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London Breed declares for mayor’s race
Acting Mayor London Breed Friday declared her intention to run in a special election scheduled for June.Read More
City worker to stand trial in pedestrian death
A San Francisco city employee who struck and killed a woman in a wheelchair on Market Street nearly two years ago is set to stand trial this week.Read More
Safe injection site shows promise, tradeoffs
The push for safe injecting spaces comes in response to a growing and highly visible drug crisis.Read More
SF native London Breed rises to helm her hometown
London Breed assumes the powers, responsibilities and duties as the first black female mayor of San Francisco.Read More
Pols, public react to passing of Ed Lee
San Francisco residents awoke to the jolting news that Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning.Read More
Mayor Ed Lee dies at SF General
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee passed away at age 65 early Tuesday morning at San Francisco General Hospital.Read More
Sonoma County shelves plan to oust homeless
Plans to roust occupants of a homeless camp in Santa Rosa next week fell flat when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday objected to the imminent eviction. The...Read More
San Mateo supes OK greenhouse pot growing
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors passed a greenhouse cannabis cultivation ordinance by a unanimous vote Tuesday.Read More
Supe seeks gender-neutral SRO restrooms
Supervisor Hillary Ronen Tuesday will move to expand that requirement to hotels and SROs.Read More
Delivery robot regulations advance to board vote
Legislation that would require companies testing delivery robots in San Francisco to get a permit was approved unanimously in committee.Read More
Supes green-light recreational pot rules
Sales of recreational cannabis will begin in January following the approval of regulations for the new industry.Read More
Appeal challenges SFMTA ‘hairball’ bike plan
San Francisco Supervisors will hear an appeal of a plan to add bike lanes and improve pedestrian crossings to a complicated tangle of roads and freeways city planners have...Read More
Third Baptist Church declared SF landmark
San Francisco's oldest African-American church was designated as a city landmark this week.Read More
Pier 70 redo to add 3,000 housing units
San Francisco city officials this week gave final approval to a 28-acre project at Pier 70 expected to include as many as 3,000 new housing units.Read More
Debate stalls SF vote over legal pot rules
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday postponed by two weeks a vote on highly controversial cannabis regulations.Read More
Officials float fewer limits on recreational pot
Some state and local elected officials Wednesday called for less restrictive regulations for adult cannabis use in San Francisco.Read More
Police union ready to back Taser ballot measure
Following a vote by the San Francisco Police Commission in support of arming police with Tasers, the police union is considering putting forward a ballot measure that would shape...Read More
Police keep getting their guns stolen. And people are getting killed with them.
Despite state and city laws requiring law enforcement to secure weapons left in vehicles, it is unclear today whether a San Mateo County sheriff’s sergeant who lost several firearms...Read More
FEMA preps RVs to house wildfire victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to provide temporary homes for wildfire victims at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.Read More
Amid protests, San Francisco approves Tasers for police
San Francisco police commissioners voted 4-3 late Friday night in support of a plan to arm all city police officers with Tasers.Read More