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A San Francisco politician has a plan to flip its ‘ghost town’ status—and it involves four days a week in the office
The Golden Gate city can’t get back on its feet if its most valuable earners keep logging on from home, mayoral candidate Mark Farrell says. It’s a bad time to be a business in the Bay Area, but one mayoral candidate gunning to oust incumbent San Francisco mayor London Breed has a plan to turn that around. It’ll just take two decades.
Bay Area RNC delegates ecstatic about Trump's VP pick JD Vance, who has SF ties
California has sent the largest delegation to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. On Monday, many of them applauded Donald Trump's decision naming J.D. Vance as his running mate. The VP candidate has strong ties to the Bay Area.The Golden State has 166 delegates at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin.They say they're excited about Donald Trump accepting the party nomination and they believe Trump's VP pick will truly help turn things around for the country.The Republican National Convention is underway, and delegates say they are pumped."The energy is absolutely palpable," said John Dennis, the Chairman of the San Francisco...
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors in 1944 East Bay port explosion
MARTINEZ, Calif. - On the 80th anniversary of The Port of Chicago Disaster, the U.S. Navy exonerated 256 Black sailors who were wrongfully convicted in a 1944 port explosion that killed hundreds of service members in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, announced the...
Elon Musk says X headquarters is moving to Texas, cites California’s gender identity law
Elon Musk says the downtown San Francisco headquarters of X, formerly Twitter, is moving to Austin, Texas, according to a post from the billionaire entrepreneur Tuesday afternoon.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on why she's seeking another term
Building a Better Bay Area means giving you the information you need to vote. And what happens in the San Francisco mayor's race will impact not only the city, but the entire Bay Area.On Tuesday, the incumbent San Francisco Mayor, London Breed joined ABC7 News at 3 p.m. to talk about why she's seeking another term, and on topics including crime.San Francisco is a frequent target of republicans and the city got bashed Monday night at the convention.Tech billionaire David Sacks - who is a resident - was the latest to go after the city.MORE: San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel...
Alameda DA Announces Motions for Resentencing of Three Death Penalty Cases
Oakland, CA – On Tuesday, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that motions have been filed requesting the resentencing of the death penalty convictions for Ernest Dykes, Keith Thomas, and Gregory Tate. Two of three death penalty cases were tainted by prosecutorial misconduct during their trials in the 1990s.
Oakland opens 100% affordable housing complex
Officials in Oakland on Tuesday celebrated the opening of a 100% affordable housing project designed for low-income and formerly incarcerated residents. The apartment complex at 1670 Seventh St., called The Black Panther, will house ground-floor businesses, with the upper levels consisting of homes with views of San Francisco Bay and the Oakland hills. It's only three blocks from the nearest BART station.
London Breed ‘should be too ashamed to run' for re-election as SF mayor, Andrew Yang says
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Former United States presidential candidate Andrew Yang has some strong opinions about San Francisco and its mayor, he shared on KRON4 News Monday. When asked if any of this year’s mayoral candidates interested him, Yang responded with criticism of London Breed. “I would say that if you’re a city that’s undergone […]
It Just Got a Little Easier to Film a Movie in Oakland
Filmmakers wanting to shoot in Oakland got a boost Tuesday as the Oakland City Council formally voted in a city-managed film rebate program. The Oakland Film Initiative will provide a 10% rebate on qualified local spending in film production, including costs associated with purchased or rented items, contracted services and wages for local residents.
Jury awards $20 million verdict in race harassment case involving Ku Klux Klan-related threats at Stanford Cancer Center
San Francisco – Stanford Health Care Patient Testing Technician Qiqiuia Young filed a 100-page lawsuit against Stanford University and Stanford Health Care alleging a series of acts of racial harassment and discrimination that began with her co-workers threatening to, and then dressing as the Ku Klux Klan at the Stanford Cancer Center and detailing multiple instances of the “n” word used in the workplace at Stanford Health Care.
Newsom spotlights San Francisco as he touts California economy
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom namechecked San Francisco several times in a news release Monday touting California retaining its title as the world’s fifth largest economy. “Since April, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that the state has retained its title as the world’s fifth largest economy, broken tourism-spending records, increased its population, […]
San Francisco Is Ready to Explore a Geary Subway. It Would Be a Massive Undertaking
For almost a century, San Francisco city leaders and transit visionaries have imagined a subway along the Geary Boulevard corridor. Those ideas, which began in the 1930s with a relatively modest proposal to put Muni streetcars underground along Geary’s crowded downtown section and in the 1950s envisioned the route as a key piece of a BART line to Marin County, have never gotten past the early planning stage.
Stones roll into Levi's Stadium Wednesday, traffic advisory issued
(KRON) — The Rolling Stones bring their “Hackney Diamonds” tour to the Bay Area this week. Could this be the last time? Who knows, but even though it’s only rock and roll and you like it, you may not get any satisfaction if you drive to the show, according to county officials. A traffic advisory […]
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