SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- When COVID first emerged San Francisco sprang into action replacing tourists in hotels with homeless from the streets. ABC7 Insider Phil Matier was among the first reporters to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Swarms of robbers broke into a luxury Union Square store on Friday and made other attempts to strike businesses around the city this weekend as well. Similar incidents happened ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Once known for its vibrant nightlife and gay culture, San Francisco's legendary Tenderloin neighborhood has devolved in recent years into one of the city's worse neighborhoods ...

A reporter based in San Francisco, California, told CNN that the city he loves has transformed into a den of "homelessness, mentally ill" and fentanyl. Phil Matier, a journalist with ABC7 News that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Some 50 veteran officers exited the San Francisco Police Department last month with only eight-to-10 recruits coming in to take their place. Overall, the city is down about 300 ...

Now that the California state legislature has voted to legalize same sex marriage, the issue goes to the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Robert Siegel talks with Phil Matier, political columnist ...

The San Francisco 49ers are throwing down big in little Santa Clara. The team is dropping more than $300,000 and bringing in some of the biggest political consultants in the Bay Area to help knock ...