The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, select the link to Cri... Read More
A recent daylight robbery and shooting of a tourist near Lombard Street’s famous crooked section highlighted nearby residents’ concerns over public safety issues in the... Read More
In early September, police arrested 39-year-old Ian Hespelt in an attack on a motorist during a Critical Mass ride late August on Marina Boulevard. In a video that quickly went vir... Read More
San Francisco will study the feasibility of purchasing the former Pagoda Theater. The Pagoda, which has been vacant for decades, would serve as a North Beach station for an extensi... Read More
A Sept. 22 public safety meeting in the Marina brought out many resident concerns about homeless people and related problems. District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell, who has made homel... Read More
I do not know how much the American news has to say about it, but there is much going on with refugees here in Germany at the moment; tens of thousands crossing from Austria and Hu... Read More
Responding to residents’ complaints about loss of parking due to construction, in September the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation introduced by District 2 S... Read More
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed legislation in September that would make it more difficult to evict “problem tenants.” In a city where it is already n... Read More
San Francisco was in the news recently for two bits of forehead-slapping news that demonstrated how science fictional the city’s housing market has become. First came KPIX... Read More
In June, Supervisors Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener called for the city’s Office of Economic Analysis to study the effects of a proposed temporary moratorium on market-rate ho... Read More
San Francisco’s government is doing better at delivering services to its residents, according to the Office of the Controller. In the Controller’s Aug. 20 report for th... Read More
Northern District Captain Greg McEachern urged residents to take efforts to avoid becoming a victim of crime during a rise in crime rates in the city. The statistics for violent cr... Read More
District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell announced in August his intention to seek voter approval of a sustainable revenue source for San Francisco’s parks and open spaces. The par... Read More
An early afternoon robbery of a Thai tourist near famous crooked Lombard Street resulted in a non-fatal gunshot wound to the tourist and a police chase across the Bay Bridge before... Read More
Mel Murphy resigned as San Francisco Port Commissioner amidst allegations of illegal real estate conversions. Murphy, who had been appointed by Mayor Ed Lee, is also a real estate ... Read More