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San Francisco actress Joan Chen, in the midst of a career resurgence fueled by her embrace of independent film, was just breaking into American films when the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival got under way in the 1980s, and she would hit her stride late in the decade with memorable roles in "The Last Emperor" and "Twin ... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO – They would depart for China in two days. That had been the plan, anyway.

Six decades after leaving the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp as a 12-year-old, Sam Mihara took a tour through Yellowstone, and the tour bus stopped in Cody.

Early in April, a seven-member task force most San Franciscans have never heard of will draw lines that could change local politics for a decade.

A couple shares a moment in front of the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on June 6, 2010.

San Francisco has always been one of the nation's most beloved cities. With its old world charm, temperate climate, friendly people, relaxed, liberal attitude and picturesque bay, its easy to see why.