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SF slow to install pedestrian signals for visually impaired

San Francisco is moving at a slow pace when it comes to installing accessible pedestrian signals.

6 years ago

Hope Village encampment opens in San Jose

Volunteers began setting up the sanctioned Hope Village homeless encampment in its new home in San Jose Thursday.

6 years ago

Uber driver guilty of vehicular manslaughter

A San Francisco Superior Court jury found a former Uber driver guilty Thursday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for fatally striking…

6 years ago

Supreme Court upholds travel ban

The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote Tuesday upheld the third version of President Donald Trump's travel ban restricting…

6 years ago

Clusterfest tickles SF in just the right spot

The South Park theme song sums up the first day of Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, coming back to San Francisco for its…

6 years ago

Berkeley celebrates People’s Park anniversary

Residents and visitors to the San Francisco Bay Area can celebrate the 49th anniversary of People's Park in Berkeley Sunday.

6 years ago

Future guide dogs take first big whiff of Muni

About a dozen guide dogs in training from 6 to 15 months old took their first Muni ride over the…

6 years ago

Man sues police for blinding him in one eye

A South Bay man is suing San Jose police for blinding him in one eye by shooting him with rubber…

7 years ago

Caltrain tweaks Clipper pads to aid visually impaired

Caltrain stations will soon feature new devices to help passengers with visual impairments locate Clipper card readers.

8 years ago

Judge approves Uber service dog settlement

A settlement between Uber Technologies Inc. and advocates for blind people who use service animals was given preliminary approval.

8 years ago

Blind advocates sue AMC theaters

Five blind and vision-impaired individuals and two advocacy groups sued the AMC movie theater chain in federal court in San…

8 years ago

Lawsuit: Uber driver locked seeing-eye dog in trunk

A blind author and the National Federation of the Blind sued ridesharing company Uber in federal court.

10 years ago

Bionic eye delivers sight to the blind

After years of research and approval in Europe, the first bionic eye has finally seen the light of day in…

11 years ago

Self-driving car makes a run for the border

Engineers at Google have a definite vision for the future. Thankfully for Taco Bell, that vision includes sour cream and…

12 years ago

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