Bernal Heights robbery turns into a carjacking
by Rob Nagle Two men were assaulted and one of them was robbed of his car and several other items in Bernal Heights early this morning, police said. The two men, aged 20 and 45, were also with a...
View ArticleMan who died after South City bar bell attack at gym identified
by Bay City News A man who was attacked at a South San Francisco gym with a steel bar on Wednesday and later died of his injuries has been identified today by the San Mateo County coroner's office as...
View ArticleShrimp Boy’s civil lawsuit against SF mayor full of accusations, not evidence
by Jonah Owen Lamb Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow is suing Mayor Ed Lee and The City for failing to release financial records that allegedly show the mayor’s election campaign took donations from an...
View ArticleSan Mateo County offers resources for disabled youths transitioning to...
by Emilie MutertYoung people struggling with disabilities who face additional challenges as they seek independent lives have a range of sources to call on for help in San Mateo County.That was the...
View ArticleStudents admitted to college, offered scholarships at first-of-its-kind...
by Laura DudnickMission High School senior Demerius Durham smiled modestly yet excitedly as he clutched a cellphone to his ear at a first-of-its-kind college recruitment fair in San Francisco on...
View ArticleDonors help secure permanent home for SF’s innovative Old Skool Cafe
by Chris RobertsIn a San Francisco gone mad over tech riches, with the smartest people in the room constantly in search of the next big-money idea, one of the hottest investments this year is in the...
View ArticleSF man arrested in connection with collision that killed Chinatown pedestrian
by Bay City NewsA 40-year-old San Francisco man has been arrested in connection with a fatal collision with a female pedestrian in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood, police said.Calixto Dilinila...
View ArticleCCSF case will go to trial next month
by Bay City NewsA San Francisco Superior Court judge decided Friday that a lawsuit over whether City College of San Francisco wrongly faced the loss of its accreditation by a regional accrediting...
View ArticleCrews continue cleanup effort for fuel spill in Bay
by Bay City NewsThe United States Coast Guard and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are investigating a reported fuel spill that occurred Saturday in San Francisco Bay near Pier 45 at...
View ArticleBeach cleanup volunteers remove tons of waste
by Bay City NewsVolunteers turned out by the thousands this weekend to help clean up the Bay Area's beaches as part of the 30th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.More than 2,500 volunteers turned...
View Article19-year-old Hayward woman killed in Highway 1 crash near Half Moon Bay
by Bay City NewsA 19-year-old woman who died early Sunday morning in a crash on state Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office as Hayward resident...
View ArticleHow a $900 parking citation became a $25,000 federal lawsuit against SF
by Jessica KwongTwo San Francisco residents, one of whom is disabled, are furious with what they see as an unjust parking ticket, and they have taken their complaint to federal court.The lawsuit --...
View ArticleItalian prime minister to visit SF companies, school
by Laura DudnickItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is scheduled today to visit a San Francisco school with an Italian-language program focusing on preschool and primary education as part of his first...
View ArticleCurrent Muni train to provide scouting tips
by Jessica KwongMuni's largest light-rail vehicle procurement in its history, signed off by Mayor Ed Lee on Friday, will be a custom fleet designed through a technology-driven testing system.Siemens...
View ArticleUSF professor turns mushrooms into versatile products
by Laura DudnickIt started as an accident.When Philip Ross, a fine-arts professor at the University of San Francisco since 2008, began hunting mushrooms in 1987 for cooking and medicinal purposes --...
View ArticleSome highway delays Monday morning
by Jessica KwongA disabled vehicle on southbound Interstate 280 at 8:07 a.m. blocked the Mariposa Street exit, causing delays. A traffic collision occurred on northbound U.S. Highway 101 just south of...
View ArticleTwo people injured in separate shootings in SF
by Rob Nagle Two people were injured in separate shootings in San Francisco on Friday, police said Monday. The first shooting happened in the Bayview district about 6:43 p.m. when a 24-year-old man...
View ArticleWoman fatally struck by car in Chinatwon identified
by Bay City News A woman fatally struck by a vehicle near San Francisco's Stockton Tunnel on Saturday morning has been identified by the medical examiner's office as 78-year-old Pui Fong Yim Lee. The...
View ArticleMan injured in shooting in Visitacion Valley on Sunday
by Rob Nagle A man was injured in a shooting in Visitacion Valley on Sunday, police said Monday. About 9 p.m., the 47-year-old victim took a Muni bus at Velasco Avenue and Santos Street to Blythedale...
View ArticleMan carjacked near Bernal Heights, robbed of cash in Tenderloin
by Rob Nagle A man was carjacked and forced to drain his bank account at gunpoint by two men in Bernal Heights on Saturday, police said Monday. The 30-year-old victim was in the 400 block of Alemany...
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