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Police estimate as many as 1,000 Hells Angels may roll into California's Bay area to remember a slain leader of the motorcycle riders brotherhood.

Federal Aviation Administration officials gathered Friday to promote new flight and navigational technologies that reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions while also decreasing passenger delays.

FAA officials at San Francisco International Airport watched the arrival of a blue-tailed Boeing 777 Airways New Zealand flight from Auckland to showcase airplanes controlled and monitored by satellite-based GPS rather than ground-based radar.

The flight was the first of its kind for the airline and part of an ongoing FAA effort to streamline trans-Pacific flights.

A group of alleged gang members was arrested Wednesday in connection with a series of violent assaults over the past two months in the Richmond and Sunset districts, San Francisco police announced Thursday.

In the largest single gift to the San Francisco Opera, a Palo Alto couple has donated $40 million to the long-running, prestigious company.

Several San Francisco teenagers who frequently skip school got an unexpected knock at their front door Thursday morning - and found Mayor Gavin Newsom and their principal standing on the doorstep.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sulks when alleged to lack leadership on public safety.

The Golden Gate Bridge , Highway and Transportation District's Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday morning to proceed with environmental and design studies for a moveable median barrier on the bridge.

BART is considering charging higher fares and parking fees during rush hour to head off train and station overcrowding that is worsening as more riders flock to public transit to avoid high gas prices.

The average price of a gallon of regular in the state has dropped 76 cents since June to $3.85 a gallon, according to AAA of Northern California.

Tiny particles in air pollution can harm people with coronary artery disease by crippling the ability of the heart to conduct electrical signals, Harvard University researchers report.

The dramatic rise in homicides in San Francisco's Mission District in recent weeks had the area's supervisor Tuesday calling for increased dialogue and coordination between police and the community.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sulks when alleged to lack leadership on public safety.

Following a reversal of public opinion in favor of a Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier - in a highly scientific online poll, surely - Mayor Gavin has weighed in with his two cents on the proposed barrier.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sulks when alleged to lack leadership on public safety.

Sep 10, 2008 9:11 pm US/Pacific Bay Area To Honor 7th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks In honor of the seventh anniversary of the Sept.

Children from every ZIP code in San Francisco are now eligible for a city program that provides free preschool to 4-year-olds, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today.

A Cessna 210 Centurion plane crashed into the San Francisco Bay south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge shortly before 5 p.m. EST Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Preliminary ...

Dozens of juvenile criminals have been shipped to San Bernardino County as part of San Francisco's sanctuary city policy designed to shield the minors from deportation.

A train operator reported electrical arcing on the tracks between the Civic Center and 16th Street Mission BART stations at about 8:30 a.m., said BART spokesman Linton Johnson.

Nearly a year after a Chinese freighter collided with the Bay Bridge, dumping more than 50,000 gallons of bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay, Bay Area lawmakers have succeeded in passing the most sweeping oil ...