Walk Crooked Lombard

Lombard’s famous crooked stretch between Larkin and Leavenworth is being closed to automobiles on weekends through July 13 as part of a pilot project. The city acted in respo... Read More

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Is Anyone Happy About AT&T’s Utility Boxes?

For years, neighborhood activists have waged a campaign against plans for hundreds of new utility boxes to be placed throughout the city, complaining they would obstruct pedestrian... Read More

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Nevius on Waterfront Height Limits

“[Prop B says] that anyone who wants to build something taller than the current height limits along the waterfront … would have to take it to an election…. Electi... Read More

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Coit Back Online

Locals and visitors who had to wait six months for restoration and structural work to be completed on Telegraph Hill’s Coit Tower were rewarded in mid-May with the reopening ... Read More

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AT&T Cell Towers Draw Ire On Union

Plans by AT&T to site cell towers on Union Street are meeting stiff opposition from locals. In a statement, the Union Street Association laid out its objections. “For the... Read More

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Laura’s Law Gets San Francisco Intro

Supervisor Mark Farrell is promoting an initiative for the November 2014 election to implement Laura’s Law in San Francisco; if he is able to pass the measure in the Board of... Read More

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Presidio’s Vietnam Connection

Fifty years ago, U.S. President Lyndon John-son began escalating American involvement in Vietnam, an involvement that wouldn’t end until President Gerald Ford’s time in... Read More

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The Mayor Strikes Back

Reacting to reports that Chicago was aggressively wooing filmmaker George Lucas to be the site for his new $700-million museum, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee stepped up his game in ea... Read More

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If You Don’t Like Young People, Stay Out Of Cow Hollow

The best San Francisco neighborhood for Millennials is our own Cow Hollow, according to Niche, a young adults-focused data research firm. Millennials (people aged 25–34) make up ... Read More

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Pay More For Muni

In April, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board voted on its next budget and approved a number of hikes in fines, fees and ridership tickets. Most of the ... Read More

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$1,000 Reimaginesf Scholarships Unveiled

The OpenGov Found-ation and District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell announced in April the ReimagineSF scholarships, $1,000 grants available for up to five undergraduate or graduate stu... Read More

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Chicago Lures Lucas

After the Presidio Trust nixed a plan to let filmmaker George Lucas build a museum on Crissy Field, rumors spread that the museum would end up in his other mentioned location: Chic... Read More

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Crissy Field Falls Fallow

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

If you’ve been following the story of a future mid-Crissy Field development at the Presidio, you know that from 18 proposals, the Presidio Trust narrowed the finalists to three: ... Read More

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Housing Problems Start Here

By Editor

Larkin Street Youth Services says “the best way to end homelessness in San Francisco in the next 10 years is by bringing youth to the forefront and supporting solutions that addr... Read More

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Knockout Attack?

By Editor

A local artist contacted the Marina Times to report that she had been the victim of an apparent knockout attack in San Francisco earlier this year. While walking to work on Brann... Read More

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