Gardens of Alcatraz tours allow visitors to stroll grounds once cultivated by convicts.

WARNING, GRAPHIC: Rookie cop fatally shot an unarmed man on only his fourth day of duty.

Kiwi start up group hosts first US screening of Helen Clark documentary.

Jay Wanakore and Sarah Chas share their picks for a family LA getaway.

How many hotels have a suite with a secret passageway?

There's plenty to do, see and eat in San Francisco, writes Cameron Carpenter.

Cancer survivor bares all to raise testicular cancer awareness.

Seventeen year-old business owner Rachel Ji explains how her online clothing business is empowering youth.

A man who appeared to be "under the influence" has made a dramatic dash across the tarmac near an Air New Zealand plane at San Francisco Airport.

Rod Emmerson endures a night in a bygone era.

Food, fine wine and fireworks make for an unforgettable stay in the City by the Bay, writes Greg Fleming.

Kris Shannon drinks in as much San Fran as he can during a brief visit.

The home-sharing site arranges merchant walks to curry support from businesses.

I wondered if deciding to cycle over San Fran's Golden Gate Bridge on one of the busiest public holidays of the year was up there with the time I visited Disneyland on Independence Day.

You'll leave your heart there once you've experienced its charms.

An Uber case debating employee or independent contractor status is significant for other firms in the sharing economy.

A food truck in San Francisco is about as rare a thing as a steep hill and views of that big, red bridge. But the van that rolled into the city yesterday is a tad unusual.

Less than an hour's drive from San Francisco is Napa's Sonoma County, where Megan Singleton sips, cooks and walks.

Dutch researchers have claimed it's possible three inmates who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 could have survived - but only if their timing was perfect.

Voters in San Francisco will decide next month whether to tax sodas and other sugary drinks to reduce ailments including obesity and diabetes.

Air NZ says it's business as usual, despite an inquiry into a crash in San Francisco finding the complexity of the Boeing 777 was to blame.

US-style pizza caught on here. Now Kiwis' on-the-go meal is doing the same over there, writes Megan Singleton.

Commuters on a packed San Francisco train were too busy on their phones and tablets notice a man flashing a gun - until he shot dead a student.

Sharon Stephenson explores part of San Francisco that couldn't be further from the glamour of the America's Cup village.

A tour of San Francisco becomes a day of history lessons and surf stories when Duncan Gillies discovers his guide, musician Chuck Prophet, is a fellow surfer.

With Dean Barker taking his feud with Russell Coutts to San Francisco Bay later this year, plenty of kiwis will be heading over to support him. But outside of the wealthy boys and their toys, here are five very cool things to do in San Francisco.

Even non-yachting fans are blown away by the race venue of San Francisco Bay, says Alex Robertson.