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Valencia Street center bike lane plows forward with 12-month pilot
The lane is designed to improve safety along a corridor that saw 132 collisions and two traffic fatalities from 2018 to 2022.Read More
Hummingbird opens second SF mental health respite center on Valencia
A new mental health facility on San Francisco’s Valencia Street just opened 30 beds on Tuesday for those at the crossroads of homelessness, mental health illnesses and drug dependency....Read More
DA declines officer charges in two police shooting incidents
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Thursday his office won’t file charges against three San Francisco Police Department officers involved in two separate shootings earlier this year. The...Read More
Protected bike lane becomes permanent Valencia Street fixture
What began as a temporary protected bike lane on a stretch of Valencia Street in San Francisco is now officially here to stay. After an 18-month pilot program, the...Read More
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Mission suffers critical injuries
A 50-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries when a vehicle struck him in San Francisco’s Mission District late Thursday night, according to police. Around 11:05 p.m., officers learned of a...Read More
Results show Valencia Street protected bike lane ‘dramatically’ reduces risk
"The data now backs up what we knew to be true — commonsense safety improvements dramatically reduce the risk of collisions and save lives." Read More
Suspicious device in Mission District turns out to be false alarm
Police say a suspicious device reported just after 4 p.m. in the 1000 block of Valencia Street is not an explosive device. Police had closed the intersections of 20th...Read More
Suspicious device prompts intersection closures, bomb squad investigates
Police have closed the 1000 block of Valencia Street to allow the police department bomb squad to investigate a suspicious device reported shortly after 4 p.m. Traffic is being...Read More
Firefighters knock down Valencia Street blaze
Firefighters contained a one-alarm fire Monday afternoon in San Francisco’s Mission District, fire officials said. The blaze was reported at 549 Valencia St. near 17th Street, fire officials said...Read More
Photos of Mission hit-and-run suspect vehicle released
San Francisco police Wednesday released photos of a suspect vehicle that struck a bicyclist in the Mission in August.Read More
Barricaded Valencia Street suspect in custody
Officers have taken an armed suspect into custody after the individual had barricaded themselves inside a Valencia Street apartment earlier Friday.Read More
Man with gun closes Valencia Street for hours
A busy street in San Francisco's Mission District remains shut down this evening as police try to negotiate with a barricaded suspect who pulled a gun on an exterminator.Read More
Details released in Mission police shooting
A 32-year-old man who shot and killed by San Francisco police Sunday evening allegedly asked police about their weapons and ammunition earlier in the day.Read More
SFPD shoot, kill man brandishing fake gun
A 32-year-old man shot by police today in San Francisco has died, police said.Read More
Valencia St. closed due to shooting
Valencia Street is closed to all vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle traffic due to an officer-involved shooting at the Mission District police station this evening, police said.Read More
Officer involved in shooting by Mission police station
San Francisco police are responding to an officer-involved shooting near the Mission police station on Valencia Street this evening, police said.Read More