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Mission Local
Published September 23S.F.’s trailblazing pretrial program is closing. Its replacement isn’t ready.
The SF Pretrial Diversion Project is no longer taking new clients and the city’s defendants are paying the price. S.F.’s trailblazing pretrial program is closing. Its replacement isn’t ready.
Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon
Published September 23Everything Nice: A Warm Welcome on Taraval
Taraval Street has always matched the energy from the people who live around it – bakeries and coffee counters open early, and this stretch of Parkside keeps a slower pace than much of the City. Among the longtime neighborhood favorites, enters the newest arrival: Welcome Coffee…
Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon
Published September 23Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon
Published September 23Commentary: Paul Kozakiewicz
Proposition G on November’s ballot is for the Upper Great Highway, the scenic roadway near Ocean Beach where generations of San Franciscans have traveled to the Cliff House, V.A. Hospital, the San Francisco Zoo and numerous other points north and south.
Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon
Published September 23Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
September used to be the month I returned to school after being released in the middle of June. That’s gone with the wind. San Francisco public schools opened up for business on Monday, Aug. 17, two weeks before Labor Day. My Napa grandsons, Emmett and Brooks (16 and 12) reported…
Mission Local
Published September 23S.F. contractors must start paying street cleaners higher wages
Contracted street cleaners will now get the same "prevailing wage" as the city's unionized workforce. S.F. contractors must start paying street cleaners higher wages
Mission Local
Published September 23Meet the District 6 candidate: Should S.F. continue to fund harm reduction?
Matt Dorsey outlines which harm-reduction services he thinks the city should fund Meet the District 6 candidate: Should S.F. continue to fund harm reduction?
Mission Local
Published September 23S.F. supervisor introduces plan to let street vendors sell food cooked at home
Fielder's bill would let street vendors legally sell hot meals prepared at home, something they’ve long sought. S.F. supervisor introduces plan to let street vendors sell food cooked at home
Mission Local
Published September 22Mayor Lurie, S.F. officials call for feds to release Ho Yin Mo, state aide detained by ICE
Former Chinese-language TV anchor works for Assemblymember Catherine Stefani and previously served as field organizer for Mayor London Breed. Mayor Lurie, S.F. officials call for feds to release Ho Yin Mo, state aide detained by ICE
Lookout Santa Cruz
Published September 22Inside Verve Coffee workers’ tentative union contract: Higher sick pay, AI limits and guaranteed hours
Verve Coffee Roasters workers across six Bay Area cafés have reached a tentative union contract after nearly 10 months of bargaining, with guaranteed hours, advance scheduling, wage increases and other workplace protections. The agreement also includes what union leaders call…
East Bay Express
Published September 22What happened to music festival counterculture?
Ah, Outside Lands. Three days of music, art, gridlocked traffic, price-surging Ubers, inexplicably freezing temperatures, attendees from all over the world and, of course, so much discourse. Boasting headliners Charli XCX, The Strokes, RÜFÜS DU SOL and PinkPantheress, it’s no…
Mission Local
Published September 22Javier Campos sentenced to 25 years for 2023 Mission District mass shooting
Campos injured nine people in a drive-in shooting near 24th Street and Treat Avenue in 2023. Javier Campos sentenced to 25 years for 2023 Mission District mass shooting