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San Francisco parents navigate complicated transitional kindergarten enrollment rules
Education

San Francisco parents navigate complicated transitional kindergarten enrollment rules

San Francisco’s universal TK promise is real, but parents still face deadlines, seat rules, and neighborhood gaps when choosing a school.

Sarah Chen6m read
Scientists warn tire-wear chemical threatens Bay Area fish, waters
Community

Scientists warn tire-wear chemical threatens Bay Area fish, waters

Trillions of tire particles wash into San Francisco Bay each year, carrying 6PPD-Q toward steelhead and other sensitive fish.

Lisa Park2m read
Tenderloin women’s center shuts down amid $2 million dispute
Community

Tenderloin women’s center shuts down amid $2 million dispute

A Tenderloin safety-net nonprofit is shutting down as state filings show its leader wants to move $2.3 million to a nonprofit she controls.

Marcus Williams2m read
New mural on San Francisco LGBT Center honors sex workers, LGBTQ rights
Community

New mural on San Francisco LGBT Center honors sex workers, LGBTQ rights

A new Market Street mural at the SF LGBT Center puts sex worker rights and LGBTQ visibility on one of the city’s most symbolic corners.

Sarah Chen2m read
San Francisco sues Tenderloin building owners over fire-damaged housing
Government

San Francisco sues Tenderloin building owners over fire-damaged housing

San Francisco sued the owners of 155 Hyde Street, saying tenants were allowed back into a fire-damaged Tenderloin building without heat, power or safe exits.

Marcus Williams2m read
San Francisco moves to let police cite illegal fireworks users
Government

San Francisco moves to let police cite illegal fireworks users

Illegal fireworks already break San Francisco’s rules, but officers often had no ticket to write. A new proposal would let police fine repeat offenders before July 4.

James Thompson2m read
San Francisco's giant Pink Triangle lights up Twin Peaks for Pride Month
Community

San Francisco's giant Pink Triangle lights up Twin Peaks for Pride Month

More than 800 volunteers laid 175 pink tarps on Twin Peaks as San Francisco opened Pride Month with a 31st annual Pink Triangle.

Lisa Park2m read
Dashcam video shows violent Western Addition crash injuring four people
Community

Dashcam video shows violent Western Addition crash injuring four people

Dashcam footage captured a three-wheeler slamming an Audi at Baker and Hayes, sending a passenger airborne and leaving four people hospitalized.

Sarah Chen2m read
Residents reframe 6th Street through art, photos and neighborhood memory
Community

Residents reframe 6th Street through art, photos and neighborhood memory

Residents are using photos, memory and a 3D model to challenge 6th Street’s blight narrative. The June 20 exhibit puts local authorship at the center of SoMa pride and policy.

Lisa Park5m read
Tonga Room keeps old San Francisco charm with its house band
Business

Tonga Room keeps old San Francisco charm with its house band

Inside the Fairmont’s lagoon, Island Groove keeps the Tonga Room sounding like San Francisco. The house band is a rare live signal that this city still protects its odd, theatrical places.

Sarah Chen5m read
SFMTA moves to ease packed Muni 29-Sunset for San Francisco students
Community

SFMTA moves to ease packed Muni 29-Sunset for San Francisco students

Lowell students still watch full 29-Sunset buses roll past, and SFMTA is now adding shelters, stop changes and safer sidewalks on the crowded line.

Lisa Park2m read
San Francisco weighs rent fee disclosures to curb hidden costs
Government

San Francisco weighs rent fee disclosures to curb hidden costs

A proposed San Francisco rent law would force listings to show a total estimated cost, after fees can push a one-bedroom past $4,000.

James Thompson2m read
Ninth Circuit lets exonerated man’s suit against SF police proceed
Government

Ninth Circuit lets exonerated man’s suit against SF police proceed

A 32-year wrongful prisoner can keep suing San Francisco police, after a Ninth Circuit panel said jurors could find inspectors coerced the witness who sent him to prison.

Marcus Williams2m read
San Francisco Public Library brings back summer reading challenge Monday
Education

San Francisco Public Library brings back summer reading challenge Monday

Families can log 20 hours through SFPL’s Summer Stride, with prizes starting June 13 and free events from Yerba Buena Gardens to the New Farm.

Sarah Chen2m read
Fillmore native named to lead San Francisco’s AAACC
Community

Fillmore native named to lead San Francisco’s AAACC

Murrell D. Green takes over AAACC as audits, turnover and a $35 million seismic project test whether the Fillmore’s Black arts hub can steady itself.

Sarah Chen2m read
Parents mourn San Francisco teen killed in I-80 crash
Community

Parents mourn San Francisco teen killed in I-80 crash

Lenin Homer Silva had just graduated from Hillsdale and committed to Skyline College soccer when a late-night I-80 crash in San Francisco killed him.

Marcus Williams2m read
San Francisco Zoo offers free weekday admission for kids in June
Community

San Francisco Zoo offers free weekday admission for kids in June

Kids 11 and under can enter free on weekdays through June 30, trimming the price of a summer zoo day for cash-strapped San Francisco families.

Marcus Williams2m read
Four injured as Arcimoto FUV crashes into Audi near Panhandle
Community

Four injured as Arcimoto FUV crashes into Audi near Panhandle

An Arcimoto FUV split Baker and Hayes with a black Audi, sending four people to hospital and putting San Francisco’s odd-vehicle rules back in view.

Sarah Chen2m read
SFUSD opens new special education site for students with high needs
Education

SFUSD opens new special education site for students with high needs

SFUSD plans a Chinatown special education site for 16 students at first, aiming to keep high-needs families from sending children across the city or beyond it.

Marcus Williams2m read
Exploratorium launches hands-on Life in Space exhibit June 11
Community

Exploratorium launches hands-on Life in Space exhibit June 11

Pier 15 is turning space science into a hands-on summer outing, with more than 50 exhibits that ask how people could survive beyond Earth.

Marcus Williams2m read
San Francisco keeps Jacobs to lead $40 million waterfront resilience plan
Government

San Francisco keeps Jacobs to lead $40 million waterfront resilience plan

Jacobs will stay on to steer San Francisco’s $40 million waterfront resilience program, as the city pushes from planning into permit-ready protection for 7.5 miles of shoreline.

James Thompson2m read
Lost 1875 poetry book returns to San Francisco library
Community

Lost 1875 poetry book returns to San Francisco library

An 1875 poetry collection long thought lost turned up at Mechanics’ Institute with smoke-darkened pages and a mystery name inside. The return revives a San Francisco archive scarred by 1906.

Lisa Park2m read
Janelle Monáe drops out of San Francisco’s Downtown First Thursdays
Community

Janelle Monáe drops out of San Francisco’s Downtown First Thursdays

Janelle Monáe bowed out one day before headlining Downtown First Thursdays, stripping the Pride Month street party of its biggest draw and testing downtown's recovery playbook.

Lisa Park2m read
San Francisco sues DOE over anti-DEI rule threatening energy funds
Government

San Francisco sues DOE over anti-DEI rule threatening energy funds

San Francisco sued the Energy Department to block a new anti-DEI grant condition, saying more than $130,000 for clean-energy work is at risk.

Marcus Williams2m read
Protesters disrupt San Francisco Pride kickoff at City Hall
Government

Protesters disrupt San Francisco Pride kickoff at City Hall

Protesters drowned out Mayor Daniel Lurie as City Hall raised the rainbow flag, turning Pride’s kickoff into a fight over budget cuts. Activists said the cuts could hit HIV prevention, health care and community grants.

Marcus Williams2m read
San Francisco museums spotlight Shiota, Fauves and Monet this summer
Community

San Francisco museums spotlight Shiota, Fauves and Monet this summer

Shiota, Fauves and Monet are pulling San Franciscans across Civic Center, SoMa and Golden Gate Park this summer. Three museums, three very different reasons to make the trip.

Marcus Williams4m read
Battery charger sparks car fire in Richmond District garage
Community

Battery charger sparks car fire in Richmond District garage

A charging system sparked a car fire in a Richmond District garage, but San Francisco Fire Department crews kept it to one vehicle and away from the building.

Sarah Chen2m read
San Francisco may replace nonprofit pretrial services with city-run system
Government

San Francisco may replace nonprofit pretrial services with city-run system

San Francisco could shift pretrial release decisions from a longtime nonprofit to Adult Probation, changing who handles the first 72 hours after arrest.

James Thompson2m read
San Francisco bank robber gets 7 years for spree, carjacking
Government

San Francisco bank robber gets 7 years for spree, carjacking

A 7-year federal sentence closes the loop on a Bay Area bank robbery spree that hit San Francisco, Rohnert Park and the Tenderloin escape route.

James Thompson2m read