Attendees of the Downtown Hoedown, a free Downtown First Thursdays event, learn a line dance in San Francisco, on June 5, 2025. Wild West emcees the Downtown Hoedown in San Francisco, on June 5, 2025.

San Francisco has a sheer density of founders and idea exchange that makes it the startup capital of the world. Seattle’s startup scene could benefit from some of that energy bu

Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled a new proposal Tuesday to restrict long-term parking by recreational vehicles to two hours and expand outreach to unhoused persons living out of their vehicles.

There’s only one Senegalese club in San Francisco that fits the bill. Marco Senghor, owner of Bissap Baobab, told SFGATE that Baez is a friend of the restaurant. Although the singer-songwriter doesn’t come by as often as she used to before COVID-19, she showed up to Bissap Baobab’s grand reopening a couple of years back and has remained a friend.

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The Vaillancourt Fountain, sitting in the heart of San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza, has long divided opinion. It's a decades-long battle to either tear it down or preserve the historic gathering place.