New safety upgrades dedicated along Cesar Chavez Street
by Bay City News San Francisco city officials on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a project that has transformed a major thoroughfare into a more pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly street. A...
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Gold Dust celebrates one year in new Fisherman’s Wharf location
by Rhys Alvarado For San Francisco entrepreneur Nick Bovis, the word “tradition” means everything. That’s why, he said, it was important to him and his family to keep their own slice of city history...
View ArticleFuture UCSF women’s hospital to be named after philanthropist
by The Associated Press The future UC San Francisco women’s hospital will be named in honor of a health care philanthropist who, along with her husband, donated $50 million to the project, university...
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Geneva Avenue in Daly City set to receive bike lanes, pedestrian safety upgrades
by Brendan P. Bartholomew Bike lanes and pedestrian-safety enhancements will soon be added to the Daly City portion of Geneva Avenue. The improvements, which will stretch from Bayshore Boulevard to...
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Property owner groups file lawsuits over new SF housing laws
by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco property owner groups want to take The City to court over new housing regulations they say go too far and take a wrongheaded approach to addressing soaring rents. Two...
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School board approves $50 million in public enrichment funds for district...
by Jessica Kwong For the second consecutive year, the San Francisco Unified School District will reap the full benefits of a soon-expiring fund for sports, libraries, arts, music and other programs...
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Nude man who walked into high school locker room still on the loose
by Bay City News South San Francisco police are still trying to locate a man who walked naked into a high school girls' locker room earlier this month. Police issued a sketch showing the unidentified...
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Ed Lee: Middle class in SF makes between '$80,000 and $150,000'
In addition to getting smaller and smaller, the middle class in San Francisco is getting richer and richer, according to Mayor Ed Lee. Middle-income earners in San Francisco are those who take home...
View ArticleArson suspected in blaze at Redwood City facility
by Bay City News Police and fire investigators agree that a blaze at a metal recycling facility in Redwood City last month appears to have been deliberately set, a police lieutenant said Thursday. The...
View ArticlePeninsula tattoo removal program relaunching
by S. Parker Yesko The Tattoo Removal Program serving ex-gang members and victims of domestic abuse in San Mateo County is expected to reopen today after a two-year hiatus. The program was shuttered...
View ArticlePlanning officials to study possible teardown of I-280 segment for rail...
by Jonah Owen Lamb A stretch of Interstate 280, aka the John F. Foran Freeway, dissects much of the southern reaches of San Francisco and has its terminus at Fourth and King streets. Now the seeds are...
View ArticleWill support from Chiu, Campos elevate SF soda tax issue?
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu — who, along with fellow Supervisor David Campos, is seeking the California Assembly District 17 seat in November — announced Thursday his support for a...
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Despite accreditation woes, CCSF gets high marks from public
by Jonah Owen Lamb Even after several years of turmoil, threats of closure and a court battle, City College of San Francisco is still a respected institution, according to polling and focus group...
View ArticleZynga buying mobile game company, cutting workforce
by The Associated Press San Francisco-based Zynga Inc. said Thursday that it is buying NaturalMotion, the company behind the hit mobile games “CSR Racing” and “Clumsy Ninja,” while cutting 15 percent...
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Concerns arise on impacts of SFPUC finances on clean power program
by Joshua Sabatini Questions are being raised on whether the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is overstating a financial crisis to deal a decisive blow to the hotly debated clean-power...
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Some residents continue to bark at off-leash dog restrictions
by Jessica Kwong While some stakeholders still don’t seem to see eye-to-eye on a plan to regulate off-leash dog walking at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, many agree that balancing various...
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California cracks down on computer boot camps
by The Associated Press California consumer protection officials are threatening to close a number of fast-paced, fast-growing computer coding boot camps that train people to work in the technology...
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Nudity activists plan protest on anniversary of city ban
by Jessica Kwong Gypsy Taub, who last month got married in the nude on the steps of City Hall, has organized a protest against San Francisco’s nudity ban on the one-year anniversary of its...
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Recology employee adopts puppy rescued by coworkers from recycling conveyor belt
by Bay City News A Recology employee adopted a puppy today that her coworkers rescued from a recycling center conveyor belt in San Francisco last month. San Francisco resident Patricia Aleman was...
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Wiener calls for review on late night transit options
by Joshua Sabatini Supervisor Scott Wiener wants to make sure drunken revelers spilling out of San Francisco’s bars late at night can rely on Muni or other transit options to safely get home. Wiener...
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