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1 week ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Rachel Swan |Harsha Devulapalli |Ko Lyn Cheang |Stephanie Zhu
On its face, the trade-off seemed simple. Close an iconic San Francisco road to create an oceanside park. Convert two miles of automobile thoroughfare into space for adults to jog and children to wobble on bicycles. But opposition to the idea began simmering long before voters approved the permanent shutdown of Upper Great Highway last November. Skeptics feared the displaced traffic would clog adjacent streets, making it difficult to take kids to school or elderly family members to appointments.
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1 month ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Rachel Swan |Mario A. Cortez |Harsha Devulapalli |Sriharsha Devulapalli
A food delivery worker rides along Fifth Street near the San Francisco Centre mall. At a time when the mall’s stores and food courts are without diners, these delivery orders help keep it alive. Stephen Lam/S.F. ChronicleIt’s lunch hour in downtown San Francisco. The food court at the troubled San Francisco Centre mall is nearly deserted. Slices of pizza wilt under heat lamps, and some restaurants have their shades rolled down.
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2 months ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Harsha Devulapalli |Roland Li
San Francisco has experienced a turbulent job market since the disruptive pandemic shutdowns, subsequent tech hiring boom and layoff surge, and slow recovery due to remote work. The shift to working from home has bolstered some industries like tech, which can hire in a greater area, while the lack of foot traffic, particularly downtown, has badly hurt others dependent on in-person customers.
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2 months ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Harsha Devulapalli |Danielle Echeverria
S.F. made it easier three years ago to build fourplexes. None has been built as a result
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2 months ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Aseem Shukla |Sarah Ravani |Harsha Devulapalli
Oaklanders voiced their displeasure with embattled former Mayor Sheng Thao by ousting her in a historic recall last fall. On Tuesday, they must come together to pick her successor. Nine candidates are running to replace Thao, who has since been indicted on federal bribery charges and has pleaded not guilty, and finish out the remaining 18 months of her term. Former Rep. Barbara Lee and Oakland City Council Member Loren Taylor are the apparent front-runners.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria |Harsha Devulapalli
On a recent Thursday at the North Concord BART station, people exiting trains onto the platform were few and far between. Cows grazing placidly on the nearby hillsides seemed more plentiful. It's no surprise: ridership at the station was down more than 66% in 2024 compared with 2019. And trips to and from downtown San Francisco from the East Bay station were down even more, with 75% fewer trips in 2024 than before the pandemic.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
sfchronicle.com | Harsha Devulapalli |Roland Li
Some of Silicon Valley's biggest companies employ thousands of H-1B visa workers, using the skilled foreign labor program to bolster their ranks. The Big Tech dominance of the program has made the Bay Area home to 80% of H-1B visa recipients in the state. H-1B, the largest visa program for skilled workers, enables companies to fill specialty occupations by hiring foreign nationals for three- to six-year stays.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria |Harsha Devulapalli
In the last month, President Donald Trump and his adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, have slashed tens of thousands of federal jobs and threatened even more, prompting chaos as workers scramble to figure out what's next. The sweeping cuts have impacted federal employees working in everything from national parks and public health to consumer protection and emergency management.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson |Harsha Devulapalli
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria |Harsha Devulapalli
You’ve done it all — scrolled endlessly through the dating apps, signed up for speed dating events (on BART, no less), asked all of your friends to set you up with someone — to no avail. But if you’re single in San Francisco this Valentine’s Day (and don’t want to be), the Chronicle is here to help: we set out to find the neighborhoods where the most single people live, so you can maximize your chances of meeting the love of your life IRL.
