Daniel Lurie is San Francisco’s nerdy new mayor — and hype man
San Francisco – When Daniel Lurie won the election as San Francisco’s new mayor in November, he knew there were tough challenges ahead. The downtown economy is deflected. A common sense among locals is that mal laziness was clouding their colorful cities. Five months later, 100 days after Lurie’s tenure – not that any of […]
Daniel Lurie inaugurated as San Francisco’s new mayor
San Francisco — On Wednesday, four hours before he was sworn in as San Francisco’s 46th mayor, Daniel Lurie began his day walking with the city’s police chief through a bleak section of the Tenderloin and handing out coffee to people at a homeless community center. Ta. It was an intentionally symbolic move by Mr. […]
San Francisco’s next mayor could be a venture capitalist or Levi’s heir
San Francisco — on the last weekend before the Nov. 5 election, when San Francisco residents will decide whether to run for re-election. Mayor London Breedone of her challengers took selfies with costumed voters at a Halloween block party in the famous Castro District, and another waved to the crowd from atop a trolley running […]
‘Year of the lesbian’: How queer women are breaking San Francisco’s doom loop
San Francisco – At Queer Prom Night at Mother, a lesbian and queer women's bar in the Mission District, the dance floor was crowded, hot and sweaty, and hits from the 1980s and '90s were blaring through a room of tulle dresses and tuxedos spinning under rainbow disco lights. “Everybody came in their best clothes. […]
San Francisco’s Macy’s Will Shut Down As Employees Blame Retail Theft
Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chairman Aaron Peskin announced Tuesday that Macy's stores in the city will be closing. Peskin issued a statement on Twitter saying Macy's is cutting 150 stores, including its downtown location in Union Square. (Related: Blue City officially apologizes to Black residents) “Macy's was one of the last companies to […]
Kadarius Toney Reportedly A Healthy Scratch For Chiefs In Huge Blow To San Francisco’s Super Bowl Chances
The Kansas City Chiefs have listed former first-round receiver Kadarius Toney as not playing in tonight's Super Bowl, despite not adding him to the pregame injury report. The San Francisco 49ers' chances to win Super Bowl III will be severely damaged tonight, but Toney reportedly healthy wound NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport confirmed this after […]
Limits on San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments upheld by 9th Circuit
A court order limiting the city of San Francisco's ability to remove people from street encampments who have nowhere else to go will remain in effect as long as the lawsuit continues, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenges […]
Two people shot near San Francisco’s Embarcadero
Two people were shot dead Sunday night near the Embarcadero, a popular tourist spot on San Francisco’s waterfront, city police said. Officers arrived on Beach and Stockton streets shortly before 7 p.m. and found two people with gunshot wounds, police said. The victim was taken to hospital. Police had no information about their condition. There […]
Super Bowl 60 should be San Jose’s — not San Francisco’s — game
With less than four weeks until Super Bowl 50, Levi’s Stadium is decorated with a large mural of the Lombardi Trophy, SANTA CLARA, Calif., Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. (Carl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Santa Clara will be hosting another Super Bowl. And this time, a week’s worth of festivals should be held. On Monday, NFL […]
