The exchange's all-female staff was required to memorize every customer's phone number and address—more than 3,000 of them.

A woman is slit with a knife during a robbery, an argument at a bar ends with an unconscious patron, shots fired on the Embarcadero and more.

The holiday season is ramping up in and around North Beach.

McClure found notoriety as one of the five poets to read at the Six Gallery on Fillmore Street in 1955.

The community dinner helps hundreds of residents from surrounding neighborhoods break bread and get to know each other.

Need a burst of endorphins after this past week? Our editors share their neighborhood favorites for spicy eats.

Look past your presidential election hangover to the results closer to home.

A cab driver allegedly assaults his passengers after a dispute, intruders break into a hotel to start a fracas, several strongarm street robberies, and more.

Have you checked out the Grubbies, the Financial District's secret takeout window for sushi, uni and more? Get your weekend highlights, plus more on the Grubbies, with this week's video segment.

Need a distraction from election? We've got plenty of events around North Beach to keep your mind donkey and elephant-free.

Bay Area filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman discuss their new documentary, screening this weekend at the Roxie Theater.

From trick-or-treat festivities for kids to a free new ride and free day at the Exploratorium, gratis goodies abound.

This week's crime roundup features "outstanding" arrests by Central Station officers, a shooting in North Beach and another tourist robbed visiting the iconic "crooked street."