Editor’s note: This article is part of an Examiner series exploring the history of some of San Francisco’s lesser-known historic landmarks. Today, we consider Landmark No. 171 on The City’s local ...

Take a look inside the $91 million renovation of Congregation Emanu-El, the largest synagogue in Northern California.

It was San Francisco’s pride—a Beaux-Arts masterpiece crowned with a dome taller than the U.S. Capitol. Then came the earthquake of 1906, and the city’s grandest landmark crumbled into ruins ...

It was the end of an era in Chinatown when restaurant Sam Wo shut its doors in January, but now, a group of local investors is determined to keep the legacy of Sam Wo going.

Winchester Mystery House historian Janan Boehmewill discuss parallels between Sarah Winchester’s famed San Jose estate and ...

Created around 1833, Portsmouth Square was the first public meeting place in the city that wasn’t connected to the military ...

Entering Vancouver’s Old City Cemetery from 13th Street and walking down the well-worn road, it’s hard to miss the tall stone pillar on the left marking Judge Columbia Lancaster’s plot. He traveled he ...

As we walked through the square, under a sky smudged with the last light of the day, I realized our experiment had revealed ...

Operating under the name the Transbay Café and later Al’s Trans-Bay, the bar attracted a diverse clientele that included both ...

On this day in 1855, William Mulholland, the visionary engineer who brought water to Los Angeles and later carried the burden ...

San Francisco celebrates the 150th anniversary of Lotta's Fountain, a historical landmark and communal beacon.