Bay Area gets 16th wood burning ban alert of season
by Bay City News The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Winter Spare the Air alert for today, its 16th alert this season. The Spare the Air alert bans wood burning both indoors and...
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Ideas to increase middle-income housing in San Francisco floated
by Jonah Owen Lamb For two decades, San Francisco has squeezed concessions from every large residential development built on city soil. That has meant forcing below-market-rate units into each project...
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Mayor’s health care task force has not reached consensus on blending Healthy...
by Joshua Sabatini With many provisions of the Affordable Care Act taking effect Jan. 1, confusion persists in San Francisco over how to mesh the federal mandate with The City's 7-year-old landmark...
View ArticleMan fatally struck by Recology truck in SF identified
by Bay City News A man who was struck and killed by a Recology truck in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood on Friday morning has been identified by the medical examiner's office as 49-year-old...
View ArticleKitten stolen from SF Animal Care and Control found
by Bay City News A kitten stolen from the San Francisco Animal Care and Control shelter on Wednesday afternoon has been found, according to animal care officials. A hotel manager found the 2-month old...
View ArticleMan critically injured in shooting on Howard Street
by Rob Nagle A man was critically injured in a shooting in downtown San Francisco area early Monday morning, police said. Officers responded to the scene in the 500 block of Howard Street about 1:50...
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2nd opinion ordered for teen declared brain dead
by The Associated Press A California judge has ordered a second medical evaluation to determine whether a girl on life support following tonsil surgery is brain dead. The order by Alameda County...
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Noe Valley residence robbed of Christmas presents, bicycle
by Rob Nagle A Grinch ruined Christmas for at least one San Francisco family on Friday. A Noe Valley residence was burglarized early Friday morning and a woman woke up to find her Christmas presents...
View ArticleMan shot multiple times leaving Bayview club
by Rob Nagle A man was shot multiple times leaving a club in the Bayview early Saturday morning, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The 35-year-old victim was leaving a club in the 1600 block of...
View ArticleMan shot in leg in Mid-Market area
by Rob Nagle A man was shot in the leg in the Mid-Market area Friday night, police Officer Albie Esparza said Monday. The 22-year-old victim was standing on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of Market...
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Man breaks into Mission district home, uses bathroom, leaves
by Rob Nagle A Mission district resident got an early Christmas present that he'd probably like to return. An unknown suspect broke into a Mission district residence early Monday morning and used...
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Last-minute spots for holiday donations in San Francisco
by Staff Report It is not too late to make donations, especially for kids in San Francisco. Several organizations are holding toy drives on Christmas Eve, and the donation locations are listed...
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Bay Area wood burning banned Tuesday, possibly Christmas Day
by Bay City News The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has announced that wood burning will be banned in the region on Christmas Eve -- and possibly on Christmas Day, too. Tuesday will be the...
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Revisions to Transit Village project under review by developer
by Max A. Cherney The long-disputed Transit Village development in San Carlos has undergone yet another unanticipated change in plans, the results of which remain to be seen. The project -- reduced in...
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Votes on BART labor agreement not expected until new year
by Bay City News Votes on an agreement that would end eight months of strife between BART and its labor unions probably won't be held until late next week, a transit agency spokesman said Monday. BART...
View ArticleS.F. mayor visits tenants in housing for formerly homeless people
by Jonah Owen Lamb Barry White, a decadeslong San Francisco resident, was homeless until last week. The former decorative painter lost his rent-controlled apartment on Nob Hill when work dried up...
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S.F. makes pitch to host the America's Cup races in 2017
by Chris Roberts San Francisco isn't done with the America's Cup. With the Champagne that soaked Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Cup champion team in the fall barely dry, city officials are presenting new...
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Protesters cleared from outside SF Federal Reserve Bank
by Bay City News A group of protesters was peacefully removed Monday after camping overnight outside the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to mark the 100th anniversary of the federal agency's...
View ArticleEl Camino Real reopens nearly 3 hours after injury crash in Colma
by Bay City News El Camino Real in Colma reopened late this morning after a closure caused by a three-car crash that resulted in serious injuries, Colma police said. The crash was reported at 8:45...
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Candlestick Park bid farewell by San Francisco 49ers fans
by Jessica Kwong Just as they had hoped, the 49ers and their Faithful gave Candlestick Park the victorious sendoff on Monday night that will be etched in the memories of many long after the stadium's...
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