Stephanie K. Baer

A last-minute bill to exempt restaurants from a new service fee ban that's set to take effect next week was unanimously passed by the state Senate Thursday.

Eric Notrick, 42, of San Francisco, faces five counts of attempted murder of a public official, one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of discharge of a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, the San Francisco District Attorney's office announced Tuesday.

Footage from a street-level surveillance camera and the officer's body-worn camera shows the man turning and firing toward the officer, then turning and pointing his weapon a second time before the officer fires his own gun three times shortly before midnight on July 21. The man then collapses to the ground.

A San Francisco woman spent nearly 15 hours over two days waiting to pick up her stolen vehicle from an impound lot, highlighting inefficiencies in the city's recovery process.

The owner of an infamous San Francisco tow truck company is facing new charges after authorities say he intentionally wrecked cars to cash in on insurance money.

David Pesusic and his family say keeping the doors open at their South Beach grocery store just isn't worth it anymore.

You might imagine that San Francisco's most-complained-about bar is a raucous venue with club nights that thunder past 2 a.m.