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19th Avenue construction to cause weekday delays beginning Monday
Drivers along San Francisco’s 19th Avenue can expect delays during the weekdays starting on Monday as Caltrans crews begin a construction project, with the first phase lasting through late...Read More
Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to...
Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley extended shelter orders through May 31,...Read More
Revised shelter orders allow skate parks, garden centers, construction to resume
Public health officers in six Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley jointly announced Wednesday the easing of some restrictions as stay-at-home orders extend through May 31. The...Read More
Sheared hydrant, massive flooding halts Stanford housing construction
Flooding from a sheared off fire hydrant halted construction work on a Stanford University housing project and forced the evacuation Saturday of the Stanford Park Hotel at 100 El...Read More
Construction worker in serious condition after 40-foot fall
A construction worker was seriously injured Saturday afternoon after falling about 40 feet to the ground from a work platform on 11th Street between Mission and Market Streets in...Read More
Van Ness construction crew strikes water main to City Hall
San Francisco City Hall lost water service Friday afternoon. Building management reported in an email to City Hall employees that construction crews working on the Van Ness Avenue Improvement...Read More
Transit board chair wants to speed up Better Market Street Project
San Francisco’s Market Street is about to undergo dramatic changes. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Tuesday unanimously approved the Better Market Street Project that will...Read More
Court sides with city, Embarcadero Navigation Center to move forward
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Monday that city officials can move forward with plans to construct a 200-bed SAFE Navigation Center along the Embarcadero at Seawall Lot...Read More
San Francisco, Oakland add more than 10,000 construction jobs
Construction employment grew in the San Francisco and Oakland metropolitan areas over the past year.Read More
Developer sued by SF to pay $1.2 million for unpermitted construction
A real estate developer will pay $1.2 million to the city of San Francisco to resolve a lawsuit that alleged he routinely did construction that wasn’t permitted, according to...Read More
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 until the transit agency’s new program director has the...Read More
AC Transit to resume service at Salesforce Transit Center
AC transit officials announced Monday that Transbay bus service to Salesforce Transit Center will resume Aug. 11. Officials said bus operator training is moving ahead of schedule and construction...Read More
Permanent director takes over Central Subway Project
Before San Francisco’s top transit official leaves his San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency post as director of transportation, Ed Reiskin announced Monday that he chose a permanent program director...Read More
Vehicle Triage Center potentially finds a home
San Francisco has finally found a potential location to pilot The City’s first Vehicle Triage Center to provide services to the homeless population living in vehicles. Supervisor Ahsha Safai...Read More
Regulators fine firms $65k over Twin Peaks tunnel worker death
State regulators fined two construction companies for the death of a crew member who died last year.Read More
Concord delays 310 units of downtown housing
The Concord City Council asked the developer to come back with a commitment to hiring local, organized labor.Read More
Pair of tornadoes cause damage in Santa Cruz
Two tornadoes struck the city of Santa Cruz Sunday and caused damage, according to preliminary information from the National Weather Service.Read More
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.Read More
Proposed law would limit conversion of rentals to ‘monster’ homes
Any major expansions of homes would be reviewed to determine if the expansion is “necessary and desirable."Read More
Contractor cited, fined after death of worker in April
State regulators have issued nine citations and proposed $141,000 in penalties against a general contractor for an Oakland accident that killed a worker in April.Read More