New Future for San Francisco Reservoir

Russian Hill’s Francisco Reservoir will finally have a new life as a city park, following a go-ahead from the Board of Supervisors in July. The board supported Supervisor Mar... Read More

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Everyone Loves Their In-Law Units

By John Zipperer

Two Northside supervisors often on the opposite sides of issues managed to find consensus on the matter of accessory dwelling units, commonly called “in-law units.” Dis... Read More

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Tech Workers on the Move

By John Zipperer

Nearly 70 percent of tech workers don’t think it’s important to be in Silicon Valley, and fewer than half of Millennials consider it important to work in Silicon Valley... Read More

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Crime Continues to Decline

By John Zipperer

Most categories of criminal activity citywide and in the Northern District have recorded declines between April and May of this year. According to Northern Station Captain John Jai... Read More

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Apothecarium

By John Zipperer

Medical marijuana store The Apothecarium, after a lengthy public approval process, has received its permits and will begin construction soon at its new location at 2414 Lombard Str... Read More

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S.F. Media In Homeless Focus

In this issue of the Marina Times, you will find a number of articles and columns addressing the homeless problem in San Francisco. This paper is an active participant in a coaliti... Read More

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Crime Report

An increase in robberies in April appeared to abate in May, reported Northern Station Captain John Jaimerena. He had shifted some of his officers to focus on robberies and saturate... Read More

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Treasure Island’s Special Sauce?

Saying the addition of George Lucas’s much-bandied-about museum to Treasure Island might be the “special sauce” the island has needed, District 3 Supervisor Aaron... Read More

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Cameras, No Tasers, For Police

Repeated efforts to introduce the use of stun guns to the San Francisco police force as a way to reduce shooting deaths at the hands of officers have gone nowhere. Greg Suhr, who w... Read More

News Briefs, Real Estate

Will There Be a Soft Landing For The Bay Area?

By John Zipperer

You can finally see the signs that some have predicted and others have feared (and a few have cheered) for some time: the local economy is beginning to cool, and its impact is bein... Read More

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Governor Brown’s Housing Plan Advances

By John Zipperer

Gov. Jerry Brown and the state legislature agreed on a budget that also moves forward the governor’s plan announced in May to speed up approvals of new housing developments i... Read More

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Market is the Market’s Leader

By John Zipperer

Market Street, the famous commercial road cutting through San Francisco from the Ferry Building to Twin Peaks, is the city’s leading place for office rents. Asking rates for ... Read More

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