Why is San Francisco the only city to still operate cable cars? We dug into the history books to find out.

About 50 people rallied outside of the flagship Apple Store in Union Square to protest the FBI's request for a "back door" into the iPhone.

Worldwide rallies telling the FBI "don't break our phones" will take place at Apple stores worldwide—including the one at 1 Stockton St. The rally will be held tomorrow at 5:30pm.

Six chefs from six different regions of France, including Roland Passot and Dominique Crenn, have created special $39 menus for the celebration.

Yesterday marked one of the last days of the Chinese Lunar New Year's festivities here in San Francisco, ringing in the year of the monkey.

A peaceful protest is working its way down Market Street today in response to the conviction of NYPD officer Peter Liang.

Robbers were busy in the Central District this week, shaking down and beating up people for everything from money, cell phones and jewelry to a bike, a boom box and a gold teeth grill.

The popular street food vendor from New York City is taking over the former Naan-N-Curry space on O'Farrell, just outside the Tenderloin.

AT&T is planning a "one-of-a-kind" 24,000-square-foot flagship retail store next to the busy cable car turnaround.

Gung hay fat choy! Celebrate the Year of the Monkey by attending the parade, an SF tradition dating back to the 1860s, and other Lunar New Year events.

This week's crimes include a scary home invasion on Telegraph Hill, a $10,000 robbery from a luxury leather goods shop and a woman robbed when trying to enter a card game.

The goal is to offer high-quality fare so that neighbors and nearby workers are tempted to become regulars.

The thieves, described as a group of men and women, made off with over $10,000 in items from the Italian leather-goods maker. An employee tried to stop them, but they "used force" to get away.