Crissy Field Promenade Fix-Up

A $5 million project to improve the Crissy Field Promenade is scheduled to kick off in the middle of this month and last through the summer. The Golden Gate National Recreation Are... Read More

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Francisco Park Takes Shape

Local residents got some insight into the new Francisco Park, which will replace the long-unused Francisco Reservoir, at an early February community meeting held by the Francisco P... Read More

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January Commutes Snarled By Muni Glitch

The city’s thousands of Muni bus and train riders were frustrated in much of January by the glitchy upgrade of the system’s networking equipment from 2G to 3G service. ... Read More

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Sanctuary Cities In The Hot Seat

President Donald Trump campaigned in part on a promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to punish sanctuary cities by cutting federal funds to cities that curtail ... Read More

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Some Bikes Aren’t Welcome In San Francisco

Where else besides the pages of the Marina Times do you find supervisors Aaron Peskin and Mark Farrell side by side? In late January, they appeared together at a press conference c... Read More

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Woman Killed By Truck In Cow Hollow

A woman crossing the street at Union and Buchanan was hit by a truck a little after noon on Jan. 11. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she died. According to B... Read More

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Lucas Museum Moves To A City Far, Far Away

After an extended search, filmmaker George Lucas has chosen Los Angeles over the Bay Area as the home for his new self-funded Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Despite fairly broad su... Read More

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New police chief

By John Zipperer

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced his selection of Bill Scott as the city’s new police chief in December. Scott, previously the deputy chief of the Los Angeles police departme... Read More

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City looks for $60 million in Academy of Arts Settlement

By John Zipperer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced in late December an agreement on a proposed settlement of the city’s suit against Academy of Art University that would settle... Read More

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Van Ness lanes remove trees, hurt Union Street shopping

By John Zipperer

The construction on Van Ness Avenue intended to improve mass transit and safety has irked neighborhood businesses and residents. Beginning on Dec. 19, the San Francisco Municipal T... Read More

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GGNRA readies off-leash limits for dogs

By John Zipperer

In mid-December, the National Park Service (NPS) released its preferred plan for restricting off-leash areas for dogs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Once the plan is ... Read More

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City looks for $60 million in Academy of Art Settlement

By John Zipperer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced in late December an agreement on a proposed settlement of the city’s suit against Academy of Art University that would se... Read More

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Mayor Lee on Trump

By John Zipperer

San Francisco leaders have been out front in their condemnation of the election of Donald Trump (see supervisors Mark Farrell and Aaron Peskin, pages 7 and 9). The common message o... Read More

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Hate crime at Fort Mason

By John Zipperer

A Nov. 14 incident involving an alleged assault and hate crime against a Latina woman at Fort Mason’s Great Meadow has drawn the condemnation of District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrel... Read More

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The crimes they are a-changin’

By John Zipperer

Between August and September, San Francisco saw an increase in some high-profile crimes in the city, with homicides going from zero to 6 and rapes climbing from 27 to 33. Things we... Read More

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