An SF bus' signature, stomach-flipping turn involves a swerve across up to six lanes of traffic. Its story traces back to the ...

That striking entrance, and its wide, grand staircase, is what attracted Stanford to the home in the first place.

After 1906, Los Angeles merchants “took advantage ... In 1905, scant months before the earthquake, San Francisco had been presented with the Burnham Plan, a park-centric model for an ideal ...

Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake itself, ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has asked the State of California to slow its roll toward making North Beach a historic ...

An historic Chinese restaurant in San Francisco that first opened its doors 116 years ago may have closed for good.

Preparedness isn’t the sole responsibility of local, state or national governments. While they all play major roles, unless ...

1906. The next day, three San Francisco newspapers -- the Call, the Chronicle and the Examiner -- published a joint edition. Its front page carried this top headline: "Earthquake and Fire ...

The California Historical Society, following longstanding financial challenges, has closed and transferred its collection to ...