Some surfers paddled in after spotting the shark, whose dramatic leap from the water was captured on a surf cam.

Months after launching its workforce development program in Civic Center, Downtown Streets Team is now helping to tidy up Union Square.

At Sunday's Pollinator Fun Fair in the Sunset, a coalition of city officials declared that protecting bees, butterflies, and more will soon become city policy.

The basketball courts reopen today, with face-painting, a basketball clinic, and much fanfare.

Palomacy's founder believes pigeons make great pets, and she's hoping locals will consider adopting a rescued bird.

For all you dendrologists out there, we've got word that a tree fell inside the San Francisco Botanical Garden this past Sunday afternoon, as witnessed by tipster Damien S.

Many more improvements to the Panhandle are on the way this fall.

The San Francisco Zoo's newest addition, born on Saturday, is the zoo's first-ever guanaco born in captivity.

This Lakeside District playground serves up a dose of recreation in the neighborhood.

Because of drought and insect infestations, the tree mortality rate inside the "cloud forest" has doubled since 1999.

Though the future of the pedestrian plaza is still up for debate, the alley will reopen to appease new traffic flow concerns.

For the next several weeks, drop by on Friday and Saturday afternoons to check out a rotating free exhibit in the Conservatory's outdoor area.

Guarded by an army of hand-carved wooden figures, the playground owes its magical appeal to the devotion of a single city gardener.