Archaeologists are using cutting-edge technology - including ground radar and laser scanning - to uncover vanished walls and dwellings of the original Spanish Presidio of San Francisco, one of the two oldest European settlements in the Bay Area.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 20, 2008.

In San Francisco, cleanup teams will be assembled through the city including areas of Ocean Beach, Lands End, Crissy Field and the Presidio.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 19, 2008.

In San Francisco, cleanup teams will be assembled through the city including areas of Ocean Beach, Lands End, Crissy Field and the Presidio.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 19, 2008.

Officials from the Presidio Trust say North America's smallest butterfly, which grows to no more than half an inch in length, was spotted last month for the first time in San Francisco's Crissy Field marshlands.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on September 18, 2008.

The network is available to certain residents in neighborhoods including the Mission, Bernal Heights, Haight Ashbury and North Beach, and Meraki hopes to expand coverage to neighborhoods such as the Richmond, Sunset, Excelsior and Marina by the end of the year.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

House was originally located in the Presidio and was moved to that location in the teens or twenties, maybe. The house itself is probably from around the turn of the century. That’s what I was told at the estate sale about 2 years ago. I forget what else they said… The place was a disaster inside, but pretty cool. I think it sold for around $1.2 shortly after the estate sale.

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on September 17, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 16, 2008.

Just another day at the pier by the Warming Hut - except it wasn't just another day.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 16, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier. Next to her was a net that held catfish from San Francisco Bay. Just another day at the pier by the Warming Hut - except it wasn't just another day.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 16, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier. Next to her was a net that held catfish from San Francisco Bay. Just another day at the pier by the Warming Hut - except it wasn't just another day.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 16, 2008.

There’s some cool art to see, and people from all over the place, and everyone’s into just hanging out, and there are none of the Mission vs. Marina social barriers we have to deal with back here because everyone’s pretty much dressed the same, which is in neon fake fur and goggles, and it’s not immediately apparent whether the person you’re talking to would be someone you’d talk to back in the real world or not.

Published by Mission Mission on September 16, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier. Next to her was a net that held catfish from San Francisco Bay. Just another day at the pier by the Warming Hut - except it wasn't just another day.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

With the fog rolling in and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, the angler sat on a railing at the Crissy Field pier. Next to her was a net that held catfish from San Francisco Bay. Just another day at the pier by the Warming Hut - except it wasn't just another day.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

San Francisco police on Wednesday arrested eight teens they believe to be members of a Chinese gang responsible for several assaults on other youth in the city's Richmond and Taraval districts in recent weeks.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 11, 2008.

San Francisco police on Wednesday arrested eight teens they believe to be members of a Chinese gang responsible for several assaults on other youth in the city's Richmond and Taraval districts in recent weeks.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 11, 2008.

The crowd: Cow Hollow verging on Pacific Heights - not surprising since, without the bay in between, the Farley Bar would be just north of the Marina.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 10, 2008.

The crowd: Cow Hollow verging on Pacific Heights - not surprising since, without the bay in between, the Farley Bar would be just north of the Marina.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 10, 2008.

The gurgling spring that attracts hummingbirds and other wildlife is at the heart of the Presidio's 270-acre Tennessee Hollow Watershed, which has three freshwater creeks.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 8, 2008.

See, a lady had her purse violently snatched from her in broad daylight last July in the Marina District. And no one, it seems, came to her rescue while she screamed for help during the attack.

Published by SFist on September 2, 2008.

It is a bit of an anachronism. When military bases ringed San Francisco Bay, there were several facilities like this - clubs open to the military and their dependents in the Presidio, at Fort Mason, on Treasure Island, in Alameda and Mare Island.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 31, 2008.

The place was originally a yacht club for military personnel, but when the U.S. Army marched out of the Presidio and Fort Baker more than 10 years ago, the club and the 65-berth yacht harbor became affiliated with Travis Air Force Base in Solano County.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 31, 2008.

It is a bit of an anachronism. When military bases ringed San Francisco Bay, there were several facilities like this - clubs open to the military and their dependents in the Presidio, at Fort Mason, on Treasure Island, in Alameda and Mare Island.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 31, 2008.

A city resident who attacked and severely beat a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus driver in the Presidio in November has been sentenced in federal court to two years and three months in prison.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on August 29, 2008.

A city resident who attacked and severely beat a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus driver in the Presidio in November has been sentenced in federal court to two years and three months in prison.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on August 29, 2008.

A city resident who attacked and severely beat a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus driver in the Presidio in November has been sentenced in federal court to two years and three months in prison.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on August 29, 2008.

Police said the fires have been started in Chinatown, the Financial District, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights neighborhoods.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on August 29, 2008.

Police said the fires have been started in Chinatown, the Financial District, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights neighborhoods.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on August 29, 2008.

The sentenced handed down Wednesday comes after the 23-year-old Perry pleaded guilty in January to attacking the driver as he drove a Muni bus through the Presidio.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 29, 2008.

Another man was sentenced to two years in jail for a November 2007 attack on a Muni driver. The suspect, Hakeem Perry, attacked bus driver Ely Advincula on the 29-Sunset Bus in the Presidio, pulling the driver out of the bus where he proceeded to "beat him and slam him against a wall."

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on August 29, 2008.

Hakeem Perry pleaded guilty in January to attacking Muni driver Ely Advincula near Lincoln Boulevard and Bowley Street in the Presidio. The Nov. 7 attack on the 29-Sunset bus left the driver with a broken facial bone, lacerations and bruises.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2008.

Hakeem Perry pleaded guilty in January to attacking Muni driver Ely Advincula near Lincoln Boulevard and Bowley Street in the Presidio. The Nov. 7 attack on the 29-Sunset bus left the driver with a broken facial bone, lacerations and bruises.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2008.

The first phase of the program will affect parts of the Marina, Pacific Heights, Richmond, Presidio Heights, Laurel Heights and Jordan Park neighborhoods.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 26, 2008.

The first phase of the program will affect parts of the Marina, Pacific Heights, Richmond, Presidio Heights, Laurel Heights and Jordan Park neighborhoods.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 26, 2008.

The first phase of the program will affect parts of the Marina, Pacific Heights, Richmond, Presidio Heights, Laurel Heights and Jordan Park neighborhoods.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 26, 2008.

Like a primordial ooze, a rust-colored substance seems to have emerged from the sidewalk on 24th Avenue in the Outer Richmond District of San Francisco. It has been that way for months, according to Joy Estudillo, whose mother's house fronts the sidewalk in question.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 25, 2008.

A deadly dog mauling case that captured the attention of thousands in the Bay Area several years ago is back in the news.On Jan. 26, 2001, Diane Whipple was attacked and killed by two Presa Canario dogs in her Pacific Heights apartment.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on August 22, 2008.

He faces a single count of theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, because the charity is located in the Presidio.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 20, 2008.

He faces a single count of theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, because the charity is located in the Presidio.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 20, 2008.

The SFHA owns several properties through San Francisco and is currently selling four of them, including a couple of very interesting opportunities (like 2 units in Bernal Heights for under $500K and a 7 unit development opportunity in Pacific Heights).

Published by San Francisco Schtuff on August 18, 2008.

At first glance, the report released this week for the Main Post of the Presidio is more bad news for the proposal to place a contemporary art museum inside San Francisco's military base turned national park.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 16, 2008.

Maybeck's palace was designed to be viewed at a distance and is decorated with huge figures of humans, goddesses, maidens draped in filmy gowns, winged angels, lions, griffins, and the skulls of horned animals. The figures give the Palace of Fine Arts some of its charm, but they also presented a problem - they were not firmly anchored to the building. Engineers figured that they could topple in a strong earthquake.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 15, 2008.

Maybeck's palace was designed to be viewed at a distance and is decorated with huge figures of humans, goddesses, maidens draped in filmy gowns, winged angels, lions, griffins, and the skulls of horned animals. The figures give the Palace of Fine Arts some of its charm, but they also presented a problem - they were not firmly anchored to the building. Engineers figured that they could topple in a strong earthquake.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 15, 2008.

In 2006, the port and the Exploratorium executed a three-year exclusive negotiating agreement in which the museum would spend nearly $100 million to repair and retrofit the decrepit piers 15-17 and build a new museum. In return, the museum would obtain a 66-year lease that would enable it to move from the Palace of Fine Arts, its home since 1969.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 12, 2008.

In 2006, the port and the Exploratorium executed a three-year exclusive negotiating agreement in which the museum would spend nearly $100 million to repair and retrofit the decrepit piers 15-17 and build a new museum. In return, the museum would obtain a 66-year lease that would enable it to move from the Palace of Fine Arts, its home since 1969.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 12, 2008.

"In 2006, the port and the Exploratorium executed a three-year exclusive negotiating agreement in which the museum would spend nearly $100 million to repair and retrofit the decrepit piers 15-17 and build a new museum. In return, the museum would obtain a 66-year lease that would enable it to move from the Palace of Fine Arts, its home since 1969.

Published by SocketSite on August 12, 2008.

San Francisco is poised to move forward with a long-awaited renovation of one of its dilapidated harbors in the Marina, a project that's been more than a decade in the making.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 12, 2008.

Six times recently, Jerry Tulchin has crossed Marina Boulevard at Scott Street, and - six times - cars coming from the Marina Green have almost hit him, he says. All six vehicles had been in the right-turn-only lane at Marina Green Drive (a lane that funnels cars north on Marina Boulevard) but then proceeded straight onto Scott Street - right into Tulchin's path.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 11, 2008.

Six times recently, Jerry Tulchin has crossed Marina Boulevard at Scott Street, and - six times - cars coming from the Marina Green have almost hit him, he says. All six vehicles had been in the right-turn-only lane at Marina Green Drive (a lane that funnels cars north on Marina Boulevard) but then proceeded straight onto Scott Street - right into Tulchin's path.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 10, 2008.

...Sunday, August 17, at 2 pm and 7pm. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre is at 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco. Tickets are from $50 to $20. Call (415) 392-4000 for more information...

Published by Mission Dispatch on August 9, 2008.