Kate Birdsall Johnson, a billionaire and “eccentric cat fancier” in the 1800s, lived in an ornate Sonoma castle and financed ...

NBC Bay Area's Damian Trujillo takes a look back at our local coverage of an American icon. Watch his report in the video ...

Peterson, a former public defender who now works privately on death penalty appellate cases, officiated San Francisco Mayor ...

Frank Taylor, the longtime San Jose redevelopment director who died this month at 87, lived and reigned through a welter of contradictions. He was a charming man — a Boston native with Tip O’Neill’s ...

Landlord allows illegal office use, now wants forgiveness (and no conversion fees). That's The Agenda for March 23-30 ...

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...

A neighborhood group is hoping to elevate North Beach’s status to one of the nation’s vital organs through an application ...

Mission Creek Festival’s namesake is a ghost river in San Francisco. It once connected the center of the city to Mission Bay, though during the past two centuries it has […] ...

Steel, granite, and four floors of white marble interiors make up San Francisco's symbol of resilience, built after the previous City Hall was destroyed in the Great Earthquake and Fire of April 18, ...

Earthquake had a lasting impact on the city, even damaging A.P. Hotaling’s whiskey warehouse. The post Old Potrero is ...

At the turn of the century, California was attracting tourists and settlers by building eclectic Victorians found nowhere ...

Architect Sal Caruso, who watched the screening with his wife, Josephine, said Gianni’s reputation in the Italian American ...