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For the second night in a row, Ian Schneider and Rodney Hampton are staking out the back of a Bayview warehouse from inside a graffiti-covered van with a plastic curtain covering the driver's side window. Equipped with a low-light video camera, Red Bull energy drinks and podcasts of "This American Life" to pass the time, their mission is to find whoever has been abandoning piles of trash at the corner of Fitch Street and Quesada Avenue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For the second night in a row, Ian Schneider and Rodney Hampton are staking out the back of a Bayview warehouse from inside a graffiti-covered van with a plastic curtain covering the driver's side window. Equipped with a low-light video camera, Red Bull energy drinks and podcasts of "This American Life" to pass the time, their mission is to find whoever has been abandoning piles of trash at the corner of Fitch Street and Quesada Avenue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As throngs of fans cheered and Champagne corks popped, city leaders delighted by Oracle Team USA's shocking come-from-behind victory in the 34th America's Cup on Wednesday were left to ponder, "Do we really want to do this all over again?" [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As throngs of fans cheered and Champagne corks popped, city leaders delighted by Oracle Team USA's shocking come-from-behind victory in the 34th America's Cup on Wednesday were left to ponder, "Do we really want to do this all over again?" [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Homelessness. Crime. Muni. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A three-alarm fire Monday destroyed a church in the heart of West Oakland known for serving meals to the hungry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco is about to write another chapter in its history of reaching out to the homeless - on October 7, it will hold its first-ever Project Homeless Connect for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Golden Gate Bridge directors on Friday finally approved a long-awaited median barrier designed to prevent head-on crashes on the famed span - but under pressure to plug a burgeoning budget hole, they have also begun discussing the idea of another toll hike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We knew this day was coming - outspoken District Five Supervisor London Breed appears to have deleted her Twitter account. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

No place in San Francisco is growing faster than District Six, that curious mix of hip SoMa and gritty Tenderloin stretches of town. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, its population grew by 35 percent over the past decade. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The three finalists vying to build a cultural center at San Francisco's treasured Crissy Field laid out their proposals to a roomful of architects Tuesday evening in a civilized discussion that made it hard to believe the process has evolved into a controversy making national headlines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Street chess, that institution of young, old, rich and poor mentally duking it out over a checkered board in the open air, thrives downtown in nearly every big city of America - except, now, San Francisco. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Franciscans can't get enough of community gardening these days. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Deadheads rejoice - the proposal to rename San Francisco's Jerry Garcia Amphitheater is, well, dead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's been just over two weeks since the wheels started spinning on the Bay Area's first bike-sharing endeavor, and more than 10,000 trips have been taken on the sea-foam green bicycles. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Another high-rise is in the works for San Francisco's waterfront, and you can bet there will be plenty of people out to complain when the City Planning Commission on Thursday looks at the plan for a 31-story, 186-unit residential tower at 75 Howard St., just off the Embarcadero. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco, amid intense lobbying, is poised to drop a requirement that skyscrapers have refill stations so firefighters can recharge their air tanks during a blaze. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco, amid intense lobbying, is poised to drop a requirement that skyscrapers have refill stations so firefighters can recharge their air tanks during a blaze. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

José Julio Sarria, a pioneering San Francisco drag queen who became one of the first openly gay candidates for U.S. public office, died Monday of cancer in his Albuquerque home. He was 90. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It was almost impossible to hear a Recreation and Park Department official call Cayuga Playground a "hidden treasure" because he had to shout over the roar of a train passing overhead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco's plans for creating a renewable power program, nine years in the making, are in jeopardy after the city's Public Utilities Commission voted against setting rates for CleanPowerSF on Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

After more than three years of stops and starts, it looks as if the plan to build a Mission District shelter designed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender homeless will finally be approved. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco's plans for creating a renewable power program, nine years in the making, are in jeopardy after the city's Public Utilities Commission voted against setting rates for CleanPowerSF on Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but a key Public Utilities Commission vote for San Francisco's renewable energy program is finally set for Tuesday. Maybe. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There's still the occasional double take from a tourist when two women or men are married in San Francisco's City Hall, where heterosexual couples have exchanged vows for years. Otherwise, it's nearly impossible to tell that just two months ago, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed gay marriage to resume in California for good after nine years of legal battles. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco education officials don't need a calculator to figure out that poor-performing schools plus millions of dollars often equals better test scores. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

State Sen. Mark Leno, who represents San Francisco in the state Capitol, is wading into international politics with a resolution condemning the recent antigay laws passed in Russia and urging the state's retirement systems to refrain from new investments in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It may not draw Tiger Woods, as Harding Park does, or offer the breathtaking views of the Lincoln Park Golf Course, but the easygoing, beginner-friendly play has kept regulars coming back to Golden Gate Park Golf Course for decades. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Critics of a regional plan to encourage development and growth in areas with easy access to mass transit filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The checks are in the mail for more than 2,000 Californians who were charged exorbitant lending rates by a payday loan company, thanks to the same old song-and-dance routine. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If there was ever any question that the newest member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, Katy Tang, would stand a better shot at winning elections than Mayor Ed Lee's previous board appointee, Christina Olague, a look at the District Four representative's fundraising figures should put those doubts to rest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In case San Franciscans are still searching for an incentive to reduce their trash output, a look at August's garbage bill might do the trick. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Voters won't get a chance to decide whether San Francisco businesses should offer caregivers flexible work schedules after all. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Voters won't get a chance to decide whether San Francisco businesses should offer caregivers flexible work schedules after all. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The temperature isn't expected to drop to 80 degrees below zero and Morgan Freeman won't be giving the play-by-play. But there will be a March of the Penguins at the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In San Francisco, animal owners are officially called pet guardians and canines outnumber children. It should come as no surprise, then, that some people who pamper their pooches want what's best for them not just in this life, but in the next one too. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Fasten your seat belts, the path to banning aerial advertising in San Francisco looks to be a bumpy ride. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In San Francisco's thousands of acres of open space, there are music festivals, soccer games and even homeless encampments. But unlike almost every other city in the country, one thing is missing from most of San Francisco's 220 parks - a sign that tells nighttime visitors "We're closed." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It may be a while before legislation to ban aerial advertising over San Francisco gets off the ground. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alice Rogers says it's like listening to a bass drum in a neighbor's apartment for hours on end. Others compare the drone of the banner-towing planes that circle AT&T Park before Giants home games to "a motor scooter on steroids" when the wind blows just right. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alice Rogers says it's like listening to a bass drum in a neighbor's apartment for hours on end. Others compare the drone of the banner-towing planes that circle AT&T Park before Giants home games to "a motor scooter on steroids" when the wind blows just right. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sean Sullivan was cycling along the Panhandle toward Golden Gate Park last summer when he saw a van on Fell Street with about 20 bikes inside. For 20 minutes, he watched three men take apart another 15 bicycles lying next to the van before deciding to call 911. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It took more than 15 years and cost way more than originally expected, but the Brannan Street Wharf finally opened for business Wednesday, providing a welcome patch of green in one of the city's most densely populated neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Stopping to smell the roses and other exotic plant life in Golden Gate Park's Botanical Garden has always been free for San Franciscans, but since 2010, tourists have had to pay $7 to visit the 55-acre landscape. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will decide if the out-of-town fee is here to stay. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Remember when former Mayor Gavin Newsom said "Who the heck needs the Olympics and the Super Bowl when you've got the America's Cup?" [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Despite a push to bring down proposed rates even further for San Francisco's renewable energy program on Tuesday, CleanPowerSF is facing more delays. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

After months of delays, San Francisco's clean energy program may finally move forward on Tuesday and ratepayers will learn how much it will cost them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Travelers flying in and out of San Francisco International Airport can expect a return to "normal" delays early this week, even as one runway remains closed after Saturday's fatal airplane crash, airport officials said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Travelers flying in and out of San Francisco International Airport can expect a return to "normal" delays early this week, even as one runway remains closed after Saturday's fatal airplane crash, airport officials said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For those who have endured a miserable commute this week because of the BART strike, heading to Fourth of July festivities around the Bay Area may be just as chaotic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]