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Woman punched, hit with skateboard in Mid-Market area
by Rob Nagle A woman was punched and hit with a skateboard by two men in the Mid-Market area on Tuesday, police said. The 25-year-old victim was walking in the 1000 block of Market Street about 7:30...
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San Francisco firefighters break up Tenderloin knife fight
by Rob Nagle San Francisco firefighters broke up a fight in the Tenderloin on Tuesday, police Officer Gordon Shyy said. The firefighters were in the 200 block of Turk Street just after 9 p.m. when...
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New poll shows San Franciscans are hungry for more housing
by Jonah Owen Lamb San Franciscans are worried about the cost of living and mostly blaming the spike on rising housing prices, according to a new poll of voters in what has become the nation’s...
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Underground vault fire extinguished in Financial District
by Bay City News A fire in an underground vault was quickly extinguished Wednesday afternoon in the Financial District, fire and PG&E officials said. Firefighters responded at 2:23 p.m. to reports...
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Electronic hailing for city cabs approved by SFMTA board
by Jessica Kwong A smartphone hailing system for taxis across The City got the OK from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board members Tuesday, to the chagrin of some cab companies and...
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UCSF LGBT Resource Center and Mayor Ed Lee honor Transgender Day of Remembrance
by Evan DuCharme Janetta Johnson, Program Coordinator for Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice, closes her eyes while relating her struggle against Transphobia on Wednesday. The UCSF LGBT...
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Haiti’s prime minister tours Silicon Valley
by The Associated Press From Google to Facebook to Apple, Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe took a whirlwind tour through Silicon Valley’s most elite tech campuses, hoping to convince some of the...
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Bike lockers could start occupying San Francisco parking spaces
by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco could become the first major city in the U.S. to install collective residential bicycle lockers in parking spaces, with plans being considered for Nob Hill, Hayes...
View ArticleMan who sued SF Sheriff’s Department over Jewish headdress is back behind bars
by Mike Aldax The Jewish con artist who pursued a federal lawsuit four years ago for the right to wear a yarmulke in County Jail has the opportunity to do just that now that he’s back behind bars....
View ArticleMan robbed after responding to Craigslist ad for gift cards
by Bay City News Authorities in San Carlos are warning residents to watch out for online scams and setups after a man responding to a Craigslist ad for discounted gift cards was robbed at a Home Depot...
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Report on food security in San Francisco released
by Joshua Sabatini One in four San Francisco residents lacks access to healthy food, 62 percent of schoolchildren qualify for free or reduced-price meals, and more than 50,000 adults and children are...
View ArticleSF approves stronger penalties to crack down on illicit acts in massage parlors
by Chris Roberts Stricter controls on The City’s massage parlors, including an outright ban on sex acts and a requirement that masseuses be clothed, are expected to be signed into law by Mayor Ed Lee....
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BART board expected to reject contract, fueling fears of third strike
by Chris Roberts BART and its unions are likely heading back to the bargaining table, with a majority of the transit agency’s elected board of directors prepared to reject the contract that took...
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Popular 'Batkid' caper costs San Francisco $105K
by The Associated Press The city of San Francisco spent $105,000 in public funds to honor a 5-year-old boy with leukemia who captivated the nation with his exploits as "Batkid," and it hopes to recoup...
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SFO seeks improved emergency response coordination following Asiana crash
by Jonah Owen Lamb San Francisco International Airport has given itself a mixed review for its response to the Asiana Airlines crash in July, according to the preliminary findings of an internal...
View ArticlePolice ID suspect in fatal SoMa shooting last weekend
by Bay City News Police today identified the suspect wanted in an early morning shooting that killed a 23-year-old Sacramento State alumna in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood over the...
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Boring machine work underway on Central Subway tunnel
by Jessica Kwong Beginning Wednesday night, Mom Chung started working 24/7 instead of its usual 10-hour shift. The Central Subway tunnel-boring machine is making its way from South of Market,...
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UCSF medical workers join statewide work stoppage
by Bay City News About 13,000 patient-care workers at the University of California’s five medical centers, including a site in San Francisco, held a one-day strike Wednesday over allegations that the...
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Bicyclist critically injured in SoMa collision Wednesday
by Bay City News A bicyclist was seriously injured when he collided with the rear of a vehicle in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, police said today. The collision...
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Man punched, robbed over defective DVDs
by Rob Nagle A man was assaulted and robbed in the Tenderloin on Wednesday over some reportedly defective DVDs, police said. The 51-year-old victim was approached at Jones Street and Golden Gate...
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