Farewell, Summer: SF Kids Head Back To School On Monday

Farewell, Summer: SF Kids Head Back To School On Monday

Sharpen those pencils and pack those lunchboxes—Bay Area students are heading back to school. Students in the San Jose Unified School District were already back…

Police Nab Woman Suspected Of Robbing 8-Year-Old Girl

Police Nab Woman Suspected Of Robbing 8-Year-Old Girl

A woman who allegedly robbed and assaulted an 8-year-old girl in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood earlier this week was arrested Thursday evening, according to…

8-Year-Old Girl Robbed While Selling Candy

8-Year-Old Girl Robbed While Selling Candy

An 8-year-old girl selling candy outside a store in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood was robbed Monday by a woman who said she needed money…

Support Pours In For Family Of Boy Killed By Fisherman’s Wharf Statue

Support Pours In For Family Of Boy Killed By Fisherman’s Wharf Statue

Money has poured in for a grieving Utah family of a 2-year-old boy who died in a tragic accident outside an art and sculpture shop…

Pedestrian Safety Video Game Intended To Teach Kids How To Evade Errant Drivers

Pedestrian Safety Video Game Intended To Teach Kids How To Evade Errant Drivers

San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee helped educate young students about pedestrian safety at an interactive traffic simulation at a San Francisco school this morning. Yee…

After National Media Uproar, SF School Finally Apologizes To Student Dumped From Yearbook Over Bow Tie

After National Media Uproar, SF School Finally Apologizes To Student Dumped From Yearbook Over Bow Tie

School officials from San Francisco’s Sacred Hearth Cathedral Preparatory School publicly apologized today to a senior high school student and her family for their decision…

Students At SF School Rise Up In Support Of Girl Who Wore Tie And Was Dumped From The Yearbook

Students At SF School Rise Up In Support Of Girl Who Wore Tie And Was Dumped From The Yearbook

Students are wearing bow ties at San Francisco’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school today to support a senior whose portrait was removed from the yearbook…

SF School District Lifts Hat Ban, Allows Schools To Make Own Dress Code Rules

SF School District Lifts Hat Ban, Allows Schools To Make Own Dress Code Rules

The San Francisco Unified School District’s board of education on Tuesday voted unanimously to allow individual schools to set their own policies on certain dress…

Kids Toss Water Balloons At Victim Before Taking His Cash

Kids Toss Water Balloons At Victim Before Taking His Cash

A 21-year-old man was robbed after five boys threw water balloons at his car as he drove through San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley Tuesday afternoon. The…

San Francisco Teachers Seek 21% Pay Increase, Cite Skyrocketing Housing Costs

San Francisco Teachers Seek 21% Pay Increase, Cite Skyrocketing Housing Costs

San Francisco teachers are rallying ahead of a Board of Education meeting this evening, calling for a 21 percent pay increase to allow teachers to…

Students Offered $1000 To Suggest Even More Laws For San Francisco

Students Offered $1000 To Suggest Even More Laws For San Francisco

Students who suggest worthwhile improvements to San Francisco’s laws now have a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship and may see their ideas introduced to…

SF Kids Honored For Bravery During Medical Emergencies

SF Kids Honored For Bravery During Medical Emergencies

Two San Francisco 10-year-olds were honored today for their bravery while making 911 calls in two situations where their mothers had medical emergencies. At an…

All Clear Given After Shooting Prompts Lockdown At SF Elementary School

All Clear Given After Shooting Prompts Lockdown At SF Elementary School

A lockdown at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Bayview District has ended following a shooting that occurred nearby this afternoon, a police spokesman said….

SFPD Operation Sends SF Teens To Ghana

SFPD Operation Sends SF Teens To Ghana

Seven African-American teenagers are leaving Friday for a spring break trip that will take them far beyond San Francisco city limits to the West African…

Four Loko Complains About Being Singled Out As They Say They’ll Stop Marketing To Kids

Four Loko Complains About Being Singled Out As They Say They’ll Stop Marketing To Kids

Four Loko, a popular line of fruit-flavored alcoholic drinks, will voluntarily curb how it markets its beverages to underage drinkers due to the efforts of…

SF Kids Post Photo Of Themselves Brandishing Handgun At School To Facebook, Get Arrested

SF Kids Post Photo Of Themselves Brandishing Handgun At School To Facebook, Get Arrested

Two students at San Francisco’s Balboa High School were arrested after posing for a photograph in school bathroom with a loaded handgun and posting the…

Study: Kids Targeted By Booze, Cigarette, Junk Food Marketing At Bay Area Stores

Study: Kids Targeted By Booze, Cigarette, Junk Food Marketing At Bay Area Stores

Public health agencies throughout the Bay Area and the state today unveiled a new campaign based on the idea that people are only as healthy…

SF School Starts Student Crossing Guard Program

SF School Starts Student Crossing Guard Program

A new student crossing guard program kicked off at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Balboa Terrace neighborhood today. Five young Commodore Sloat Elementary School…

SF Supe Wants To Make Sure 3% Of Property Taxes Will Keep Going Towards Programs For Kids

SF Supe Wants To Make Sure 3% Of Property Taxes Will Keep Going Towards Programs For Kids

A San Francisco supervisor today called on the city to reauthorize its “Children’s Amendment” mandating that 3 percent of all property taxes go toward services…

Tenant Troubles: Did Gavin Newsom Make It Harder For My Boyfriend To Move In With Me?

Tenant Troubles: Did Gavin Newsom Make It Harder For My Boyfriend To Move In With Me?

I recently came across this post from 2011. I’m facing a similar situation (though haven’t gotten to the stage of asking my landlord yet, just…

SF Board Of Education Talking Over Plan To Move School of the Arts To Civic Center

SF Board Of Education Talking Over Plan To Move School of the Arts To Civic Center

The San Francisco board of education tonight will discuss the possible relocation of the city’s arts high school, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, to…

Group Gears Up To Fight New Law Intended To Protect Transgender Students

Group Gears Up To Fight New Law Intended To Protect Transgender Students

Transgender students at schools throughout the state will be able to use bathroom, locker rooms, and play sports with the gender they identify with starting…

Last Chance Toy Drive Underway At Lefty O’Douls

Last Chance Toy Drive Underway At Lefty O’Douls

While many children throughout the Bay Area are expectant and excited to find out what gifts are under the Christmas tree on Wednesday, a nearly…

Judge Orders Hospital Not To Remove Girl Who Lost Brain Functions After Tonsil Removal From Life Support

Judge Orders Hospital Not To Remove Girl Who Lost Brain Functions After Tonsil Removal From Life Support

A judge issued a temporary restraining order today that prevents Children’s Hospital Oakland from removing a brain dead 13-year-old Oakland girl from life support at…

Text Message Sting: SF Man Busted For Allegedly Creeping On Kids

Text Message Sting: SF Man Busted For Allegedly Creeping On Kids

A San Francisco man was arrested in Millbrae on Wednesday afternoon for allegedly attempting to harass or molest a child, San Mateo County sheriff’s officials…

Homeless Families To Celebrate At Holiday Party

Hundreds of homeless and low-income families will enjoy a holiday treat this afternoon at a festive party for children and parents organized by Compass Family…

Teen Arrested For Bringing Sawed-Off Rifle To School

Teen Arrested For Bringing Sawed-Off Rifle To School

A 16-year-old student was arrested for bringing a sawed-off rifle to a high school in San Francisco’s Portola District on Tuesday, police said. At about…

Watch The Award-Winning Anti-Bulling Videos From San Francisco’s Kids

Watch The Award-Winning Anti-Bulling Videos From San Francisco’s Kids

Students from three San Francisco high schools were named winners in District Attorney George Gascon’s second annual anti-bullying video contest. The “Bye Bye Bullying” contest,…

Shoppers Warned Away From Lead-Filled Captain America, Other Dangerous Toys

Shoppers Warned Away From Lead-Filled Captain America, Other Dangerous Toys

Shoppers flooding stores to buy presents this holiday season should watch out for dangerous toys that may threaten children’s health, a consumer group warned today….

Tech Company Makes Massive Grant To SF Middle Schools

Tech Company Makes Massive Grant To SF Middle Schools

The CEO of Salesforce.com visited a San Francisco school today to highlight a $2.7 million donation by his company to the city’s middle schools —…

20 Years Later: Family Of Polly Klass Focuses On Progress Made In Child Safety

20 Years Later: Family Of Polly Klass Focuses On Progress Made In Child Safety

Tuesday marked 20 years since the kidnapping of 12-year-old Petaluma resident Polly Klaas, and her father is using the grim anniversary to focus on progress…

DA’s Anti-Truancy Program Spreads From One High School To Two

DA’s Anti-Truancy Program Spreads From One High School To Two

A San Francisco anti-truancy program is expanding to a second high school starting this year, the city’s district attorney announced today. District Attorney George Gascon…

SF Chamber: Legislation Mandating Greater Work Schedule Flexibility For Parents “doesn’t send the right message”

SF Chamber: Legislation Mandating Greater Work Schedule Flexibility For Parents “doesn’t send the right message”

Employees in San Francisco who are parents or caregivers could soon have the right to request a more flexible and predictable work schedule via legislation…

Hundreds March In Support Of Funding For Early Childhood Education

Hundreds March In Support Of Funding For Early Childhood Education

As many as 200 young children, parents and child care providers rallied at San Francisco’s City Hall Friday morning urging city and state lawmakers to…

Pelosi Visits SF Day Care, Calls For More Funding For Early Education Programs

Pelosi Visits SF Day Care, Calls For More Funding For Early Education Programs

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today visited a day care center in San Francisco to highlight what she says is a lack of viable child…