San Francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold. That’s about when my ancestors came—my German great-great-great-grandfather worked at a ...

A conversation with Jesse Barron, who wrote about a high-profile attack in San Francisco and about worries over the city’s future. By Soumya Karlamangla Perhaps you remember when two high-profile ...

Established by Gold Rush seekers and transformed into a hippy haven in the 1960s, San Francisco has always been aspirational and a bit rebellious. Its grand architecture, stunning natural beauty and ...

In the past few years, accounts of San Francisco’s unravelling—less like a tired sweater than a ball of yarn caught in a boat propeller—have spread with the authority of gossip or folklore. As the ...

Struggling with rampant homelessness, a drug crisis, surging crime and several business closures, San Francisco is no longer the thriving city it used to be. Its decline in recent months has led some ...

San Francisco’s AI startup boom is so big, even international founders who don’t run AI startups are relocating there to help their companies grow, according to several founders who recently moved.

What if San Francisco is the new Silicon Valley? San Francisco has had its share of tech companies since the dot-com boom, but the money pouring into artificial intelligence has lately supercharged ...

Is Union Square in downtown San Francisco really dying? Nordstrom is shutting down its two stores in the area. Saks Off 5th is leaving. T-Mobile already closed its two-level flagship store. So why are ...