SAN FRANCISCO -- They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets.

The Mayor of San Francisco announced Monday the hiring of 10 workers who will clean up needles littering the streets. ... "The trash, our homeless, the needles, the drug abuse on our streets, ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city's drug overdose crisis requires a bolder approach to getting illicit drug users off the streets and into treatment.

Residents who live near San Francisco’s Potrero Avenue are expressing frustration as homelessness and drug activity worsen. Many describe the situation as a "whack-a-mole" problem, with ...

Some streets of San Francisco are leaning into its fentanyl crisis to raise awareness about the deadly narcotic. A new ad campaign, dubbed “That’s Fentalife!” aims to catch the attention of ...

Stuardo Cruz Cruz was convicted of drug dealing while on probation in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. He was caught ...

But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on rampant drug dealing that’s decimating the 50-square-block area.

San Francisco's new drug policies reduce arrests but create treatment bottlenecks. Residents face longer waits as the system ...

For some, the drug-delivery supply vans were the breaking point. In 2024, an incredulous German news crew and I watched as a San Francisco AIDS Foundation team set up tables behind the Castro-area ...