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Boarded Up SF Bay Area Stores Following String of High-Profile Robberies

November 22, 2021 4:57 pmNovember 22, 2021 8:01 pm

Stores in San Francisco’s Union Square, as well as around the Bay Area, engaged in a mass boarding up of stores during the weekend to counter the mass number of store robberies that have occurred recently. While crime rates such...

DoorDash To Pay $5.325 Million Settlement for Not Paying San Francisco Workers Benefits

November 22, 2021 11:49 am

San Francisco officials, led by City Attorney David Chiu, announced that the city reached a $5.325 million lawsuit settlement with DoorDash on Monday over the company allegedly not paying workers certain benefits dating back to 2016. An investigation launched earlier...

California Receives Initial $58 Million from DOT for High Speed Rail Transit, Cycling ‘Infrastructure’ Projects

November 20, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Friday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has given it’s first grants from the recently passed $1 Trillion infrastructure bill to California, with $58 million going to transportation projects in...

Superior Court Overturns SF School Board Admissions Policy For Lowell High School

November 19, 2021 2:26 amNovember 18, 2021 8:37 pm

The Superior Court of California ruled on Thursday that the San Francisco Board of Education’s decision to remove a merit-based admissions system to Lowell High School earlier this year is to be nullified. In February, the SF Board of Education...

SF Mayor London Breed Announces Support of Recall Against Three SF School Board Members

November 10, 2021 11:39 am

During a meeting between San Francisco Mayor London Breed and city Supervisors on Tuesday, Breed announced her support of the recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education. The recall against School Board President Gabriela Lopez and...

SF Elections Department Certifies DA Boudin Recall Election for June

November 9, 2021 3:35 pm

The San Francisco Department of Elections announced on Tuesday that the petition to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin had received enough valid signatures, officially certifying a recall election in June. Boudin has faced recall pressures since shortly after being sworn...

SF City Hall, Still ‘COVID’ Closed to Public Meetings, Opens for Getty Wedding

November 9, 2021 9:16 amNovember 9, 2021 9:16 am

With Gov. Gavin Newsom missing in action for 10-12 days, and rumors spreading like wildfire about the possibility of the governor having an adverse reaction to the COVID booster shot, it was curious to see he and Mrs. Newsom attend...