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CEO's post about homeless in SF highlights tech PR problem
by Jonah Owen Lamb It has not been a good week for the tech industry’s image in San Francisco. Amid growing worries about rent increases and the cost of living here, which many blame on well-off tech...
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BART, unions heading back to drawing board
by Chris Roberts Ill will, finger-pointing — and no contract. BART and its unions return to familiar territory Thursday: back where they started April 1, at the negotiation table with a federal...
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Probe: Asiana pilot wasn't confident, assertive
by The Associated Press The investigation into the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco's airport last summer has highlighted problems with cockpit culture and the trainee...
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Beastie Boys fire back over toy company parody
by The Associated Press The Beastie Boys are firing back after an Oakland toy company sued them over a video parody of their song "Girls." The two surviving members of the rap trio filed a lawsuit of...
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Man, woman carjacked after trying to break up a robbery at Crocker Amazon...
by Rob Nagle Two people were carjacked at gunpoint after trying to break up a robbery in the Crocker Amazon Playground on Wednesday night, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The two victims, a...
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Man critically injured in Mission district shooting
by Rob Nagle A man was critically injured in a shooting in the Mission district Wednesday night, police said. The 20-year-old victim was in the area of 26th and Mission streets just before 8 p.m. when...
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Man shot in leg for pushing pills on shooter's turf
by S. Parker Yesko A turf war over a Tenderloin street corner escalated into a shooting Wednesday night, police said. The 24-year-old victim was standing with a friend near the intersection of Golden...
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In year since Sandy Hook, increasing gun restrictions has become priority in...
by S. Parker Yesko It has been nearly one year since the second-deadliest shooting in the U.S. in more than half a century. For both legislators and innovators in the Bay Area, the horrific events of...
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Giants pitcher Matt Cain matches $50,000 raised by Make-A-Wish
by Bay City News The executive director of the Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation, the organization behind the wildly successful Batkid event in The City last month, has hit a $50,000 fundraising goal,...
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Bicycle use spikes in San Francisco, report shows
by S. Parker Yesko The number of San Franciscans using bicycles for transport has nearly doubled since 2006, and more riders are wearing helmets and using dedicated bike paths than ever before,...
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Holiday event sheds light on giving side of tech
by Jonah Owen Lamb Photos with Santa, a gift giveaway, a puppet show, a free meal. That was the scene in Golden Gate Park Thursday evening when more than 100 homeless San Francisco families gathered...
View ArticleCopper wiring stolen from street lights in Belmont
by Bay City News Thieves stole the copper wiring from the lights on a Belmont street some time overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to police. Officers began investigating after an open...
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Muni NX buses to be replaced with hybrids
by Jessica Kwong The marked, blue-striped NX-Judah Express buses that have helped alleviate the burden of Muni’s busiest light-rail line in the last couple of years are being replaced with newer...
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Appellate court upholds SF ban on plastic bags
by Bay City News A state appeals court has upheld a San Francisco law banning the use of noncompostable plastic bags at checkout stands in retail stores and grocery markets. The 2012 law, an expansion...
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High rate of obese and overweight kids poses problems for SF
by Chris Roberts Most adults in The City are fit as fiddles when it comes to national averages, but the kids are overweight. As families with children continue to flee expensive San Francisco, the...
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Mayor Ed Lee to join wall of fame at John’s Grill
by Jonah Owen Lamb The walls of John’s Grill a few blocks south of Union Square are a veritable who’s who of San Francisco’s power players. From mayors and police chiefs to journalists and detectives,...
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Coroner ties alcoholism to SF General Hospital stairway death
by The Associated Press A woman found dead in a locked stairwell 17 days after going missing from her room at San Francisco General Hospital probably died of a chemical imbalance due to complications...
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A ‘Hunger Games’ for parents in San Francisco
by Joel P. Engardio Ask any parent remaining in San Francisco (a city with more dogs than kids) to describe the process of applying for public school and you’ll often hear “nightmare.” Getting a child...
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Palo Alto entrepreneur ready to debut legal online poker room to rival S.F....
by Tom Somach A poker war is about to break out on the Internet, and the Bay Area is ground zero for the fray. A local mathematician and software designer plans to open an Internet-based poker room...
View ArticleSF is receiving vehicle collision data faster with new database
by Jessica Kwong A collision occurs. What next?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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