All totaled San Francisco companies had to lay down 53 miles of track stretching from the Ferry Building to the Presidio, to ...

San Francisco in the 1850s absorbed too many people in too short a period. The ‘49er Gold Rush changed California’s shape and position in the world overnight.

San Francisco tourists, who found that the city's two most popular cable car lines were down for repairs a second day in a row, disappointedly posed for photos in front of immobile cable cars instead ...

There's a new look these days at California and Market Streets in San Francisco, the downtown terminal of the world's oldest ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances also stand out for the inordinate number of ...

A look at one of the historical elements that make San Francisco unlike any other city. Kansas mayor hit with criminal ...

Service on the Powell-Hyde cable car line, which runs from downtown to Fisherman's Wharf, was restored Sunday morning after a ...

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When tourists come to San Francisco, the first faces they'll see are those of the cable car operators. Max Darrow introduces a long-time gripman who is proud to show off the city.