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Presidio Tunnel Tops

Francisco Park isn’t the only new public green space coming to San Francisco. The Presidio Tunnel Tops park will bridge the Presidio with Crissy Field. It will be a new 14-acre s... Read More
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Public Safety Update

Auto burglaries are up on the Northside. For the week of Oct. 14–20, Northern Station reports that there were 92 auto burglaries, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,643, an inc... Read More
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Historic Cypress Trees to be Removed, Replaced

This month, the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust will begin a three-year effort to remove and replace 25–30 of the 80 Monterey cypress trees on the bluffs at Fort Mas... Read More
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$16.3 Million Jefferson Streetscape Project

In October, Mayor London Breed and District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of the Jefferson Streetscape Improvements Project.... Read More
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Facts and Figures

13 of 14: The number of Warriors players who have moved to San Francisco to be closer to the team’s new Chase Center home . . . $15 million: amount Warriors center Kevon Looney w... Read More
Police Blotter

Reports of crimes in cars and homes

This month’s crime roundup includes reports of burglars and other unwanted visitors. Northern Station Captain Joe Engler recently highlighted yellow signs from 25 MPC, part of th... Read More
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Best City For Working Women?

By John Zipperer

Nationwide, according to one study, women earn an average of 80 cents for every dollar that a man earns for comparable work, but here in San Francisco the gap is more than half tha... Read More
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Powering San Francisco

By John Zipperer

In September, supervisors unanimously approved a bill to force all private commercial buildings of at least 50,000 square feet to use 100 percent renewable energy. Mayor London Bre... Read More
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Facts and Figures

By John Zipperer

4,000: people expected to be helped by the mayor’s plan to increase services for people suffering from severe mental illness and substance abuse . . . 3.1 percent: amount San Fra... Read More
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It’s Showtime at the Presidio Again

By John Zipperer

PRESIDIO THEATRE REOPENS On Sept. 21, the Presidio Theatre was open for business once again, following a $30 million renovation. The 600-seat venue will be used for a range of acti... Read More
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Crime update

Last year, the city enjoyed a significant drop in its epidemic of auto burglaries. The news so far this year is not so good. From January through mid-September, Northern Station re... Read More
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Chinatown Cameras

By John Zipperer

District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, Mayor London Breed, and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development announced the installation of 18 new public safety cameras along Stockt... Read More
Police Blotter

The crimes and criminals of the Northside

Central Police Station reports that for the first half of August (Aug. 1–14), nearly all categories of crime in Central’s turf was down significantly. Compared to the first ha... Read More
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Rose Pak Subway Station

By John Zipperer

Political power broker Rose Pak was controversial in life, and she remains so in death. Despite repeated protests by opponents, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’... Read More
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New Mollie Stone’s

By John Zipperer

The 43,900-square-foot building at the corner of Polk and Jackson Streets has been vacant since 2014, when Lombardi Sports left. Now, Mill Valley-based Mollie Stone’s Markets has... Read More

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