San Francisco News

Authorities say a house collapsed and slid down a hill about 10:30 p.m. Monday in the San Francisco neighborhood of Twin Peaks.

Paint makers could face a surge of lawsuits after a California state court judge ordered three companies to pay $1.1 billion to help government agencies get rid of lead from an estimated 5 million homes in the state.

Last week, I had the opportunity to tour and experience a preview meal at ~LEADER HOUSE~ , the somewhat mysterious new project opening in the former Payne Mansion on Sutter Street.

In this file photo, a BART train is seen stopped on the elevated tracks near the West Oakland Station in Oakland.

The cost of housing is soaring in the Bay Area, especially in San Francisco, where an influx of tech-sector workers has largely been blamed for a shortage of affordable properties.

It's not too late to buy books for the holidays -- these new releases by Bay Area authors would be of interest to a wide range of readers.

Hands-on science activities like making bubble mitts at the Mission Science Workshop teach students about things like surface tension.

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by Monster Beverage Corp. that sought to block the San Francisco city attorney's investigation into the company's marketing practices.

Charges were announced Monday by San Francisco prosecutors against a 58-year-old woman for felony gross vehicular manslaughter for allegedly causing a crash that killed a teenage boy in the city's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood in September.

A San Francisco woman has been charged with one count of vehicular manslaughter and two counts of reckless driving in a horrific crash that claimed the life of a teenager and injured six others, prosecutors announced Monday.

The powerful historical drama "12 Years a Slave" and its star Chiwetel Ejiofor received top honors Sunday from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle.

Flooding is creating problems for fliers at California's Mineta San Jose International Airport this morning.

Posters like this one are popping up across San Francisco, decrying the loss of the city's "soul" amid an invasion of technology workers who live in the city and commute to Silicon Valley.

WE'VE SEEN SUNNY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. BUT IS IT GOING TO LAST? YEAH, IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR A AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE DAYS.

If you like concocting slime, dissecting the colors of light or observing your fingertips sweat, downtown Los Altos was a good place to be this weekend.

Next month the Cypress String Quartet will present the second concert in their 2013-2014 Salon Series .

Everyone who loves the Mighty Wurlitzer at the Castro Theatre - raise your hands! The time has come to rescue the most famous theatre organ in the world.

For the last 10 years, Paulo Acosta Cabezas, a San Francisco resident who owns the the Mama Art Cafe in the Excelsior and the Cara y Cabezas Contemporary Gallery in Kansas City, has been going to the Havana Biennial Art Exhibition.

It's 7 a.m, 44 and headed to just above 60 . Details for the next ten days are here.

Pearl Callahan and Kristen DiAngelo hug after the victims' compensation board voted in their favor Thursday.