Michael Barba

How San Francisco is cleaning up the city for NBA All-Star Weekend and Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend.

‘Death upon death’: Defendant in killing tied to cult-like ‘Zizian’ group dictates 1,500-word letter over jail phone

Andrei Karkar, 47, is the son of Edward Karkar, the deceased founder of Karkar Electronics, and Natalia Makarova, a Russian ballerina.

The killings include a landlord in Vallejo, a double homicide in Pennsylvania and the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

He was a cop who saw the drug crisis up close on S.F.’s streets. Then his addiction nearly killed him

Elon Musk made yet another claim about crime in San Francisco. But police said they can’t find any evidence the purported crime occurred.

Lurie’s new S.F. public safety chief accused of driving under the influence in lawsuit

Federal officials sent a tip from SFPD identifying suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione to New York police officials, the FBI said.

SFPD’s skyrocketing overtime budget led to potential abuse and lack of oversight, according to an audit from the city’s Budget and Legislative Analyst.

It may come as no surprise that San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie plans to draw on his close proximity to affluence to carry out his agenda.