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San Francisco expected to set goal of reducing bike thefts by 50 percent in 5...
by Joshua Sabatini City officials want bike thefts reduced by 50 percent within five years, as cycling, along with the value of what people are riding, continues to increase in San Francisco. The...
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Golden Gate Bridge may soon get long-awaited median
by The Associated Press After more than a decade of planning, the Golden Gate Bridge may soon have a median separating northbound and southbound traffic. Bridge officials are expected to approve the...
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Broadway safety plan targets lighting, loitering
by Mike Aldax More lighting will be installed within the darker areas of Broadway — along with surveillance cameras and “no loitering” signs — as part of an effort to make the nightlife corridor...
View ArticleFacebook broadens effort to show ad payoff
by Reuters Facebook Inc is expanding a service that lets a group of major marketers measure the effectiveness of their ads, in the company's latest move to prove that advertising on the world's...
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1 killed, 1 injured in Potrero Hill shooting
by Rob Nagle A man was killed in a double shooting in Potrero Hill on Thursday night, police Officer Gordon Shyy said. The shooting occurred in the area of 23rd and Arkansas streets about 7:50 p.m.,...
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Foster City development could bring in millions for city
by Max A. Cherney A high-tech development would likely generate thousands of jobs and millions in cash over several years for Foster City, according to officials. The 11.89-acre Chess-Hatch...
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California adopts ride-hailing service regulations
by The Associated Press Web-based ride-hailing companies will have to make sure drivers undergo training and criminal background checks and have commercial liability insurance under rules approved...
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BART labor talks in stalemate again
by Chris Roberts Talks in the BART labor negotiations will take a break until Monday, with the transit agency’s management and its unions still far apart on terms for a new labor contract three weeks...
View ArticleWoman injured when car rolls on steep slope near Highway 35
by Bay City News A 75-year-old woman was injured when her vehicle rolled down a steep slope and dragged her in unincorporated San Mateo County on Monday, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said....
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UC President Janet Napolitano proposes tuition freeze at regents meeting
by Bay City News At her first University of California Board of Regents meeting as UC president, Janet Napolitano this morning proposed a tuition freeze and announced several new initiatives,...
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Muni train leaves Castro Station without operator
by Rob Nagle A Muni Metro light-rail vehicle left the station without its operator Wednesday morning, said John Haley, transit director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The...
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S.F. police seek public’s help finding sex assault suspect
by Rob Nagle San Francisco police are seeking the public's assistance in an investigation of sexual assault near the Legion of Honor over the summer, police said Wednesday. On July 30, a woman was out...
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New numbers show San Francisco has nation’s highest rents
by Jonah Owen Lamb San Francisco’s status as a pricey place to live has been confirmed, and then some. The City has the highest median rent among the nation’s largest cities, beating New York handily,...
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Literary legend Sam Spade coming back to San Francisco
by Mike Aldax You’d have to be a glutton for jail food to commit a crime in Union Square tonight. At 6 p.m., a gaggle of brawny coppers plans to attend a private party at John’s Grill, the century-old...
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SF man charged for Golden Gate Park tree vandalism
by Bay City News A man accused of breaking the branches off of trees in Golden Gate Park was charged Wednesday with three misdemeanor counts of vandalism, prosecutors said. Ken Frisch, a 65-year-old...
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Tuition freeze proposed for University of California undergrads
by Reuters The new president of the University of California proposed freezing the cost of undergraduate tuition for another year to allow for an overhaul of how to pay for higher education in the...
View ArticleSF police officer alleges racial profiling in lawsuit against city
by Bay City News A San Francisco police officer who claims he was racially profiled has sued The City and several fellow officers in federal court for allegedly choking him and tackling him to the...
View ArticleFoundation acquires buildings to keep arts in Mid-Market
by Chris Roberts Rising real estate prices in The City are shoving artists and nonprofits out of the mid-Market Street area — but one local group is working to ensure the art presence remains. A newly...
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Bay Area Filipino community unites to help typhoon victims
by Brendan P. Bartholomew The Bay Area’s Filipino-American community has launched a grass-roots effort to aid survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. The deadly typhoon, called Yolanda in the Philippines, made...
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Supervisor Norman Yee seeks new outreach to district’s Asian population
by Jessica Kwong Twenty-eight associations — a mix of neighborhood, homeowner and merchant groups — rule affluent District 7 in the southwest section of The City. But by attending their meetings since...
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