Demand for premium economy is growing quickly as leisure travellers want more comfort.

Former All White leading $2 billion retail company Allbirds has sights set on a NZ store.

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.

Cancer survivor bares all to raise testicular cancer awareness.

The flowers in the hair have long gone but there is still music in the air.

San Francisco has packed in the people but there's still space to take a breather.

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.

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

The average price for a San Francisco hotel room has jumped 88 per cent in the past year to US$397 a night.

US jeans maker Levi Strauss and Google are working on clothing with touch-screen control capabilities.

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.