With the country’s national parks services on the potential chopping block in Washington, expect to see many defensive reports on the services’ benefits to the economy.... Read More
In late April, San Francisco committed to a goal of getting 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2020. The commitment, if fulfilled, would mean that the... Read More
Citing an NBC Bay Area investigation that claimed that 25 percent of evicted tenants had been wrongfully evicted, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced legislation in April... Read More
Supervisors Malia Cohen and Sandra Fewer are promoting a task force to look into the creation of a city-owned bank. Supporters of the idea see it as a way to help undocumented immi... Read More
Shortly after newly promoted Capt. John Jaimerena took command of the Northern Police District over a year ago, a newsletter announced his goals of “reducing both violent and... Read More
If you haven’t been to Chinatown in a few years and all you remember are kitschy tourist shops and hole-in-the-wall restaurants, you’ve missed a transformation taking p... Read More
This month, we present the first of our new street talk column, featuring—well, you. We wanted to give you a platform to tell the Northside about what brings you to the neighborh... Read More
The race to succeed Ed Lee as San Francisco’s mayor is already heating up, two years before the 2019 election. One of the frontrunners is Mark Leno, who served as a superviso... Read More
Under a proposed policy, any contractor hired for a public works project in San Francisco costing at least $1 million would have to adhere to a new set of rules regarding hiring an... Read More
The arts classes offered by City College at Fort Mason could be endangered, due to disagreement between City College and its landlords at Fort Mason. The college is facing the loss... Read More
The number of robberies jumped in February in a month-to-month tally provided by the police department’s Northern Station. In the northern district, robberies rose by 30 perc... Read More
Citing uncertainty caused by threats to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities such as San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee announced updates to the city’s five-year financial plan. ... Read More
Winter brings with it two forces of nature that can dampen the moods of even the sunniest of Californians. One hurdle is the lack of sun that gives many people Season Affective Dis... Read More
Between November and December of 2016, homicides rose 125 percent across the city, but they dropped 50 percent in the Northern District. Aggravated assaults were unchanged citywide... Read More
Developing housing in San Francisco isn’t easy — for the developer or the neighbors. Case in point: Neighbors around a new Russian Hill development have met with the projec... Read More