San Francisco tourists, who found that the city's two most popular cable car lines were down for repairs a second day in a row, disappointedly posed for photos in front of immobile cable cars instead ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances also stand out for the inordinate number of ...

The holidays have officially arrived in San Francisco, and along with the tree lightings and decorations, the city’s iconic ...

Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...

The cable car system of San Francisco is the last manually operated cable car system in the world, with three of the original twenty-three lines still operating today. With these systems being ...

As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique. Every year, scores of volunteers — along with a few off-duty cable car operators — ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Seven people were injured Wednesday when a San Francisco cable car carrying about 40 passengers came to a sudden stop in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood, authorities said. One of ...

The 900-pound neon sign that had been perched over the roof of Tony’s Cable Car since it first opened sometime in the 1960s ...