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The 504 Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.

WePark is a radical rethinking of city space, which started in San Francisco and has spread as far afield as Toulouse, Bristol, LA and Portland

Thirty years after the project officially began, the idea for the San Francisco Bay Trail seems both delightfully obvious and considerably difficult. To link Bay Area communities across nine counties and 47 cities with one multiuse, 500-mile trail is an ambitious dream. And as with other major social initiatives, fully building out the Bay Trail is an ongoing endeavor, decades into its existence.

The importance of open and diverse input on how machines run our lives.

Edith’s outsized, creative, visionary legacy often takes center stage, but Brian’s skills as a mechanical engineer and business manager were equally crucial to the early and enduring success of Heath Ceramics.

This billionaire wants to solve California's water problem.

It’s not easy to get a short, crisp Web address.

The renowned Putin biographer is our most sought-after expert in the Trump era. Her latest, 'The Future Is History,' reveals how easily democracy can devolve into autocracy.

Cowboy Poetry Week, now in its 13th year, takes place from April 20th to the 26th.

It’s sort of like summer camp—just for highly educated adults.

San Francisco was one of several cities dubbed the “Paris of the West” in the early 20th century. From that high point the Tenderloin's reputation foundered, but its vibrancy did not.

If you’re the lone caretaker of Brooks Island, not going crazy is job one. (text + photos)

As electronic records replace physical ones, how do we make sure we don’t overwrite our history?

After losing his arm to a post-cancer infection, Todd Brammer had to rethink how he plays pinball.

When technologists talk about the “internet of things,” those “things” are often pretty big: vehicles, factory machinery, even people. But sometimes the best use of connectivity is subtle.