SAN FRANCISCO EDITION
San Francisco
The City by the Bay
Seven square miles of fog, hills and reinvention — the center of the AI boom and a long-running fight over its own future.
The Issues go deep + weigh in
San Francisco's Street Crisis: Who Gets to Define the Fix?
A decade of competing philosophies, billions spent, and tents still lining the Tenderloin — why SF's homelessness problem resists every solution thrown at it.
Read & vote →The $4,000 Apartment: Who Broke San Francisco?
Housing in SF is both a policy failure and a collision of legitimate values — and fixing it means someone loses.
Read & vote →Can SF's Downtown Come Back Without Breaking What Made It SF?
The fight over retail theft, policing, and economic revival forces San Francisco to confront who the city is for — and who gets to decide.
Read & vote →Local News 1 stories
Things to Do local picks
See & Do
Golden Gate BridgeWalk or bike across to the Marin headlands.
Ferry Building MarketplaceFood hall + farmers market on the Embarcadero.
Golden Gate ParkDe Young, the Academy of Sciences, and miles of trails.
Eat & Drink
The MissionBurritos, taquerias and murals — the city's food heart.
Tartine BakeryThe bread that launched a thousand imitators.
North BeachItalian cafes and the Beat-era City Lights bookstore.
Outdoors
Lands EndCoastal trail to the Sutro Baths ruins.
Twin PeaksThe classic 360° view of the city and bay.
Muir Woods day tripOld-growth redwoods just over the bridge.