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## San Francisco


* ![JR Mural San Francisco](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19e09ad2b94f247/69894a47db298732482625b2/jr-mural-san-francisco-003.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2019  
## [Artist JR Tries to Capture All of San Francisco in a Single Mural](https://time.com/5594369/jr-san-francisco-mural/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Occupy San Francisco Protesters Plan Next Move After Park Eviction Days Earlier](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ba6e51f2339f485/698937e38fd2ee4a3735c640/san-francisco-poop-patrol-problem.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 16, 2018  
## [San Francisco Launches 'Poop Patrol' to Clean Up Streets](https://time.com/5368610/san-francisco-poop-patrol-problem/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4a4f7c704727c02/69892f6a22fb857e86e25840/katrina-lake-stitch-fix-ceo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 3, 2018  
## [Stitch Fix Has One of Silicon Valley’s Few Female CEOs. But The Company Stands Out For More Than That](https://time.com/5264160/stitch-fix-has-one-of-silicon-valleys-few-female-ceos/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Museum goers take photos at the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa5e06a9c97c26a/69892b2e22fb853328e2519e/de-young-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 22, 2018  
## [A San Francisco Art Museum Tackles Art’s Instagram Dilemma](https://time.com/5210504/san-francisco-art-museum-tackles-arts-instagram-dilemma/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7be5f4f3e22120f8/698929dc096a94d4ed6a1b9e/screen-shot-2018-03-06-at-11-21-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 6, 2018  
## [How Los Angeles Is Quickly Becoming a Cycle-Friendly City](https://time.com/5177532/city-cycling-guide-la-nyc-sf-chicago/)  
by Kelton Wright  
* ![San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8648f0296c4111ae/6988f4b3e76ad217ad630450/mayor-ed-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 12, 2017  
## [San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies Suddenly at 65](https://time.com/5060195/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-65/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![Senate Holds Hearing On Immigration Enforcement Policies And Public Safety](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt564756bc7e295c28/6988e68dab6d7748716b0b56/gettyimages-481485058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2017  
## [Kate Steinle: Victim of Deadly 'Russian Roulette' or a Tragic Accident?](https://time.com/5032771/kate-steinle-immigration-closing-arguments/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![A view of the Oakland Bay Bridge from Pier 14; San Francisco, California, USA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41e1af4a269eba04/6988e3444ee2622ca030f870/gettyimages-601211830.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2017  
## [Inside the Murder Trial That Fueled Trump's Immigration Rhetoric](https://time.com/4996278/kate-steinle-murder-trial-donald-trump/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Alt Right Protesters Hold News Conference In San Francisco After Cancelling Rally, Amid Counter Demonstrations Planned](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a3da2037a49266d/6988db4ecf40a84420c4921f/gettyimages-839604462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2017  
## [Counterprotesters Flood San Francisco Streets](https://time.com/4917347/san-francisco-patriot-prayer-counterprotesters/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco bay and Crissy Field](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13bd496f408896c3/6988db11e76ad20a1262edff/crissy-field-san-francisco-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2017  
## [A Right-Wing 'Free Speech' Rally Planned for San Francisco Has Been Cancelled](https://time.com/4916906/san-francisco-free-speech-rally-cancelled/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz  
* ![The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco bay and Crissy Field](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13bd496f408896c3/6988db11e76ad20a1262edff/crissy-field-san-francisco-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2017  
## [San Francisco Braces for Weekend of Protests](https://time.com/4915097/crissy-field-rally-counter-protest-san-franciso/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Feinstein Statue](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47949d782481f88a/6988da17656a3f894bbd152b/woman-statues.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2017  
## [Inside the Push for More Public Statues of Notable Women](https://time.com/4903612/women-statues-san-francisco/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![A rendering shows what the constructed net, about 20 feet below the bridge's edge, will eventually look like. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b57708fe616a75e/6988c27e8fd2eefe493568d8/suicide-deterrent-rendering-looking-north.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2017  
## [The Golden Gate Bridge Is Getting a Net to Prevent Suicides](https://time.com/4736962/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-net/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![A Wall In Between](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21171861804bdb93/6988b7e8bc6cfc20763dffbd/migrants-mexico-central-america-migrants-border-u-s-16.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2017  
## [Lawmakers: Boycott Companies That Build Trump's Wall](https://time.com/4710070/border-wall-boycott-san-francisco/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![<i>Hustlers, Selma Avenue, Hollywood, 1971. </i>](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29a4537053bb4c05/6988b5c9a988cac4536baa7e/anthony_friedkin_gay_essay_091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 17, 2017  
## [Pioneering Photographs of Gay Life in the 1960s](https://time.com/4633565/gay-life/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Paul Moakley

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