One week ago, Ryan Bauer was living in a tent on the hard pavement on Gough Street south of Market. Now he’s living on the same pavement with a dramatic upgrade: He’s moved into his own tiny home, with a mattress, desk, chair and — most luxurious of all — a heater that quickly warms his 64-square-foot abode. That’s almost as crucial as a front door that locks from the inside and by a combination lock on the outside.

Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In the Bible, Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather and was said to have lived to be 969 years old. Methuselah the fish is not quite that ancient, but biologists at the California Academy of Sciences believe it is about 90 years old, with no known living peers.

At least 233 staffers at a pair of San Francisco hospitals have tested positive for COVID-19, the majority of whom were fully vaccinated but became infected with the delta variant. More than 50 cases were discovered among staff members at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the hospital’s chief medical officer, Lukejohn Day, told The New York Times on Saturday. Of those who tested positive, roughly 75 to 80 percent were fully vaccinated.

The 45ft carcass lay belly-up in the surf at Fort Funston beach, just south of San Francisco, drawing a small crowd of hikers and hang gliders. The stench lingered on the evening breeze as seabirds circled the animal, a juvenile fin whale.

San Francisco is investing in its arts community. Starting in May, 130 local artists in the city will receive $1,000 per month in cash, with no strings attached.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s adopted hometown of San Francisco took the first step on Thursday to formally condemn the naming of a major hospital after him and his wife, the latest flashpoint in the debate over the proper role for billionaire philanthropy.

Wallace-Cohen’s posters for the Grateful Dead and The Doors had been commissioned by the Love Conspiracy Commune, whose headquarters were located in a Sausalito houseboat near hers. It was a long way from her “Leave It to Beaver” childhood in Chicago.

San Francisco city officials are considering condemning the decision to name a local public hospital after Mark Zuckerberg—a move backed by nurses and doctors at the hospital, who have been railing against the Facebook co-founder and CEO since the hospital changed its name in 2015.

According to Zumper, the median rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco fell 11.8% year over year, from $3,720 to $3,280, beating May's 9% drop

The Northern California coast tends to get its fair share of sightings of humpback whales and gray whales, but the largest mammals on earth, blue whales, don't do swim-bys quite so often as other species. This year, all rules are out the window.

Bay Area residents were serenaded by the Golden Gate Bridge as wind gusts passed through the region Friday - a new phenomenon that has a relatively simple explanation.

Zach Hickson arrived in San Francisco to stay three years ago, at twenty-seven, because nowhere in America seemed more appealing at the time. The city was mild and fragrant. The streets on clear days had a liquid energy, and seemed to offer opportunities that he hadn’t had before. “It was a place where I could do what I wanted to do,” he told me recently. He began to call the city home.

And I worry my friends in San Francisco are on the same path

Sometimes, opposites attract. In this case, they are a worldwide negative turned into a local positive, beating novel coronavirus with rock, paper and scissors. "Tomorrow is capture the flag," said counselor Joshoua Cortez. It is the answer to an essential question, and maybe be also the prayers for essential workers who need to work, but had no place to keep their kids. The San Francisco YMCA has opened four free pop-up camps now serving some 100 children of grocery workers, medical people, and sheriff's deputies, etc. allowing them to work.

Yelp is laying off 1,000 workers and furloughing 1,100 more, roughly a third of its staff, the company said Thursday. Eventbrite laid off 450 employees, or nearly half of its workforce, on Wednesday.

Rapper G-Eazy, through his Endless Summer Fund, will be feeding San Francisco youth for the following month. The Bay Area native and his charity organization will be working with Larkin Street Youth Services, a local non-profit group, to feed the at-risk youth in the area.

The directive will require people to stay home except for essential travel and will last until April 7, the mayor said.

San Francisco will place a moratorium on public events with more than 1,000 people as part of an effort to slow the coronavirus outbreak, Mayor London Breed (D) announced Wednesday.

The plan to ban private cars from Market Street—one of the city’s busiest and most dangerous downtown thoroughfares—enjoys a remarkable level of local support.

The flood of electric scooters on city streets is also producing a wave of injuries in emergency rooms, many of them serious head injuries.