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City Attorney pushes to enforce Academy of Art code violations
by Jonah Owen LambSan Francisco's Planning Department has repeatedly come up short when it comes to upholding city building codes for one of the city's worst code breakers.The City's Planning...
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Famed restaurant says stolen wine value estimated at 300k
by Bay City NewsThe total value of dozens of high-end bottles of wine stolen from a famous Napa County restaurant over Christmas was six times what the sheriff's office initially estimated, according...
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SF homeless shelters brace for additional guests on chilly New Year’s Eve
by Laura DudnickSan Francisco homeless advocates were taking all possible steps to ensure The City's most vulnerable population did not have to ring in the New Year on the frigid streets.With...
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Vision Zero advocates push forward as pedestrian deaths decline in 2014
by Jessica KwongPedestrian fatalities in San Francisco in 2014 were down slightly from the previous year, but still higher than the past several years, a figure that traffic-safety officials and...
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Man arrested after allegedly exchanging gunfire with South City police
by Bay City News A 23-year-old man was arrested after allegedly exchanging gunfire with two police officers in South San Francisco early this morning, police said. Ivan DeJesus Gomez was arrested...
View ArticleMan shot in foot on Market Street on New Year's Eve
by Bay City NewsA man was shot in the foot on Market Street in San Francisco on New Year's Eve, police said. The shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of Market Street. A...
View ArticleBay Area's first baby of 2015 born at SF hospital
by Bay City NewsCalifornia Pacific Medical Center officials said today a baby girl who appears to be the first child born in the Bay Area in 2015 has been named Fiona Liang. Fiona was born right at...
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More than 2 dozen people arrested in Oakland protest
by The Associated PressTwenty nine people were arrested in Oakland during a protest that started peaceful but later became violent.Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said starting at 9:30 p.m....
View ArticleFive injured when suspect vehicle crashes after Bayview shooting
by Bay City News San Francisco police say five people were injured when a suspect vehicle involved in a shooting in San Francisco's Bayview district crashed this evening. Shots were heard shortly...
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SF sees slightly warmer temps than expected, but shelters still welcome homeless
by Laura DudnickSan Francisco saw temperatures slightly higher than the anticipated coldest New Year's Day morning weather since 1961, but The City's homeless were still treated to a warm night's...
View ArticleTwo injured in separate New Year’s Day shootings
by Bay City News Two people were injured in separate shootings in San Francisco early Thursday morning, police said. The first shooting was reported at 12:28 a.m. near Taylor and North Point streets...
View ArticleHundreds gather at Fruitvale BART station to remember Oscar Grant
by Bay City News Several hundred people gathered in front of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland today to remember and celebrate the life of Oscar Grant III, who was shot and killed by a BART police...
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Bicyclists call for improving San Francisco’s most problematic travel areas
by Joshua SabatiniFrom the ill-timed driver's right turn to the wandering vehicle encroaching on a sharrow, bicyclists say their precarious relationship with motorists makes navigating San Francisco's...
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The brave and hungover take to Ocean Beach waters for New Year’s plunge
by Jessica KwongHalf an hour before noon on New Year's Day at Ocean Beach, Ken LaCosse, admittedly hungover from the previous night's reveling, used a rake to uncover moister, darker sand for the...
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Uber drivers say rideshare surge pricing backfired on New Year’s Eve
by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezSan Francisco New Year's Eve party-goers danced, reveled, and drank while cheering in 2015. After a long night, they made their way home.They walked, they bused, they took...
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Redwood City Catholic Worker House continues to seek support as new year begins
by Antonia EhlersDuring the holiday season, the front porch of the Catholic Worker House on Cassis Street in Redwood City is overflowing with donations. But the need for support doesn't stop now that...
View ArticleSome residents fear park could be threatened by proposed high school
by Brendan P. BartholomewThe possible construction of a new high school on the east side of San Carlos has met opposition from some residents who say they're worried the school might encroach on a...
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SF teacher librarians create black lives matter resource guide for classrooms
by Laura DudnickIn more ways than one, December marked a significant step toward increasing social-justice resources in the classrooms of San Francisco's public schools.On Dec. 9, the Board of...
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It’s slowly getting better for gay SF firefighters
by Joel P. EngardioLet's hope that 2015 will be kind to the Fire Department. The past couple years have been rough.In 2013, a survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash was killed after being run over by...
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Tax break sowing the seeds of urban agriculture growth
by Joshua SabatiniOne recent rainy afternoon, Aaron Roland stood on his Potrero Hill vacant corner lot with sweeping views of downtown San Francisco and the Bay Bridge, bit into a kale leaf he picked...
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