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Tech teams with Urban Forest to plant trees in SF
by Jessica KwongSan Francisco's withering urban forestry has found a new friend, and it's none other than the disruptors in the local tech community.About a dozen employees of UberConference, a San...
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Youths with autism find new wonder by the surf
by Emilie MutertGathered by the surf at Dunes Beach in Half Moon Bay one recent Friday morning was a group with diverse exposure to the sport of surfing.Some were children with autism who had never...
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Woman who sneaked on plane gets early jail release
by The Associated Press A stowaway who was recently ordered to spend 117 days in jail for violating probation by returning to Los Angeles International Airport served a fraction of her sentence when...
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SFPD chief pleads for help in girl's fatal hit-and-run
by The Associated Press San Francisco's police chief is asking for the public's help in the search for the driver of a vehicle who struck and killed a 2-year-old girl. Chief Greg Suhr told KTVU-TV the...
View ArticleTourist shot in leg while walking in SF
by The Associated Press San Francisco police say one person is in custody after a tourist was shot in the leg while walking with his wife. Sgt. Danielle Newman says the tourist was shot as the couple...
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Downtown SF project may buy its way out of below-market-rate housing mandate
by Jonah Owen Lamb On a bright morning last November, Mayor Ed Lee stood in an empty downtown lot –a shiny shovel in hand — for the groundbreaking of 181 Fremont St. Before a crowd, Lee touted the...
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Union affiliation could help SF taxi industry – but possibly only in Sacramento
by Chris Roberts In labor-friendly San Francisco, taking an Uber ride home is now an anti-worker affront. The City’s taxi industry still faces an uphill climb against mobile app-hailed ride services...
View ArticleMan arrested in Castro nightclub shooting to return to court
by Rob Nagle A man arrested in connection with a shooting outside a Castro-area nightclub on Aug. 7 is scheduled to be back in court Friday for a preliminary hearing, Assistant District Attorney Alex...
View ArticleSan Mateo County DUI checkpoints net 28 arrests
by The Associated Press Authorities in San Mateo County said at least 28 people were arrested this past weekend on suspicion of drugged or drunken driving - the same number of motorists who were...
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UCSF clinician working in West Africa to provide Ebola infection control...
by Laura Dudnick A UC San Francisco clinician has arrived in West Africa where he will spend the next two weeks providing infection control training for community health workers battling the largest...
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Relationship with cab companies could change with new union
by Jessica Kwong San Francisco taxi drivers’ newly organized union joins a national alliance that is the first independent-contractor affiliate of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of...
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Report: California should prepare for 3-foot sea level rise this century
by Brendan P. Bartholomew California is “woefully unprepared” for the challenge of accelerating sea-level rise and could potentially lose billions of dollars in revenue due to related impacts,...
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Soccer program gives homeless chance to succeed
by Matthew SnyderEight years ago in Charlotte, N.C., the Cann brothers had an epiphany.Lawrence Cann was working in a soup kitchen and couldn't help but marvel at the sheer energy displayed by the...
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SF teachers union members support second strike vote
by Laura Dudnick The union representing public school teachers in The City has passed its first hurdle to potentially strike should United Educators of San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified...
View ArticleMuni returns to school schedules as SFUSD year begins
by Jessica Kwong Commuters may experience heavier than usual traffic in The City this summer morning with the first day of school in the San Francisco Unified School District. Additionally, Muni...
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Police still looking for car that struck, killed 2-year-old girl Friday
by Bay City News Police today are still looking for the car that struck and killed a 2-year-old girl in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood and then fled on Friday night. The toddler,...
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Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries in Mission traffic collision
by Kate Conger A 28-year-old man sustained life-threatening head injuries last weekend after he was hit by a car in the Mission district, according to San Francisco police. The man was struck by a car...
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No charges to be filed against fake TSA agent
by The Associated Press Prosecutors say no criminal charges will be filed against a man accused of posing as a Transportation Security Administration agent and privately screening two women at the San...
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PG&E pleads not guilty to charges in gas blast
by The Associated Press Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to charges in a new indictment that accuses the utility of lying to federal investigators looking into a fatal pipeline...
View Article4 take plea deals tied to German tourist's slaying
by The Associated Press Four men charged with murder in the killing of a German tourist visiting San Francisco four years ago pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a case officials said Saturday was...
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