“Hey Sarge, I’m rotating into my weekend. The bad guys will know I’m off and are probably going to run wild. See if you can keep the district intact until I come back.” ... Read More
Owners of local gyms and fitness studios have complained in recent months about the dangers to their businesses caused by restrictions on operating during the era of Covid-19. In ... Read More
Burglaries are up more than 40 percent from 2019 to 2020 year-to-date, reports new Northern Station Captain Paul Yep. As of mid-August, he said there have been 906 reported burgla... Read More
An effort to help local businesses by closing Steiner Street and allowing restaurants to use the streets for properly socially distanced seating has been delayed for weeks, but it... Read More
Policymakers and parents have spent a lot of time planning and worrying about how to reopen schools and other communal spaces. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Nati... Read More
10: ranking of San Francisco in a CommercialCafe study on urban parks and walkability in the United States . . . 2: San Francisco’s rank for its share of walking commuters out o... Read More
July 13, 2020: day that SFMTA’s parking control officers resumed ticketing for parking meter violations . . . 70: percentage decrease in the city’s available shelter space due... Read More
As City Hall continues to come to grips with a still-expanding scandal over corruption in city contracts (see “DPW boss Mohammed Nuru finally swept to the curb, but not by Mayor... Read More
For the week of July 13–19, the section of the city protected by Northern Station experienced 41 auto burglaries, bringing the total so far this year to 1,843; the year-to-date ... Read More
Local law firm Gross & Klein LLP has filed a federal lawsuit against PG&E seeking an investigation and cleanup of contamination allegedly caused by a manufactured gas plan... Read More
There’s good news and bad news for commuters who rely on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to get around the city. Starting Aug. 22, a number of bus r... Read More
In a February 13, 2020 48hills piece, editor Tim Redmond wrote that Vilaska Nguyen, a “public defender who coaches girls’ basketball at a Catholic school and has lived in D7 (... Read More
“Accept things as they are, not as you would have them be. When you do this, only then can you obtain the clarity necessary to do what needs to be done.” —Coach Jim Sochor... Read More
8,000: number of crab, shrimp, and black cod traps lost by 30 crabbers as a result of the May 23 fire at Pier 45. . . 1,712: number of Sheriffs and Police Department employees who... Read More
Mayor London Breed announced in June several measures planned for the November ballot that would seek to address high-profile challenges in the city. The Save Our Small Busines... Read More