Labor Board Moves To Limit UC Medical Center Strike
Business

Labor Board Moves To Limit UC Medical Center Strike

State labor officials will move to limit the number of University of California medical center employees who can go out on strike next week at…

San Francisco’s Unemployment Rate Drops To 5.4%
Business

San Francisco’s Unemployment Rate Drops To 5.4%

Unemployment rates continued to drop in California and the Bay Area in April, according to state employment data released Friday. The California unemployment rate fell…

SFFD Manages Central Waterfront Fire

Firefighters battled a one-alarm blaze by water and land at a commercial pier in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront Sunday night, officials said. Crews responded to…

SFFD Fights Valencia Street Fire (Video)

Firefighters are working a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building in San Francisco’s Inner Mission neighborhood this morning, a dispatcher said. Elsewhere Last night’s fire…

Sewer And Water Customers To Start Paying Bills Monthly This July
Business

Sewer And Water Customers To Start Paying Bills Monthly This July

Starting in July, San Francisco customers will pay their water bills once a month instead of on the current bi-monthly schedule, a San Francisco Public…

Elegant Vibrators (Yes, Vibrators) That Are Made In San Francisco
Business

Elegant Vibrators (Yes, Vibrators) That Are Made In San Francisco

I never thought I’d be putting those two words together but that’s what I saw when I toured the Crave factory last Thursday. When my…

Apple Plans Move From Stockton And Ellis To Old Levi’s Store
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Apple Plans Move From Stockton And Ellis To Old Levi’s Store

The downtown SF location of the Apple store is iconic enough that the SFMTA refers to the Powell Street Station entrance next door as the…

SF Expanding Bike Rental Operations, To The Dismay Of Some

Now that we know just how bike-friendly SF is, it’s no wonder the city is looking to capitalize on the power of pedaling through SF….

Drake’s Bay Oyster Farm Pleads With Court Over Closure

Calling the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. a “shining example of sustainable agriculture,” a lawyer for the business urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco…

Forbes Island Restaurant Recovering From Fire, To Reopen Friday
Business

Forbes Island Restaurant Recovering From Fire, To Reopen Friday

A small restaurant at the end of San Francisco’s Pier 41 that was damaged by a fire last week is expected to reopen on Friday….

Get Ready: Rec And Park Wants To Raise SF Zoo Admission Prices
Business

Get Ready: Rec And Park Wants To Raise SF Zoo Admission Prices

The SF Zoo is thriving. They’ve got an adorable Sumatran tiger cub, many of their exhibits have been refurbished, and life is only getting better…

Renderings For New St. Luke’s And Cathedral Hill Hospitals Revealed (Slideshow)
City Hall

Renderings For New St. Luke’s And Cathedral Hill Hospitals Revealed (Slideshow)

Renderings for a new 120-bed hospital at California Pacific Medical Center’s existing St. Luke’s campus in the Mission District and a new hospital with up…

Bid Organizers: $30 Million Already Raised For Bay Area Super Bowl
Business

Bid Organizers: $30 Million Already Raised For Bay Area Super Bowl

Organizers of a bid to have the San Francisco 49ers host Super Bowl L in 2016 announced today that they have already raised more than…

Feds Looking To Seize Mission Building That Houses Pot Club
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Feds Looking To Seize Mission Building That Houses Pot Club

Federal laws are a funny thing, aren’t they? They can make a business operating legally on the state level – one that pays taxes and…

SF Hospital Comparison Shopping: $48K Kaiser Procedure Costs $110K At St. Francis
Business

SF Hospital Comparison Shopping: $48K Kaiser Procedure Costs $110K At St. Francis

The Chron’s editorial board did a little comparison shopping for a major joint replacement in an SF hospital and found some interesting price discrepancies: they…

Giant Lions To Guard The Asian Art Museum Starting Monday
Culture

Giant Lions To Guard The Asian Art Museum Starting Monday

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum will install two 800 pound Japanese bronze lion sculptures on granite plinths outside the Larkin Street entrance Monday. The sculptures…

Workers At AT&T Park Vote To Authorize Strike
Business

Workers At AT&T Park Vote To Authorize Strike

AT&T Park concession workers voted today to authorize a strike in a vote of 500 to 16, according to a union representative. Workers will not…

Tenant Troubles: Can I Have My Living Situation “Both Ways”?
Business

Tenant Troubles: Can I Have My Living Situation “Both Ways”?

I am a subtenant in an apartment that is not rent-controlled. I moved in on June 1, 2012. I moved in with a roommate who…

Board Of Supes To Discuss Revised Designs For New Warriors Arena
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Board Of Supes To Discuss Revised Designs For New Warriors Arena

The Golden State Warriors on Sunday unveiled an updated design for their proposed new arena along San Francisco’s waterfront. The Warriors currently play at the…

Man Arrested For Mixing Chemicals, Causing Two-Alarm SF Fire
Crime

Man Arrested For Mixing Chemicals, Causing Two-Alarm SF Fire

A man allegedly trying to mix cleaning chemicals in his home was arrested after sparking a two-alarm fire on San Francisco’s Treasure Island early Sunday…

PG&E Staffer Injured During Bayview Repairs
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PG&E Staffer Injured During Bayview Repairs

A Pacific Gas and Electric employee received minor injuries Sunday afternoon when a piece of equipment failed during repairs to a transformer in San Francisco’s…

Fire Fighters Extinguish Treasure Island Blaze

Firefighters in San Francisco were able to douse a two-alarm blaze at a home in Treasure Island Sunday morning, fire officials said. Crews responded to…

SF Men Sentenced In $5.3 Million Phone Bill Scam
Business

SF Men Sentenced In $5.3 Million Phone Bill Scam

Two San Francisco brothers who ran an Internet and telephone service company have been given federal prison sentences for their role in a fraudulent billing…

Rec And Park Plan To Rebrand Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Under Fire
Culture

Rec And Park Plan To Rebrand Jerry Garcia Amphitheater Under Fire

A park amphitheater in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood named for San Francisco rock legend Jerry Garcia could be renamed—but not if a local community group…

Bayview Celebrates Reopening Of Grocery Store
Business

Bayview Celebrates Reopening Of Grocery Store

Neighborhood groups are celebrating the reopening of a grocery store in San Francisco’s Bayview District, an area with little access to fresh or healthy food….