The pastor who transformed Glide Memorial Church into a feed-the-needy powerhouse, and an early activist for LGBTQ rights since 1964, the Reverend Cecil Williams turns 93 years old today.

The corner of 24th and Mission Streets is less chaotic, cleaner, and free of stolen goods for the first time in about nine months, as a new vendor permitting system is off to a promising start.

The San Francisco SPCA currently has a good amount of adult dogs and cats up for adoption. In order to help them find their forever homes, the animal rescue is participating in the Clear the Shelters nationwide campaign, which aims to help older pets get adopted.

The battle between a big private school and a little farmers market could end, as Supervisor Eric Mar has brokered a compromise deal, and the Outer Sunset Farmers Market has just won a ten-month extension either way.

St. Kevin’s parish on Cortland Avenue turns 100 years old Saturday, and their Centennial Celebration will serve up the dishes of the Latin American, Filipino, and Pakistani heritages that make up the congregation.

The last Corgi Con held in San Francisco was in 2019, bringing with it hundreds of stubby dogs and thousands of humans eager to see corgis race one another, don cute costumes, and grab a picture with one (or several) of them. After a pandemic-spurred hiatus, Ocean Beach will again have many short tails wagging in the wind this weekend.

Citing a list of financial concerns, the City College of San Francisco's Board of Trustees finalized 38 faculty layoffs during a virtual meeting this past Friday.

SoMa’s Common City Gardens will become 200 units to house families experiencing homelessness, after the SF Board of Supervisors approved its purchase for $145 million late Tuesday night.

No one was injured in the April 8 fire on Noe Street, but it displaced five residents and shut down Sushi Urashima, and crowdfunding campaigns have been launched for both.

The noodle wars are coming back, as the street food festival Noodle Fest will pit 29 North Beach and Chinatown restaurants against one another in a noodle contest with celebrity judges Martin Yan, Soleil Ho, and Broke-Ass Stuart.

The Golden Gate Greenway will be back on Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin this weekend, but just as a pop-up.

A loudmouth rooster named King Henry IV wore out his welcome in the Tenderloin, but his new home 90 miles away is something to crow about.

“King Henry IV” is the rooster whose cock-a-doodle doings have been ruining Tenderloin residents’ early mornings, but he’s now cooped up, and Animal Care and Control did not have to resort to fowl play.