Maryann Jones Thompson

Francisco Park opens, offering glorious views and a community gathering place on Russian Hill

Positioned at the base of Russian Hill, Francisco Park will be the first new park in the city’s center in 40 years. 

The confrontation sparked an hours-long standoff with police before the man was taken into custody.

Apple is halting sales of its flagship watches—the Series 9 and Ultra 2—after a years-long patent dispute.


The local watering hole has one of the oldest neon signs in the neighborhood. 

Geese hitting overhead lines caused two power outages on the northern side of the island, where most of its roughly 2,000 residents live.