Winning $228M Powerball ticket bought at San Mateo market
by Wire ReportA winning Powerball ticket purchased in San Mateo is worth $228.5 million after Wednesday's drawing, California Lottery officials said Thursday.The ticket was purchased at Dehoff's Key...
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Mexican Museum reveals interior design for permanent site
by Laura DudnickGalleries, rotating exhibitions, an education center, an auditorium and a restaurant.Those are among the features that will accompany more than 15,000 pieces of art celebrating the...
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Ordinance requiring seismic evaluations of SF private schools awaits mayor’s...
by Laura DudnickMayor Ed Lee is expected to sign legislation within the next week that will make San Francisco the first city in California to require private schools to be evaluated for earthquake...
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Three-county car chase ends in Financial District fatal police shooting
by Jonah Owen LambRobert Dominguez did not get to finish his breakfast.When he saw the white Cadillac Escalade flying through the air toward him Thursday morning, he thought better of staying put.The...
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Traffic hazards on highways Friday morning
by Jessica KwongA couple of traffic hazards were reported Friday morning on Bay Area roadways. At 7:43 a.m., 20 to 30 boxes were strewn along northbound U.S. Highway 101 just south of San Francisco...
View Article2 killed, 5 injured in bus-van collision in San Mateo
by Bay City NewsThe driver and passenger of a van were killed today when it collided head-on with a San Mateo County Transit District bus in San Mateo, police and SamTrans officials said. Five bus...
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Examiner seeks support for employee’s sick son
by Examiner StaffDevyn Dao, a senior at Lincoln High School and son of longtime San Francisco Examiner pressman Tony Dao, is fighting for his life, and the Examiner is asking for the community’s...
View ArticleFather, son die after being pulled from water at Ocean Beach
by Bay City NewsA father and his adult son died after being pulled from the water at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Wednesday. The two men were identified as 47-year-old Jose Garcia, of Stanislaus...
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SF police to hold community meeting about fatal shooting
by Jonah Owen Lamb San Francisco police are expected to hold a community meeting Monday to discuss the fatal police-involved shooting of a carjacking suspect Thursday morning in the Financial...
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SF man struggled to catch up to a world transformed while he sat falsely...
by Jonah Owen LambCaramad Conley is a 40-year-old San Francisco man who until recently had never used the Internet, never made a call on a cellphone and learned to use a CD player in 2008.There is a...
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Looking for new energy in neighborhood activism
by Joel P. EngardioMy favorite Muppets are Statler and Waldorf, the cantankerous yet lovable old men shouting wisecracks and hard truths from the balcony. I get to see them regularly because I go to a...
View ArticlePolice arrest 1 after squatters found in NoPa apartment building
by Bay City NewsOne person has been arrested after more than a dozen squatters were found in an apartment building in San Francisco's North of Panhandle neighborhood Saturday afternoon, a police...
View ArticleFire at Habitat for Humanity construction site destroys home, damages 2 others
by Bay City NewsA three-alarm fire at a Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco construction site destroyed a home and damaged two others in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood late Friday...
View ArticlePolice: Man hospitalized after threatening to kill himself following DUI stop
by Bay City NewsSan Francisco police have detained a man Sunday morning in the Park Presidio area after officers said he allegedly threatened suicide following a driving under the influence...
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Former two-term Councilman Jerry Deal lauded for design influence
by Brendan P. BartholomewAsk Jerry Deal what he's most proud of accomplishing during his two terms on the Burlingame City Council and he'll refuse to take much credit."I think people make a mistake...
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SFMTA hearing to address near-term service response before new light-rail...
by Joshua SabatiniSan Francisco officials have celebrated the contract approval for top-of-the-line light-rail vehicles to improve a dismal Muni service, but before the first new cars show up, riders...
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SF State Science Building plagued by toxic substances could be replaced
by Laura DudnickSan Francisco State University students resumed classes at the school's Science Building this semester for the first time since it was shut down days before classes were to begin in...
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Water conservation very likely in 2015
by Chris RobertsSan Franciscans have learned to save water during California's epic drought.Unless the winter brings a deluge of rain and snow, The City may be asked to save even more next year.If the...
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SF cab companies brace for winter
by Jessica KwongWith the ever-exponential growth of Uber, Lyft and similar ride services, taxi drivers in The City keep warning their own end may be near. Could this winter -- traditionally the...
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Uber driver suspected of attacking passenger in SF raises safety concerns
by Bay City NewsSan Francisco District Attorney George Gascón expressed concerns about the safety of transportation network companies Friday afternoon following the arraignment of a 26-year-old Uber...
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