The city’s latest appeal is the most recent development in a federal class action lawsuit filed against San Francisco and its Sheriff's Department, which has required defendants in its pretrial release program to consent to warrantless searches.

Mary Ann Dewan was fired in a closed session of the county school board this week. In a letter sent to the board, attorneys say the vote violated California’s Brown Act.

The layoffs come just months after the end of a two-year boycott of Amy’s Kitchen over unsafe working conditions and alleged union-busting practices.

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz mountains and higher terrain across the Central Coast.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the $131 million to clean up homeless encampments can be clawed back if cities fail to comply with state law, including standards on planning for new housing.

Human-caused global warming has made heat waves like the one baking the Bay Area more frequent, longer, more intense and farther-reaching.

The muralist and drag performer was recently released from SF General's neurological ICU.