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SFUSD teachers vote 99.34% to authorize strike

San Francisco teachers say they’re “pushed to the edge” — one more vote remains before a walkout is possible. SFUSD teachers vote 99.34% to authorize strike

5 hours ago

Mission Local

SFUSD teachers vote 99.34% to authorize strike

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Huge Godzilla Festival Coming to Japantown This Weekend

An Excelsior house fire left one dead Wednesday; parents in the Marin car crash that killed four teens do not want the driver to be prosecuted; and a big Godzilla festival is roaring into Japantown this weekend.

7 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Huge Godzilla Festival Coming to Japantown This Weekend

SFiST

DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California

The next frontier of the self-driving car movement is likely to be self-driving commercial trucks, and the California DMV is creating the rules right now for the testing of autonomous semi trucks.

9 hours ago

SFiST

DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California

SFiST

67-Story Residential Tower at South Van Ness and Market Is Moving Forward

A stalled residential project which could make up nearly 1,000 of the 82,000 new units San Francisco is mandated to build in the next half-decade appears to be back in motion and headed toward construction.

9 hours ago

SFiST

67-Story Residential Tower at South Van Ness and Market Is Moving Forward

SF Standard

Remembering Claude, the alligator who ‘brought the humans together’

At the Cal Academy of Sciences, visitors and staff reminisce about a reptile who became family.

9 hours ago

SF Standard

Remembering Claude, the alligator who ‘brought the humans together’

SF Standard

The 18 best events in SF this weekend

An ugly sweater pub crawl, underwear fun run, Krampus pageant, baby rave, holiday market at Gap HQ, and more.

9 hours ago

SF Standard

The 18 best events in SF this weekend

SF Standard

SFPD plants high-tech crime-fighting hub downtown as foot traffic rebounds

Drones and data arm a 24/7 war room that is reshaping how cops chase criminals.

10 hours ago

SF Standard

SFPD plants high-tech crime-fighting hub downtown as foot traffic rebounds

Mission Local

Derrick Lew, 22-year department veteran, named new S.F. police chief

Derrick Lew, a 20-plus year veteran of the San Francisco police force, has just been named to the department's top post. Derrick Lew, 22-year department veteran, named new S.F. police chief

10 hours ago

Mission Local

Derrick Lew, 22-year department veteran, named new S.F. police chief

SF Standard

Lurie names Derrick Lew as police chief amid city’s tough-on-crime turn

Lew, 52, received a medal of honor after nearly being shot in 2006 and led the city’s effort to crack down on drug dealing.

10 hours ago

SF Standard

Lurie names Derrick Lew as police chief amid city’s tough-on-crime turn

SFiST

Huzzah! All Clipper Card Systems Will Take Credit and Debit Cards, Starting Next Wednesday

Muni, Caltrain, and all the public transit services that take Clipper will accept credit or debit card taps for rides in just a week, as paying with credit or debit won’t just be a BART thing anymore starting this Wednesday.

10 hours ago

SFiST

Huzzah! All Clipper Card Systems Will Take Credit and Debit Cards, Starting Next Wednesday

SFiST

Randa's Market on 16th Street, Home of the Late KitKat, Has Gotten a New Bodega Cat

The home of the bodega cat who was tragically killed by a Waymo in October, Randa's Market on 16th Street, has gotten a new cat, and her name is Coco.

11 hours ago

SFiST

Randa's Market on 16th Street, Home of the Late KitKat, Has Gotten a New Bodega Cat

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SF Standard

Your year in San Francisco wrapped

All numbers are satire, but the feelings are true.

13 hours ago

SF Standard

Your year in San Francisco wrapped

SFiST

Mint Plaza Sleeping Pod Developer Buys Mostly Vacant Live-Work Building on Mid-Market

A Mid-Market building full of affordable studio units that was the subject of a protracted eviction fight in the last decade is now slated to become home to 400 sleeping pods, if a developer gets his way.

13 hours ago

SFiST

Mint Plaza Sleeping Pod Developer Buys Mostly Vacant Live-Work Building on Mid-Market

SF Standard

Kawakami: The tedious 49ers QB discourse, Stanford/Cal hires, and more bold thoughts

As long as Kyle Shanahan calls the shots and logic prevails, Brock Purdy will remain the starting quarterback.

14 hours ago

SF Standard

Kawakami: The tedious 49ers QB discourse, Stanford/Cal hires, and more bold thoughts

Mission Local

San Francisco Bay shoreline

At Crissy Field. Photo by Jay A. Martin. San Francisco Bay shoreline

20 hours ago

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San Francisco Bay shoreline

Mission Local

Bayview Buzz: What’s happening on 3rd Street?

Here's what's new in Bayview: Alcohol license at All Good Pizza, a silent reading cafe, food trucks, and more. Bayview Buzz: What’s happening on 3rd Street?

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Bayview Buzz: What’s happening on 3rd Street?

Mission Local

Here's the list of items S.F. cops can now bust you for selling illegally

City supervisors approved a list of commonly stolen goods in San Francisco in a bid to stop illegal street vending. Here's the list of items S.F. cops can now bust you for selling illegally

1 day ago

Mission Local

Here's the list of items S.F. cops can now bust you for selling illegally

Mission Local

Board of Supervisors passes plan to upzone San Francisco

After last-ditch attempt to amend the plan, legislation to allow taller buildings in San Francisco is ratified. Board of Supervisors passes plan to upzone San Francisco

1 day ago

Mission Local

Board of Supervisors passes plan to upzone San Francisco