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Firefighters participate in a training exercise, carrying a ladder in front of a drill tower building.

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Ladder skills

by Jay A. Martin October 11, 2026, 6:00 amOctober 9, 2026, 4:24 pm

A blimp flies over a harbor with a bridge in the background.

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LTA Research

by Jay A. Martin October 8, 2026, 6:00 amOctober 7, 2026, 10:56 pm

A baseball stadium with empty seats, backed by city skyscrapers, is seen across the water with a person sitting on rocks in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

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Oracle Park

by Jay A. Martin September 17, 2026, 6:00 amSeptember 16, 2026, 5:04 pm

A person wearing a gray coat and hat stands at a crosswalk on a city street near the corner of Sutter Street, with buildings and cars in the background.

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Woman in Japantown

by Jay A. Martin September 6, 2026, 6:00 amSeptember 8, 2026, 9:42 am

A fire truck ladder extends to a building roof as several firefighters climb it. The scene takes place on a city street beside trees and multi-story buildings.

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Firefighters

by Jay A. Martin September 4, 2026, 6:00 amSeptember 3, 2026, 4:58 pm

A city street lined with parked cars, people walking on sidewalks, and numerous colorful signs in English and Chinese above shops and restaurants.

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Looking west from Kearny Street

by Jay A. Martin August 21, 2026, 6:00 amAugust 21, 2026, 11:28 am

Coit Tower rises behind colorful residential buildings and parked cars on a sloped street in San Francisco.

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Coit Tower

by Jay A. Martin August 16, 2026, 6:00 amAugust 14, 2026, 3:56 pm

A person lounges on a wooden chair inside a dome-shaped outdoor structure with decorative panels in a park setting, enjoying the vibrant atmosphere of SoMa YerbaBuena.

Photos: The many faces of SoMa

by Jay A. Martin August 2, 2026, 4:00 amAugust 2, 2026, 8:31 am

A street-level view looking down Columbus Avenue in San Francisco toward the Transamerica Pyramid, with historic buildings and storefronts lining both sides of the road under a clear blue sky.

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Transamerica Pyramid

by Jay A. Martin July 29, 2026, 6:00 amJuly 29, 2026, 7:27 am

A collage of eight people in various outdoor urban settings, including a man with an American flag, friends in costume, and individuals posing on streets and near greenery.

What does life feel like on the country’s 250th birthday?

by Aaliyah Español-Rivas, Hamza Fahmy, Jay A. Martin, Leslie Rabine, Genesia Ting and Lydia Chávez July 5, 2026, 4:00 amJuly 28, 2026, 11:27 pm

A person in athletic clothing jumps in mid-air on a grassy area, with dense leafy bushes and trees in the background. The photo is in black and white.

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Ice-skating jumps

by Jay A. Martin July 1, 2026, 6:00 amJuly 28, 2026, 11:37 pm

A person plays a saxophone under a stone bridge, with sunlight filtering through square openings in the bridge above.

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Saxophonist

by Jay A. Martin June 24, 2026, 6:00 amJuly 29, 2026, 12:07 am

A person holds an IT'S-IT ice cream sandwich in the foreground; in the background, an artist paints on a city sidewalk near a corner store with a "THAT’S IT!" sign.

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It happened

by Jay A. Martin June 12, 2026, 6:00 amJuly 29, 2026, 1:33 am

Black and white image of an urban playground with climbing nets and a row of children's ride-on toys, set against city buildings in the background.

Photos: Postage-stamp parks give the Tenderloin room to breathe

by Jay A. Martin May 29, 2026, 5:00 amJuly 29, 2026, 2:09 am

A young girl runs through bubbles near a woman holding a balloon animal on a city sidewalk by a "Port of San Francisco" trash bin.

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Bubbles galore

by Jay A. Martin May 2, 2026, 6:00 amJuly 29, 2026, 12:27 am

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