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Eileen White, executive officer of San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, says a harmful algae has been spreading in the region

The San Francisco-based ridesharing company is facing 17 new lawsuits brought by users of its service from around the country, who claim the company failed to protect passengers and drivers.

SAN FRANCISCO — Entering play on June 19, the Giants owned the sixth-best record in baseball. They were 10 games over .500 and, even if in third place in their own division, appeared to be well on their way to the franchise’s first consecutive postseason berths since the earliest years…

San Francisco (AFP) - Snapchat's parent company confirmed Wednesday it is cutting 20 percent of staff, as the troubled messaging app attempts to dig itself out amid competition and revenue woes, as well as recent quarterly losses.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For more than 50 years, shards of colorful glass, preserved in 25 carefully labeled envelopes, had been stored in an old Italian shoe box under Fred McDonald’s bed.

SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes all it takes is just enough.

San Francisco (AFP) - California legislators on Tuesday passed a bill to require tech firms to put the well-being of children over profits when designing apps or other online products.

Takeaways from @nicholasmcgee24 after the #49ers announced their 53-man roster.

San Francisco (AFP) - Two top executives at Snap are leaving to join Netflix, the streaming giant said Tuesday, after a report emerged that the Snapchat parent company is to slash its workforce by a fifth.

A truck hit the center divider on I-80 between San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., Monday morning, slathering several lanes in quickly crushed tomatoes and forcing morning commuters to play ketchup.

When Los Angeles shuttered its last streetcar in 1963, the Bay Area was already planting the seeds of BART, the expansive rail system that embodies a common refrain in the longstanding competition between Southern and Northern California: Angelenos are gas-guzzlers stuck in parking-lot traffic, while the Bay Area has built…