San Francisco plans a sweep of homeless encampments on 6th Street, aiming to improve safety and cleanliness. Homeless residents say they struggle to access city services despite progress in the area.

San Francisco is celebrated for its walkable neighborhoods, scenic vistas, and dense urban grid. Yet beneath the city's pedestrian-friendly image lies a grim reality: San Francisco consistently ranks ...

Pavement markings give way to an unaccepted street on Carroll Avenue in Bayview on June 20, 2025. Photo by Marina Newman. When is a street not a street? The answer’s not so simple. About 130 miles of ...

Encampments returned to Jerrold Ave. near Bayshore Blvd. four days after they were cleared by city authorities. Photo by Abigail Van Neely. Aug. 6, 2024. The number of homeless tents on the streets of ...

According to a new report from the San Francisco government, the city’s streets have become noticeably dirtier over the past year. The Controller’s Office released its annual assessment of street ...

Jose Fabian is a web producer for CBS Bay Area where he reports on local crime, politics and breaking news. He studied political science and journalism at Sacramento State and was born and raised in ...

San Francisco’s streets aren’t getting cleaner, but they also aren’t getting dirtier, according to a recent city-commissioned study. In other words, the condition of San Francisco’s streets and ...

When Armando Herrera got out of drug treatment last year, he returned to the streets of San Francisco — still unhoused, but in a better place than he’d been in years. He’d kicked his addiction to ...