All Victims Accounted For After Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash At SFO: 182 Injured, Two Dead

All Victims Accounted For After Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash At SFO: 182 Injured, Two Dead

Last updated: 9:42 PM PT All remaining passengers and crew members on board Asiana Airlines Flight 214 have been accounted for following a crash at…

A Break In The Strike: Contracts Extended, BART Trains Will Be Running by 3 PM Friday

A Break In The Strike: Contracts Extended, BART Trains Will Be Running by 3 PM Friday

BART service will begin running Friday afternoon after BART management and unions agreed to extend two striking unions’ existing contract for 30 days, California Secretary…

SEIU Confirms: BART Employees To Strike Monday

SEIU Confirms: BART Employees To Strike Monday

7/1 12:19 AM: In an email statement, SEIU Local 1021 has confirmed that BART employees will be on strike Monday, July 1. “We regret to…

As SF Officials Celebrate And Prepare For Weddings, SF Archbishop Complains That Supreme Court Got Prop 8 Ruling "Wrong"

As SF Officials Celebrate And Prepare For Weddings, SF Archbishop Complains That Supreme Court Got Prop 8 Ruling "Wrong"

Once the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sponsors of Proposition 8 had no standing, or legal authority, to appeal a trial court ruling that…

Farewell Prop 8: SF City Attorney Vows To Litigate Aggressively To Ensure Marriage Equality For California

Farewell Prop 8: SF City Attorney Vows To Litigate Aggressively To Ensure Marriage Equality For California

Last update: 8:19 AM Read The Supreme Court Decisions Here UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SPYER, ET AL: The Defense of…

Supreme Court To Announce Prop 8 Decision Wednesday Morning

Supreme Court To Announce Prop 8 Decision Wednesday Morning

11:53 AM (Julia Cheever, BCN): The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, is due on Wednesday. Chief Justice…

Second Person Dies On BART Tracks Tuesday Afternoon

Second Person Dies On BART Tracks Tuesday Afternoon

A second tragedy has struck BART in less than a day, as another person has died on BART tracks Tuesday afternoon. A person, as yet…

East Bay Equipment Problems, Death On Colma Tracks Disrupt BART Service Across System

East Bay Equipment Problems, Death On Colma Tracks Disrupt BART Service Across System

BART is reporting major delays on its Pittsburg-Bay Point and Richmond lines this morning because of an equipment problem. In addition, a death on the…

Medical Emergency Causes BART Delays

According to BART, the Colma station has been closed due to “a major medical emergency.” BART first reported an incident at 9:18 AM, saying that…

Hayes Valley Farm Occupation Raided By SFPD: Tree Sitter Jumps From Perch

Hayes Valley Farm Occupation Raided By SFPD: Tree Sitter Jumps From Perch

After around two weeks of occupation, the former Hayes Valley Farm is clear of protesters. According to KTVU, the San Francisco Police Department began gathering…

Anybody Want To Buy An Historic (Possibly Haunted) Market Street Theater?

Anybody Want To Buy An Historic (Possibly Haunted) Market Street Theater?

“I’ve been surprised over the lack of positive publicity about the closing of the Market Street Cinema at 1077 Market. Behind its horrific blue exterior…

Six Years Later: The Mysterious Death Of Hugues de la Plaza

After celebrating a promotion at Underground SF with friends, Hugues took the usual walk home from the Lower Haight to his apartment at 462 Linden….

City Hall Headlines For May 31, 2013: SF's Budget, Mexican Museum Mess

“Still, the budget for fiscal 2013-14 is $300 million more than Lee originally planned for last year when he unveiled the city’s first two-year budget….

Cops, Courts, And Crime Headlines For May 31, 2013: Dog Scam, Suhr Ducks Tenderloin Protest

“The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco said state officials had failed to explain their insistence on using three drugs – an anesthetic…

SF Business Headlines For May 31, 2013: Randy Rooster's Troubles, Madame Tussauds Moves In

“Randy Rooster, billed as ‘San Francisco’s first gay burlesque style establishment,’ hasn’t gone down too well with some residents of the Castro district, where the…

SF Real Estate Headlines May 31, 2013: Tenderloin Tours, SOMA Grand Lawsuit

,/center> Apple should think outside the box [Chron] [ABC7] “AB 1273, which San Francisco Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced at the request of Mayor Ed Lee…

Traffic, Transit, And Getting Around Headlines For May 31, 2013: Leap Shuttle Excoriated, Solar Bikeshare

“How does blocking a Muni stop make the city more efficient? You’re trying to make money, and you’re creating a two-tiered transportation system in San…

Less Easily Categorized Headlines For May 31, 2013: Pride Forum, Old People At The Movies

Concerns In SF Chinatown Over Immigration Reform [KCBS] “The baby giraffe, not yet named, spent her first morning in the public eye doing mostly what…

Less Easily Categorized Headlines For May 30, 2013: Minor Bankruptcy, Rock Medicine

“The organization was founded in spring 1973 when the late rock promoter Bill Graham asked the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics to run a medical tent…

Traffic, Transit, And Getting Around Headlines For May 30, 2013: Private Bus Line, Garbage Truck Rules

Loose railing issue fixed on new Bay Bridge bike path [ABC7] “Anyone with $6 and the Leap iPhone app can order a ride, get picked…

SF Schools And Kids Headlines For May 30, 2013: Lowell Kids Lose $120,000

SF high school students lose $120,000 in trip money [ABC7]

SF Real Estate Headlines May 30, 2013: Star Treking SF, Remembering SF's Railroad

Lofts At 7 to soon open in Tenderloin [ABC7] “Based on the forest of skyscrapers in the “Star Trek” and “Star Trek: Into Darkness” skyline,…

SF Business Headlines For May 30, 2013: Twitter Confusion, Squat And Gobble Returns

“Costolo said that he urges his team to take risks and figure out ways to bridge the gap between the insiders who are versed in…

Cops, Courts, And Crime Headlines For May 30, 2013: Liberating A Stolen Bike, Shooting Suspect's Questionable Past

Liberating a stolen bike with a pedal-powered angle grinder [MM] “Since Tenderloin Captain Joe Garrity’s departure in early May, his trail of broken commitments has…

City Hall Headlines For May 30, 2013: Mayor Flips On Apple Store, Tracking Tax Money

“Lee now says that he plans to visit the existing triangular plaza, where red bricks spill around the fountain designed especially for the space.” S.F….

Less Easily Categorized Headlines For May 29, 2013: Missing Man, Moderating Manning Forum

“Contrary to the false suggestion by the SF Pride Board in its initial statement that Manning’s actions put American troops in harm’s way, in reality,…

Traffic, Transit, And Getting Around Headlines For May 29, 2013: Bay Bridge's Welding Bork, Transforming Second Street

“Crews that built the railing committed what experts called a basic mistake – they welded the bolts in place firmly in their slots rather than…

SF Schools And Kids Headlines For May 29, 2013: Lunch Director Retires

“When San Francisco Unified School District’s Student Nutrition Services director Ed Wilkins retires next month after 16 years, SF’s students will lose a champion for…

SF Real Estate Headlines May 29, 2013: Whither Topshop, Noe Valley Power Outages

“Beyond the historical value of the land, it also will bridge one of the last remaining gaps for the city’s proposed Blue Greenway, an ambitious…

SF Business Headlines For May 29, 2013: Twitter Wins Spam Suit, Under One Roof Returns

“The tools function by providing downloadable software (usually for a fee) that lets users easily tweet posts and direct messages automatically.” Twitter triumphs in spam…

Cops, Courts, And Crime Headlines For May 28, 2013: Disabled Sailors Robbed, SFPD's $40 Million In Raises

Thieves steal from disabled sailors in San Francisco [ABC7] “The big-box retailer pleaded guilty at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to six misdemeanor…

City Hall Headlines For May 29, 2013: SF's Super Bowl Village, A Tang Challenger Rises

“While tax revenue has been increasing along with the improving economy, Lee still had a roughly $100 million deficit to fill citywide, according to the…

Less Easily Categorized Headlines For May 28, 2013: Star Wars At The Coronet, Remembering Shorty

“Gene Burns, a veteran KGO talk show host whose generosity and wit evoked comparisons to Santa Claus, died Saturday at California Pacific Medical Center in…

Traffic, Transit, And Getting Around Headlines For May 28, 2013: No Trust In Bay Bridge, Pedicabbing Explored

“Ladies and gentleman, I present you with the FY 2011-2012 San Francisco parking and traffic statistics. “ Parking and Traffic Number Crunching [7×7] “Operating under…

SF Schools And Kids Headlines For May 28, 2013: Couponing Teen, 8000+ Graduate

“Class of 2013 has more than 8,000 graduates. It is one of the largest graduating classes in SF State history.” SF State graduation brings in…

SF Real Estate Headlines May 28, 2013: Impending Target, New Apple Store's Design Drubbed

Raw Sewage Leak Plagues SF Noe Valley Residents [CBS5] “Anyone know of a marker or plaque in the City commemorating a out bisexual? Lemme know…

SF Business Headlines For May 28, 2013: Kale Chips, Stacks Tables

“Stacks was informed roughly six weeks ago that a loophole in their outdoor seating permit, which originally included just one table on Octavia Street, had…

Cops, Courts, And Crime Headlines For May 28, 2013: Ammo Shortage, Bystanders Film Dying Man

“Carriers are supposed to be able to put the disabling feature into use. But those who have bricking capability haven’t made it clear to customers,…

City Hall Headlines For May 28, 2013: SF's Big Bill For Super Bowl, Muni Meltdown Hearing

“By a 15-4 margin, the Democratic County Central Commitee, which makes policy for the local party, endorsed a No vote on the fall referendum that…

Arrests Made In Mission District Triple Shooting

Arrests Made In Mission District Triple Shooting

Three people were injured and an SFPD vehicle was damaged after an early-morning shooting two blocks from the 16th Street BART station. At about 3:50…