In light of social-distancing orders, and in preparation for Memorial Day weekend, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department placed social-distancing circles, measuring roughly six feet in ...

Each night just before 8 p.m., the crown of Salesforce Tower, the tallest structure in San Francisco, displays a series of clapping hands to honor frontline essential workers during the COVID-19 ...

A staple of Victorian architecture, the bay window—an often-cantilevered series of windows that form an alcove—deserves far better than its common, uninspired fate as a home for an oversize flatscreen ...

On April 7, local resident Jack Dorsey—the cofounder and CEO of publicly traded Twitter and Square, and a billionaire several times over—announced he was devoting more than a quarter of his fortune to ...

Gates at the West Portal station are blocked with caution tape following the temporary closure of stations. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation ...

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took just a few minutes Tuesday to pass an emergency order indefinitely cancelling rent increases on rent-controlled homes, the latest City Hall bid to shield ...

Kirkham in the Sunset District will be one of a dozen streets closed to through traffic. Photo by Brock Keeling In an effort to give pedestrians a wider buffer of space while outside during shelter-in ...

In a bid to inject more perspective into San Francisco’s ongoing struggle with the novel coronavirus, the SF Department of Public Health and the mayor’s office released an online mapping tool ...

San Francisco’s civic government can seize seemingly any privately-owned land or buildings as part of its effort to protect people from the COVID-19 outbreak. In fact, according to San Francisco City ...

Although San Francisco renters can’t be evicted right now if they fail to pay rent on account of the ongoing public health emergency, tenants will remain on the hook for rent owed during the ...

199 New Montgomery, located in the Yerba Buena District, offers below-market-rate housing. Photo by Brock Keeling Even during the current public health emergency, San Francisco is still building ...