Chinatown

Erring on side of caution, SF steps up emergency coronavirus preparation

Although there have been no confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus cases, known as COVID-19, in San Francisco, The City is taking…

4 years ago

Officials offer Chinatown businesses concessions to ease Central Subway delay

Small businesses in San Francisco's Chinatown will receive help to mitigate and lessen the impacts of delayed construction on the…

5 years ago

City officials, seniors condemn brutal Chinatown attacks

San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined city officials, including District Attorney-elect Chesa Boudin, to condemn the violent attack on three…

5 years ago

Central Subway three years behind, budget runs over by $55 million

The completion timeline for the $1.6 billion Central Subway Project has been pushed out yet again.

5 years ago

Recent crimes against Asians prompt victim demographic data request

A San Francisco supervisor formally requested demographic data for victims of crime in The City amid concerns that crimes targeting…

5 years ago

Police still search for Chinatown strong-arm robbery suspects

San Francisco police are seeking public help to identify three suspects in a strong-arm robbery that occurred in Chinatown July…

5 years ago

Central Subway Project progresses despite completion setbacks

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will not commit to an opening date for its $1.6 billion Central Subway Project…

5 years ago

Stockton Street reopens as Central Subway nears completion

Traffic and some Muni bus lines will once again flow on Stockton Street between Geary and Ellis.

5 years ago

Norman Yee rises to helm SF Board of Supervisors

Norman Yee became the Board of Supervisors president after hours of public comment and weeks of speculation.

5 years ago

Chinatown construction site catches fire after suspect throws incendiary device

A 55-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of throwing some kind of incendiary device into a Chinatown construction site.

5 years ago

Supes hear earful over allowing private transit into ‘red carpet’ lanes

Residents and merchants have mixed feelings towards red-painted, transit-only lanes in San Francisco.

5 years ago

SF police increase Chinatown patrols, launch drop-in center

San Francisco police opened a new bilingual drop-in center at the Portsmouth Square Clubhouse.

5 years ago

Masks no substitute for staying indoors, say officials

Mayor London Breed Friday again advised residents to remain indoors, including this weekend.

6 years ago

No injuries in three-alarm Financial District fire

Residents from around 20 units of a high-rise building in The City were displaced following a three-alarm fire in a…

6 years ago

Vallejo consultant pleads guilty to bid rigging

A business consultant from Vallejo will be sentenced in federal court in San Francisco on Jan. 23 for conspiring in…

6 years ago

Memorial splits apart sister cities San Francisco, Osaka

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Thursday responded to the mayor of San Francisco's sister city, Osaka, Japan, after he cut…

6 years ago

Chinatown public housing reborn under nonprofit

Residents, community members and city officials celebrated the reopening of 92 units of public housing Thursday.

6 years ago

SF names school for Ed and Anita Lee

Two San Francisco elementary schools will get new names, one of them honoring the late Mayor Ed Lee.

6 years ago

Chinatown marijuana shop ban up for vote

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors will consider at their meeting Tuesday whether to amend The City's planning code to ban…

6 years ago

Grand jury indictments target notorious graffiti vandals

Seven people have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly vandalizing small businesses and recreational areas with graffiti.

6 years ago

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