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SF supes approve Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force legislation
San Francisco supervisors passed legislation Tuesday that establishes a 12-member Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force. The task force will make recommendations to the mayor, Board of Supervisors and city...Read More
SF develops tool to track available mental health, substance abuse beds
San Francisco health officials announced Tuesday the creation of an online system that will allow the public and service providers to track availability of behavioral health beds citywide. Officials...Read More
Downtown Berkeley BART moves to Clipper-only sales
BART in Downtown Berkeley became the latest Clipper-only station Tuesday where passengers no longer have the option to purchase legacy magnetic stripe paper tickets at the station, though paper...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
Safer cable cars return after 10-day rehabilitation hiatus
San Francisco’s iconic cable car bells are ringing once again Monday after a 10-day hiatus to allow for much needed maintenance work. Mechanics rehabilitated the gearbox that powers the...Read More
District 11 celebrates groundbreaking on 116-unit housing development
The ground broke Thursday on what will be the largest housing development in District 11, city officials said. Developers will turn 915 Cayuga Avenue into a five-story building with...Read More
5th Street protected bike lane, traffic reduction gets green light
Bicyclists who ride down 5th Street, one of the most dangerous corridors in the South of Market neighborhood, will soon get a little extra protection in the form of...Read More
Inner Sunset project completion increases safety above and underground
As N-Judah trains zoomed by Irving Street at 8th Avenue Wednesday morning, San Francisco city officials celebrated completion of nearby pedestrian and Muni improvements two years in the making....Read More
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.Read More
Mexican Independence Day rally heightens demand to ‘close the camps’
On Mexico’s Independence Day Monday, hundreds of protesters marched from the 24th Street BART station to San Francisco City Hall to send a message to the White House. Those...Read More
Open-air drug dealing task force proposal moves to full vote
Residents and businesses are fed up with drug dealing on the streets of San Francisco’s District 6. Supervisor Matt Haney, who represents the district, is pushing to form a...Read More
City offers multiple ways to Chase Center without a car
With less than 24 hours to go before the Chase Center’s debut concert, San Francisco transit officials want to remind event-goers that public transit is the best way to...Read More
SF carves individual care paths for most vulnerable homeless population
"We have to find ways to use the system to bend in their direction.”Read More
Chase Center ribbon-cutting kicks off start of new era
“A brand new journey starts today."Read More
Mayor, transit agency, police unite to reduce SF traffic fatalities
Twenty-three people have died in traffic-related collisions throughout The City so far this year, which equals the total count for 2018. Transit agency officials hope to reduce risks that...Read More
Oakland police arrest 13-year-old SF shooting suspect
A third suspect has been arrested in connection with an Aug. 20 shooting near Market and Sixth streets in San Francisco. Surveillance footage of the incident led the Oakland...Read More
SF commits millions to expand student mental health, wellness services
San Francisco is expanding its metal health and wellness programs for students in The City who are dealing with complex issues related to stress, trauma, suicide, bullying, depression, self-esteem...Read More
Buttigieg joins rideshare driver rally for workers’ rights
“I’m here because where I come from, gig is another word for job. It means if you’re working a gig, that makes you worker and you ought to be...Read More
More tap water refilling stations to come at SF schools, parks
San Francisco plans to install more lead-free tap water refilling stations at schools and open spaces thanks in part to revenue generated by the 2016 voter-approved tax on sugary...Read More
Police arrest Polk Gulch fatal stabbing suspect
San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing last Friday in The City’s Polk Gulch neighborhood. Police said they found the victim suffering from...Read More