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Daly City set to regulate payday lending businesses
by Brendan P. Bartholomew In an effort to prevent payday lending businesses from saturating low-income neighborhoods, Daly City officials are expected to adopt an ordinance regulating such...
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Untangling the complexity of Pier 70
by Laura DudnickCome November, voters in The City will be asked whether a mixed-use development project at Pier 70, south of Mission Bay, that's been years in the making can expand its height limit...
View ArticlePolice detain 35 people for selling fake tickets to Outside Lands festival
by Bay City News Tens of people have been detained for selling fake tickets to the Outside Lands Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, a police spokesman said today. As of Friday evening, 35...
View ArticleWoman injured in collision with car in Portola neighborhood Saturday morning
by Bay City News A woman was injured in a collision with a car in San Francisco's Portola neighborhood Saturday morning, a police spokesman said. Officers responded to a report of a collision between...
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Owners of empty storefronts forced to rent or pay city fees
by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco loves to hate its empty storefronts. For years merchants and residents have complained about how empty storefronts are a bane, attracting crime, graffiti and hampering...
View ArticleSF Public Defender's Office hires immigration attorney
by Bay City News The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office has hired a full-time immigration attorney to help clients handle the immigration implications of their criminal cases, according to a...
View ArticleOne of three arrested in Castro nightclub shooting faces charges
by Rob Nagle One of the three people arrested in connection with a shooting outside a Castro-area nightclub early Thursday morning was charged by the District Attorney’s Office on Friday and will...
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SF schools preparing for increase in unaccompanied immigrant students
by Laura Dudnick The San Francisco Unified School District, a nationwide leader in newcomer student programs, wants the recent surge of unaccompanied immigrant children arriving in the U.S. to know...
View ArticleTwo killed in Bayview following shooting, crash
by Bay City NewsTwo people were killed in a shooting that ended in a crash in San Francisco's Bayview district Sunday evening, police said.The shooting was reported in the 1400 block of La Salle...
View ArticleFremont man arrested for allegedly burglarizing cars in Portola Valley
by Bay City News A 39-year-old Fremont man was arrested on suspicion of burglarizing cars in the Westridge area of Portola Valley on Thursday, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The...
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Activists blast SF investment for low-income residents in thriving Bayview
by Chris RobertsThe hottest neighborhood for real estate in San Francisco is also The City's epicenter for violence and income inequality -- and the ills are falling hardest on struggling people with...
View ArticleMinor Muni delays were the only traffic disruptions Monday morning
by Jessica Kwong The 6-Parnassus at 8:17 a.m. was reportedly experiencing gaps in service and longer than normal waiting times due to an accident earlier this morning at Parnassus Avenue and Stanyan...
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No major crime incidents reported at three-day Outside Lands Festival
by Bay City News No major crime incidents were reported during the three-day Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend, a police spokesman said today....
View ArticleTherapy pushed off Valencia Street by rent hike
by Kate Conger Therapy, a furniture shop that has operated on Valencia Street for over a decade, is planning close this month because it says it cannot afford a rent hike, Uptown Almanac reports. The...
View ArticleThree armed goons hold up Potrero Hill drinking establishment
by Rob Nagle Three armed men held up a Potrero Hill bar Friday and stole cash from the register, tip jar and a woman’s purse, police said. The men, each armed with a gun, entered the establishment in...
View ArticleTwo young women brutally assaulted in separate robberies
by Rob Nagle Two young women were brutally assaulted and robbed in separate incidents in Hayes Valley and the Tenderloin on Saturday, police said. One of the victims sustained a broken pelvis and the...
View ArticleOne critically injured in Bayview fire
by Bay City News At least one person was critically injured in a Thursday night fire in San Francisco's Bayview district, police said. The residential fire broke out around 10 p.m. in the 100 block of...
View ArticleBid to regulate medical marijuana in California fizzles
by Chris Roberts Marijuana legalization may be considered by some as a foregone conclusion. But meanwhile, California has failed yet again to regulate its medical marijuana industry. For the third...
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San Francisco’s tale of two school systems
by Joel P. EngardioCharles Dickens remains timeless as politicians try to win votes by comparing today's economic inequality with his 1859 novel "A Tale of Two Cities."While hyperbole is easy in the...
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You better have a ticket to ride Muni
by Jessica KwongAt the Van Ness station platform on a recent morning, three men wearing Muni uniforms stood alongside others waiting to board the next light-rail vehicle, chatting among themselves....
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