant the board ...

Lurie appointed Daniel Tsai, a longtime director for Medicaid in Massachusetts & former federal Medicaid chief, to Dept. of ...

This is the second divorce for Villaraigosa, whose first, 20-year marriage famously fell apart in 2007 after an affair with a ...

As Lurie rolls out more details about his administration, we are keeping track of the appointments on this live page.

The Bay Area Host Committee organized the tip-off party in anticipation of the weekend's festivities. It's a critical moment for San Francisco as the city try to shake off the national "doom loop" ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie this week notched an early victory with the Board of Supervisors in his crusade against the ...

Over a remarkable span of 31 years, San Francisco has had a series of either gay or lesbian health directors. That track ...

San Francisco is ramping up its efforts to battle a deadly fentanyl crisis with the city's new mayor declaring a state of emergency because of the drug's impact.