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San Francisco rings in ice skating season at Civic Center
It’s time to lace up the ice skates. San Francisco city officials opened the T-Mobile Winter Park at Civic Center Plaza Friday morning. Four-time U.S. champion Cornell Freeney showed...Read More
SF hopes expanded conservatorship power will help those who need it most
“It’s not good enough to say we have voluntary programs that people can accept.”Read More
Building on local success, California launches first statewide mental health hotline
California launched its first statewide mental health phone line on Monday for callers seeking to talk with someone about their mental health or emotional challenges. The state budget allocated...Read More
What went wrong in Muni Metro’s epic Friday meltdown
A failed splice allowed more than 1,000 feet of overhead wire and supporting hardware to be torn down.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
Cow Palace bans gun shows, moves forward on retail and housing
The Board of Directors for the Cow Palace Arena and Event Center in Daly City announced Tuesday they have voted to ban gun shows from taking place at the...Read More
Mammoth new CPMC hospital transforms Van Ness corridor
Sutter Health’s $2.1 billion new California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness campus opens its doors to patients on Saturday.Read More
Scott Wiener introduces bill to protect sex workers
Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced Monday he introduced a statewide bill last week aimed at protecting sex workers from being arrested when they report serious and violent crimes....Read More
Bill would help transform state highway ‘death traps’ into ‘complete streets’
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced new legislation Monday to increase safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists on state-owned highways that serve as surface streets throughout the state....Read More
Chinatown honors memory of Ed Lee one year after his death
Chinatown community and city leaders joined at Portsmouth Square Plaza on Monday to remember and honor the late mayor Ed Lee, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last...Read More
Scott Wiener seeks to close ‘locked door’ auto burglary loophole
State Sen. Scott Wiener will try again to pass a bill to help close a loophole in state law that requires prosecutors to prove that a vehicle’s door was...Read More
SF increases capacity in advance of conservatorship law
Humming Bird Place in San Francisco will add 14 beds at its facility which treats homeless people with severe mental illness and substance abuse disorder.Read More
Town Hall to discuss future of bankrupt Seton Medical Center
A town hall meeting will be held in San Francisco to mobilize people to keep Seton Medical Center in Daly City open following its bankruptcy.Read More
As bill takes shape, debate sharpens over homeless conservatorship
Legislation is being prepared to allow conservators for people unable to care for themselves.Read More
Veto derails plans for San Francisco safe injection site
San Francisco will not get a chance to pilot a program that would have a provided a safe place for people to inject.Read More
Muni being Muni delays Transit Week kickoff
The third-annual Transit Week in San Francisco did not start so smoothly, as some city supervisors had problems with Muni.Read More
Safe injection advocates urge approval of pilot
City and state lawmakers came together to urge the governor to sign legislation opening the door for San Francisco's first safe injection site.Read More
Honoring women’s equality, marchers decry Kavanaugh
On Women’s Equality Day, thousands gathered nationwide to protest the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.Read More
Competing housing activists raise din over transit-centered units
San Francisco housing activists opposing a bill that aims to increase housing near public transit statewide called on the city's Board of Supervisors Tuesday to take a stance against...Read More
Civil liberties at issue in latest push for conservatorship reform
Public conservatorship laws may soon expand throughout the state, including in San Francisco, under proposed legislation by state Sen. Scott Wiener.Read More