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Dismissed suit clears way for Beach Chalet turf plan
by Jessica Kwong Recreation and Park Department officials hope the final of seemingly countless hurdles to renovate The City’s Beach Chalet Athletic Fields has been cleared, after a judge dismissed a...
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SF man charged with murder of man selling game console
by Rob Nagle The man accused of killing a Daly City man over a PlayStation 4 gaming system has been charged with murder and two counts of attempted robbery with firearm enhancements, the District...
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Lobbying suit filed against ex-official
by Joshua Sabatini City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a former member of the Board of Supervisors alleging 70 violations of the local lobbying ordinance based on contacts...
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Joe’s of Westlake moves onto new era after nearly 60 years of memories
by Brendan P. Bartholomew After 57 years in business, Joe’s of Westlake is closing its doors for a makeover. Owner Melinda Scatena announced late last month that she was selling the popular restaurant...
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Bay Area cold snap expected to continue through weekend
by Bay City News Bay Area residents are encouraged to keep those coats and gloves handy for the next week at least, as temperatures are likely to dip even further and remain chilly through next...
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‘Batkid’ returning to San Francisco on Saturday for fundraising walk
by Bay City News After winning hearts in San Francisco and beyond last month, "Batkid" is returning to the city this weekend for a Make-A-Wish fundraiser with the Police Department. Miles Scott, a...
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Man critically injured in Mission district hit-and-run
by Rob Nagle A man was critically injured in a hit-and-run in the Mission early Thursday morning, police Officer Gordon Shyy said. The victim, a man in his 20s, was walking across the street at...
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Man robs parking lot attendant, steals car from lot
by Rob Nagle A parking lot attendant was robbed in the first block of Franklin Street on Wednesday, police Officer Gordon Shyy said. A man approached the attendant about noon and pulled out a handgun,...
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Hungry hoodlum punches woman, steals lunch
by Rob Nagle A heartless and apparently hungry hoodlum punched a woman in the Bayview on Monday and ran off with her lunch, police said. The 32-year-old victim was waiting for the Muni Metro...
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Two S.F. men arrested in connection with stolen welding machine
by Rob Nagle Police have arrested two men in connection with a business burglary in the Bayview on Monday. Police patrolling the area around Illinois and Amador streets about 2:10 p.m. noticed a...
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Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at 95
by The Associated Press Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white...
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Google's mystery barge in San Francisco Bay under investigation
by Reuters The agency that oversees development in the San Francisco Bay in California has begun a formal investigation into the construction of a secretive Google Inc barge on an island in the bay....
View ArticlePacifica teen identified as victim in Santa Cruz cold case
by Bay City News Santa Cruz police said Thursday they had solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery by identifying a body that was found in 1994, in a park near the UC Santa Cruz campus, as a teenage...
View ArticleSFUSD gets B grade from pro-charter group
by Jonah Owen Lamb The free-marketeering, privatization-boosting, libertarian Reason Foundation has given The City’s school district an overall B grade in a study released Thursday. The pro-charter...
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Bay Area NAACP chief Amos Brown reflects on time spent with Nelson Mandela
by Chris Roberts Confined in a 5-foot-tall cell, he converted it into a classroom. Deprived of tools, he used his hands to dig a garden.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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City CarShare says more than half its fleet is green
by Jessica Kwong San Francisco-based City CarShare announced Thursday that it has achieved the greenest fleet of any similar organization offering a full spectrum of vehicles in the country, and it...
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Developers, officials gather to talk about backlash against S.F. growth
by Jonah Owen Lamb Some of San Francisco’s biggest developers met with city officials Thursday afternoon at SPUR to confront what they see as the political backlash against growth sparked by the...
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BART praised for reform made after Oscar Grant killing
by The Associated Press Police officers with BART have made significant progress in meeting reforms instituted after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white transit officer, an...
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SFPD given 10 defibrillators for Tenderloin station
by Bay City News Ten new automated external defibrillators will soon be outfitted in San Francisco police cars in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood as part of a generous holiday gift, the police...
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Man suspected of throwing cats to their death in SF Bay arrested
by Bay City News A man suspected of throwing two cats into San Francisco Bay last week was arrested Friday afternoon, a San Francisco Animal Care and Control spokeswoman said. Eric Leroy Patterson was...
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