Photograph by Gil Riego Jr. Oysters courtesy of Waterbar. On a map, the rambling 2,500-acre inlet known as Drakes Estero looks like a chicken foot, its bony fingers pointing north from… More >>

Splash! A man just jumped off the Lefty O'Doul Bridge. It was the kind of sunny April afternoon that brought nine-to-fivers along the waterfront beside AT&T Park for lunch, and… More >>

Thanks to Google Maps, the gopher holes in the Beach Chalet Soccer Field are now visible from space. You can't see what's going on in the bushes surrounding this field… More >>

Come November, San Franciscans will all but surely have to decide between ballot measures regarding whether we should or shouldn't build the luxury waterfront condo project at 8 Washington as… More >>

Protecting Criminals Discovering the dark side of the S.F. Police Department: This is a good, solid piece of investigative reporting ["Cover of Darkness," Ali Winston, feature, 5/8]. It's also just the… More >>

Photo illustration by Audrey Fukuman On March 24, 2011, a veteran San Francisco Police Department officer sat down at an undisclosed location in the city with a 40-year-old career criminal named… More >>

City Attorney Dennis Herrera has discovered a way to get a jolt from an energy drink without ever taking a sip. On the cusp of a scheduled May 2 sit-down with… More >>

There's a San Francisco worldview in which Willie Brown is omnipresent: He sits high above us in a skyscraper, reclining in a black leather chair with a fluffy white cat… More >>

A major roadblock in the way of medical cannabis reform in California was removed Monday when the California Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling, which says that cities can ban… More >>

Take a look at the available evidence and the conclusion is inescapable: San Francisco is a city of cyclists. Or it's not. Really, it depends on who you ask. Consult the… More >>