Man fatally shot by police outside Mission station left suicide notes
by Jonah Owen LambA note found by police appears to indicate that a 32-year-old man who was shot and killed by two officers Sunday intentionally confronted them in order to die.One of several apparent...
View ArticleSFMTA clashes with City Hall over Uber pilot program for...
by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe future of wheelchair-accessible transit in San Francisco is in crisis, but one plan could either revitalize it or doom it, depending on whom you ask.Uber has been in...
View ArticleSan Carlos schools closed Tuesday due to water main break
by Bay City NewsA water main burst on a campus shared by three San Carlos schools Monday night, sending a plume of water 40 feet in the air and forcing the closure of the three schools this morning, a...
View Article2 minor fires set at home where 'Mrs. Doubtfire' was filmed
by The Associated PressThe San Francisco home where the Robin Williams movie "Mrs. Doubtfire" was filmed suffered minimal damage after two small fires were set outside, authorities said Tuesday.The...
View ArticleCHP officer injured in collision in Redwood City
by Bay City NewsA California Highway Patrol officer was injured in a collision near a Redwood City Costco store this morning, a CHP spokesman said. The CHP unit was broadsided by a car at Middlefield...
View ArticleCoalition opposes 2024 SF Olympics
by Jonah Owen LambWhen San Francisco officially raised its hand to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the delegation -- headed by Ed Lee -- was upbeat.Lee went so far as to call San Francisco the best...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with bank robbery in the Mission
by Rob Nagle A man was arrested in connection with a bank robbery in the Mission on Monday, police said. The 29-year-old suspect, identified by police as Ryan Ford, reportedly walked into the bank in...
View ArticleWoman robbed of belongings in Potrero Hill
by Rob Nagle A woman was pushed to the ground and robbed in Potrero Hill on Monday, police said. The 38-year-old victim was in the vicinity of 20th and Missouri streets about 7:30 p.m. taking a...
View ArticlePolice investigating two separate incidents of arson
by Rob Nagle Police are investigating two separate incidents of arson that occurred on Monday and early Tuesday. The first incident occurred in Pacific Heights about 8:14 p.m. Monday night at the...
View ArticleMillbrae police looking for masked creep who assaulted jogger
by Rob Nagle Police are looking for a masked creep who sexually assaulted a jogger on Monday in Millbrae, according to San Mateo County Sherriff’s Office Deputy Rebecca Rosenblatt. A 48-year-old woman...
View ArticleMan arrested in attack on transgender woman charged with attempted murder,...
by Rob Nagle The man arrested in connection with the stabbing of a transgender woman after an argument on a Muni bus on Saturday was charged Tuesday with attempted murder among other charges,...
View ArticleAccrediting commission to decide on restoration status for CCSF
by Laura DudnickThe accrediting commission for City College of San Francisco will decide this week whether to grant the embattled school restoration status, a newly formed policy that would give the...
View ArticleHarding Park’s PGA agreement revised to address criticism
by Joshua SabatiniThere was much celebration across San Francisco when the PGA Tour announced that The City would host a championship golf event at TPC Harding Park in April, although the deal's...
View ArticleSluggish Port cargo traffic could get automotive boost
by Chris RobertsCalifornia car culture could help boost cargo traffic on The City's waterfront.If Port of San Francisco plans pan out, Pier 80 in the central waterfront could become Northern...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by police had contacted officer with troubling texts
by Jonah Owen LambThe 32-year-old man who wrote an apparent suicide note before being fatally shot by two police officers Sunday had sent disturbing messages to a Connecticut police officer and...
View ArticleSF may slow down street repaving projects as costs increase
by Joshua SabatiniWith greater investments made in recent years for San Francisco's streets, including an increase in repaving work, conditions are improving, according to the Department of Public...
View ArticleTransient man arrested after attacking man at UN Plaza with garden shears,...
by Bay City News A transient man who brutally assaulted another man with a pair of gardening shears and a hammer at San Francisco's United Nations Plaza on Thursday night was arrested, a police...
View ArticleMan suspected of Mission District killing pleads not guilty, claims self-defense
by Bay City News A 21-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to charges alleging that he fatally shot a man outside a nightclub in San Francisco's Mission District in December. Taaron Bragg shot...
View ArticleSuspect detained in connection with arson at 'Mrs. Doubtfire' house
by Rob Nagle Police have made an arrest in connection with the two small fires set at the house made famous in the Robin Williams’ movie “Mrs. Doubtfire,” Officer Albie Esparza said. Tyqwon Eugenen...
View ArticlePolice, firefighters respond to possible arson in Hayes Valley
by Rob Nagle Police and firefighters responded to a blaze in Hayes Valley early Wednesday. Just before midnight, a shopping cart that may have been next to a garbage can and part of a homeless...
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