Escape to San Francisco's coastline and you may find this hidden paradise of shops, flourishing parks, and inviting beaches ...

An amusement park and saltwater swimming pool complex that once drew San Franciscans to Ocean Beach can be seen again along the city’s Pacific Ocean shoreline.

Gerald Edward Berman was a trailblazing San Francisco designer and art director whose creative vision shaped iconic local and national brands. Born December 29, 1937, to Irving Berman and Francis ...

"Anyone that grew up in San Francisco in the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's had the opportunity to visit Playland at the beach," Hallisy said. "It's even more of a reason to salute that bit of history ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- One day after a stretch of San Francisco's Great Highway was permanently closed to cars, a new mural in the works there was vandalized. The damage done to the new 50-foot ...

I've been lucky enough to call the San Francisco Bay Area home. San Francisco is a destination that travelers from all over ...

The chutes and roller coasters are long gone from Playland-at-the-Beach, an extravagant seaside carnival held near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach from the 1920s until it closed in 1972.

San Francisco's Big Dipper roller coaster at Playland-at-the-Beach, circa 1920s. (Courtesy of Jim Smith) Read the transcript here. While the rest of the country cools off and settles into fall, the ...

Playland at the Beach straddled San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on the western end of the Richmond neighborhood from 1913 till 1972, though the first ride — the Gravity Railroad roller coaster ...

Playland at the Beach straddled San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on the western end of the Richmond neighborhood from 1913 till 1972, though the first ride — the Gravity Railroad roller coaster ...

Playland at the Beach straddled San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on the western end of the Richmond neighborhood from 1913 till 1972, though the first ride — the Gravity Railroad roller coaster ...