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Fired top-level city official alleges gender discrimination, harassment
Sarai Crain, who was fired as Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention deputy chief in January, alleges discrimination and harassment.Read More
Covid vaccine, testing center to reopen in Downtown Oakland after closure
The Covid Clinic in Frank Ogawa Plaza will reopen following its abrupt closure Wednesday.Read More
Schaaf taps former SF transportation chief to become Oakland city administrator
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced on Friday that she’s appointed former San Francisco transportation chief Edward Reiskin to be her city’s new permanent city administrator. Reiskin worked for the...Read More
Tumlin to tackle transit agency challenges with dedication, ‘passion’
Jeffrey Tumlin accepted the job of leading San Francisco’s transit agency with an awareness of the challenges ahead. As the next permanent director of transportation, he’ll be charged with...Read More
SF mayor appoints new transit agency director to tackle Muni challenges
Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday morning that Jeffrey Tumlin has been selected to lead the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency after a months-long search for a new director of...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
Transit agency picks interim director
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Thursday that Tom Maguire will serve as interim director of transportation beginning Aug. 15. Malcolm Heinicke and Gwyneth Borden — SFMTA Board...Read More
New task force challenges Muni to improve
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Monday announced the formation of a working group that will review the current state of Muni’s rail and bus systems and make recommendations...Read More
Search begins for ‘visionary’ San Francisco transit leader
The search is on to find who will lead San Francisco’s transportation agency.Read More
Julie Kirschbaum picked to lead SF Muni operations
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Thursday that Julie Kirschbaum will lead the day-to-day operations of Muni.Read More
Steve Heminger appointed to SFMTA board as director search begins
Mayor London Breed has tapped former Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive director Steve Heminger to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.Read More
Breed seeks ‘real transportation expert’ for next SFMTA chief
Mayor London Breed sent a letter to the governing board of the transit agency urging them to begin their search.Read More
Ed Reiskin out as SFMTA chief
San Francisco’s top transit official Ed Reiskin is stepping down after eight years.Read More
Students, parents bike and roll to school
Students and parents joined the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for the annual Bike & Roll to School Week.Read More
Shuttle buses to fill in for N-Judah during final phase of 9th and Irving work
Starting Saturday, April 13, N-Judah riders will have to take a bus for two weeks from Carl and Cole streets to Ocean Beach.Read More
Polk Street safety improvements launch to mixed reviews
San Francisco completed bike and pedestrian safety improvements along the Polk Street corridor after years of outreach.Read More
Cyclist death refocuses spotlight on unsafe city streets
Not 48 hours after San Francisco Mayor London Breed called for renewed coordinated efforts to improve safety on city streets, bicyclist Tess Rothstein died in a collision with a...Read More
Ceremony kicks off two years of construction toward Geary bus rapid transit
Years ago, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wrote a message on a tunnel boring machine.Read More
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.Read More
‘Windfall’ spending plan halves funds for new Muni trains
A funding gap will likely exist to support any accelerated schedule for new trains.Read More