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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
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Weiner takes another swing at housing density

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
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Facts and figures

$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
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California Lifts Regional Stay-At-Home Order

By Isai Rocha

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
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Observation Wheel closed

By John Zipperer

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
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Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

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
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Will burglaries continue to decline?

By John Zipperer

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
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Proposition H executive order

By John Zipperer

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
Cole Valley favorite Lukes’s Local (pictured above) is now opening a location on Union Street in Cow Hollow. Photo: facebook.com/LukesLocal
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Luke’s local comes to Cow Hollow

Grocery returns to Union Street in Cow Hollow
By John Zipperer

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
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Presidio Heritage Gallery in possible danger

By John Zipperer

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
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Cooperation leads to attacker

By John Zipperer

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
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Commercial eviction moratorium extended

By John Zipperer

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
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Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

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
Community

When politics trump friendship and family

Have the promoters of discord won?
By Michael Snyder

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
Community

Is San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin lying about his prosecution record?

By Lou Barberini

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

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