SAN FRANCISCO — More than a dozen Chihuahuas from San Francisco are flying in style to new homes in New York. The 15 animals are flying in the ...
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 01.06.2010 | Books
I am a big fan of John Lescroart and I enjoyed this latest book, Treasure Hunt. It was a homecoming of sorts and a chance to renew ties with old friends.
AP | EVELYN NIEVES | Posted 12.30.2009 | Green
SAN FRANCISCO — Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and b...
Ross Resnick | Posted 12.29.2009 | Style
In case you have not followed the street food movement, the bacon wrapped hot dog cart outside your local dive bar does not solely represent curbside cuisine any longer.
Posted 12.28.2009 | Impact
The San Jose Mercury News Wish Book has been granting the dreams of ambitious and needy Bay Area residents for 27 years. The series told 25 stories th...
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics
His name was William Wilberforce. He's proof an evangelical Christian conservative can be a good person.
Joel Epstein | Posted 12.25.2009 | Los Angeles
I'm making real investment in fast trains that run where people live and want to go my wish for the New Year.
The Advocate | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
The Office of Personnel Management has concluded that it does not have the legal authority to provide benefits to the spouse of Karen Golinski, a staf...
Nathan Bransford | Posted 12.10.2009 | Books
If publishers can no longer accurately guess at an audience even for formerly safe categories like adult trade nonfiction, will they continue to gamble so much money on big advances for a small number of books whose success is increasingly difficult to predict?
David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
Greg Archer | Posted 12.09.2009 | Entertainment
Cirque du Soleil has given birth to plenty of head-turning shows in its 25-year history -- yes, it's been around that long. The company's new endeavor, Ovo ("egg" in Portuguese), is simply one of the best Cirque experiences of the decade.
Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hunger is spreading while the number of homeless families is increasing as a result of the recession and other factors, according ...
Steven Nereo | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles
Even on a bad day, Los Angeles will smack you down in a painfully beautiful way, reminiscent of listening to The Smiths for a week straight after being dumped.
Posted 12.15.2009 | Home
Follow the latest in San Francisco LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a twe...
Corey Grice | Posted 12.07.2009 | Sports
I'm glad to have seen him in person at his best, before this scandal was revealed. As a golf fan, watching Tiger Woods' last shining moment is my silver lining.
Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, President Obama convened a job summit to get Americans back to work. In San Francisco, we're already delivering solutions with a public-private partnership that is showing immediate, demonstrable results.
Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact
There are 105 San Francisco students receiving an unconventional education at John Muir Charter School on Treasure Island. Their school administrators...
HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact
Favorite Turkey Recipe? Check. Special occasion dishes and gravy boat? Check, check. Ways to express your gratitude this Thanksgiving? Don't worry, we...
Kimberly Marteau Emerson | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books
What does it mean to be "smart on crime?" Are we not being smart now? Answers from author and San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris.
Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Transit police in California are facing questions over use-of-force after another controversial video surfaced on YouTube. The latest clip was titled ...
AP | TERRY COLLINS and EVELYN NIEVES | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home
RICHMOND, Calif. — Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard ...
AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — A gunman opened fire at a group of fighting men, injuring 12 people outside a concert hall, authorities said Monday. The gunfir...
Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
I started composting at home almost 2 years ago. My plan was to build a few vegetable garden beds, start growing some of my own food, and go from th...
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture was taken on the morning of November 3, 2009 at the corner of 8th and Market in San Franci...
AP | SUDHIN THANAWALA | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — An accident-plagued stretch of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge saw its first fatality Monday when the driver of a speeding ...
AP | Posted 01.07.2010 | New York