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A person lies on a littered street with two people standing nearby. The person on the ground has tattoos on their torso and is surrounded by scattered belongings and debris.

Is San Francisco’s homeless point-in-time count pointless?

by Joe Eskenazi January 19, 2026, 4:01 amJanuary 20, 2026, 11:51 am

People gather and converse at a bar with a geometric mural, pendant lights, and a metallic ceiling; some are seated at the counter, others stand and socialize.

Food

Review: At Beretta, what’s old is new again

by Maria C. Ascarrunz January 19, 2026, 3:01 amJanuary 20, 2026, 12:32 pm

A brown dog stands on a sidewalk holding a large orange traffic cone in its mouth, surrounded by people and a bicycle.

SNAPS

Champ the pit bull

by Jay A. Martin January 18, 2026, 6:00 amJanuary 16, 2026, 4:05 pm

Two men wearing black clothing and purple reflective vests stand on a city street in sunlight, with a painted wall and green pole behind them.

People We Meet: They clean up trash and look for people in trouble

by Béatrice Vallières January 18, 2026, 4:00 amMarch 26, 2026, 4:12 pm

A blue car with a damaged door and shattered glass on the ground; the door is ajar and a metal rod lies beside it. People and barriers are visible in the background.

Zoox robotaxi strikes parked car, injuring S.F. street ambassador

by Joe Rivano Barros and Joe Eskenazi January 17, 2026, 3:47 pmMarch 30, 2026, 4:01 pm

Yellow chalk drawing with looping and circular lines on a cracked concrete sidewalk.

SNAPS

Sidewalk swirls

by Thomas Lee Tavis January 17, 2026, 6:00 amJanuary 16, 2026, 3:15 pm

A person with curly hair stands in a bookstore, resting a hand on a display of books. Shelves filled with books and eclectic decor are visible in the background.

How Daniel Meléndez found community among the shelves of a Mission bookstore

by Alice Finno January 17, 2026, 4:00 amMarch 27, 2026, 9:15 am

Mayor Lurie, S.F. officials press Blue Shield to cover firefighters’ cancer care

by Alice Finno January 16, 2026, 8:58 pmMarch 10, 2026, 11:27 pm

Two brightly painted buildings in yellow, green, and pink are separated by a narrow alley, with windows and a blue sky visible above.

Sunset Buzz: New street for Claude on Sunday, and potato puffs afterwards

by Junyao Yang January 16, 2026, 12:00 pmMarch 12, 2026, 7:13 pm

police car lights, hit-and-run, Rainbow Grocery, 49ers

Person fatally shot in the Mission District on Thursday night

by Oscar Palma January 16, 2026, 11:30 amJanuary 20, 2026, 12:59 pm

A person with shoulder-length blond hair plays an acoustic guitar while seated on a stage in a wooden-paneled room, facing an audience.

100+ unhoused people died in S.F. last year. A memorial service tries to remember all of them.

by Abigail Vân Neely January 16, 2026, 7:00 amJanuary 20, 2026, 1:29 pm

Chalk writing on a sidewalk reads "Viva Venezuela" near a yellow tactile paving and the word "Mission" embedded in the concrete.

SNAPS

Viva Venezuela!

by Angel Mayorga January 16, 2026, 6:00 amJanuary 14, 2026, 5:44 pm

A street corner with a large, gray stone building featuring arched windows, trees in front, people walking, a bike, and parked cars near a crosswalk.

Mysterious LLC wants to turn Mission’s old Social Security building into restaurant, bookstore and events space

by Oscar Palma January 16, 2026, 4:00 amMarch 30, 2026, 4:01 pm

Police vehicles with flashing lights are parked on a dimly lit street at night.

Covering the Police

SFPD data shows racial disparity in traffic stops fell with new policy

by Eleni Balakrishnan January 15, 2026, 2:58 pmJanuary 16, 2026, 10:28 am

Daniel Lurie’s State of the City: One part tough love, one part affordability

by Margaret Kadifa January 15, 2026, 2:42 pmJanuary 15, 2026, 3:55 pm

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