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The first major automaker with an all-battery electric car will make the vehicle available to consumers in San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area late next year, Mayor Gavin Newsom 's office announced.

Share + Dec 7, 2009 1:40 pm US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO 1 of 1 Traffic flows across the eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge November 2, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

The suspect, 18-year-old Roger Alarcon of San Francisco, was taken into custody in Richmond and is now in San Francisco County Jail.

Share + Dec 7, 2009 4:07 pm US/Pacific Environment & The Green Beat 1 of 1 New Nissan Motor Co.'s zero-emission electronic vehicle 'Leaf' is displayed during the opening ceremony of the new Nissan Global Headquaters on August 2, 2009 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

San Francisco Municipal Railway service continued to run smoothly Monday, after widespread service changes went into effect over the weekend, Muni spokesman Judson True said.

Jamaica's Buju Banton, the reggae artist whose anti-gay anthem "Boom Bye Bye" drew protesters and led to a number of canceled concert dates across the United States during his latest tour, has been nominated for a Grammy.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains and Diablo Range after snow fell throughout the Bay Area early this morning.

Mayor Gavin Newsom 's trip to Bangalore, India, to cement San Francisco's relationship with its 15th sister city is off to a fast start.

A 30-year-old homeless man accused of stabbing three women and a boy over the past three months in San Francisco was ordered held on $5 million bail Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court.

Share + Dec 6, 2009 7:21 pm US/Pacific CBS 5 CrimeWatch SAN FRANCISCO Police in San Francisco detained three people after an officer was struck in the face by a bullet fragment right outside the door of the Sunnydale police substation Sunday afternoon, a spokesman said.

"I'm Cecil Williams and I am pissed!" This was how Rev. Williams of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco greeted volunteers -- many of them attending a conference for lesbian and gay politicians which begins in San Francisco today --who had gathered in Glide's lunchroom to help with food distribution at Thursday's lunch service.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The overall message of a new report on emerging ties between the San Francisco Bay Area and India reemphasized what already has been generally acknowledged - that 'the depth, breadth and strength' of the ties are extensive and growing, Bay Area Council Economic Institute president R. Sean Randolph summarized for an audience at ...

This endangered giant sea turtle rarely found north of Mexico was first spotted Nov.

This year's Gorgeous & Green Gala is happening Tuesday, December 8th at the W Hotel in San Francisco and Inhabitat will be on the scene! Dine with celebs, check out the latest eco-fashions, sip on organic cocktails or just get your green groove on to the live music! If you would like to join us at the event, tickets are still on sale for this ...

Mick Jagger looks at Hells Angels at Altamont after they dragged onstage an unidentified person, whom they mauled during the concert.

BART Director Carol Ward Allen says the transit agency will hold a public hearing Dec.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art turns 75 in January, and it plans to celebrate not only that milestone, but the beginning of a new era that promises to turn SFMOMA into a major cultural destination.

A map of how California will be affected by climate change in the future was unveiled yesterday by state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

KTVU News has learned a key section of that bridge has been delayed again and Caltrans now is bracing for a new cost over-run in the tens of millions of dollars.

Looking for a traditional spot in San Francisco's Union Square? You can't go wrong with Morton's. Although the steakhouse is a Chicago import and - tres horrible - a chain, the spacious Post Street establishment is a cousin in cuisine and atmosphere to the Bay Area's old-school restaurants and bars.