Youth homeless program struggles to keep its doors open after federal funding...
by Emilie MutertSan Mateo County's only transitional living facility dedicated to homeless youth is facing an uncertain future after funding cuts earlier this year eliminated more than half the...
View ArticleStolen photos of stars find safe harbor online
by The Associated PressImagine what the Internet would be like if most major websites had imposed controls preventing the naked photos stolen from Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and other...
View ArticleCalifornia Victim Compensation Program aims to reach more Bay Area victims of...
by Rob NagleNo one plans to be a victim of a crime. But it happens.Many victims of violent crimes in the Bay Area may not realize they have access to a broad swath of assistance in getting their lives...
View ArticleSuspects in San Carlos restaurant robbery remain at large
by Bay City News Two men who robbed a San Carlos restaurant as it was closing on Thursday night remain at large, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Baja...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente set to open new Redwood City medical center with...
by Brendan P. Bartholomew Kaiser Permanente is putting the finishing touches on a new high-tech medical center adjacent to its existing facility on Veterans Boulevard in Redwood City that incorporates...
View ArticleThree Bay Bridge crashes Sunday morning involve nine vehicles
by Bay City News Three separate crashes involving a total of nine vehicles occurred on the Bay Bridge Sunday morning, temporarily shutting down some westbound traffic lanes, according to California...
View ArticleDespite tech wealth, SF pockmarked with poverty
by Jonah Owen Lamb A walk down the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, where many of The City’s nonprofits serving the poorest are located, quickly disabuses anyone of the idea that...
View ArticleCCSF chancellor confident school will qualify for restoration status
by Laura Dudnick Just weeks shy of his one-year anniversary on Nov. 1 as the chancellor of City College of San Francisco, Arthur Tyler will lead the school in its next step to seek restoration status...
View ArticleSFO launches Chinese-language website
by Jessica KwongAdding to its distinction of serving more destinations to Asia than any other airport in the country, San Francisco International Airport has launched the nation's first...
View ArticleHealthy San Francisco may be extended until the end of 2015
by Chris RobertsHealthy San Francisco participants may be able to stay covered under The City's public health care option until the end of 2015.And the surcharges tacked onto the bill at restaurants...
View ArticleLawsuit alleges Tenderloin single room occupancy hotel rooms rented through...
by Joshua SabatiniShort-term rental service Airbnb has been targeted in a class-action lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco Superior Court stemming from allegations of illegal short-term stays at...
View ArticleOpen space is a key feature of future Central Subway station
by Jessica KwongThere is something that the Chinatown community desires more, and has less of, than housing.Open space.While San Francisco stakeholders years ago debated the Central Subway extending...
View ArticleMuni service restored after light-rail vehicle strikes man
by Jessica KwongA man sustained life-threatening injuries this morning after a Muni T-Third Street train struck him in the Bayview district, causing traffic delays in the area for more than two hours....
View ArticleTwo in hospital after bike, van, Muni bus collide in Richmond District
by Bay City News A bicyclist and minivan driver were hospitalized after a collision that also involved a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus in the city's Richmond District this morning, a police...
View ArticleOne killed, another injured in Bayview shooting
by Rob Nagle A young man was killed and another man injured in a shooting in the Bayview district Friday, police said. Police arrived to the scene in the first block of Nichols Way about 9:33 p.m. on...
View ArticleFillmore check-cashing business robbed at gunpoint
by Rob Nagle A check-cashing business was robbed at gunpoint in the Fillmore district Friday, police said. The armed suspect, described as a man aged 40 to 50, knocked on the door of the business in...
View ArticleSanta Clara County DA's office pulls prosecutor, DNA expert off murder case...
by Bay City News A prosecutor and a DNA expert working on a 1989 cold case murder in San Jose have been reassigned after the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office learned they were having an...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with robbery of San Mateo Verizon Wireless store...
by Rob Nagle The man arrested Wednesday in connection with the armed robbery of a San Mateo cellphone store pleaded not guilty Friday to felony charges of kidnapping, robbery and resisting arrest,...
View ArticleSearch resumes for mountain lion that attacked boy
by The Associated Press A search team scoured through rugged terrain Monday for a mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old Northern California boy, officials said. Hiking trails remained closed as the...
View ArticleMan accused of grand theft of elderly man in San Bruno pleads not guilty
by Rob Nagle A man accused of stealing $7,000 from an elderly man in San Bruno this month in a scam to donate money for a church pleaded not guilty to grand theft charges Friday, said San Mateo County...
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