San Francisco's new mayor is an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who's vowed to tackle the scourge of drugs and homelessness.

In his first move acting on his newly expanded powers, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie plans on opening a new behavioral ...

As Californians wait to hear whether former Vice President Kamala Harris will run for governor, the first major Republican ...

But the board just gave up that authority, allowing Lurie to ask rich people to give money to any programs he wants to fund.

The raucous annual event broadcast a message of optimism for the Year of the Snake throughout a city that claims to be turning things around.

The scene at San Francisco’s gritty 16th and Mission streets evolved on a recent Friday from relative calm to undeniable chaos. In what’s become a predictable pattern, the BART plaza at the ...

Skepticism surrounds Mayor Daniel Lurie’s pilot triage sites, which aim to create drop-off points for police while also connecting voluntary walk-ins with health and social services.

As mayor, he would oversee more than 30,000 employees and a $15 billion annual budget. Lurie plans to beef up the city's police presence, declare a fentanyl state of emergency, set up 1,500 ...

Hospitality-rich areas of San Francisco’s struggling downtown could get a boost with the issuance of 20 more liquor licenses, ...