Much of the offense's success predicated on protection. Stroud had time to make throws as his line held up against a battered 49ers pass rush. San Francisco, trying to make up for the absences of Nick Bosa, Bryce Huff and Yetur Gross-Matos, sent blitzes and simulated pressures, but Houston picked them up and Stroud made quick decisions.

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault, a new study says. But some scientists want more evidence.

The San Francisco 49ers entered Week 8 as the top team in the NFC West, but their loss to the Houston Texans dropped them into wild card position and barely hanging on to that. It wasn’t that long ago that San Francisco was the top team in the NFC.

The Cardinals, Seahawks and Rams were all idle. They had their byes.

San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world,” Trump said most recently in an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News. “And then 15 years ago it went wrong, it went woke.”

SEATTLE -- Doug Baldwin was caught. Not in the sense of getting tackled, but caught being an observer. Baldwin couldn't help himself. When Seattle's wide receiver saw that Green Bay had lost, he gave a little fist pump knowing what that meant for the Seahawks.

Protesters have gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are arriving.

SF_Kittle 5 pass from Purdy (Moody kick), 3:43. Drive: 14 plays, 105 yards, 8:22. Key Plays: Purdy 8 pass to Kittle on 3rd-and-4; Purdy 26 pass to Pearsall on 3rd-and-8; Purdy 13 pass to Pearsall; Purdy 11 pass to Kittle. San Francisco 7, Seattle 0.