The San Francisco area has the worst roads in the entire country, according to “Bumpy Road Ahead,” a new report on roadways by TRIP, a transportation research group based in Wa... Read More
An unidentified young employee of the Marina Safeway store won $1.9 million in the Mega Millions lottery in late October. When he learned about his good fortune, the bakery departm... Read More
So-called “transportation network companies” (TNCs) such as Lyft and Uber account for about 50 percent of the increase in San Francisco street congestion between 2010 and 2016,... Read More
Burglaries were up in 2018, according to SFPD’s Northern Station. Year-to-date through Oct. 8, there were 638 burglaries, up from 537 for the same time in 2017. Robberies jumped ... Read More
In late September, the Presidio Trust announced its board of directors had chosen four of the nine proposals for its new Campus for Change to advance to the second round of the sel... Read More
24.73: percent increase in burglaries year-to-date in 2018, according to Northern Station . . . 2100: the block on Lombard Street that was the scene of a shooting on Sept. 7; an em... Read More
In September, Mayor London Breed took a number of housing-related actions, particularly regarding affordable units. Early in the month, on Sept. 6, she participated in the unveilin... Read More
The start of construction on Lombard shifted from September — as reported in last month’s News Briefs — to Oct. 1. According to San Francisco Public Works, the work on Lombar... Read More
As the city continues to struggle with auto burglaries, Northern station reports there were 58 auto burglaries in one recent week in mid-September. Year-to-date, the Northside had ... Read More
There’s big news for the effort to build a new park on the site of the old Francisco Reservoir on Russian Hill. The Francisco Park Conservancy, the group behind raising the money... Read More
$184,219: Annual salary (about $71,760) plus benefits (about $112,918) for employees of San Francisco’s project to clean up feces on city streets (the so-called “poop patrol”... Read More
If there’s one thing San Franciscans hate more than scooters or the word “Frisco,” it’s auto burglaries. San Francisco police had good news: Plainclothes officers made arre... Read More
On Sept. 8, Love Our City, an effort to clean up San Francisco while bringing together residents, merchants, and elected officials as a united front, invites people citywide to pic... Read More
The new Discover Polk Community Benefit District became the 15th CBD in the city when it was formed in July. The group will have at its disposal about $600,000 a year to spend on i... Read More
Get set for parking and driving disruption this month on Lombard Street. San Francisco Public Works notified locals that construction on the Lombard Street Vision Zero Project woul... Read More