The San Francisco 49ers won just two of their first nine games of the season. After both of those victories, then-coach Mike Nolan gave the players the day off.

SAN FRANCISCO - Jeremy Affeldt had considered looking for a job as a closer this off-season. Then San Francisco offered a contract the reliever couldn't pass up.

Loretta Greco's directorial debut as artistic director of Magic Theatre in San Francisco is represented by the new Carter W. Lewis drama, Evie's Waltz, opening Nov. 15 after previews from Nov. 8.

If you'd like to see San Francisco's Embarcadero near Market Street reborn as a vibrant civic space, you aren't alone: City Hall officials are about to put out feelers to gauge whether the idea will fly. "We've got lots of land there, lots of different pieces...

Wilputte ''Lan'' Sherwood, a Phoenix priest who served a 10-year sentence for sexual contact with a minor, was arrested outside a Catholic church in San Francisco on Sunday.

Police are investigating the cause of an explosion at a San Francisco home. Read comments

SAN FRANCISCO -- Talks are reportedly under way in San Francisco to build a power plant in the South of Market area. The plant would provide the power for the Transbay highrise office tower and a new Transbay Transit Center, both of which are still a long way from being built.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police are investigating the cause of an explosion at a San Francisco home. Authorities say the explosion took place around 7:45 p.m. Monday, sending glass and timbers flying from the home in the city's Sunnyside neighborhood.