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Bay Area gets soaked as storm moves through region
by Bay City News Off-and-on heavy showers were expected to fall throughout the Bay Area for the rest of the Friday after a storm blew through the region in the morning, a National Weather Service...
View ArticleGoogle’s Muni gift won’t stop appeal against S.F. commuter shuttle program
Google’s announcement of a $6.8 million gift Thursday to support free Muni for low- and moderate-income youths for the next two years was met with praise from city officials and program advocates. But...
View ArticleTwo relatives of UC Berkeley measles patient come down with disease
by Bay City News Two relatives of a UC Berkeley student who contracted measles earlier this month have also caught the disease, Contra Costa County health officials said. Neither the student nor the...
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Golden Gate Bridge tolls set to increase this year
by Bay City News By July 2018, the current $5 FasTrak toll on the Golden Gate Bridge will be $7 and the $6 pay-by-plate toll will be $8.The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District's...
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Study identifies design options for light-rail relocation along 19th Avenue
by Jessica Kwong A proposal to relocate the Muni M-Ocean View light-rail line along 19th Avenue in southwest San Francisco has reached a planning milestone with the release of a feasibility study. The...
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Knowing when $4 toast signals S.F. salvation, not apocalypse
by Joel P. Engardio Supervisor Katy Tang and I decided to share a piece of $4 toast. Yes, the infamous toast that became -- along with the Google bus -- a symbol of tech gentrification, high rents and...
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S.F. shuttles tread on Muni’s turf as pilot program aims to cut overlap
by Jessica Kwong Mario Guerrero remembers a time during the first dot-com boom, before commuter shuttles became a fixture on San Francisco streets, when workers would drive to their jobs. "They'd...
View ArticleSan Mateo residents advised to be on lookout for phone scammers
by S. Parker Yesko Police in San Mateo are warning the public about a new phone scam in which callers pretending to be local authorities threaten victims with arrest, deportation or loss of...
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Man accused of grabbing 9-year-old girl from San Mateo school bathroom to...
by Bay City News A man who was accused of grabbing a 9-year-old girl in a San Mateo elementary school bathroom in September 2012 and trying to take pictures of girls in a Daly City school bathroom in...
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10 years on, CleanPowerSF still flickering
by Joshua Sabatini After a decade and more than $4.1 million spent planning to launch an alternative energy provider to compete with PG&E, San Francisco’s community choice aggregation program...
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Landlord groups argue SF laws favor tenants
by Chris Roberts The gang of tenant-friendly ideologues gathered outside Sean Whalen’s new house in Chinatown last week had an unlikely look for protesters: suits, ties and wing-tips — and all the...
View ArticleReport: Health insurance for inmates means less crime
by Chris Roberts Obamacare could cut down on crime locally, according to city health officials. San Francisco’s jailers are busy enrolling County Jail inmates in health care coverage newly available...
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A gratifying return to Daly City for Westlake Coffee Shop
by Brendan P. Bartholomew The owners of Westlake Coffee Shop have celebrated their return to Daly City after a heartbreaking expulsion from their original home and a 10-month hiatus. Owners Moon and...
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Supervisors propose regulations on electronic cigarettes
by Jessica Kwong San Francisco supervisors plan to announce legislation this morning to regulate electronic cigarettes, increasingly popular particularly among teenagers, in the same way that The City...
View ArticleFirst student crossing guards hit the streets at Commodore Sloat Elementary
by Jessica Kwong This morning at Commodore Sloat Elementary School, the first student crossing guards will help their peers get to school while promoting pedestrian safety in light of an alarming...
View ArticleMan injured in Polk Gulch stabbing
by Rob Nagle View Larger Map A man was injured in a stabbing in Polk Gulch on Saturday, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The 30-year-old victim was reportedly involved in an altercation with another...
View ArticleTeenage boy critically injured in shooting at Excelsior Playground
by Rob Nagle View Larger Map A teenage boy was critically injured in a shooting at the Excelsior Playground on Friday, police Officer Albie Esparza said Monday. The 17-year-old victim was walking with...
View ArticleParty poopers crash birthday party, punch woman and steal phone
by Rob Nagle View Larger Map A group of party poopers spoiled a birthday party guest's good time at a restaurant near the Dogpatch neighborhood on Sunday, police said. The 31-year-old female victim...
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Regional transit agencies use Muni stops at no cost with no hassle
by Jessica Kwong As San Francisco gears up a pilot program for private shuttles to access Muni stops, several regional transportation systems have been using The City’s public-transit infrastructure...
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SF rental stock directive met with some resistance
by Jonah Owen Lamb Early last month, The City’s bureaucratic gears shifted to quicken how regulators deal with housing construction and maintain rental units. Those changes — called for by Mayor Ed...
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