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Police are searching for a pair of women they say attacked an ex-boyfriend of one of them and then robbed him.

The owner of California's Bryman College chain -- with campuses in San Jose, Hayward, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- is in financial trouble and could close.

President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at San Francisco International Airport, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in San Francisco.

A man was shot and killed on Tuesday night in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, not too far from where President Barack Obama is staying during his visit to the Bay Area.

The San Francisco outpost of theCorner Bakery Cafe will be the first of 32 cafes the group plans to open in the next five years.

In contrast to their negative reputation as disease causing agents, some viruses can perform crucial biological and evolutionary functions that help to shape the world we live in today, according to a new report.

The man was sleeping inside a dumpster full of cardboard when it was picked up Tuesday morning by a Recology truck in the city's Sunset District.

A young man died after a hole he dug on a Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him in the sand for at least five minutes, authorities said Tuesday.

A 40-year-old Sausalito man has been identified as the victim of an alleged murder in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco.

The Board of Supervisors voted 6-4 on Tuesday to put a 2-cent-per-ounce tax on sodas, sports drinks and other beverages sweetened with sugar.

It sounds absurd, and Urban Green eventually announced it would not evict Mary Phillips .

Distribution of tickets for President Barack Obama's speech this week at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College will begin at 8:30 a.m. today at the college's Aspen Hall.

Phish, the world's most popular jam band, has announced its fall tour. The trek includes another three-night stand in San Francisco and a return to Las Vegas for Halloween.

A woman who allegedly robbed an 8-year-old girl selling candy in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood last week has been charged with robbery and child endangerment, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office spokesman said.

The actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as the Rock, is in San Francisco this week filming scenes for the upcoming action flick, "San Andreas," according to a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Film Commission.

Officers responded at 5:12 a.m. to a 911 call requesting help at Sixth and Harrison streets, but they arrived there and did not find a victim, police said.

Prosecutors say a woman accused of stabbing a man during a heated argument in a San Francisco hotel room has been charged with murder.

The president -- arriving late in the day from Seattle after raising money there for the Democratic National Committee -- will spend the night in the Bay Area before headlining a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising luncheon Wednesday at the Los Altos home of real estate mogul George Marcus.

Anthony Albert works as a bicycle courier in San Francisco and in his spare time enjoys going on leisure rides in and around the city.