San Francisco Fire Department

Authorities are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who twice told police and fire crews he couldn’t breathe as he was being held, face-down, after being handcuffed for several minutes, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

Firefighters in San Francisco are battling a four-alarm fire at Pier 45 Saturday morning, the fire department tweeted.

The San Francisco Fire Department has more women than any other department in the United States, with about 16 percent of its firefighters being female. They are being diagnosed with breast cancer at an alarming rate. Fifteen percent of their female firefighters between the ages of 40 and 50 years old have been diagnosed with the disease. That is six...

A sea lion reportedly bit a female swimmer at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park Thursday morning, marking at least the fourth such attack to occur in the area over the past month, according to fire officials.

The Golden Gate National Park Service has closed San Francisco’s Aquatic Park to swimming until Monday after two attacks by sea lions in as many days.

Acrid, black smoke was seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco Friday, a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure amid escalating tensions between the United States and Russia.

Over a dozen firefighters on Wednesday rushed to save a dog that plunged over a cliff at Fort Funston.

A happy ending for a woman and her dog who were stranded on a beach cliff in San Francisco Saturday.