It’s Showtime at the Presidio Again

PRESIDIO THEATRE REOPENS On Sept. 21, the Presidio Theatre was open for business once again, following a $30 million renovation. The 600-seat venue will be used for a range of acti... Read More

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Crime update

Last year, the city enjoyed a significant drop in its epidemic of auto burglaries. The news so far this year is not so good. From January through mid-September, Northern Station re... Read More

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Chinatown Cameras

By John Zipperer

District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, Mayor London Breed, and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development announced the installation of 18 new public safety cameras along Stockt... Read More

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Best City For Working Women?

By John Zipperer

Nationwide, according to one study, women earn an average of 80 cents for every dollar that a man earns for comparable work, but here in San Francisco the gap is more than half tha... Read More

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Powering San Francisco

By John Zipperer

In September, supervisors unanimously approved a bill to force all private commercial buildings of at least 50,000 square feet to use 100 percent renewable energy. Mayor London Bre... Read More

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Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

4,000: people expected to be helped by the mayor’s plan to increase services for people suffering from severe mental illness and substance abuse . . . 3.1 percent: amount San Fra... Read More

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Navigation Center Approvals Streamlined

By John Zipperer

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 101, a budget trailer bill, that includes provisions to ensure navigation center homeless shelters in the state will be approved as long as they meet ... Read More

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Francisco Park Construction Begins

By John Zipperer

A late 2020 completion is expected for the new Francisco Park, which has begun construction on its site between Larkin and Hyde Streets south of Bay Street. San Francisco’s newes... Read More

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Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

$250 million: Amount sought in a defamation suit filed by representative Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) against Twitter and three accounts, including “Devin Nunes’ Cow” and “Devin ... Read More

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Rose Pak Subway Station

By John Zipperer

Political power broker Rose Pak was controversial in life, and she remains so in death. Despite repeated protests by opponents, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’... Read More

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New Mollie Stone’s

By John Zipperer

The 43,900-square-foot building at the corner of Polk and Jackson Streets has been vacant since 2014, when Lombardi Sports left. Now, Mill Valley-based Mollie Stone’s Markets has... Read More

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Neighbors upset by late-night taco time

By John Zipperer

Marco Mejia saw a perfect opportunity: Late-night patrons coming out of bars around Union and Buchanan Streets. They’re a bit drunk, quite a bit hungry. His solution of parking a... Read More

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Gig economy targeted

By John Zipperer

At the heart of San Francisco’s tremendous and controversial growth over the past decade has been tech-fueled companies that rely on cheap and on-demand employees to do much of t... Read More

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Crime update

By John Zipperer

The auto burglary scourge continues. From Jan. 1 through July 14, there were 2,791 auto burglaries on the Northside, according to Northern Station. For the same time period last ye... Read More

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Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$1,200: monthly rent for a bunk bed in a dormitory-style setting at PodShare’s San Francisco housing . . . $628.5 million: amount of a bond for earthquake safety and emergency re... Read More

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