A pair of robbers threatened to shoot two tourists from China and forced them to hand over their cameras in a broad-daylight mugging on San Francisco’s Russian Hill, near the famed crooked section of ...

It could cost you $5 to $10 to take a drive down the eight hairpin turns of Lombard Street, San Francisco’s self-proclaimed “crookedest street in the world.” That’s if county transportation officials ...

Even on a chilly, breezy Monday morning in mid-September, the famously crooked stretch of Lombard Street was more party zone than upscale residential neighborhood. Three black sport utility vehicles ...

Homeowners on Lombard Street are sick of it. Sick of the crowds, sick of the noise, sick of (as one put it at a recent public meeting) "the invasion" that occurs day in and day out on the stretch of ...

Tourists to San Francisco could see a kink in their vacation plans: The most famous crooked street in the world will be closed to traffic over four weekends this summer. At its Tuesday meeting, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new proposal suggests charging up to $10 and requiring a reservation to drive down San Francisco's Lombard Street. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority says about 2 ...

Say goodbye to free pancakes on National Pancake Day, at least on Lombard Street. The IHOP at 2299 Lombard at the edge of the Marina District has shuts its doors for good. It sounds like nothing ...

San Francisco's world-famous crooked street will be temporarily off limits to cars starting this weekend. Lombard Street, between Larkin and Leavenworth streets, will be closed Saturdays and Sundays ...