Top Trump administration officials visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal ...

Top Trump administration officials are in San Francisco visiting Alcatraz, expected to announce plans to reopen the federal penitentiary, as Nancy Pelosi called it Trump's "stupidest initiative yet." ...

ABC7 News insider Phil Matier added context, saying the changes may look like action but won't deliver immediate results.

Right-wing radio host Phil Valentine dies of COVID-19 after mocking vaccines for months The longtime conservative made a parody of The Beatles' song 'Taxman' called 'Vaxman' mocking public health ...

ABC7 News anchor Julian Glover, ABC7 News reporter Monica Madden and ABC7 News Insider Phil Matier talked to candidate Loren Taylor about issues facing the city, like crime, homelessness, the ...

ABC7 News Sports Director Larry Beil and ABC7 News Contributor Phil Matier discuss the new proposal made from the City of Oakland to the Athletics.

Fed up, Ammiano writes how he called Chronicle columnist and political reporter Phil Matier one Sunday morning to tip him off about his colleagues' obstinacy, despite also contending that Matier and ...

By Phil Matier, ColumnistUpdatedJuly 28, 2019 10:57 a.m. Stanlee Gatti prepares a package for a customer at Meraki Market on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. Russell Yip / The ...

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