Lurie, who was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, had an opening for the leader of the San Francisco Fire Department after former chief Jeanine Nicholson retired in August. Sandra Tong was serving as ...

LATEST: Feb. 4, 11:20 a.m. The San Francisco Fire Department said a previously reported sinkhole in the city’s Marina neighborhood on Tuesday morning is actually a series of potholes. The San ...

A shooting outside a cannabis dispensary turned into an hourslong standoff with San Francisco police outside the apartment of ...

Dean Crispen, a 34-year veteran San Francisco Fire Department battalion chief, has been promoted to fire chief, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Friday. "My number one goal as chief of the department ...

According to the Mercury News, data shows San Jose has the lowest firefighter staffing level when compared with Oakland, San ...

A California utility says its equipment may have sparked a small wildfire in Los Angeles that broke out the same day as two ...

Ironically, the major Bay Area city with the best-staffed fire department faces the least risk from wildfires. San Francisco, surrounded by ocean and bay water to the west, north and east ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Mayor Daniel Lurie named a new chief at the San Francisco Fire Department on Friday, his first big appointment since taking office on Wednesday. In a press release ...