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San Francisco Animal Care and Control officials were stunned this week to find a frail and badly hurt pit bull terrier in Golden Gate Park , one of four abused dogs recovering from traumatic injuries at the agency's shelter, a spokeswoman said.

Several up-and-coming companies -- including Udemy, Udacity, Khan Academy, 2U and Coursera -- are offering ways for people to educate themselves online, with many courses geared toward practical knowledge and skills for a fast-changing and often forbidding economic landscape.

Ask many Bay Area officials how the new Bay Bridge will fare when the Big One strikes and their answers may be shaky.

Ask many Bay Area officials how the new Bay Bridge will fare when the Big One strikes and their answers may be shaky.

This photograph of Beau Rasmussen was taken earlier on the day he went missing, as he was dressed for the Bay to Breakers race.

In a surprising but welcome change of course -- after it locked out Bradley Manning supporters and press at a meeting last month, and its statement that it would not hold any more public meetings until after Pride because its decision to rescind the grand marshalship from Manning was "final" -- the SF Pride board has scheduled a public meeting for ... (more)

A drive along the scenic Highway 1 takes you through a variety of coastal towns, but people don't always go off the beaten path to truly explore these tucked away communities.

Workers are painting the new east span of the Bay Bridge white, wrapping its cables in plastic to protect painters from the wind, as the project nears completion.

The City of San Francisco is cracking down on a property owner it calls a slumlord, after numerous complaints about filthy living conditions at a building on Turk Street.

Until 1958, Oakland had a system of streetcars that shuttled passengers from across the city to its Western edge, where they could catch ferries or commuter rail to San Francisco.

These photos of San Francisco were taken through the periscope of the U.S. Navy submarine U.S.S. Catfish back in 1951.

Bay Area native and former San Francisco State guard Decensae White was arrested in Redwood City, Calif.

The South San Francisco Fire Department honored retiring Fire Chief Philip D. White for more than 30 years of dedicated service to the City of South San Francisco in a Change of Command Ceremony held April 30 at Station 61 in South San Francisco.

The way Andrea de Francisco puts it, she had two options when it came to her passion for her Portuguese heritage: Move to Portugal, or open a Portuguese place in San Francisco.

A 21-year-old bicyclist who was hit and killed by a garbage truck in San Francisco's Mission District Thursday morning was Clayton resident Dylan Mitchell, the San Francisco County Medical Examiner said Friday.

Earlier this month at the big James Beard Awards whoop-de-doo in New York, the "Rising Star Chef" award went to a young man named Danny Bowien.

The National Theatre of Scotland's production of "Black Watch" is currently at the Armory's newly renovated community space.

On Friday, May 31, 2013, Kearny Street Workshop, the country's oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization, returns to SOMArts to present its annual runway show - with new twists.

Kaiser Permanente , Anthem Blue Cross , Blue Shield of California , Health Net and nine smaller, regional health plans will participate in Covered California next year, the health benefit exchanged authorized by the Affordable Care Act.

Marvin Moises Reynoso Nolasco, 19, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty Thursday, May 23, to mayhem and multiple counts of attempted murder in a September 2012 stabbing in Perris that maimed a 55-year-old man.