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Waiting for a streetcar named common sense
by Joel P. EngardioThere's a streetcar named desire along San Francisco's waterfront.Residents and businesses on Third Street in the Dogpatch and Mission Bay neighborhoods are yearning for the new...
View ArticlePeninsula students getting lessons on the outdoors thanks to local nonprofit
by Brendan P. BartholomewMiddle school students from Peninsula communities are hitting the outdoors for lessons on science, ecology and land stewardship through excursions to San Bruno Mountain with a...
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Medical cannabis cards now reportedly available at Amoeba Music
by Kate CongerAccording to Hoodline, San Franciscans who want to apply for a medical cannabis card can now do so while browsing for records and CDs at Haight Street's Amoeba Music. Last fall, Amoeba...
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Debate announced in Assembly race
Supervisors David Campos and David Chiu will debate again in their race for a state Assembly seat on Wednesday, April 30. The debate is sponsored by several District 5 organizations, including...
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San Jose woman arrested in stabbing murder of infant identified
by Bay City News A San Jose woman arrested for the fatal stabbing of her 7-month-old baby Saturday in a rural area near Livermore has been identified as Ashley Newton, according to East Bay Regional...
View ArticleSan Mateo police warn public of phone call scams
by Bay City News Phone scammers in San Mateo posing as police, utility employees and agents of the Internal Revenue Service are pressuring people to buy money cards to pay nonexistent debts, according...
View ArticleFire reported at Burger King near Powell Street cable car turn-around
by Laura DudnickView Larger Map Three people were injured in a one-alarm fire at a Burger King restaurant in The City’s Union Square area this afternoon, a fire dispatcher said. At about 2:10 p.m.,...
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Coast Guard searching for survivors after two planes collide over Bay
by Laura Dudnick The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for survivors after two planes collided over San Pablo Bay this afternoon. The planes crashed at about 4 p.m., sending one of the planes, a Cessna...
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Father of teen airline stowaway is 'excited' about plans to reunite with him...
by Bay City News The father of teen boy who stowed away in the wheel well of an airliner on April 20 and survived a more than five-hour flight from San Jose to Hawaii said today he is "excited" about...
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Suspect in killing, robbery of gay man set for preliminary hearing
by Rob Nagle The man arrested in connection with the 2012 slaying of Steven “Eriq” Escalon is being held to answer for all charges, Assistant District Attorney Alex Bastian said. James Rickleffs, 47,...
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Phony exterminator pilfers woman’s cash from purse in Chinatown heist
by Rob NagleSomeone was definitely in need of pest control.A woman was robbed and burglarized in her Chinatown residence Friday by a crook who said he was the exterminator, police said.The 61-year-old...
View ArticleTwo Peninsula residents identified as victims of fatal Menlo Park crash
by Bay City News The two people killed early Saturday morning in a crash off of U.S. Highway 101 in Menlo Park have been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as Taufa Toutai Pupunu, 27,...
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Wreckage of small plane found in San Francisco Bay
by The Associated Press The wreckage of a small plane that crashed into San Francisco Bay after colliding with another aircraft was located on Monday, authorities said. Crews located the Cessna but...
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Menlo Park company surpasses fundraising goal for production of small-scale...
by S. Parker Yesko A Menlo Park company has designed what is believed to be the world’s smallest laptop computer charger and recently raised enough money through crowdsourcing to begin moving into...
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Stowaway boy's refugee mom cries for son
by The Associated PressThe Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a...
View ArticleAgreement announced for development of housing, park space at former Schlage...
by Staff Report A proposed development agreement at the site of the former Schlage Lock factory in The City’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood calls for the construction of nearly 1,700 residential...
View ArticleBurger King employee suffers life-threatening injuries in fire
by Bay City NewsView Larger Map A Burger King employee suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a fire at the restaurant's downtown Powell Street location in San Francisco on Sunday...
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Hot dog vendor robbed, assaulted by three men in the Mission
by Rob NagleA hot dog vendor was robbed and assaulted by three men in the Mission on Saturday, police said Monday.The 48-year-old victim was selling hot dogs at 16th and Valencia streets about 2:40...
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High school graduation rate steady in SF, up in California, but minorities...
by Laura Dudnick San Francisco high school students continue to graduate at a higher rate than the state average, but that gap is narrowing. While the San Francisco Unified School District’s...
View Article2 suspects arrested after gunshots heard near playground in Bayview district
by Bay City News Two suspects were arrested after shots were fired in the vicinity of Gilman Playground near Candlestick Park in San Francisco's Bayview District on Saturday night, police said. At...
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