Christie Smith

It’s a crisis. That’s how one San Francisco supervisor describes the opioid epidemic the city is facing.

Recent incidents that left pedestrians injured, some killed, after being struck by vehicles in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood have prompted a supervisor to call for car-free streets in the area.

Oakland school district officials are looking into another rope found near an elementary school campus that some community members believe could be a noose.

Democratic hopefuls for presidents spoke on the last day of the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in San Francisco Saturday which brought a vote over climate change.

San Francisco’s new idea to clean up city streets is better access to public restrooms, and it’s starting in what’s been the hardest hit part of the city.

Opening Day is around the corner for the San Francisco Giants and there will be several changes starting with the ballpark’s name.

They’re world famous. But a new study says the parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco are being exposed to rat poison.

A globe-trotting musician’s Bay Area show is able to continue thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Numbers are down for the Bay Area as more and more people are deciding to longer ride their bikes around the city. With more people moving to San Francisco, riders said there are not enough protected bike lanes for bicyclists.

The unveiling of a new mural in Novato meant to depict diversity and inclusion has been postponed after images of people of color were reportedly altered to appear lighter.

Sunday marked two years since the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire killed 36 people, and some of the victims’ families visited the site to remember their loved ones.

Anti-Semitic fliers were found recently at synagogues in the East Bay, sparking an outcry from the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish community as it observes the high holy days.

A quick-thinking Uber driver stepped up and risked his life to help a driver who was having a medical emergency on the approach to the San Mateo Bridge.

Jewish organizations led an anti-Immigration and Custom Enforcement rally in San Francisco Friday where they urged all workers to know their rights. Initially intended to show support for Dreamers, it shifted its focus after reports of ICE audits this week.

Growing concerns about the threat of immigration raids have Bay Area leaders speaking out. “San Francisco is and will continue to be a sanctuary city,” San Francisco Acting Mayor London Breed reaffirmed.

Democratic Congressional leaders held teach-ins Saturday in the Bay Area about what they see as the fallout of the Republican tax plan – or scam as they call it.

Don’t forget about the dogs. That’s the word coming from a veterinarian and dog owner in the East Bay as the sale of recreational marijuana officially becomes legal New Year’s Day.

The Mexican man acquitted of murder in the shooting death of a San Francisco woman that sparked a national immigration debate on Thursday sought a new trial for his conviction on illegal gun possession.

A Cal State East Bay professor is addressing vandalism with a creative response after finding that his office door posters were defaced.

The two men charged in the aftermath of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that claimed 36 lives in Oakland a year ago are expected in court Monday for a preliminary hearing.