Stalled Schlage Lock redevelopment may have found key to move ahead
by Chris Roberts With an unparalleled housing market booming in San Francisco, a developer is trying again to lock down the redevelopment of a large plot in Visitacion Valley that has sat fallow for...
View ArticleProlific Muni bus tagger pinched
by Mike Aldax A 38-year-old San Francisco man accused of tagging multiple Muni buses with phrases including "I'll be a vandal forever" was allegedly caught marking up a building in the Design District...
View ArticleSan Francisco is going blue to get green
by Bay City News The city's Recreation and Park Department is holding a family-friendly environmental cleanup event today at Golden Gate Park's Stow Lake, featuring blue Smurf characters. The event,...
View ArticleJuveniles arrested in brazen Muni robbery
by Mike Aldax Two juveniles were arrested over the weekend in connection with last month's brazen robbery of a 68-year-old woman on Muni's T-Third line in the Bayview, according to police. Fugitive...
View ArticleBART, union negotiations to go on hold for part of 30-day negotiating period
by Chris Roberts Negotiations between BART management and its two biggest labor unions will take a break later this month when the transit agency's $399,000 chief negotiator goes on vacation. BART and...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspect in attempted armed robbery on Muni
by Rob Nagle Police are on the hunt for a man who reportedly pulled out a gun during an attempted robbery on a Muni bus in June, Officer Albie Esparza said Thursday. The incident occurred about 4:20...
View ArticleSan Francisco police can continue to cash out sick time upon retirement
by Chris Roberts Retiring police officers will be able to continue the controversial practice of cashing out unused sick time as a retirement bonus until 2018, under a deal hashed out with Mayor Ed...
View ArticlePolice use of technology to overcome language barriers varies in San Mateo...
by Max A. Cherney The use of technology to overcome language barriers has been embraced in varying forms by police departments across San Mateo County, according to paperwork filed with the civil...
View ArticleS.F. proposal to mandate flexible work hours for caregivers amended to...
by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco supervisors could soon be deciding whether to put a measure on the November ballot that, if passed, would help The City’s workforce caring for children, an elderly...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspect in attempted armed robbery on Muni
by Rob Nagle Police are on the hunt for a man who reportedly pulled out a gun during an attempted robbery on a Muni bus in June, Officer Albie Esparza said Thursday. The incident occurred about 4:20...
View ArticleSuspect held in Golden Gate Park tree vandalism
by Bay City News San Francisco police said Thursday that they have made an arrest in connection with the vandalism of trees in Golden Gate Park. A man was arrested Wednesday after officers witnessed...
View ArticleMan who killed ex-girlfriend in Daly City found suitable for parole from prison
by Bay City News Two days before his 46th birthday, a man who fatally strangled his ex-girlfriend with a coaxial cable in front of the woman's 1- and 4-year-old children in 1993 was found suitable for...
View ArticleNTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble on Asiana 214
by The Associated Press Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, putting the focus of the...
View ArticleBacon Bacon given green light to reopen in Upper Haight
by Andrea Koskey Bacon Bacon will be sizzling again in the Upper Haight. Jim Angelus successfully gained approval from the Planning Commission on Thursday to reopen his restaurant on Frederick Street...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage foes want state court to stop weddings
by The Associated Press Opponents of same-sex marriage on Friday demanded that the California Supreme Court immediately halt same-sex marriages recently resumed in the nation's largest state after a...
View ArticleTeen who died in SFO crash struck by fire truck, SF police say
by The Associated Press One of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the Asiana Airlines disaster was hit by a fire truck while covered with firefighting foam, authorities said Friday, revealing a...
View ArticleTwo dead after shooting at SoMa business
by Bay City News Two people died and a third was injured in a shooting and possible stabbing at a jewelry store in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Friday afternoon, police Chief Greg Suhr...
View ArticleThird victim dies from Asiana crash at SFO; officials confirm fire truck hit...
by The Associated Press A girl who was aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed died Friday, the same day that authorities confirmed one of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the disaster...
View ArticleSFO runway reopens after fatal Asiana Airlines crash
by Bay City News The runway involved in Saturday's fatal Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash has reopened, San Francisco International Airport officials said Friday. Runway 28L reopened at 5:05 p.m.…[...
View ArticleFraternity booted from S.F. State after party death as school looks into...
by Joe Fitzgerald Peter Tran was 18 years old when he died at a fraternity party in April, and now San Francisco State University is taking the first in a series of punitive actions against those...
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