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Castro District burglary suspect puts on 13-year-old's clothes
by Mike Aldax It wasn't hard to identify a 25-year-old burglary suspect in the Castro District last weekend, police said, as he was reportedly dressed head-to-toe in clothing belonging to a...
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Storm could bring lightning strikes to San Mateo County hills
by Bay City News A chance of dry lightening hitting areas including the San Mateo County hills through Tuesday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning for fire danger, a...
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App provides S.F. meter, private garage parking information in real time
by Jessica Kwong Drivers in notoriously difficult-to-park-in San Francisco now have access to real-time parking rates at more than 95 percent of meters and lots in The City through an app that...
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Fire officials: limo fire was accidental
by The Associated Press A mechanical problem ignited a limousine fire that killed five nurses trapped in the back, the California Highway Patrol said Monday as it released results of its investigation...
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S.F. police investigating what caused drunken man to have serious head injury
by Mike Aldax Police investigators are trying to figure out what caused a traumatic brain injury to a drunken man who was found in the South of Market district Friday. About 9:30 p.m., police said,...
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S.F. to revisit video policies for firefighters
by The Associated Press A San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman says officials plan to review a policy that prohibits fire fighters from recording emergency scenes without advance approval from...
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San Francisco Gold Club sues San Jose Gold Club, alleging trademark infringement
by Mike Billings A San Francisco gentlemen's club is staking its claim to its golden name in a legal battle that pits the decades-old business against a new one in San Jose. The Gold Club San...
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Outside Lands patron suffers heart attack on Day 1 but returns for last day...
by Mike Aldax Thanks to the intervention of a volunteer doctor, a Rio Linda man who suffered a heart attack on the first day of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on Aug. 9 made it back in time...
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Designed by Youth teaches web-savvy skills to middle school students
by Brendan P. Bartholomew The next social-media campaign you interact with just might be the work of real children. At Thomas R. Pollicita Middle School in Daly City, the nonprofit Designed By Youth...
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City falling behind on ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by Joshua Sabatini In a blow to San Francisco's environmental aspirations, a new analysis shows that city departments have collectively failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by their 2012 target....
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Electric bicycle sharing program may be coming to S.F.
by Jessica Kwong Car-sharing is considered an environmentally friendly transit option, but in San Francisco there could soon be an even greener option than the signature Prius: electric bikes. Ninety...
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Samaritan tag-team puts smackdown on purse thief
by Mike Aldax A woman who was wrestling with a robber for her purse on Van Ness Avenue Monday night recovered her belongings with the help of at least two kind strangers, police said. The 22-year-old...
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S.F. tour bus driver's license suspended after DUI
by Mike Aldax A San Francisco tour bus operator will lose his commercial driver's license for a year after pleading no contest Monday to a DUI charge, according to prosecutors. Leon Maynard, 60, of...
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Work underway on transformation of Burlingame downtown
by Brendan P. Bartholomew Burlingame Avenue is receiving a host of upgrades designed to beautify the already tony shopping area, as well as make the street safer and friendlier for pedestrians. But...
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New network aggregates community surveillance cameras
by Rachel Swan On Monday, a camera installed on a car dashboard captured a daytime shooting in East Oakland at such close range that anyone watching the video could hear bullets popping in the...
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Wildfire forces San Francisco seniors to leave Camp Mather gathering
by Andrea Koskey Two hundred senior citizens from San Francisco were evacuated from a special event week at Camp Mather as the Rim Fire continues to spread, threatening thousands of structures. Elton...
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Jury finds California man guilty of 4 killings
by The Associated Press A jury on Tuesday found a former photographer guilty of murdering four young California women after a two-month trial in which prosecutors called him a remorseless serial...
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Training requirement also now separates taxis from ridesharing cars
by Jessica Kwong Cabdrivers in San Francisco now have yet another requirement with which to distinguish themselves from their generally loathed counterparts at Uber, Lyft and other app-driven...
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Brick and Mortar can turn it up a notch, stay open later after improvements...
by Andrea Koskey Owners of Brick and Mortar Music Hall spent nearly $50,000 over the past 18 months to soundproof their venue to appease neighbors and prevent too much noise from projecting out of the...
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San Francisco paid $482K for America's Cup CEQA bill
by Chris Roberts The City doled out a non-reimbursable $482,295 to attorneys and planners to satisfy California environmental law in preparation for a much bigger America's Cup regatta than the event...
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