San Francisco Couple Accused of Trafficking Nanny From Philippines and Enforcing Slave Labor With Little Pay

A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound, sitting in a parked car on Tuesday in the Little Hollywood section of the Bayview. Officers found the victim Tuesday morning at 7:21 a.m., as the SFPD announced today. The man was found in a parked vehicle on the 100 block of Hester Avenue.

After a vocal critic of DA Brooke Jenkins was disinvited at the last minute from speaking at a Wednesday City Hall vigil to honor Tyre Nichols, the apparent stage-management attempt went wrong, and spurned activists shouted Breed down. This past weekend saw multiple Bay Area protests after the release of...

A Wednesday night cable car derailment appears to have left two Muni operators injured, and while details are scarce, the derailment may have been caused by a hit-and-run motorist. San Francisco cable cars are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year, but these are not the kinds of headlines they want...

A Lyon Street house that made for a very depressing segment on A&E’s Hoarders just sold for $1.2 million ($500,000 over its asking price), even though it still very much looked and smelled like a house that had been featured on Hoarders. The trainwreck A&E reality show Hoarders has...

Another big pile of state money is kickstarting BART’s extension into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, which will come in handy, as authorities now admit the total project cost will indeed be about $9 billion. It was not even three weeks ago when Governor Gavin Newsom announced his...

Reminding us again of how close we are to the countryside, a member of the livestock community in Pleasanton got loose Wednesday night and wandered onto some busy streets in the city, at one point having a "cow-llision" with a Tesla. The wayward cow appeared on Pleasanton's Bernal Avenue near...

Even in a national landscape littered with creative cocktail bars, with a new-school cocktail culture that is now two decades old and spawning still newer schools, San Francisco's Trick Dog remains a singular thing, and place. The bar celebrated its 10th birthday a few weeks back, in a corner of...

This morning's rain should fade off quickly around 9 a.m. with slight possibility of an afternoon shower, but more rain and wind arrives Saturday. Expect gusty winds and rain showers all over the Bay through mid-afternoon Sunday. [Chronicle]. PG&E is going to be giving credits on bills this month or...

Established in 1858, 7 Mile House at the SF-Brisbane border turns 165 years old on Saturday, and is celebrating with $1.65 Jack Daniels shots, free adobo, and the Kindle release of the book detailing the Gold Rush-era restaurant's (often outlaw) 165-year history. You might know the Geneva Avenue at Bayshore...

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has made a rare and early endorsement in a Democrat v. Democrat race, throwing her weight behind colleague Adam Schiff in the race for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat. Schiff is currently one of only two formally announced candidates for the seat along with Katie Porter, but Rep. Barbara Lee has reportedly told donors she will run as well; the Schiff endorsement also came from 14 other California House Democrats. [KTVU]

Trouble for Another Planet Entertainment, as the SF Historic Preservation Commission just recommended landmark designation protections for the Castro Theatre’s seats, at a six-hour meeting where both “Save the Seats” and “Change the Seats” factions turned out in force. More than a year into Another...

There was some breaking news Thursday via a source with insider IKEA knowledge that the mall complex on SF's Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets is going to come alive sooner than we'd last heard. The SF Business Times has the scoop, via "a source with inside information regarding...