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Bay Bridge House takes final design to meetings to gain project support

by Jessica Kwong In the shadows of the demolition of the Bay Bridge’s old eastern span, David Grieshaber has been working to get various officials behind his vision to construct a building out of...

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Google expands ferry service trial with East Bay service

by Bay City News Last month, Google started a similar trial ferrying its employees between San Francisco and Redwood City. That five-week trial also ends this Friday.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...

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Two injured in early-morning stabbings in SF

by Bay City News Two people were stabbed near San Francisco's Embarcadero early Monday morning, San Francisco police said. Officers responded to the incident at The Embarcadero between Piers 5 and 7...

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Google barge must move from island construction site in San Francisco Bay,...

by The Associated Press Google must move a mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order, a state official said Monday....

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SF state legislator proposes California minimum wage hike

California workers earning the minimum wage could see pay increases starting in 2015, under legislation announced Monday. Introduced by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, the move follows...

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Warriors push back proposed arena's opening date

by Bay City News The Golden State Warriors' plans to build an arena on the San Francisco waterfront by 2017 are being pushed back by at least a year, project organizers said today. At the same time,...

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Low-income San Mateo County youth to receive free dental care on ‘Smile Day’

by S. Parker Yesko Dentists across San Mateo County will offer free services to children from low-income families as part of Give Kids a Smile Day on Friday. For 10 years running, the San Mateo County...

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SF city attorney alleges lax privacy opens door for sexual predators on MeetMe

by Jessica Kwong The City Attorney’s Office is for the first time pursuing legal action against a meet-up and location-based social-network website and app. In a complaint filed Monday, City Attorney...

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Presido Trust rejects all three museum proposals, including Lucas Cultural...

by Jonah Owen Lamb The Presidio Trust on Monday announced that it rejected all three proposals for the former commissary site near Crissy Field. The team behind the most prominent of those proposals,...

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Midtown Park tenants ask Rent Board to explore rent control coverage

by Joshua Sabatini Amid city plans to increase rents at the 139-unit Midtown Park Apartments complex in the Western Addition, tenants fought back Monday by asking the San Francisco Rent Board to...

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Voter signatures to qualify waterfront height measure on ballot await...

by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco voters could soon become the official guardians of the allowable height limits for The City’s prized waterfront property. It appears more than enough signatures to...

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SFMTA board to address plan to end pedestrian, cyclist deaths in SF

At an annual budget workshop today, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board members will, among other issues, consider adopting a Vision Zero policy aimed at eliminating pedestrian and...

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UCSF to study marijuana-based drug for children

by Chris Roberts Children as young as a year old are receiving a marijuana-derived drug at UC San Francisco, where over the next year researchers will conduct the world’s first study of the banned...

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Canepa joins mayors group targeting gun violence

by Brendan P. Bartholomew Gun violence is rare in Daly City and Mayor David Canepa wants to keep it that way. Backed with unanimous approval from the City Council, he has joined Mayors Against Illegal...

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Sunset district residents point out safety concerns at intersection where...

by Bay City News A 78-year-old San Francisco man was struck and killed by a car as he crossed a busy thoroughfare in San Francisco's Sunset District this morning, and neighbors said afterward that the...

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SF firefighters battling blaze in Presidio Heights neighborhood

by Bay City News Firefighters are at the scene of a two-alarm residential fire in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. The fire is burning in the 300 block of Walnut...

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Police: Slain Napa 3-year-old's body stored in freezer

by The Associated Press Authorities in Northern California said Tuesday that a woman and her boyfriend charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter stored the girl's body in a suitcase and inside a...

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Scott Wiener secures $9M for streetlight upgrades

Supervisor Scott Wiener on Tuesday announced a deal that will add funding for streetlight repairs in San Francisco without amending an upcoming bond measure related to earthquake safety. [jump] Last...

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SF man indicted on charges related to Silk Road website

by The Associated Press A San Francisco man was indicted Tuesday on charges he was the mastermind behind a secret website that brokered more than $1 billion in transactions for illegal drugs and...

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Supervisors committee takes on enforcement of building codes

by Bay City News San Francisco’s policies for enforcing city building codes was the topic of a City Hall hearing Monday, where members of a Board of Supervisors committee questioned what they called a...

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