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It was a conspiracy theory befitting Mayor Ed Lee's politically fraught and largely unprecedented effort to oust Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from office. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mid-Market has vexed San Francisco mayors for decades, but the city is finally on the cusp of turning around the long-depressed stretch of the city's grand boulevard, Mayor Ed Lee said Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MORE than $400m of compensation to American victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests was paid with loans and guarantees from Allied Irish Bank, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Well, it's a start. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A preservation group has sued the city of San Francisco, claiming former Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Board of Supervisors gave short shrift to a law outlining the qualifications of Historic Preservation Commission members. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CUP holders NUIG staged a dramatic recovery mission at Mobhi Road as they remain in the competition until Tuesday at least. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mayor Ed Lee isn't wasting his time in office, or in Washington. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Concerns about the costs and the consequences of laying off its toll collectors convinced Golden Gate Bridge directors to delay action on a plan to move to an all-electronic toll collection system next year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mayor Gavin Newsom and members of his economic development team met Thursday with software billionaire Larry Ellison to get feedback on the city's proposal to host the next America's Cup, sailing's premier event. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Public Defender Jeff Adachi has seen his budget and staff increase almost every year, and his attorneys' caseloads are lower than when he took over in 2003, city figures show. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Public Defender Jeff Adachi's charter amendment to overhaul pension and health care benefits for city workers will jeopardize $23 million in federal health care funding for the city this year, raise insurance premiums for workers and have other unintended consequences, according to a new memo from the director of the city agency that oversees health benefits for city workers and retirees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If anybody in this town had a record of the number of prosecutions and convictions for crimes like aggressive panhandling or obstructing the sidewalk, you'd think it would be the district attorney's office. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A San Francisco civil grand jury warned Thursday that rapidly increasing pension costs threaten to overwhelm the city's budget in the coming years. The city's pension contribution is expected to increase by $60 million a year for the next five years, according to the report. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We'll know by the end of the year whether San Francisco will host the next America's Cup, and Mayor Gavin Newsom says his city is in the driver's seat. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NO MATCH FOR MACHA: Lou Piniella is the latest manager to have problems with Milton Bradley, and perhaps no manager handled the outfielder better than Ken Macha. In 2006, Bradley emerged as the No. 3 hitter on an A's team that advanced to the ALCS. He didn't get suspended all year, thanks in part to Macha, a black belt in tae kwon do who bear-hugged Bradley one day in September and carried him away as Bradley charged ump Ron Kulpa. Bradley was a problem with the '07 A's, which no longer was Macha's team. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Subbing for Patty Mills: St. Mary's Mickey McConnell has made great strides recently. Check out his combined numbers from the Gaels' wins over Portland and Utah State the past two Saturdays: 42 points, 11-for-12 from the floor, 5-for-5 from three-point range, 15-for-17 from the foul line and, perhaps most importantly for a point guard, two turnovers in 58 minutes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A college instructor from Oakland first met the man now accused of killing him almost three decades ago when the teacher was mentoring him in a program for disadvantaged youths, police said Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]