Automobile burglaries took a dramatic turn downward to start the year. For the week of Jan. 4–10, 2021, there were 37 auto burglaries in the area covered by Northern Station, fo... Read More
State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced SB 10, his latest attempt at getting the state to address its housing shortage by allowing increased density. According... Read More
$1.25 million: Remaining amount needed to finish the creation of Francisco Park, according to the Francisco Park Conservancy . . . 2 pizzas and 2 pints of ice cream: part of the $... Read More
California’s regional stay-at-home order was lifted by state officials Monday, as COVID-19 restrictions will return to a county-by-county system, according to the Associated... Read More
In a recent message to Northsiders, Northern Station Captain Paul Yep addressed some of the quality-of-life matters that have been the source of complaints from many locals in rec... Read More
Slightly more than 60 percent of city voters passed Proposition H in November’s election, and on Nov. 19, Mayor London Breed issued an executive order to city departments to imp... Read More
A resurgence of Covid-19 cases led San Francisco officials to move the city into the “purple tier” of health-related restrictions in late November. One high-profile response w... Read More
94 percent: amount of all businesses in San Francisco that are small businesses . . . 8.4 percent: San Francisco’s unemployment rate . . . 49,000: number of employees in San Fra... Read More
Third: A thief jumped over the counter of a Walgreens at the corner of Van Ness and Eddy and stole merchandise literally while a news reporter was filming for a story on shoplifti... Read More
Establishing a grocery store on Union Street has long been a goal of local residents, and on Tuesday, Nov. 10, their hopes should be answered with the grand opening of Luke’s Lo... Read More
The Heritage Gallery, located in the Officer’s Club building in the Presidio, could face temporary or permanent closure as the result of reallocation of space being considered b... Read More
A subject was arrested for elder abuse, aggravated assault, and possession of narcotics following an unprovoked attack on a 74-year-old man in early October. The incident occured ... Read More
At the end of September, Mayor London Breed issued a 60-day extension of San Francisco’s moratorium on commercial evictions. The moratorium now runs though Nov. 30, 2020. The mo... Read More
How’s the old saying go? Oh yeah: “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Over the past few years, we’ve learned that politics can actually drive a fellow (or a gal) from you... Read More
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recently made a video explaining his prosecution record by asking you to imagine going into a restaurant and ordering an omelet ... Read More