California
Drug overdose deaths fell sharply in San Francisco in 2024. Experts credit better access to overdose-reversal medication and medications that ease opioid addiction, as well as the waning effects of the COVID pandemic.
Television
Francisco San Martin, an actor who appeared in ‘Days of Our Lives,’ ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ died last week, medical examiner says.
Los Angeles took over as California’s top city after San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?
Business
The last group of striking hotel workers in San Francisco has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Hilton, bringing an end to a strike that has lasted three months.
Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th mayor of San Francisco. He vowed a “new era of accountability, service and change.”
Wells Fargo’s decision to move its headquarters in San Francisco is the latest sign of how the banking industry is becoming less prominent in California.
San Francisco residents voted to permanently close the Upper Great Highway to cars and turn it into a park. That sparked a recall effort against a local lawmaker.
Luigi Mangione, suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, suffered chronic back pain and was reported missing in San Francisco before his arrest.
In a lawsuit, Lyft accused San Francisco of improperly calculating the company’s taxes by including driver compensation in its revenue.
It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the incident. The U.S. Coast Guard was called in to help find the passenger, but has since called off the search.