San Francisco solving dangerous street problem with speed cameras
"If you're going to be bad, you're going to pay for it."
San Mateo Tells Gas Leaf Blowers To Buzz Off By 2027
Gas leaf blowers in San Mateo now have an expiration date. The city has confirmed that the noisy, exhaust-spewing machines will be outlawed citywide starting Jan. 1, 2027, following a City Council ordinance adopted this spring. To soften the blow for residents and landscapers, the rollout pairs the ban with a short-term rebate program for electric equipment, pitched as a win for...
The $5.50 SF grocery store sandwich that sells out every day
One customer buys four "poor boy" sandwiches a day, seven days a week.
TB outbreak at SF high school affects nearly 1 in 5, further testing underway
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Nearly one in five students and staff at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School have been diagnosed with latent or active tuberculosis, the latest development in an outbreak that started in November. On Wednesday, the school started a new round of testing, which will be...
Oakland property owners fined nearly $1 million for chopping down trees
(KRON) — An Oakland couple was slapped with nearly $1 million in fines from the city for chopping down three dozen trees on and near their private residential property on Claremont Avenue. On Tuesday, the city council voted in favor of fining the property owners, Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner, $915,000. Most of the trees […]
18 Legionella infections confirmed at Bay Area Kaiser hospital
Kaiser Permanente said 18 Legionella infections were detected at its Santa Clara medical center through routine monitoring.
Regional: 4.2-Magnitude Quake Jolts Norcal, North Bay Early Thursday
REGIONAL: 4.2-MAGNITUDE QUAKE JOLTS NORCAL, NORTH BAY EARLY THURSDAY
This former Bay Area rail line is a biking paradise. And you don’t need...
Decades before the High Line, this epic Bay Area bike trail was born from a former railroad track.
Alleged road rage tire-slashing driver arrested by Alameda police
(KRON) — A driver who allegedly slashed another motorist’s during a road rage incident on Tuesday faces multiple charges, according to the Alameda Police Department. APD said officers responded to the report of a road rage incident near Broadway and Otis Drive. “During a dispute, one driver made verbal threats, while the other brandished a […]
San Francisco has almost borrowed about as much money as it can, report says
San Francisco is rapidly approaching the upper limits of what it can borrow to fund critical infrastructure, according to a new report from the city’s Budget and Legislative Analyst, and the timing could not be worse: The city has $7.5 billion worth of repairs and projects it has been putting off for years.
