Business Editor

Kevin Truong

The city’s most exclusive homes are selling at huge discounts as savvy buyers avoid the market or choose to rent instead. 

Public funds have paid for black-tie galas, a trip to Martha’s Vineyard and a bulk order of a department director’s children’s book.

Referral bonuses, luxury retreats, and secrecy — startups are doing everything to land the right founding engineer. 

UCSF's overcrowding problem is leaving patients languishing for hours, sometimes days.

Dozens of people are living on a 0.9-square-mile island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay with no businesses or even a bus stop. Here’s why.