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Open-container drinking may be coming to Chestnut Street, but that’s only the first of a packed week at City Hall. Supervisors and city commissions will weigh everything from a public bank and a crackdown on drug use in supportive housing to an audit of the financially troubled California Academy of Sciences, new polic

By Malik Washington, Investigative Journalist, Destination Freedom Media Group and Contributor, Davis Vanguard. San Francisco wants credit for reducing visible homelessness. Its own records suggest the city may also need blame for helping fill a jail system now described by a Civil Grand Jury as overcrowded, understaff

A Board of Supes committee voted this week to approve a dramatic cut in the amount of affordable housing developers have to provide when they build luxury units—although nobody gave any evidence that this would jump start new housing. In fact, city officials admit that affordability requirements aren’t holding...

This interview aired as part of the July 7, 2026 episode of Crosscurrents. Click the button above to listen. Last year, San Francisco established new parking restrictions, in an attempt to curb the growing number of people living out of their vehicles, mostly RVs. The city's stated goal was to take RVs off city streets

Until a couple of weeks ago, the space at 4248 18th Street was plating Patagonian steak and house-made dulce de leche. This month, it is smashing patties on a flat-top instead. Flora King, the Argentinian steakhouse that opened in the Castro in March 2025, served its final dinner on June...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said the shutdown came after a cable issue on Sunday afternoon. Shuttle buses were in place to provide service.

Dozens of Waymo vehicles became stranded in heavy post-fireworks traffic in San Francisco's Presidio on July 4, with some running out of power and needing to be towed. One Waymo carrying passengers was also seen driving over a lit firework. No injuries were reported.

Turner Construction, the University of California, Berkeley, the Innovative Genomics Institute and Bakar Labs have broken ground on a new research and innovation facility that aims to expand genomics research and support the growth of biotechnology startups in Berkeley. The Innovative Genomics Institute–Bakar Labs buil

Waymos stalled. Heavy traffic congestion snarled Muni buses. And riders had to wait.

Both violent and property crimes continued their descent last year, according to California Justice Department data.