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Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

1,052: The number of games Bruce Bochy won as manager of the San Francisco Giants from 2007–19; Bochy was hired last month as the new manager of the Texas Rangers . . . $181: pe... Read More
Bi-Rite, seen here on 18th St., is coming to Russian Hill. Photo: Eric Heath-flickr.com-p200eric-WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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Bi-Rite Takes Over Real Foods On Polk

By John Zipperer

In early 2023, Bi-Rite will take over the Real Foods location at 2140 Polk Street. The Bi-Rite Family of Businesses announced in late October it had entered into an agreement to p... Read More
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City Revives the 1970s For Skating Fans

By John Zipperer

No, this isn’t a typo; San FranDISCO is the name of a 5,000-square-foot roller rink the city opened Oct. 15 on Civic Center’s Fulton Plaza. The pop-up rink opened during Natio... Read More
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New Money For Chinatown Library Renovation

By John Zipperer

The state’s Building Forward Library Improvement Grant Program has awarded the Chinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch of the San Francisco Public Library nearly $8 million for renovation... Read More
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Two state bills address housing production

By John Zipperer

Solutions to the state’s housing crisis have been few and far between in Sacramento, and those that appear usually expire due to backroom opposition. But AB 2011 and SB 6 have e... Read More
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Music in the park

By John Zipperer

The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department announced a new plan to license street performers in Golden Gate Park. Musicians and other performers can get permits for perform... Read More
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Supervisors Approve Expanded Camera Use

By John Zipperer

The Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 in September to approve Mayor London Breed’s legislation authorizing law enforcement to use noncity-owned cameras temporarily when respondin... Read More
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Briefly Noted

By John Zipperer

City leaders lauded the opening in September of Eula Hotel in the Mission. The 25 units are designed to serve as supportive housing for formerly homeless young adults aged 18–24... Read More
News Briefs

Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

Fourth: San Francisco’s rank on Dwellsy’s new chart of the 10 most expensive cities in the country for single-family rental homes . . . First: San Jose was Dwellsy’s most ex... Read More
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Election ballot measures

You might want to start exercising your pen hand before you receive your ballot for this November’s election; a bevy of measures will be on the ballot. From a question about a h... Read More
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Long-covid stories wanted

Researchers would like you to speak up. More to the point, they would like you to tell them your stories if you have long Covid — a condition experienced by some who have C... Read More
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Update on crime

From January through July 24, crimes rose overall by 3.12 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2021. Specifically, incidents of rape were up 41.67 percent; other increases ca... Read More
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Briefly noted

Senate Bill 879, the PET (Prohibiting Extraneous Testing) Act, passed the Assembly 59–0 on Aug. 18, then headed to the Senate. The bill, by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), ... Read More
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Facts and figures

Fifth: rank of San Francisco in a list of the worst U.S. cities to be stuck in traffic, according to a HiRoad analysis of driving-related tweets . . . Seventh: San Francisco’s r... Read More
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Update On Crime

By John Zipperer

For the week ending July 3, violent crimes were up 4 percent for the year-to-date in the Northside neighborhoods covered by the SFPD’s Northern Station. Rapes increased 33.33 pe... Read More


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