San Francisco, officially City and County of San Francisco and colloquially known as SF, San Fran, or "The City", is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. San Francisco is the 13th most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 883,305 residents as of 2018. It covers an area of about 46.89 square miles (121.4 km2), mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States, with 4,729,484 people in 2018. With San Jose, it forms the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.
President Donald Trump is taking action for the environment and against the homeless population in California. He ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a notice in less than a week to..
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that homeless individuals are ruining America's best highways and streets. According to Business Insider, Trump also claimed some people have told him they want to..
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FILE PHOTO: A PG&E truck carrying an American Flag drives past PG&E repair trucks in Paradise, California, U.S. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage NEW YORK (Reuters) - The city of San Francisco has offered to..
Apple's big hardware event is coming on September 10. New iPhones are expected to be launched and investor will be watching the prices to see how the trade war is impacting the Cupertino tech giant...
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Hudson’s Bay Co said on Wednesday it would sell its Lord + Taylor department store operations to San Francisco-based fashion rental service company Le Tote Inc for about $100 million. Yahaira Jacquez..
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Democratic National Committee delegates in San Francisco voted against a debate focused on climate change. The 222-137 vote said they would not allow candidates to participate in such a primary debate...
Lyft has yanked over a thousand electric bikes from rental availability in San Francisco. Gizmodo reports the move comes after two e-bikes experienced battery fires in the past few days. The estimated..
Police in northern California identified a teen as the gunman who killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a food festival, as they searched for a suspected accomplice...
President Donald Trump started his Sunday morning attacking Nancy Pelosi’s district Trump implied Pelosi is failing her district in San Francisco and said the area is not “recognizable lately.”..
According to CNN, two 19-year-old Americans from San Francisco, were arrested in Rome on Friday, in connection with the murder of an Italian police officer. The two suspects, Christian Gabriel Natale..
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had given the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency less than a week to issue a notice to the city of San Francisco over its homelessness problem and.. Reuters - Published
In conjunction with their move to San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors have revealed a number of throwbacks and new uniform combinations.
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More than 100 protestors greeted President Trump's motorcade on his way to a private fundraiser during his first visit to the San Francisco Bay Area as president. (Sept. 17)
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A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition.. Reuters - Published
San Francisco's historic cable cars will stop running for ten days starting Friday while they undergo repairs to the gearboxes that propel the world-famous system up the city's notorious steep hills... USATODAY.com - Published
Claims city's declaration violates its free speech rights for political reasons; city official calls suit "desperate move" CBS News - Published Also reported by •Reuters
The NRA's lawsuit filed Monday accuses San Francisco officials of violating the gun lobby’s free speech rights for political reasons.
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From Philadelphia to San Francisco, several cities and states have passed or are considering bills banning retailers from refusing to accept cash
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The city of San Francisco has offered to buy PG&E Corp's power lines and other electrical system infrastructure serving the city for $2.5 billion, according to the utility, which sought Chapter 11.. Reuters - Published
The city’s lawmakers unanimously passed the resolution in response to recent mass shootings. The National Rifle Association called it a worthless “sound-bite remedy.” NYTimes.com - Published Also reported by •CBS News •USATODAY.com
While much of the country has sunny weather this time of year, San Francisco is an exception: the city is frequently shrouded in fog for much of the season. Recently, that fog acquired not only a name,.. CBS News - Published
The decision follows a meeting of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee last week in San Francisco, where members voiced concerns about cybersecurity.
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Puerto Rico braces for Tropical Storm Dorian amid threat of life-threatening floods; Cloud of mystery surrounds San Francisco's Karl the Fog. CBS News - Published
Fog may bother the tourists in San Francisco this summer. But the fog, known as Karl, has its own Twitter account with a fan following. But as John Blackstone explains, no one knows his true identity. CBS News - Published
Just 225 miles north of San Francisco, on a remote and rugged shoreline, crowds are sparse and cell phones are useless (and you won’t care). NYTimes.com - Published
The city of San Francisco is trying to change the public’s perception of criminals by introducing new language to refer to someone who committed a crime.
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Here's the latest for Wednesday, August 21st: Trump insists US has strong gun background checks; Australian court upholds convictions against Cardinal Pell; Facebook launches new privacy tool; San.. USATODAY.com - Published
“Why try to hide the reality of our history?” she said of the objectionable images that confronted San Francisco students every day. NYTimes.com - Published
Long before streaming video, it captured images of campus life every 20 seconds. The quirky project, believed to be the longest-running public webcam, will shut down at the end of August. NYTimes.com - Published
Prior to the ban, the airport sold about 10,000 bottles of water each day and generated about 28 million pounds of trash each year CBS News - Published
San Francisco's school board voted Tuesday to cover up, but preserve, a mural depicting slavery, a murdered Native American and George Washington.
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The vote, which came after a tense meeting, nullified an earlier vote to paint over Depression-era school murals that some considered offensive to minorities. NYTimes.com - Published
Half-a-million dollars in electronics & jewelry were reportedly stolen from the rental car of baseball legend Alex Rodriguez in San Francisco.
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While in San Francisco for ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast, Alex Rodriguez has jewelry, electronics taken from his rental car.
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Following outrage over its vote to paint over the murals, which some considered offensive, the board is considering covering them in a way that preserves them. NYTimes.com - Published
Monday: Speaking with Chancellor Dorothy Leland. Also, updates on the Gilroy shooting, and San Francisco’s original free health clinic has closed. NYTimes.com - Published
‘Inverted Jenny’ stamp turns out to be fake at Iowa museum, San Francisco airport bans single-use water bottle sales, and more
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A mural portraying George Washington in a San Francisco high school could soon be painted over in response to complaints that it is demeaning in its depiction of slaves on Washington's Mount Vernon.. CBS News - Published
Starting this month, SFO travelers who need plain water will have to buy refillable aluminum or glass bottles if they don't bring their own.
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A San Francisco high school named after George Washington is painting over 1930's artwork featuring the life of America's first president now seen as controversial.
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Frida Kahlo, pizza, California -- his runs have drawn them. This man tracks runs to make art on San Francisco streets using GPS-tracking fitness apps.
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Frida Kahlo, pizza, California and more: Lenny Maughan tracks his runs to make art using the streets of San Francisco and a GPS app.
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Thursday: Ms. Harris goes on defense in the her second presidential debate, 24 hours of homelessness in S.F., and the harrowing escapes from Paradise. NYTimes.com - Published
Speaking on the second night of the Democratic debates in Detroit, Ms. Gabbard highlighted Ms. Harris’s record as a prosector in San Francisco and as attorney general of California. NYTimes.com - Published
A California teenager was identified by police on Monday as the gunman who killed three people, including two children, at a food festival south of San Francisco. Reuters - Published
California police were searching on Monday for a suspected accomplice of the gunman who killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a food festival south of San Francisco. Reuters - Published
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