[aggregation-styles] The San Francisco Chronicle Subscription An effort to rename dozens of schools in San Francisco inched forward Tuesday with an update to the school board on the process, which could lead to a vote early next year. Members of an appointed task force told school board members that they...
San Francisco Voters Approve Taxes on CEOs, Big Businesses
SAN FRANCISCO — Addressing economic disparity laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved several tax measures targeting landlords and big businesses whose CEOs earn far higher than their average workers. Under the new law, any company that pays its top executive 100 times more than their...
Fresno Rents Climb as San Francisco & Oakland See Record Drops
Rental listing platform Zumper's latest report shows Fresno as the 45th most expensive rental market in the nation last month with the prices of one and two bedrooms settling at medians of $1,090 and $1,320. Fresno rents are up around 15% since this time last year. "Fresno's affordable rents, with...
San Francisco Curbs Virus but Once-Vibrant Downtown Is Empty
SAN FRANCISCO — Before the pandemic, Señor Sisig food trucks were a common sight in downtown San Francisco, dishing out Filipino fusion tacos and burritos to long lines of workers who spilled out of office towers at lunch. The trucks now are gone, forced into the suburbs because there’s practically...
Police Arrest Man in Assault on Trump Backer at SF Rally
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police have made an arrest in the weekend assault of a Trump supporter and free speech rally organizer who lost two front teeth, officials said Monday. San Francisco police said they arrested Adora Anderson, 35, of Watsonville in Oakland on Sunday. He was booked into...
GM to Run Robot Cars in San Francisco Without Human Backups
DETROIT — General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year. Cruise CEO Dan Ammann said in a statement that the company got a permit Thursday from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to...
San Francisco Apartment Rent Drops 20%. Fresno Sees Double Digit Increase.
The median 1-bedroom apartment price in San Francisco last month was $2,830, a 20.3% decrease from a year ago. In Fresno, the median 1-bedroom apartment price is up 14.9% from last year to $1,080. San Francisco rents have dropped over 6 percent in the past month alone, after being relatively...
San Francisco Sues 28 Alleged Dealers to Stop Flow of Drugs
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco sued 28 alleged drug dealers who frequent a downtown neighborhood where broad daylight drug dealing and drug use is common in an effort to clean up the area that has seen the city's largest number of overdose deaths, authorities announced Thursday. San Francisco City Attorney...
Bay Area Planners Approve 60% Work From Home Mandate After Tense Debate
After a nearly 4-hour back and forth debate, the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 12 to 1 to mandate large employers have at least 60 percent of their employees telecommute on any given work day. Staff will now do more analysis on the plan and report back on forecasted...
2 Giants-Seattle Games off Due To Smoky Skies, Moved To SF
SEATTLE — The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Mariners in Seattle that was scheduled to start Tuesday night was postponed because of smoky skies caused by the West Coast wildfires. The teams will now play Wednesday and Thursday at Oracle Park in San Francisco, with game...