SAN FRANCISCO — This famously liberal city, known for tackling thorny issues from gay marriage to universal health care, is wrestling with another divisive issue. The Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that would keep law enforcem... | The shutdown of a major artery linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland sent area officials scrambling overnight to develop plans to ease congestion for Wednesday morning's rush hour. | SAN FRANCISCO — Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area were bracing for an arduous commute on Tuesday morning after slow-going repairs to a cracked support forced the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to remain closed an extra day. | OAKLAND -- Hundreds of thousands of Bay Area commuters remain in limbo today as crews scramble to complete an emergency repair to the workhorse Bay Bridge. | If you're heading from the South Bay to San Francisco or other points north or east, here are some tips for skirting potential backups due to this weekend's closing of the Bay Bridge. | As states and cities struggle with the economic recession and possible fiscal pressure on public health care programs, a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of enrollees in Healthy San Francisco (HSF), the city's health care access program for the uninsured... | San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit reached a tentative agreement with a union representing rail workers yesterday, averting a strike that had been scheduled for today. | San Francisco moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the nation to require that retailers post in their stores notices on the level of radiation emitted by the cell phones they offer. |