40 reasons why it’s the best time to live in SF right now
It’s a great time to live in San Francisco. Yes, the city has its struggles, from inequality and the ongoing drug crisis to government bureaucracy that can be almost comically …
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Hundreds gather at Google’s San Francisco office to protest $1.2 billion contract with Israel
Protesters staged a demonstration and die-in against Google’s relationship with Israel’s government outside the company’s offices at 1 Market St. in San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023. They are asking …
An SF condo building has sat empty for years. It may finally become rentals.
The investor who owns 1554 Market St. in San Francisco has submitted an application to transform the two 12-story towers into rentals. Screenshot by Google A San Francisco condo building …
San Francisco skyscrapers transformed with lasers and video art
San Francisco was aglow with activity on Friday night. A brass quartet played Christmas classics outside the Symphony Hall and diners flooded the streets of Hayes Valley, and a couple …
What it’s like to walk around downtown San Francisco during APEC
The hardest-working police officer during APEC 2023 in downtown San Francisco mans the exit for the gated barrier outside the Target on Mission Street. Silas Valentino/SFGATE The people’s love of …
SF tech investment firm fires co-founder for anti-Palestinian posts
FILE: An aerial view of Market St., in San Francisco, where Oyster Ventures is based. Bob Rowan/Getty Images A San Francisco tech investment firm is firing one of its co-founders …
People warned to avoid downtown SF during APEC
FILE: An aerial view shows downtown San Francisco on July 29, 2023. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, one of the biggest gatherings of world leaders in San …
Food hall on SF’s Market Street to feature Curry Up Now, La Venganza,
The Ikea store in San Francisco Calif., Aug. 21, 2023 Lance Yamamoto/SFGATE When it opens in early spring, customers inside the 450-seat Saluhall could experience vegan and vegetarian eats from …
A wild time for travel, transit is coming to SF in November
Traffic is detoured from Howard Street onto Third Street due to a conference in San Francisco in October 2014. Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images For a single …
The wild history of SF’s female punk pioneers
Cecilia Kuhn, Deanna Mitchell and Mia d’Bruzzi of Frightwig. Courtesy of Frightwig Back when the pioneering punk band Frightwig released their first album in 1984, the minimum wage in San Francisco …