The Man in the Woods

An epic manhunt for a murderer in the forests of Northern California

Almost half of SF’s homeless youth are LGBTQ

Many find their way to Larkin Street, the city’s largest…

Hopping trains and hitching rides to the Bay Area

On the road with homeless youth

Young and Homeless

We spent time with four different communities and asked them about their…

A homeless mom’s answer: leave San Francisco

One in 23 children in the SF public school district is…

What do homeless youth carry?

The city has been sweeping up homeless encampments and confiscating…

Women at War: Colombian Rebel Soldiers Speak Out

As the FARC prepares to lay down its arms, women in…

Pink Bags of Chinatown

Where do all those pink plastic bags come from?

Backstage

Meet our new back-page columnist, Wendy MacNaughton.

By Douglas McGray
Photographs by Alanna Hale