It was big Bay Area news last summer when sea lions, the tourism darlings of San Francisco’s Pier 39 Marina, took a dive in a contest to name that city’s “unofficial-official” animal. The winner, as ...

A homeless musician finds meaning to his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots. Ole Miss-Georgia had one of the weirdest endings ever: A safety, a free kick, confused stage workers ...

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BRISBANE, California (AP) – The famous wild parrots of San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill have spread their wings to the suburbs. About a hundred of the green birds have been spotted on the slopes of San ...

The bright green and red parakeet now known as Billy once soared with the rest of the wild parrots of San Francisco. The 300-some birds are a natural wonder of the city, heard squawking over Telegraph ...

An art exhibit of food cans labeled "BOILED PARROT" has some people squawking, especially because the cans said the meat is from the famed parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The controversial ...

Mark Bittner is calm, intelligent, confiding, wise and well-spoken. You would be happy to count him as your friend. He has not worked in 30 years, lived on the street for 15 of them, and in recent ...

Meet Pushkin, a single father looking for love. And Connor, a lonely widower who leads the isolated life of a confirmed bachelor. And Sophie, a petite flirt who just might be inclined to cast an eye ...