Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival.

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It's a victory for bars and restaurants in San Francisco. The first entertainment zone event in California took place in San Francisco's Front Street on Friday. "This is a really big deal. What some ...

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Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by holding the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench ...

Schroeder's on Front Street has long hosted an Oktoberfest celebration. This year, the party took over the entire block.

Belying the doom-loop narrative of a city in decline, San Francisco transformed Friday into a mecca of art, festivals and ...

District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was arrested ...

On Thursday, 132 members of the San Francisco Symphony went on strike 90 minutes before the long-awaited Verdi Requiem ...

Crowds of beer and bratwurst lovers, some clad in Bavarian costume, packed into San Francisco’s Financial District on Friday, ...

Schroeder's on Front Street in San Francisco has been hosting Oktoberfest celebrations. But this year, the party is not just ...