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Transit agencies give riders a break with September discounts
Public transit riders will save money with several agencies offering heavy discounts and some free rides for the month of September. Read More
SF leaders celebrate 19th Amendment ahead of crucial recall election
San Francisco leaders gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday to commemorate the 1920 adoption by Congress of the 19th Amendment, which gave many women the right to...Read More
Ting secures state funding to upgrade Japantown Buchanan Mall
San Francisco’s Japantown Buchanan Mall is getting $5 million in state funding for repairs and upgrades that will revitalize the one-block pedestrian walkway and commercial corridor. Assemblyman Phil Ting,...Read More
Carla Short to head DPW as city looks for permanent director
Carla Short, head of the San Francisco Department of Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry, will now lead DPW as interim director, city officials announced Thursday. Short was appointed...Read More
State to require vaccination proof at indoor events with 1,000 or more
Starting Sept. 20, anyone attending an indoor event with 1,000 or more people in California will be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within...Read More
San Francisco to reopen SoMa mass testing site
As testing demand grows during the fourth Covid-19 surge, San Francisco will reopen its mass Covid-19 testing site in the South of Market. Beginning Wednesday, the site at Seventh...Read More
Motorcyclist ejects, dies in traffic collision
A motorcyclist died Friday night in a collision with another vehicle in San Francisco’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood, police said. Police responded to the intersection of Geneva Avenue and Prague Street...Read More
Advocates rally to keep vehicles off eroding Great Highway
Families, bicyclists and pedestrians rallied Sunday morning along the Great Highway in opposition to Monday’s reopening of the roadway to weekday vehicle traffic. City officials prohibited vehicles on the...Read More
As of Aug. 20, SF requires full vaccination for entry to many indoor businesses
A new health mandate in San Francisco will require that patrons show proof of full vaccination before entering restaurants, bars, clubs, gyms and large indoor events as of Aug....Read More
California issues broad school teacher, staff vaccination mandate
California will become the first state in the nation to require teachers and other school employees to get vaccinated or else face weekly Covid-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced...Read More
San Francisco school district to require staff vaccinations next month
The San Francisco Unified School District will require its teachers and other staff members to be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or to submit to weekly Covid-19 testing, school district...Read More
Suspects sought in separate SF hit-and-runs, including Treasure Island fatality
San Francisco police are seeking suspects in two separate hit-and-run collisions last month with one incident resulting in a fatality.Read More
Great Highway to reopen to cars on weekdays
Vehicles can again drive on the Great Highway Monday through Friday until noon. But weekends still belong to pedestrians and cyclists.Read More
More San Francisco library branches set to reopen this month
Eleven more San Francisco library branches reopen over the next two weeks.Read More
SF overwhelmingly supports first batch of permanent Slow Streets
By unanimous vote Tuesday and with overwhelming public support, the first batch of San Francisco Slow Streets have been approved to outlast the Covid-19 pandemic. Transit officials quickly rolled...Read More
Iconic cable cars roll back into action
San Francisco inched a little closer to being whole with the return of its iconic cable cars. After more than a year of service suspension due to the Covid-19...Read More
Haight Street improvements increase safety, preserve neighborhood feel
San Francisco leaders and merchants along Haight Street Wednesday morning celebrated completion of pedestrian improvements, new streetlights and expanded bus transit stops as part of the Upper Haight Transit...Read More
Breed signs off on $26 billion two-year budget
Supervisor Matt Haney...said the work was nothing compared to sacrifices made by residents over the past year.Read More
Supervisors, advocates make ‘demands’ of transit officials in heated debate over Muni service future
San Francisco Muni passengers and city supervisors voiced concerns Friday that transit officials have yet to provide a date when service will be fully restored, leaving some to speculate...Read More
Geary transit lanes get permanent status
More temporary emergency transit lanes installed during the pandemic on San Francisco’s busiest corridors have made it to permanent status. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors...Read More