News in San Francisco

Meet the District 8 candidates: How will you fill empty storefronts?
District 8 residents often bemoan the business vacancies. Here's what the District 8 supervisor candidates would do to fill the storefronts. Meet the District 8 candidates: How will you fill empty storefronts?

Bayview Buzz: Punk bands, cumbia, afrobeats and celebratory sweets
Community engagement is showing up in several forms in the Bayview: live music, art exhibits and happy hour cleanups Bayview Buzz: Punk bands, cumbia, afrobeats and celebratory sweets

Magik*Magik Orchestra invites you to a sleepover in the Mission
San Francisco’s first-ever orchestra sleepover concert at the Grey Area/Grand Theater in the Mission. Magik*Magik Orchestra invites you to a sleepover in the Mission

This tree loves you, too
At 8th Avenue and Judah Street. Photo by Junyao Yang. This tree loves you, too

S.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.

Everything 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…

Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.

Commentary: 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.

Commentary: 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…

S.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

Meet 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?

S.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