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San Francisco Tries Tough Love by Tying Welfare to Drug Rehab
Raymond Llano carries a plastic bag with everything he owns in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other and the flattened cardboard box he uses as a bed under his arm as he waits in line for lunch at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. At 55, he hasn’t had a home for 15 years, since he lost a job at Target.
San Francisco's historic cocktail bar Top of the Mark turns 85
For families around the Bay Area, from weddings, birthdays, and banquets, the historic Top of the Mark is the place to celebrate a special occasion or honor the memory of a loved one. On Tuesday, the famed cocktail lounge turned back the hands of time and threw a party —complete with a big band, vintage hats and gloves, and plenty of cold champagne."We're very excited. We finally made it to 85, starting way back in May of 1939," said Michael Pace. Pace is the General Manager of the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, where 19 floors up sits the Top of the Mark....
San Francisco weekend events: AAPI mental health, Hawaiian May Day
We've arrived at the weekend. It's time to reward ourselves.Unsolicited tip for Mother's Day: Take her to one of these events!Thursday💡 Immerse yourself in The People's Palace, a performance installation with large-scale projections and performances.8-10:30pm at City Hall on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Free. Friday🪘 Participate in drumming circles, hula, tea breaks and more at the 2024 Asian American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day.1pm on Treasure Island. Free.🏮 Check out food, trinkets and other goods from over 30 vendors at the Chinatown night market.5:30-9pm on Grant Avenue.🎶 Groove to Bhangra and Beats, a night market featuring South Asian music,...
Watch memorial services for Rev. Cecil Williams, longtime pastor of Glide Memorial Church
Public memorial services to honor Rev. Cecil Williams will be held Sunday. Williams, a longtime leader of San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church, died last month at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and the poor. Before his retirement in 2023,...
BART service delayed because of search for robbery suspect at SF 16th St. Mission station
BART is restoring normal service in San Francisco after police activity caused delays for commuters early Wednesday morning. Just before 6 a.m., the transit agency said there was a 20-minute delay in the SFO, Millbrae, and Daly City directions and that trains were not stopping at the 16th Street Mission station due to law enforcement activity. According to BART, police searched for a robbery suspect on a train at the station. There was no further information immediately available about the suspect or the transit agency's estimated time of resumption of normal train service.
Seeing student protesters with fear is nothing new. Neither is the protesters’ anti-war message.
I marched at UC Berkeley in the 1964-65 free speech movement while attending campus teach-ins on the Vietnam War. That experience informs my perspective on today’s student protests against Israeli policies in Gaza. How are they different from what I experienced 60 years ago?. First, it seems the demonstrators’...
Novato Man Arrested and Charged With Setting Illegal Fireworks Blaze in San Rafael
An explosive situation was defused in San Rafael when Cary Newman, a 54-year-old Novato resident, got busted by cops for setting off homemade fireworks leading to a vegetation blaze Tuesday night, local police report. Newman was cuffed after his DIY pyrotechnics sparked a fire behind an apartment complex in Terra Linda, according to the San Rafael Police Department's X account.
Suspicious death in Tenderloin being investigated by SFPD
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in the Tenderloin. SFPD responded to the 200 block of Taylor Street just before noon on Sunday, May 5 regarding an unconscious woman. San Francisco Fire Department paramedics responded, and the victim was declared deceased at the scene. The San Francisco […]
More addiction patients can take methadone at home, but some states lag behind
Matt Haney’s home in San Francisco isn’t far from a methadone clinic. The 42-year-old state lawmaker has watched people line up early each morning outside the clinic in the Tenderloin, a community long considered the epicenter of the city’s substance use epidemic. His neighbors wait for the daily dose of methadone that relieves their cravings […] The post More addiction patients can take methadone at home, but some states lag behind appeared first on West Virginia Watch.
Berkeley police arrest 3 men suspected of pointing gun at toddler during robbery
Berkeley police arrested three men — one who allegedly held a gun to the head of a 2-year-old — on May 1 for allegedly robbing a person after striking them in the head with a gun. Officers were dispatched at 1:47 p.m. to the area of Bancroft Way and Shattuck Avenue on a report of an armed robbery. The suspects had fled in a vehicle by the time police arrived. Police said the victim, who was holding a 2-year-old child, was approached by two suspects. One suspect pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded property. The suspect then pointed the gun...
As fast food workers see pay increase, restaurants raise menu prices
ALAMEDA, Calif. - One month has passed since fast-food workers in California began receiving $20 per hour. At the same time, fast food businesses have raised prices up to 10% across the state. Customers in Alameda are feeling the sting of the minimum wage increase. "Just about everything on the...
San Bruno's new paid parking program frustrating business owners, customers
Business owners in downtown San Bruno say their customers frequently complain about the new pay-by-plate parking kiosks, which forces them to pay for a full hour even though they only need it for a few minutes.
SFPD arrest Oakland man with assault rifle, fentanyl, loaded magazines
(KRON) — An Oakland man known as a subject of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation was arrested on Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Department said. The suspect, Darwin Paz, 27, from Oakland, was suspected of possessing a firearm in addition to trafficking fentanyl in San Francisco, SFPD said. Officers located and arrested Paz without incident […]
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